Jun 24, 2017 at 01:35 am

Regaining The Will To Live

Update posted by Erika Miranda

It’s been a while since our last update on Mommy Rustica “Rose” Miranda’s condition but there is a reason for that. She has temporarily lost the will to live.

Catching up for the months that we haven’t been able to post online, we have gathered our thoughts and are now striving to ensure that the money donated for her recovery achieves its purpose.

You see, our family decided that she undergo alternative medicine ever since we learned about her illness. She also agreed to that matter, thinking that it would be better than chemotherapy, which we believed would be more detrimental to her condition than beneficial.

For the first weeks since she began drinking herbs and concoctions from an alternative medicine hospital in Victoria, Tarlac, she was better. Not only does she look healthier physically, she also felt so.

But as the time goes by, we realized that every drink is a struggle for her after some of us started tasting what she had been drinking all this time. Aside from that, there are also some adverse effects to drinking these herbal medicines including gut-wrenching diarrhea. While it is part of the cleansing and treatment process the alternative medicine delivers, it still pains us to see her feeling nauseous and suffering from loose bowel every single day.

Still, we want her to get better which is why we finally convinced her to undergo full treatment at the facility in Tarlac for at least two weeks—a procedure that will ensure that she finally takes all her herbal medicines in the right amount and frequency—thereby, making our hopes to give her a longer life a reality.

Unfortunately, the past months have rendered us financially less capable to send her there since there have been several instances when she had to undergo several blood transfusions due to low blood count. Standard tests were also conducted to make sure that she survives the process.

At this very moment, she is in the hospital because of severely low platelet count that caused her immune system to fail. Feeling very weak, she is suffering fever, nausea, and weakness. She is also unable to keep any food or drink down.

The donations we received from the first quarter of 2017 were very helpful in covering the hospital bills and the cost of blood screenings that was needed every time her blood count drops. Unfortunately, it is still not enough to send her on a full blast treatment.

Because of this, we are seeking for your financial aid yet again to cover what we hope is the final length of treatment to finally get rid of Mommy Rose’s leukemia. This time, most of the proceeds we collect will go to her two-week hospitalization at the alternative medicine facility in Tarlac which costs approximately PHP150,000. Of course, we will have to use some of it for their current hospitalization as her all PhilHealth coverage for the year is already used up.

Again, we are very much grateful to those who initially helped us extend Mommy Rose’s life. We are hoping that you would go on that journey with us again, this time, finally overcoming this obstacle that we know we can handle with all your help.

To donate, simply:

  • Deposit any amount to this BPI Savings account: Name: Jose Daniel Miranda Number: 9989-1102-73
  • Send the money via PayPal/Payoneer to [email protected]
  • Click on this link to donate via gogetfunding.com
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