Hello, my name is Sara Bar. I live in Har Nof, Jerusalem with my husband Yona and our beautiful baby girl, Miriam Chana.
Miriam Chana is the most delicious, sweet baby… but she was never easy. From the time she was born, she was always crying. We thought we just had a normal “fussy baby.” We had no idea she was in pain. Then, I felt a lump in her belly.
Recently, doctors found four cancerous tumors on Miriam Chana’s kidneys. We immediately started chemotherapy at Hadassah Ein Kerem, but it had no effect on the growths. I can’t describe to you what it is like to hold your baby suffering through chemo in your arms. I pray you never have to experience that.
Because the chemo did not work, doctors told us to fly to America, so Miriam Chana can receive treatments at Memorial Sloan Kettering in Manhattan. Two weeks ago, I left my life behind to save Miriam Chana’s life.
We are in America now. Miriam Chana has been connected to a port, and she suddenly lost consciousness. They have inserted a breathing tube, and she is in now in the ICU.
The process of treatments to save her life and remove the tumors cost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Right now, every minute that we can’t go forward with the treatments, her life is in danger.
There is no way we can afford the treatments on our own: I am a nurse at Shaarei Tzedek hospital, and my husband is the manager of a store. We barely cover our basic needs as is. We scraped together everything we had to get us to America.
I beg of you: Think of our little girl’s future. Think of her childhood, her siddur party, her bas mitzvah, her wedding one day… She has her entire life ahead of her. She is tiny, weak, and suffering. Please, give what you can to save her life.
Blessing you that in the merit of your help, your children should always be healthy
Sara Bar
This campaign is endorsed by the Savraner Rebbe of Har Nof, Harav Yitzchak Meir Hager shlita of Har Nof. For video endorsement click here.
