Help me raise funds for brain surgery

Almost a year ago my mom, 67yo, who lives in South Africa, was diagnosed with a brain tumour. Without a medical aid, she had to rely on the government health system for diagnoses and treatments – waiting up to 8 hours a time to see a Doctor or get a prescription for medication. After 8 months, MRI’s, EEG’s, 2 biopsies and many medication adjustments, we are no closer to knowing what kind of a tumour it is, what the treatment plan going forward would be or what her future holds than what we did when she was first diagnosed. Communication from the medical system has been confusing and unclear. We managed to get enough funds together to get her to a private neurologist who confirmed that she has a tumour on the left side of her brain, about the size of a chicken egg. It causes a lot of swelling in the brain, leading to black out episodes up to 4 times a day. From an energetic lady who loved to cook, garden and do creative hobbies, she is now unable to do anything as she never knows when an episode is going to strike. She can’t even cook meals for her and her husband and she sleeps her days away. The tumour needs to be removed to be able to see what type of tumour it is and to help her. The surgery will cost $15,000.00. We need to be able to get enough funds together to help cover the costs, if not all of it, then whatever we can, as well as any further MRI’s or treatments going forward. Every bit will help – please help us to give our mom a better chance of a normal life again.