Help cover our sister’s Medical Costs and get her back on the Bike!
Fundraising campaign by
German Bonilla Rosso
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CHF4,060.00raised of CHF20,000.00 goal goal
No more donations are being accepted at this time. Please contact the campaign owner if you would like to discuss further funding opportunities
Campaign Story
My sister Nadia was on her bike when she got hit by a truck. She returned from work on the late afternoon of the 18 th of May in Mexico City. She was on her bike. A double trailer truck abruptly turned from the second lane, hitting her and dragging her under the wheel for several meters. She remained conscious, and thanks to the help of several passers-by, an ambulance was called and my family was contacted. When my other sister arrived, she and her bike were still under the truck.
Upon arrival to the hospital, she immediately entered surgery. The diagnosis included 3 rd grade contusions throughout her body, 3rd degree cervical sprain, fractured hip and exposed fracture of the humerus, tissue and muscle tear and total skin loss on her right leg. Initially, there was a high chance she would lose her leg, but fortunately that risk is over now. She has experienced ten surgeries since then. The skin damage is so extensive she needs grafts covering from her knee to the abdomen. Her health has recently declined rapidly due to an unattended infection on the exposed area, and my family decided to transfer her to another hospital after seeking for a second medical opinion.
So far she has been in intensive care for 31 days, and that has taken a toll on her physical condition and on her mood. Now the doctors have found water in her lungs, and in her last surgery a catheter was left in place to drain it. She can only take food through a catheter too.
Although her medical insurance for major accidents, the total amount covered (around 2,000,000 MXN / 96.000 CHF / 98,000 USD) is already over. She still needs at least four surgeries over the following months, plus hospital intake and a long recovery therapy afterwards. Our family has squeezed all our savings to gather that money, and it is hard to estimate how much more money will be needed to get her out of danger, but it is clear that it is a huge amount of money... especially for Mexican salaries.
We are a bit desperate, and decided to give a chance to social media and ask to our friends and connections for donations to get her medical costs covered, and to share this crowdfunding campaign in their social networks, hoping that if this reaches enough people that are willing to donate a little, we can help Nadia get on her bike soon enough!
P.S: If you don´t have PayPal or don´t want to use it, these are also our account numbers in:
Mexico :
BBVA Bancomer: 2897747896, clabe interbancaria 012180028977478969.
and Switzerland:
UBS Bank, account CH31 0024 3243 2068 9240 J
Fundraising Team
- German Bonilla Rosso
- Campaign Owner
- Franziska Hoffet
- Campaign Manager
Donors
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 16, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 12, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 10, 2018
Nota cubierta por Milenio
Update posted by German Bonilla Rosso at 01:58 pmWe don't really know how, but this was covered by Milenio, a local Mexico City News Channel. Muchas gracias por el apoyo!
Update 07-JUL
Update posted by German Bonilla Rosso at 01:28 pmA small update on Nadia's situation. Last week, we were finally able to transfer Nadia to another hospital, because our family could not keep up with the costs there. So far Nadia has gone through more than 20 surgeries and received 15 transfusions. Skin recovery has been particularly tricky, since. . . . .
Update for July 25th...
Update posted by German Bonilla Rosso at 10:29 pmSince last Monday, Nadia has had three surgeries: two (one on Monday, one on Wednesday) for cleanup of the exposed area and checking on a nasty opportunistic hospital-acquired infection that had prevented the doctors from implanting new skin grafts. On Friday she went in again, and fortunately the infection had. . . . .
Donors & Comments
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 16, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 12, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 10, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 09, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 09, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 08, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 06, 2018
- Yuriria Vazquez
- Donated on Jul 04, 2018
- Anonymous
- Donated on Jul 04, 2018
- Serge Pelet
- Donated on Jul 04, 2018