Vanessa Enriquez Raido never expected to spend her 44th birthday hooked up to a dialysis machine at Auckland City Hospital on Friday. On the day of her birthday, Enriquez Raido was granted a one-month supply, which she paid for with her own savings. A Givealittle page set up last week to support Enriquez Raido has already raised more than $90,000. I want that drug, there's a hospital room waiting for me in Spain, I've got to fight for my life. "At the end of day, when you know it's life-threatening you react differently, you really fight hard."

Source: Otago Daily Times February 06, 2021 20:03 UTC