Mia Cara was diagnosed with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia at the age of 3 in 2015. After 21 months of intense chemotherapy, lumber punches and bone marrow biopsies, her parents received the devastating news in May 2017 that she relapsed. In South Africa the only option is another round of even more intense chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant with radiation. Unfortunately, there is currently
no match (bone marrow donor) for her and even if a match is found, there is only a 40% success rate. Hope in the form of (CAR) T-cell therapy being developed for the treatment of cancer in the USA. T-cells are removed from the patient or a donor’s blood and genetically engineered to fight the cancer cells. These cells are dubbed serial killer cells, as they hunt the cancer cells until they have destroyed them all. It is being described as the biggest thing in cancer treatment in at least the last 30 years. The success rates vary between 86% and 98%. Her parents have received news from the Philadelphia Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that Mia Cara may enter one of their trials, but before her name is to be added onto the list an amount of R10 million must be paid upfront. R10 million stands between a 40% survival rate and a 98% survival rate. Please join us in giving Hope for Mia Cara. Please help us to raise the R10 million needed to send this little girl to America where she can start her journey back to life. Your contribution will make a difference. For donations:
http://www.hopeformiacara.com/voucher
OR
Mia Cara Trust Fund
FNB Acc No: 62555 7444 34
Branch: 200610
Swift: FIRNZAJJ
FOR SECTION 18A TAX RECEIPT:
Afrikaanse Toekomstrust
FNB Acc No: 626 895 861 58
Branch: 250 655
Swift: FIRNZAJJ
Reference: HOPE FOR MIA CARA
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Or visit: https://www.generosity.com/medical-fundraising/hope-for-mia-cara
