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My name is Camilo Reverón, I am 43 years old and I am a chef with more than 20 years of experience. Approximately nine months ago I suffered a coronary event from which, thank God, I was able to recover gradually. As a result of that heart attack, I became hypertensive, and the ups and downs in my blood pressure damaged my right eye: the vitreous adhered to my macula and I lost about 90% of my vision. Today I cannot see through that eye and I need a pars plana vitrectomy with endolaser to try to recover.
This is a complex operation and it is not performed in public institutions. I have exhausted all resources: I have gone to all the institutes and there are no operating rooms, instruments, supplies, or surgeons available. In private institutions like the Society for the Blind, the surgery costs between 4,500 and 4,800 dollars. Fortunately, I reached the Abado Foundation, where they conducted a socioeconomic evaluation for me, gave me great support, and reduced the cost of the operation to around 2,600 dollars, assuming part of the surgeon's and his team's fees.
Because of my coronary problem and this eye condition, I have not been able to work and today I am unemployed. My wife, a teacher, has been the one who has fought all this year for our family: we have three children, ages 18, 16, and 8. To make matters worse, during the recent earthquake I fell looking for my granddaughter and suffered a sprained foot; our apartment, in an old building in Caracas, was left with cracks and we are awaiting the civil defense assessment. Even so, I have not sat idle: we have gathered donations and delivered them to collection centers.
I turn to you for help so I can have the surgery and be active again, for myself and for my family, who have suffered so much. This is a 100% real campaign; I am a Venezuelan who has worked his entire life and who today must ask for help. I am grateful for any contribution from the bottom of my heart. Thank you very much and blessings to everyone.
