Dear Friends, Family, and Supporters,
Our dear friend Yawei is facing stage 4 cancer and her fight has taken an urgent turn! Due to the severity of her situation, she traveled to Izmir, Turkey to have an emergency surgery performed by one of the world’s leading surgeons specializing in her condition.
She was forced to leave the US to find treatment after she was misdiagnosed and delayed for months while the cancer spread.
She has miraculously survived the 12 hour emergency surgery and 98% of the cancer was removed. She is currently regaining her strength daily until she is able to travel again to her next medical treatments.
This critical intervention saved her life, Dr. Yusuf Yıldırım (a leading oncologist) told us that had she waiting even a few days longer, her odds of survival would have been very low.
Saving her life came with overwhelming financial challenges. Her minimal health care coverage leaves a significant gap in covering the costs of surgery, follow-up chemothera...