Hello everyone. Let me introduce myself: my name is Pamela, I’m 41 years old, and I’ve never before asked for donations for personal reasons. Unfortunately, however, I need to undergo private surgery on my kidney, which will mean I have to travel outside the region for about ten days.

I have been unemployed for three months now because, unfortunately, between constant appointments, tests and, recently, fainting spells caused by the fact that I eat very little, I often find myself confined to bed. Hospital waiting lists are extremely long, but fortunately San Raffaele can operate on me privately. I have already paid a deposit, but the hospital stay and post-operative recovery will be quite lengthy. I would like to thank in advance anyone who is able to help me, even with a small amount. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart. I write all this with a heavy heart and some trepidation at having to ask for help. But I have discovered that strangers often have a big heart. Unfortunately, I am alone; my grandmother, who raised me, is confined to a clinic for Alzheimer’s patients.