Help Natalie Fight for Her Life

Natalie Enid, born February 7, 2017, 32 weeks premature with a weight of 2.48lbs and 35.5cm long. She has been diagnosed initially with Gastroschisis on her 11th week. Gastroschisis is a birth defect of the abdominal wall where our baby's intestines stuck outside of the baby's body. In our baby's case, also found outside were her stomach and liver. Upon birth, it was determined that it was in fact Omphalocele without a protective sac. It is likely the sac ruptured during early pregnancy. Since Omphalocele is normally associated with genetic problems, we've done all the test to determine life expectancy and our daughter passed. Now we're fighting for her life. Though treatable, what made this very difficult for our child is her premature nature, she was too small. We tried helping her grow faster through increased protein during pregnancy, however, our baby didn’t catch up. We also wanted to reach term to make it more manageable, however, our little fighter wanted out sooner.

Three hours after birth, she was operated on to contain the organs in an improvised silo (unfortunately the needed apparatus was not readily available in the Philippines). This was needed to prepare the organs to be reinserted into her abdominal wall and to help protect against infection. However, due to her premature size and the exposed organs that seemed to have outgrown her, simple reinsertion is not possible. It is a race against time now, against infection, against all odds. Natalie, our dear daughter, is fighting for her life.

Our doctors believe that there is hope since our daughter has proven to be resilient. She is getting the best care available with top-notch doctors. But we need your help. Ensuring our dear Natalie's survival also means bleeding every last savings we have, though it is not enough. Natalie can't survive without being hooked to a ventilator and all these other machines. She's being monitored round the clock. It is close to impossible to find healthcare that covers her condition. We fear after ten or fifteen days we would simply have nothing to support her medical treatment financially. The amount is staggering, something like $1200 per day, and we are looking at maybe two to three months of treatment depending how Natalie progresses. Please with your kind heart help us save Natalie.

For pledges outside GoGetFunding, please see the accounts below:

Bank Name: BDO UNIBANK, INC.
Account Name: Christian Alexander N. Mata
Account Number: 002108018693
Swift code: BNORPHMM

Bank Name: CHINA BANKING CORPORATION
Account Name: Christian Alexander N. Mata
Account Number: 101902002678
Swift code: CHBKPHMM

Bank Name: UNION BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES
Account Name: Christian Alexander N. Mata
Account Number: 100530020638
Swift code: UBPHPHMM

PAYPAL: http://paypal.me/fightingfornatalie

You can follow Natalie's journey in Facebook @fightingfornatalie