Hello, dear people.

My name is Svilena Sashkova Ilieva and I am 39 years old. I have been living in Italy for 20 years and have been treated here, but over the years, instead of getting better, I have got much worse. I suffer from chronic renal failure. My problems started when I was only 4 years old, that was when I had my first operation. It was all fine for many years until I had a kidney crisis in 2012 and was admitted to hospital as an emergency. I had to have surgery during which a stent was put in and this stent had to be changed every year. By the time my two lovely children were born, then that time was already cut short and now I have my stent changed every 3 months, little by little I am losing the function of my kidneys because of the constant infections that happen again because of it.

January 2024 the professor here in Italy informed me that they want to remove the kidney and I have to go on dialysis because finding a donor here is very difficult.

Believe me, the shock I experienced was huge. I started looking for a way to save myself because I cannot take care of my children if it comes to this condition. My relatives, to whom I am very grateful, put me in touch with Stars, who managed to calm and comfort me and immediately started consultations with various specialists. Based on the documents I provided, doctors in Istanbul said that, they could do a manipulation to try to normalize my kidney function and that they would do their best to postpone the transplant as long as possible. I have no extended family and there is no donor suitable for me. My husband is willing to donate but his blood type is not a match. I feel like I am in a vicious circle...every morning I get up praying that a solution will be found...so I am reaching out to you...

In order to go to Istanbul I need money, which I don't have. I need to go for extensive tests to guide the doctors on what method to operate on me.
For this I ask you, good people, who can help me with whatever they can, to raise the amount for my treatment. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who lend a hand and help even just by sharing.
Give me a chance to live and raise my children who are only 7 and 4 years old.