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We are more than half way there. Thanks to your generous donations through Milka�s Fund,�Ilanit has returned to the dentist and they are working on restoring Ilanit�s teeth and�deteriorated gums.

Five years ago, Ilanit was diagnosed with cancer. By the time it was discovered it was at an�advanced stage. She was in critical condition and underwent aggressive chemotherapy to�treat it. Ilanit then needed a bone marrow transplant. The good news was that her brother�was a match! She underwent the transplant and all was going well until about six months�later. Her body started to reject the transplant and she developed GVH disease. It was so�severe that she once again found herself in a life threatening situation. Ilanit was�hospitalized for four months, rarely seeing her two young boys. Even after she came home�it was difficult to be the Mommy she once was. She spent the next six months sick and�weak in bed while she continued to undergo treatment. Ilanit�s sister became her full time�nurse, taking care of her every need, administering medications, and just being there for�her.

As the GVH disease started to take its toll, Ilanit developed some of the typical side effects�associated with the illness. One of them was the deterioration of her gums. Slowly�her teeth began to fall out. After consulting with dentists, she was told that she would�need 120,000 shekel ($30,000) to cover dental fees that would help her condition. Ilanit�and her husband could not afford such an exorbitant amount of money. They were living on�their monthly Bituach Leumi payment and her husband�s minimum wage salary was so�meager that despite the awful situation, treatment was simply out of the question. With�each day that went by, her untreated condition worsened.

Ilanit describes how she just didn�t know what to do, as she and her husband tirelessly�looked for any opportunity they could find to get financial help. Finally, as Ilana describes,��after many, many, tefillot (prayers), we found a donor willing to sponsor 80,000 shekel�towards my dental treatments.� She began the 2-year+ treatment and her upper teeth were�restored. However, at that point they had to stop as there was no more money.

With her limited income, Ilanit cannot cover her family�s growing debt of everyday expenses�and medication, let alone find the remaining funds to complete her treatment.�Understandably she would like nothing more than to fix her lower teeth. She has temporary,�plastic teeth for cosmetic purposes but eating is a major challenge. Ilanit describes how�from minute to minute she has to figure out what kinds of foods she can actually chew. She�is very limited in her choices and this makes it so hard for her. It has affected her life and�subsequently, that of her family.

We would like to help Ilanit find a way to complete her dental restoration process, and help�her regain some sense of normalcy. We want to give her the ability to feel like a person�after all that she has gone through. The dentists will continue the process only if she can�provide the remaining funds in advance.

Can you please help us help Ilanit? We need to raise $10,000. If we are able to do so,�together we can work toward restarting her treatment, restoring her teeth and her quality�of life.

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