A letter to everybody

August, 2008.

Dear all,

Assalaamu’alaikum wr.wb.

My name is Lita Rahmasari, 28 years old. I’m a housewife. My husband’s name is Triyono, 33 years. We are from Indonesia and have married for 5 years. My husband is studying in UTM Malaysia under an RSG scheme.

He started study for Master Degree UTM in December 2005 with normal health condition. He did the study normally in fist semester and got the good result, with GPA 3.86. In second semester, August 2006, my husband got both of his kidney failure, so he postponed his study and went back to Indonesia for haemodialysis. Due to our financial condition, the government facilitated us with limited fund to pay the kidney treatments. It was not enough to keep my husband in a good condition, because it could only cover the basic service for kidney treatment, 2 times a week of dialysis and blood transfusion whenever hemoglobin (Hb, the amount of good-quality red-blood cells) was very low.

In January 2007, he decided to continue his study and back to UTM. He could continue but still need to dialysis for three times a week at UTM medical center and medical check-up every three month at Hospital Sultanah Aminah Johor Bahru. He is now in better condition. Alhamdulillah, UTM had pay for the cost of dialysis about RM3,000.00 for a month till now. He just finished his Master Degree at June 2008.

Now, he just started his PhD Degree on July 2008. His Supervisor told him that UTM can’t pay the cost for his dialysis anymore for next semester, January 2009. He must pay the dialysis by himself or do kidney transplantation. So, he wants to do kidney transplantation for better quality of life, because dialysis is considered very hard: costly, painful, takes time, and physically weakening. He wants to do the kidney transplantation as soon as possible, before the end of this year. His mother is generously willing to donate her kidney. We already asked to head of Renal Treatment at Sardjito Provincial Hospital (Prof. dr. Syahbani), kidney transplantation cost is about RM60,000,00. It is very hard for us to take, because currently my husband doesn’t have a permanent job.

We desperately need financial support for the kidney transplantation. It is urgent to do the kidney transplantation, for the sake of my husband’s life. Without the transplant, his living opportunity would be very low. Our expectation is to be able to live normally without routine dialysis.

Thank you for your attention and I pray to Allah that everything will be ok and run smoothly. Thank you.

Wassalaamu’alaikum wr.wb.

Lita Rahmasari

Phone: +(60) 167933004

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