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£32,420
raised of £32,000 target by 1178 supporters

    Weʼve raised £32,420 to help bring our friend Caroline Hope back home to Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom
    Funded on Wednesday, 2nd August 2017

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    Help us get our friend Caroline Hope home from Turkey before it's too late.

    4 months ago our friend Caroline went to see the doctor in Izmir, Turkey, where she lives, as she was short of breath and worried she might have DVT after flying home from seeing her brother in South Africa.

    Unfortunately, it was much worse than that. She was told she had a pulmonary embolism caused by a stage four cancer that had spread all over her body. She had to start chemo immediately to fight the disease.

    Four months later, she had finished her cycle of chemotherapy and was miraculously close to being cured, according to the doctors in Turkey.

    However, she took an E-coli infection from the final operation to remove a tumour in her liver and, when they operated again to flush out the infection, they perforated her bowel, which can be life threatening itself.

    After a further operation to fit a colostomy bag, Caroline has been left horribly weak and potentially close to death.

    Having been a fit and healthy young woman only a few months ago, she is now thousands of miles from home in Glasgow with no guarantee of being able to get home and perilously hanging on to life.

    All she wants to do now is come home, but as she is now out of contract with her Turkish employers, she cannot pay for the vital medical treatment she so urgently needs so bring her home we've set up this crowdfunding page as we need to raise enough money to cover the cost of the insurance and emergency flights, which could cost up to £29,000, according to the British Embassy in Turkey.

    Please help us bring our friend home. She's alone in a strange country, needing blood transfusions, stuck in hospital and prone to infection. She's struggling to walk, eat or talk and has to communicate to the doctors through translators so is confused and terribly homesick.

    Please donate what you can so Caroline can come home again and continue her fight against this cruel disease.

    Thank you x

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    • Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope 7 years ago
      Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope

      Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope

      7 years ago

      We've smashed our target, unbelievable! Thank you Thank you Thank you so much. We can now get Caroline home. Any further funds will go towards the Just Giving fees (they take 5% and card transactions) with any remaining funds being donated to the Beatson where she will continue her treatment in Glasgow. Once again, thank you everyone so so much x

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    • Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope 7 years ago
      Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope

      Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope

      7 years ago

      Thank you so, so, so, so much to everyone who has donated to get Caroline home. On behalf of Caroline, her family and all her friends, the support from all of you and the general public, many of whom have never met Caroline before has been truly overwhelming. In just 24 hours we've managed to raise almost £21k, that's 71% of our target and if the donations keep coming in like this, hopefully we'll get Caroline home to her family very soon! Thank you all so much! Thank you Scotland, thank you everyone x

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    • Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope 7 years ago
      Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope

      Bella Shek on behalf of Caroline Hope

      7 years ago

      Thank you everyone for your support already, it's been amazing. The Daily Record have picked up on Caroline's story and have published an article in today's paper, here is the article on their website: http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/dont-die-here-scots-teacher-10732500

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    7 years ago

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    Supporters

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    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jul 16, 2017

    • John Francis McCormack

      John Francis McCormack

      Jul 11, 2017

      Great that target achieved .... Beatson alternative brilliant.

      £20.00

    • Ishbel Griffith

      Ishbel Griffith

      Jul 9, 2017

      Get better soon Caroline - you will get strength from being home and surrounded by family and friends. ❤️❤️

    • Ross MacKay & Emma Wardle

      Ross MacKay & Emma Wardle

      Jul 9, 2017

      This is an inspiring campaign. Terrible situation but wonderful Glaswegian response. Our love goes out to Scott, Caroline and all the family xxx

    • MARY MCKAY

      MARY MCKAY

      Jul 8, 2017

      £30.00

    • Andrew Brown

      Andrew Brown

      Jul 8, 2017

      You're a good friend.

      £10.00

    • Anonymous

      Anonymous

      Jul 8, 2017

      Hope your reunited with your family soon

      £10.00

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