Елена намери съвместим донор, но и трябват още средства Elena found a compatible donor, but also needs more funds

Give Elena a Future
Elena Angelova was born in. She was born in 1985 in Bregovo, Vidin region.
As a child she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disease - Ulson-Konovalov disease. This is a disease in which the liver stops working and the body does not expel copper from the body and accumulates it in the organs. After spending more than half a year in hospital in 1993-94, they managed to stabilise her and return her to a relatively normal lifestyle, with permanent therapy prescribed.
Unfortunately, in 2008, the medicine Elena had been taking daily (for more than 15 years) stopped being imported into Bulgaria and she went without medication for a year, as a result of which she developed cirrhosis.
In 2011, the accumulated substances in her body caused a strong reaction - for a period of time Elena could not walk, speak or write. Luck did not abandon her, she came across very good specialists and especially people - Dr. Gergelcheva, Dr. Andreeva and Dr. Zhelyazkova from the Neurology of Alexandrovska, where she is dispensed to date. After intensive treatment they managed to stabilize her and appoint a therapy to continue with.
At the end of 2020 Elena spends Kovid 19. Not sure if it was due to the virus or just her illness and decided to remind her of herself and she began to float and lose her balance again. It turns out she has liver decompensation and the only solution is a liver transplant. Since then, her condition has been monitored at the MMA in Sofia, where she eventually found out that she had also had a thrombosis of the arteries, and her condition began to deteriorate very rapidly.
At the beginning of 2022, looking for a transplant solution, Elena came to Turkey. After a medical examination with Prof. Dr. Bulent Yunal - ZIC Medical Karadži transplant surgeon from Medical Park Hospital in. According to his opinion, Elena has a chance to continue her life with the transplant.

After receiving an offer from Turkey, Elena launched a donation campaign and managed to raise the necessary funds for the transplant. The next step is to find a donor. This issue, however, proves to be quite difficult.

Elena's mother undergoes tests, but it turns out that she is not a match.

Elena continues to search for a solution and comes to Memorial Hospital, in Istanbul, which has its own genetic laboratory and a lot of experience with patients with the same genetic disease.

At Memorial Elena tries two other relatives as potential donors, but unfortunately they are not suitable either. At the same time, the money in the account is dwindling, as the research per potential donor is 5,000 euros.

In May this year Elena's condition deteriorated severely, her liver function was significantly reduced, leading to further complications, and she was hospitalized several times at the MMA, where she was listed for transplant in Bulgaria with priority as a patient in extremely serious condition.

In mid-July Elena travelled to Turkey with her sister in the hope of seeing if she could become a donor. Elena's condition required that she be hospitalized and at the hospital in Istanbul to try to stabilize her, until her sister underwent the necessary tests. A week later, Elena is slightly better, and the hospital confirms that her sister can become her donor.

A transplant date of August 1, 2023 is also scheduled.

The amount needed for the transplant appointment at Memorial Hospital is 58.000,00 EUR, and at the moment 91.026,00 BGN are left in the donation account, which is about 46.000,00 EUR.

Elena has less than a week to raise the necessary12.000,00 euro for the transplant to take place, and then a lot more money will be needed for the post-operative process, the stay in Istanbul, medicines...

Elena has to be hospitalized on 27.08.2023, for this purpose tomorrow afternoon she leaves for Turkey with the great hope that the necessary amount will be collected and everything will go well...

Let's help Elena to live