Just when we thought we're far from over...

Just when we though we can have a "normal" life once again after the gut wrenching, 7 hour operation they did to our little girl...

Just when I thought my 3 kids can be together again, playing and making happy noises at home... (Oh how they miss each other so much!)

Just when we thought everything was going to be okay...

Things gets to be more complicated day by day...

November 5, 2018 - we got news from our ENT doctor regarding the final biopsy result of Cianne thru a phone call. What used to be a benign lesion is now "Embryonal Rhabdomyosarcoma" - a kind of rare cancer in children and hers was even more rare that it manifested on her cheeks (doctors say common location is legs and arms).

Yes, our little precious CIANNE has cancer! 💔😭 (BUT SHE WILL BEAT IT IN NO TIME, IN JESUS NAME!)

Hearing this made our whole family's world stop. Truly devastating. How?! Why?! We were just waiting for the result, positive that just like the first one - it would still be benign and diagnosis would be Cranial Faciitis. Let her heal and we're right back on track. But no, it didn't turn out as what we prayed and hoped for. That moment, I couldn't think of anything else but "WHY? WHY MY DAUGHTER?" How in the world could this happen?! But this is the hard reality we are faced with right now...

Cried my eyes out infront of our altar hoping there could still be a miracle and that next day (Nov 6, 2018) would be a different story when we meet our ENT doctor. Hoping she could still deliver a good news rather that the first one we heard. Hoping they just made a mistake in reading the results. Prayed like I never did before in my entire life just to hear a different news but unfortunately, we didn't..

How can doctors tell us that our very active, always hungry, inquisitive 6 year old has cancer? Words like chemotherapy, radition therapy, oncologist, etc.. were being talked about but my mind's floating. I cannot digest their words in my system and how I pray so hard everyday that this is all just a bad dream. That we all wake up from, ASAP. Fast forward to when my daughter gets better, please? 😭

This is one hell of a roller coaster ride. Today we get a good news and all spirits are high once again but the next day someone delivers a bad news and we go crashed once again. Like starting all over again. We move a step forward today but two steps back the next day 😔 There are so many questions in my mind but I know no one has ever answered those too.

After 31 days in the hospital, we are now back for work ups (admitted again since Nov 11) - ctscan, bone scan, bone marrow aspiration. We were supposed to be discharged today as all tests were done already (Nov 14) but after ctscan another bad news came our way. Cianne's operation site developed puss, causing the discharge from her ear and swelling on her eyes and face. She underwent another operation today to remove the puss inside which means we still cannot go home until it clears 😭 Please help us pray that all will be removed and no tumor left or recurred 🙏🏻 she's still in pain from the bone marrow aspiration done to her last night 😭 (sedation after sedation).

Every poke, sedation, IV transfer breaks my heart to its core. But more so for this little girl who's been so traumatized with all this ordeal. We even heard her say while crying her heart out: "Mama I'm tired already, how many "tusok" do they still need?" She would ask us every single thing unfamiliar to her that she would hear from the doctors and nurses. "What' O.R. mama? Why do I need to go there again daw?", "Is my IV line okay? Ayoko na ilipat", "What's bone marrow?", etc... and we try to explain it to her the best way we could - give information that her young brain could grasp and make her somehow strong and prepared for what's to come.

Took me a while to share this unfortunate news to the world as I really cannot process in my mind all the information we got. Apologies for that as we know a lot of you have been asking for updates about Cianne. I need to muster enough courage and strength to tell our story. I have been reading and talking to people who've had the same journey as ours (to draw a bit strength) but I still cannot take it in 😭 Sorry if I still haven't replied to messages but your words of encouragement and concern are truly appreciated 🙏🏻

But we know (again), this is a fight we cannot do alone. We badly need all the PRAYERS we can get for our little girl (FRANCESCA CIANNE) - that she may be strong and resilient enough to endure all these and beat this fuc*** cancer out of her system. And also for our family - that we may always be in top shape to be able to care for her 100% and strength to face this battle.

We are so grateful to all our friends and relatives and even complete strangers who have been so generous in sharing their blessings with us thru the gofunding page and direct deposits - this made our battle somehow lighter to carry. May God bless you a thousand folds 🙏🏻 But as hard as it may be, we humble ourselves as we knock on your generous hearts once again to help us with this long battle ahead of us (numerous chemotherapy sessions, radiation therapy, confinements for chemo and a whole lot more financially draining expenses). Clicking the link below and sharing our gofunding page would mean a lot to our family 🙏🏻 and most importanly your prayers. Please please include CIANNE in your prayers always.

There are miracles - we believe God will fully heal Cianne and we will be victorious in this battle. With all our prayers combined, we know our little cianne will beat this illness that sucks!

Our mission now: #MakeCianneHappy as we know we need to lift her spirit up inspite of all this.

#CianneWillWinThis
#CianneFightsRhabdomyosarcoma
#LoveArmyForCianne
#ChildhoodCancer

Here's the link for the funding page 🙏🏻 hope you can click the share button too 🙏🏻 THANK YOU SO MUCH!

https://assets.gogetfunding.com/love-army-for-cianne/

Bank account for direct deposits:
BPI Savings account
Maria Claret Punzalan
3549084124

BDO Savings account
Maria Claret or Frederick Punzalan
001120506695