Help for AJ
While browsing through some blog posts in pinoyblogosphere, I happen to chance upon Hazel’s entry asking help for her niece who has cancer/leukemia. I was moved by her post so I decided to post an excerpt of her blog below to help her disseminate her niece’s story, get more info from other people and especially get more people to pray for her niece.
This is an excerpt of a blog entry at Zoe Grapho’ s blogsite (http://hazelsheryllchua.blogspot.com/2009/03/help-for-aj.html)
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Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Help for AJ
This is an attempt to disseminate information to get more people to pray for my niece who has cancer/leukemia.
Alleah Janine Reambillo, we call her AJ, was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia in 2001, she was nine years old at that time, a smart little girl who loves to draw and color and a consistent honor student in our local grade school. She went on remission with the help of oral medications (Glivec by Novartis) and in October of last year, her doctors gave her the permission to fly to Singapore for a final round of tests before they can give her a complete clearance.
She was supposed to fly with her dad this summer after she graduates from high school on April 3, she is also supposed to receive awards for being a student journalist and for being the school’s Ms. Alma Mater. Unfortunately, three weeks ago, my niece had high fever and my mom saw some bruises on her legs and arms again. She was rushed to the hospital and after a round of tests, it was discovered that something triggered the cancer to recur and it has mutated, it has become non-responsive to Glivec and from CML, it looks like it has now turned into Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML). She is still confined at the Fe del Mundo Children’s Medical Center Foundation in Banawe St., Quezon City as of this writing.
[read more at Zoe Grapho]
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It doesn’t need much effort to help her niece. If you are a blogger, you can do 2 things to help her, write a post about her to help disseminate her story and hopefully someone who has info or resources available would get to read your post and second, you can say a prayer for her recovery. Two small things, doesn’t cost anything and doesn’t require much effort, but can definitely give her a chance.
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Update: Mar 30, 2009
Message from Hazel:
I just want to add that we are also looking for people who would be interested in donating blood to help us lessen the bill. They can just go to Fe del Mundo Hospital along Banawe Ave., Quezon City and just tell them that you are donating blood for Alleah Janine, the leukemia patient at Room Waling Waling. And since you are already there, why not go and take a peek in her room na din? She can be shy at first, but it will really brighten her up to know that there are a lot of people who cares
