Mexican film director, Guillermo del Toro opened his heart and wallet after a fan asked him for a favor on Twitter. A woman simply asked Del Toro to reTweet her friend’s GoFund me page, but the director ended up footing the entire bill.
“Guillermo, can I share this link with you of a friend from Texas who needs to raise a little more than $900 for a biopsy,” Monica de la Paz wrote on Twitter. “Her insurance won’t pay for it, and she needs to know if she has relapsed from cancer. Please from one Tapatio to another!! Can you RT?”
The director could have easily retweeted the link to his 800,000 followers, but he decided to pay the entire bill and replied back with a simple message: “It’s been paid.”
Guillermo, te puedo pasar el link de una amiga de Texas que necesita ayuda para juntar poco mas de 900 dolares para una biopsia? No lo paga su seguro y necesita saber si recayo del cancer. Por favor, de tapatio a tapatia!! Le das RT? Gracias https://t.co/7tUNNUlyxa
— MonicaOP♥️🌎✝️🌼 (@MonicaOP) December 14, 2017
Cassandra, Monica’s friend with cancer discovered a lump on her neck a few months back. Due to her history of cancer, she knew she had to get a biopsy which cost about $900. She had only raised a couple hundred dollars and by the time it reached Del Toro, who paid the remaining $665, she was covered.
“Here’s how I spent my day: Trying not to cry at work knowing that I had to reschedule the biopsy due to lack of funds,” Cassandra wrote in an update. “… Encouraged by friends, family, and strangers’ enormously generous $180 of donations in a day. Shocked and amazed when around 8:30 tonight a huge donation came in that met my goal, plus a little more, rounding out this campaign to $1,000. I was shocked breathless. I couldn’t believe it. I’m still not quite sure I do, but the number is there for all to see.”
What an amazing Christmas present, now Cassandra has one less thing to worry about and her time will be focused on not having to worry about how she will pay for the biopsy and enjoying the holidays.