Dear all!

I would like to help to raise some funds for the medical expenses and bills for my best friend Carla Handayani in Jakarta, Indonesia, who is in a very tough situation. 

Her journey in fighting the disease is described below. 
Please feel free to donate if possible or just keep Carla and her family in your prayers during her road to recovery. Please share this page to your networks.

Thank you in advance for your generosity and support! _________________________________________________________
In 2011 Carla was diagnosed with Nephrotic Syndrome which is a collection of symptoms due to autoimmune induced-kidney damage. As the consequences, her body started to swell and she often experiences a massive headache. Eventually, she needed to take a break from college and focused on her treatment.
Around mid-2012 she started to recover and got the chance to finish her degree in biotechnology, married, and had the chance to experience a normal life.
However, in August 2015 Carla started to experience all the symptoms she had in 2011. A more thorough checked up and biopsies revealed that the nephrotic syndrome she had before was the consequences of Amyloidosis.
Amyloidosis is a rare condition that causes an abnormal protein called amyloid to build up in the body. Amyloid deposits can eventually damage organs and cause them to fail. In Carla case, this Amyloid accumulates and deposited in Kidney, which results in a reduction of the kidney's ability to filter and hold on to proteins. Amyloidosis is not curable. Treatment aims to slow amyloid protein production and reduce symptoms. 
From there, her condition is fluctuating. Some days she looks totally normal and can function normally. Yet she can suddenly get very sick and exhausted.  November 2017 is when her health starts to go down really fast. By October 2018, Carla already has staged 5 Kidney.
As for now, Carla needs to undergo Hemodialysis 3x a week and took on multiple medications to treat her symptoms like high blood pressure, increase hemoglobin, and so on. In the past 3 months, she was sent to ICU 3 times for multiple reasons, like coughing up blood and difficulties in breathing.
With the help from family and friends, Carla has managed to provide for and supplement herself with the necessary medication and treatment necessary so far. However, funds are running low and the price of the medications and treatments are very high.

We are therefore URGENTLY reaching out to everyone and their network for their help by either sharing this page or kindly donating. Even the smallest contribution will be received with immense gratitude. 

Our warmest and most heartfelt thank you in advance.