Please save our Mom

3 months ago, we found out that our Mom has a tumor in her Pancreas. At that time, it was around 5 cm in diameter. This tumor has blocked the biliary tube and she became very yellow due to the bile that has been building up in her body. We were able to address this by putting a stent that will drain the bile. Despite the pain, she was able to recover and she was out of immediate danger of liver failure.

We were really grateful with some friends and family who extended their help to surpass the immediate danger.

The next step was to find a way to address the tumor in her pancreas. The doctor recommended oral chemotherapy for an initial duration of 14 days. Afterwhich, she'll undergo some test and a rest period before going into a 2nd round of chemotherapy.

Unfortunately, my mom had a negative reaction on the first round of oral chemotherapy and had an infection. We had to treat that as well.

Last Thursday, we had to bring our mom to the hospital because she had a fever and has been experiencing pain in her abdomen. Everything was ok until Sunday (July 3, 2016) evening where was experiencing unbearable pain and blood came out from her bowel

She underwent a procedure the following day to see where the bleeding is coming from and we found out that the tumor in the pancreas has penetrated the intestines. Her doctor recommended another procedure to address the internal bleeding which she had this noon (July 5, 2016).

The good news is that the procedure went to success and the doctors were able to block the bleeding by inserting some platinum coils. The coils are also meant to starve the tumor so that it will not grow further and hopefully will force it to shrink.

We are not yet sure what we need to do next and will probably wait for the recommendation of the doctors.

To date, we have a current hospital balance of about P511,000 excluding professional fees. We already used up whatever credit limits we had due to previous hospital bills since April and already in big debt....

Our mom's fight for her life is not yet over... With the right funding, we still think that she can survive and prolong her life and spend it with us, particularly her grand children....

If we may request a little help ... Perhaps, we can make this happen.....

You may send your kind assistance via Paypal....

For those that do not have Paypal, I have a BPI account number where donations can be made.. BPI #3529 1982 63 under Macjune Tolentino.

She just celebrated her 71st birthday last July 9, 2016.

Thank you in advanced...