News from Aurela ~ 22.12.2014

This post was published first on the WLV blog in German on Mo 22/12/2014:

Unfortunately, she is not feeling well: she caught a cold last week that

developed into a light pneumonia. She developed a fever in the last few days and mostly slept and hardly ate. Her parents are worried because of her illness.

That is the reason she had to go to the hospital today and have a scan. She should have stayed there because she needs an infusion every day for the whole week. But there were no space for her that means that her parents have to go to the hospital every day with her which is 6 km away in Gjilan. It's torture for Aurela who is afraid of the needles and then cries a lot.

On top of that, her parents have to go to the hospital in Pristina (45 km away) on Friday to have her general condition of health tested. It can't be done in Gjilan as they are missing material which is necessary for the tests.

Unfortunately, that will be a little more expensive too ~ which is an enormous strain for the family beside their fear that her condition again could deteriorate drastically.

We have decided to create an emergency fund with our free means and what is possible privately to relieve her parents a little. It will be used for medication and treatment in the way it is possible in over there if necessary. We would be very glad if you liked to help! Please contact us via E-Mail.

You can find all the information here on the blog or on the homepage if you like to help Aurela to get healthy in full.

Winter in Kosovo is cold

This post was published first in German on 14th December 2014 here

In Kosovo, it can get pretty cold as with the continental climate the difference in temperature is much more extreme than in Germany. Ulf Hundeiker experienced this himself when he visited Aurela in March 2013.

However, the reserves of Aurela's family are used up ~ the girl though grows of course and develops splendidly as she responded well to the expensive chemotherapy against her leukemia. 

Her winter clothes from last year do not fit her anymore like with all children. We from WLF have collected used winter clothes as new clothes are unattainable for family Haliti. She must not die of cold as she is supposed to get a stem cell transplantation as soon as possible to get

a full recovery. In fact, thanks to many donators enough clothes came together, and they are all with Aurela now. Many thanks to all donators.  

For donations for a stem cell transplantation that is not possible in Kosovo look at the right side of this blog. 

A Pretty Normal Girl?

This post was first published in German here: Ein ganz normales Maedchen?

Even though Aurela suffers from leukemia she is a really tough little girl. 

She loves little computer

Aurela in December 2014

games and adores Barbie dolls.

She really enjoys to go by bus with all the school children from her village and would love it if she could go to school herself. However, her parents can’t even afford to send her to kindergarten right now.

Fresh fruit are very important for her health. She likes eating them but of course like other children she also loves sweets especially chocolate figures she can play with.

She most likely needs a stem cell transplantation to survive. However, that is not possible in her home country of Kosovo. Her parents also do not have any health insurance and have to pay for her treatment with their small income and with help from their family.

If you want to help and give her a chance to live and grow up to be a tough young woman, then you can find out how to here:

http://www.worldlifevision.org/index.php/WLV2012-1002

It goes well for Aurela ~ at least for now

Aurela and her test results
(November 2014)

This post was first published in German on November 12th on World Vision e.V. , and you can read it here.

Today young Aurela has gotten her new test results. Her doctor said that it looked ok for now, so she has all reason to present them proudly! 

But of course her condition can change anytime that is why her parents have to make sure that she is nice and warm at all times and that she eats healthily! 

Her family always worries about her, because she still has to wait for a life-saving stem cell transplantation - we can only come by the huge amount slowly. 

For all those who want to help Aurela can find information here. 

It's a long time since we heard from little Aurela who suffers from Leukaemia

You can find the original German post here: Lange nichts mehr von der leukaemiekranken kleinen Aurela gehoert

It was quiet around the project for quite some time. There was not a lot to report because we had to wait. The maintenance therapy against the acute myeloid leukemia of now nearly three and a half year-old Aurela from Uglar in Kosovo was stopped and so far her blood test results have been stable.

Exact tests about her actual condition are difficult and expensive - at least for the Haliti's, who have

Little Aurela in hospital

debts already due to Aurelas illness. There is still no health insurance in Kosovo neither is another social security which could help. A puncture of her bone marrow would give more meaningful information and enable a prognosis.

We do everything to make that possible because little Aurela is still not healed - in spite of good blood test results. And the donations are still not enough for a stem cell transplantation with which she could be saved. But we need much more money for that. However, the amount of donations is encouraging.