YOUgive: "Arelavo" - 1 Year Old w/ Pulmonary Tuberculosis & Bacterial Meningitis

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My favorite saying is "Not a single leaf falls, unless it's the will of GOD". He programs everything. For years i have been thinking and praying and asking the LORD what my purpose in life is esp my stay in America. After hearing stories from practising Nurses that some patients at the Prov. Hospital undergo surgery without anesthesia because they don't have the money.

I focused on that and wanted to start a charity work there. I needed a reliable partner in Bacolod to carry out this project and everyone seems so busy trying to make ends meet. Sometime last week my son just got up and went to the Provincial Hospital to have a quick peek and what he saw is quite devastating. He chose the Pediatrics ward and there was a teen couple from E.B. Magalona whose 6 months old baby was almost dying because the mother didn't have the money to buy oxygen. The nurse was using an ambu bag but the mother was telling her not to resuscitate the baby since she doesn't have the money to buy medicines anyway. She as saying good bye to the baby and it was really heart breaking. Before he left, the baby died. For starters he was able to help 4 patients like Baby Jaypee and Rica Lou with $100.00.

In his website you will see all these patients and he even took the time to go buy the medicines in a different drugstore, just to stretch the dollar a little bit. For a little over P500.00 (Pesos) he was able to buy 6 months worth of medicine for a child with tuberculosis. That child has now checked out.

I hope what you see and read in this website will touch you and .. yes... we are asking for a donation of any kind.. even a dollar will do.

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Sincerly,
Cynthia

"Arelavo" - 1 Year Old w/ Pulmonary Tuberculosis & Bacterial Meningitis

Friday, November 21, 2008

Name: "Arelavo" (Youngest of 2 siblings)
Age: 1 Year Old
Weight: --
Sex: Female
Father's Occupation: Makes rubber pots for plants
Mother's Occupation: Housewife
Diagnosis: Pulmonary Tuberculosis w/ Bacterial Meningitis

November 22, 2008
Its one thing to see the pictures we have taken but its a whole different story if you are there to witness these children. Common characteristics of meningistis is increase intracranial pressure. Their personality changes, they go into a deep sleep.

Aside from PTB & Bacterial Meningitis, she also needs a blood transfusion. The parents told me that only half of the desired amount of blood was transfuse. It was because they did not have the money to pay the hospital for donation which is only P100.00. By donating P100.00, the hospital will let you borrow blood, then in the future, all you just need to do is replace it if you have someone who has the same blood type. Anyway, I gave them the P100.00.

Again please note that these medication that we bought them are only partial medications. We will check on them this Monday November 24, 2008.

November 24, 2008
Bought enough antibiotics good for our next visit. Also gave the mother P200 to buy BONA milk. The hospital provides the NGT feeding in the afternoon and evening. The milk will be used to feed her through NGT in the morning.

November 26, 2008
Doctor prescribed two ointments for the patient's ear. We visited the patient again to buy medicine good for our next visit which is Tuesday (December 2, 2008.

December 2, 2008
Patient is ready for discharge. We bought the stuff that was needed for their discharge plan. It includes Kids Kit for Tuberculosis, some antibiotics, Ener A vitamins. We paid their bill for the blood transfusion which was P700.00. We provided them with P300.00 for their fair back to Handumanan, Bacolod City.

December 5, 2008
We did not expect to still see them. We thought they had already left the hospital. Our patient had a fever so the doctor advice them to stay for a couple of days until the fever have subsided.

December 9, 2008
Patient already are out of the hospital. We have already bought their medicines that they will continue to take at home. We have also gotten their contact number so that we can follow up.

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Summary:
Nov. 22, 2008
>>Medicine --- P730.00
>>Blood ------ P100.00
Nov. 24, 2008
>>Medicine --- P1,200.00

>>Milk -------- P 200.00
Nov. 26, 2008
>>Medicine --- P1,359.30
Dec. 2, 2008
>> Medicine ---P1,054.00
>> Blood --- P700.00
>> Fair ------- P300.00
Dec. 5, 2008
>>Bonna Milk -- P100.00

TOTAL: P5,743.30