I hope I can still reach you before your flight to the phils.
our daughter yam was re-admitted yesterday for her 2nd course of chemotherapy. it will be an 8-day session on AML protocol for standard risk patients.
medicines for this course are readily available but her doctor mentioned the difficulty of acquiring AMSACRINE which is needed on the 3rd course. she uses a substitute for this, so she suggested that I request it from the
thank you very much and may god bless you and your family.
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yam is now on her 3rd day of the 2nd chemo course. she was administered with an intrathecal chemo which made her quite uncomfortable but she now feels much better.
thanks again and regards.
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it's so kind of you to raise funds for our daughter.
it's now more than 2 months after she was diagnosed of aml. she's back to the hospital for the 5th time now and she's on her 4th day of an 8-day 2nd course of chemotherapy. 3 drugs are administered to her everyday in addition to anti-vomiting, anti-fungal drugs, etc.
just like the previous one, the post chemo period requires antibiotics, blood transfusion and meticulous hospital care to prevent any infection. in-between hospitalization, yam is in high spirits and usually banters with her siblings.
last Sunday, the doctor mentioned yam's encouraging response to the 1st chemo. her latest bone marrow aspirate indicates she now produces enough blood. Her blood count showed almost normal levels of red blood cells and platelets. her white blood cells remained low though and her karyotypic analysis indicated 2 kinds of probably abnormal cells.
with a positive trend, this 2nd chemotherapy could induce remission. we will then confront the decision on whether or not she undergoes bone marrow transplantation (bmt). this hinges on the availability of a matched donor and the funds for the procedure. st Luke’s, national kidney institute and Asian hospital, all in metro manila, are all be capable of this procedure which is said to increase the chances of long-term survival compared to standard treatment methods.
we'd been scouring the net for clues of medical assistance, including bringing her to the
yam's doctor, jeannie ong, has also been very helpful and sympathetic. as we struggled to accept the condition of our child, we were burdened with the attitude of seeking how our child could survive. now, we are living to let our child live life with a deadly disease, and conquer it!! we can say for sure that people like you made us think this way and made us cope much easier.
we also wanted to write the whole group and seek help. but we are very much encouraged how several others got wind of the information and offered help one way or another. adversity, indeed, has its noble purposes and we thank you for helping us appreciate the brighter side of a very difficult situation.
god bless you my friend and all the other kind-hearted people. we will continue to keep in touch and look forward to your coming.
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RT wrote:
Pareng Junie,
I started a little fund drive and emailed some of our batchmates privately. They are sending me cheques and I will give you the cash, either in US$ or pesos when I get there. I was thinking of just sending off a message to the loop but wanted to get your blessings.
Am praying for Yam to pull through. Hope you and the rest of the family are coping.
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Dear Brod Junie,
I hope Yam is doing fine with her second round of chemotherapy. I am telling Debbie (my youngest) about Yam's struggle now at a very young, and her courage. Debbie is also ten years old.
Brod, I am also very blessed to have a brod like you. And now that the brods have their own families, we are very lucky to have each other as friends. Moses is now in college - he is trying to finish his AA (I think it is taking him 4 years to complete!) from the junior college here. We are advising him to now transfer to San Jose State Univ but he really wants to receive his AA certificate first. He doesn't feel any pressure to graduate! They're luckier than us during our college days when we were always penniless. Although with our rich experience, we became sharper and thinkers.
By the way, Moses is working his first job in a large computerstore, just for the summer. Tim is 16, he will be in his senior year HS this August. Debbie will be grade 5. OK, brod, could you send me your home address or your office address?
I have your bank account at DBP, courtesy of Marlon, but I think I would rather send via door to door if I send a cash gift to Yam. Send our regards to Emma, and to your other kids. Be courageous, you will be blessed.
Next time, I will try to gather my children for a pic so I can send it along with my e-mail.
Regards,
M
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dear m, m and kids,
greetings from
how are all of you doing? M must be in 2nd or 3rd year college now. Which college has he enetered? T and D must be so tall now.. where do they go to school to? we heard m came home last year...
i wrote to thank you for your gift of love to yama. We truly are overwhelmed at the show of love and concern for our little girl. the pain and the burden has become lighter because of many caring folks like you.
the first time we heard about the conclusive findings of acute myelogenous leukemia, we were devastated. We still are but many times God in His mercy has shown He is ahead of us in this trial. He has many ways we can not fathom even sending new acquaintances to us for information, for encouraging chat/messages, for timely blood donations and so on... we try to keep track of all these blessings and truly He will not give a trial that we can not carry.
we are so blessed having you as our friends and we pray that God bless you with your needs and with the desires of your heart because you are a blessing to others. thank you very much from the bottom of our hearts.
btw, yam is eating very well and remains optimistic. she is scheduled to undergo her second round of chemotheraphy for 8 days starting on june 23.she is very encouraged at the fact that so many care and are praying for her complete recovery.
best regards and do take care.
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