PLEASE HELP US TO SAVE LISA'S LIFE!
Dear friends at haGalil onLine,
our 10-year-old daughter, Lisa, suffers from a severe form
of Cystic Fibrosis. Now she needs assistance to breath. URGENT lung
transplantation is the only way (rf. Dr. Rivlin, Carmel Hospital, Israel,
tel/fax 972 4 825 0642).
There is almost no chance that Lisa with her O+ blood group will
survive until the operation is possible in Israel: during the last time
there was no operation of such a type in Israel because of problems with
organ donations. The short enough waiting lists for such surgery we
found only in US. Israeli Ministry of Health concluded that operation
inUS only way to save Lisa's life!
The total cost of the operation is estimated at $600,000 to
$800,000 depending on pre- and post-operation treatment (rf. CF Foundation
of Israel, Riki Widavsky). Most of transplant centers require initial
deposit below $450,000. Duke University Medical Center (NC) a few days
ago amplified their deposit requirement up to $600,000 (Rita Weber, Director
of International Patient Center, Duke University Health System, e-mail:
weber001@mc.duke.edu ).
This makes Lisa's operation totally impossible (this Center has the lowest
waiting time which is vitally important for Lisa). We found only $330,000
($250,000 from Dikla Insurance company, Israel + $50,000 from Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation of Israel + $30,000 from donations). We are not able to
find the required money in time and WE JUST LOOKING HOW OUR DAUGHTER IS
DIED SLOWLY!
PLEASE HELP US TO SAVE LISA'S LIFE!
Lisa's Rescue Fund was opened by Cystic Fibrosis Foundation of
Israel ( Krinitzy st. 79, Ramat Gan 52423, Israel. Tel: (972) 3 670
2323 Fax: (972) 3 670 2324).
IN ISRAEL tax-deductible donations please send directly to CF
Foundation of Israel (see address above) or transfer to Bank Leumi
Le-Israel, Branch "Ahimeir" (no. 628), Account no. 14207/80 (CF
Foundation of Israel - FUND FOR LISA OSTROVSKY). Str. Ahimeir 21, Tel
Aviv (Ramat Aviv - gimel) 69120, Israel. Phone: (972) 3 6414963
We shall greatly appreciate ANY
DONATION!
Please help us to distribute this information between people,
funds, and organizations, newspapers and webmagazines.
We are also trying to find a second LOBAR DONOR, who is willing to
grant to Lisa one lobe of he/her lung (the first donor is Lisa's mother).
This will give Lisa the best chance to survive! The donor (O+ blood group)
should be healthy, non-smoking person under 50.
B'Shalom,
Ilia and Valentina Ostrovsky.
Str. Maale ha-Zeytim 131,
Hatzor Ha-Glilit 10300, Israel
Tel: (+972) 6 672 1444 (w); (+972) 6 693 1084 (h)
Fax: (+972) 6 672 4627
E-mail: ostrovsky@ocean.org.il
haGalil 08-99
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