I hate to come to you guys asking for things, but I wanted to take a minute to share with you the story of a young woman who needs our help. My best friend Pam came to me with the heartbreaking story about Nadine Sfeir, who attended the University of Florida and was sorority sisters with Pam. Nadine’s life was turned upside down in November 2010 when she was diagnosed with a brain tumor, an astrocytoma, at just 24 years old. After two brain surgeries with many types of chemo and radiation therapies, nothing has resulted in even a delay in this unthinkable nightmare.
Recently, Nadine’s family received news that there are only a couple of more options. There is hope in a treatment called Novocure, a vaccine treatment in Germany. Unfortunately the treatment is considered exploratory, and thus will not be covered by insurance. Nadine’s family has no choice but to start treatment with $4,000/month for Novocure, $9,000/month for Gammadelta T cell vaccine, and $70,000 for the Newcastle Virus and dendric cell vaccine. While this is of course all technical and I’m certainly no doctor, the end result is that the full cycle of treatment is more than they can afford. Nadine’s family is asking for donations to help save her.
I don’t know Nadine, but I know that her story is unfathomable. I also know that the money I’ve already donated to her fund will not be missed by me. It may mean I won’t go out to dinner this week or buy some makeup, but that I was able to contribute to Nadine’s medical fund and help her family with their growing bills. If you would like to donate directly to the fund, whether it’s $5 or $25, please visit the her direct website here.
You can also purchase a Save Nadine t-shirt here, where 100% of proceeds will be donated to help save Nadine.
Thanks so much!
Xo,
Leah
