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Dear friends, family, and community,
If you know Adnana, you know a heart that gives endlessly. She is someone whose enthusiasm for life and her habit of making everything better than she found it is contagious.
A daughter, sister, wife, mother, and friend who lights up every room. She is an avid plant collector, an exceptional baker, and a human rights advocate.
As a pillar of our Bosnian community, she weaves us together through tradition, kindness, and an unshakeable belief that we all belong to each other.
Now, our friend needs us.
Adnana has been diagnosed with Stage III Invasive Ductal Carcinoma, which is an aggressive breast cancer that has spread to her lymph nodes. The road ahead is long and demanding, but she faces it with the same fierce grace she brings to everything in her life.
The Financial Challenge
Under her doctor’s orders, Adnana has taken a leave from her role in the public sector, where she passionately serves our community. While her job is protected, most of this time will be unpaid.
The financial reality of a Stage III diagnosis is staggering. We have set a goal of $60,000 to build a safety net beneath her family. Your support will go directly toward:
- Extensive Medical Expenses: Covering high deductibles, specialized "cardio-toxic" chemotherapy, and the costs of major surgery and radiation.
- Cost of Living: Offsetting the loss of Adnana’s income to ensure the mortgage, utilities, and household needs are met while she is unable to work.
- Stability for Her Children: Providing childcare and support for her 9-year-old son and 6-year-old daughter, ensuring their lives remain stable while their mom focuses on the fight of her life.
How You Can Help
Every contribution, no matter the size, is a thread in that safety net. It gives Adnana the gift of time - time to heal, and to hold her children without the crushing weight of financial worry.
For years, Adnana has been there for all of us. Whether she was sharing a campaign like this one, connecting people in need with solutions, or rolling up her sleeves to help a neighbor, she has always shown up. Now, it is our turn to hold her up.
Detailed Treatment Timeline
To provide transparency for those who wish to understand the medical journey Adnana is embarking on:
- Initial Preparations (Ongoing): Numerous labs, genetic testing, PET/CT scans, and the surgical placement of a port for chemotherapy administration.
- Intensive Chemotherapy (Starting January): A 5-month regimen beginning with 4 cycles of aggressive, cardio-toxic chemotherapy, followed by 12 cycles of targeted chemotherapy to shrink the tumors.
- Major Surgery: Following chemo, Adnana will undergo a mastectomy and reconstruction to remove the cancer entirely.
- Radiation Therapy: Post-surgery radiation to eliminate remaining regional cells and minimize recurrence risks.
- Long-Term Hormone Therapy: A 5-to-10-year process of endocrine therapy to ensure sustained recovery.
Please share this campaign widely. Let’s surround our Adnana with the same love and fierce loyalty she has always shown us.
With deep gratitude,
The Mustafic & Kajdic Families
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Dragi prijatelji, porodico i zajednico,
Ako poznajete Adnanu, znate srce koje daje bez zadrške. Njena ljubav prema životu i navika da sve ostavi boljim nego što je zatekla su zarazni.
Kćerka, sestra, supruga, majka i prijateljica koja osvjetljava svaku prostoriju. Strastvena kolekcionarka biljaka, izvanredna kuharica i zagovornica ljudskih prava.
Kao stub naše bosanske zajednice, ona nas povezuje kroz tradiciju, dobrotu i nepokolebljivo uvjerenje da pripadamo jedni drugima.
Sada je našoj prijateljici potrebna naša podrška.
Adnani je dijagnosticiran invazivni duktalni karcinom, stadij III, agresivni rak dojke koji se proširio na limfne čvorove. Put koji je pred njom je dug i zahtjevan, ali ona mu se suprotstavlja istom onom nepokolebljivom snagom i dostojanstvom koje unosi u sve u svom životu.
Finansijski izazov
Po preporuci ljekara, Adnana je uzela odsustvo sa svog posla u javnom sektoru, gdje s velikom strašću služi našoj zajednici. Iako joj je radno mjesto zaštićeno, veći dio ovog perioda bit će neplaćen.
Finansijska stvarnost dijagnoze stadija III je zastrašujuća. Postavili smo cilj od 60.000 dolara kako bismo izgradili sigurnosnu mrežu za njenu porodicu. Vaša podrška će biti usmjerena direktno na:
- Opsežne medicinske troškove: Pokrivanje visokih participacija, specijalizirane „kardiotoksične“ kemoterapije, kao i troškova velikih operacija i zračenja.
- Troškove života: Nadoknadu gubitka Adnaninog prihoda kako bi se osiguralo plaćanje hipoteke, režija i svakodnevnih potreba dok nije u mogućnosti da radi.
- Stabilnost za njenu djecu: Obezbjeđivanje brige i podrške za njenog devetogodišnjeg sina i šestogodišnju kćerku, kako bi njihov život ostao stabilan dok se njihova mama fokusira na najvažniju borbu u svom životu.
Kako možete pomoći
Svaki doprinos, bez obzira na iznos, predstavlja nit u toj sigurnosnoj mreži. On Adnani poklanja vrijeme - vrijeme za ozdravljenje i zagrljaje s djecom, bez pritiska finansijske brige.
Godinama je Adnana bila tu za sve nas. Bilo da je dijelila kampanje poput ove, povezivala ljude u potrebi s rješenjima ili zasukala rukave da pomogne komšiji, uvijek je bila prisutna. Sada je red na nama da budemo uz nju.
Detaljan plan liječenja
Radi transparentnosti za one koji žele razumjeti medicinski put na koji Adnana kreće:
- Početne pripreme (u toku): Brojne laboratorijske pretrage, genetska testiranja, PET/CT snimanja i hirurško postavljanje porta za primanje kemoterapije.
- Intenzivna kemoterapija (početak u januaru): Petomjesečni režim koji započinje s četiri ciklusa agresivne, kardiotoksične kemoterapije, nakon čega slijedi 12 ciklusa ciljane terapije radi smanjenja tumora.
- Velika operacija: Nakon kemoterapije, Adnana će proći kroz mastektomiju i rekonstrukciju kako bi se rak u potpunosti uklonio.
- Radioterapija: Zračenje nakon operacije kako bi se eliminisale preostale regionalne ćelije i smanjio rizik od povratka bolesti.
- Dugotrajna hormonska terapija: Proces endokrine terapije u trajanju od 5 do 10 godina kako bi se osigurao dugoročni oporavak.
Molimo vas da ovu kampanju podijelite što šire. Okružimo našu Adnanu istom ljubavlju i nepokolebljivom odanošću koju je ona uvijek pokazivala nama.
S dubokom zahvalnošću,
Porodice Mustafić i Kajdić
Organizer
