Faith's desperate appeal for help, as potentially life-saving treatment placed under threat
A last minute heartfelt plea for financial support, from a young Retford woman whose second transplant for leukaemia is imminent but now under threat, has been made over social media.
Today, June 18, Faith Hinitt, 27,who has acute myeloid leukaemia and for whom the community helped raise over £140,000 for a second stem cell transplant after funding was declined by the NHS in March this year, has suffered a major blow.
Although prepped and ready for her second transplant process, with a Hickman line put in this week for treatment set to take place tomorrow, she has been told the transplant cannot go ahead due to potential spiralling costs.
In a tearful, distressing video on social media, Faith, with her mother beside her, appealed for more financial help and said: "I never thought I would have to do this again".
Initially told today that her treatment would cost £42,000 more to cover aftercare, she was then informed that costs could spiral higher and that because the financial risks had not been weighed up, her treatment had to be cancelled.
Despite not knowing what the further costs might be, Faith is trying to amass as much money as possible tonight, and will present for her treatment in the morning, in the hope that it will be carried through.
Her mother said the situation is horrendous and that through her appeal Faith is "fighting for her life" .
To support Faith in her last ditch attempt to have her second stem cell transplant, visit https://gofund.me/442a1b2a2