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Help Daniel Get a Life-Saving Liver Transplant

Netherlands Created Jul 2, 2026 40 days left
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77% funded 37 donors 40 days left
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Daniel Mercer
Netherlands · Member since November 2025
Beneficiary
Daniel Mercer — Patient

Their story — in their own words

My name is Daniel, and in 2024 I was diagnosed with liver cancer.

It was not caused by an unhealthy lifestyle, but by a dormant hepatitis B infection that was passed from my mother to me at birth.

I have been through multiple liver surgeries, chemotherapy, local treatments and fifteen cycles of immunotherapy. Unfortunately, despite all of these treatments, the cancer keeps coming back aggressively.

Today, a living-donor liver transplant is my only chance of a cure. My latest scan showed a new aggressive tumour, but the good news is that there is no evidence the cancer has spread outside the liver. If it spreads beyond the liver, a transplant will no longer be an option and a cure may no longer be possible.

The transplant process in the Netherlands is taking longer than my doctors and I can safely afford because of how aggressively the cancer is recurring. I am sitting on a ticking time bomb and cannot wait until the process finally catches up with the urgency of my illness.

After carefully reviewing every option with my medical team, I decided to move forward with the transplant process in Turkey. My hospital in the Netherlands is already working with Turkish doctors, and this route allows us to move much faster while the transplant is still clinically viable. Unfortunately, the treatment is not covered by my health insurance.

Anyone who knows me knows that I have always believed that if something in my life needed fixing, it was my responsibility to find a solution. I never liked asking for help, especially when it came to money. I have come to realize that taking responsibility now does not mean trying to do everything alone. It means doing everything within my power to survive, even if that means setting my pride aside and asking for help.

The goal of this fundraiser is $114,000. The money will be used for:

• Transplant surgery.

• Donor surgery and medical evaluation.

• Hospitalisation and medication.

• Travel and accommodation.

• Medical follow-up, recovery and a reserve for unexpected complications.

The donor does not receive any payment. The costs cover the donor's medical evaluation, surgery, hospitalisation and post-operative follow-up.

Everyone who donates deserves full transparency. I will continue sharing updates throughout this process.

If you decide to donate, thank you. If donating is not possible, sharing this page with others can make an enormous difference.

Thank you for giving me a second chance at a wonderful life.

With love,

Daniel

People already stepping up

37
Top donation
Ashley Franklin$100
8d ago
Most recent
Ashley Franklin$100
8d ago
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    Ashley Franklin$100
    8d ago
    "Preparing for a liver transplant is a difficult medical journey. I hope support arrives where it is needed most."
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    Ryan Anderson$50
    8d ago
    "Preparing for a liver transplant is a difficult medical journey. Keeping Daniel in my thoughts and hoping for better days."
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    Natalie Harper$30
    3d ago
    "Sending good thoughts for Daniel. No one should feel forgotten during a difficult chapter."

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