While I was blog drifting (not hopping) throughout my friends’ blogs, I noticed that most of them were blogging about Topamax birthdefect lawsuit cases because of parents now facing emotional and financial difficulties because their children have a cleft lip and they believed that the drug Topamax has something to do with it. So, most of my friends who are blogger moms are making a little awareness campaign about this drug and its ill effects on babies. And yes, that was also the reason why I blogged about it the other day.
Anyway, I hoped and wished that more parents will be aware of this drug and not take it while they are pregnant and if they have taken it and saw that it has affected their child, I suggest they find help in pursuing a product liability claim on the owners of Topamax. Though as parents we hoped for a normal smile for our child, a financial help to fix the cleft lip and palate is still the next best choice!
Last month, I already posted about my baby Bella’s health problem. Earlier this June 2010, we were able to confirm that Bella Grace, now nine months old, has hernia and the only solution to fix this congenital problem is via surgery.
Her surgical pedia doctor told us that we should prepare around 35,000 to 40,000 pesos (roughly $1000) to have her surgery done. This amount covers her three day ward accommodation, anesthesiologist, doctor’s fee and other miscellaneous hospital payments. At first, we thought we can get a discount from all of this if we apply my husband’s company insurance but unfortunately, congenital (existing medical conditions prior to birth) problems are not included with their insurance policy.
So, my husband and I decided that we will make a fund raising project (a term we use to save money) to raise money for Bella’s surgery. We will save up anything that we earn extra from our jobs, i.e. overtime pay, adsense earnings, extra work, blog hosting promo offers and contest winnings. Our goal is to have the money ready before December 2010, our target date for Bella’s surgery.
Then one time, Bella’s Godmother Pehpot and I were chatting online. She asked me about Bella’s situation and what are our plans about her surgery. When she heard about our fund raising projects and all services that I can do in exchange for service fees that we will save for Bella’s surgery fund, she offered help. She offered to manage a fund raising project online, which is now called “Blogging for a Cause.” I agreed to her idea because I know I can do online blog reviews and Marz Pehpot has the ability to get things organized and the talent to manage things (so kung mag-aartista si Bella, may manager na rin siya, LOL!).
After the chat, we continued our correspondence via email and talked about the idea. When I agreed, Marz Pehpot acted with haste. She immediately spread the word. After a few hours, Marz gave me the first batch of blogging for a cause orders. Praise God!!
Anyway, I am not yet finished with the first batch and the second batch is already on queue. I am so happy that many bloggers order a blog review. Not only that but many bloggers helped spread the word and extended their help financially!
Now, I wanna take this opportunity to thank all the Fund Donors to my Baby Bella’s Surgery Fund. I can’t thank you enough for all the help you have extended to my darling angel Bella Grace. Thank you very much and God bless all your generous heart.
I would like to thank Marz Pehpot for helping me raise funds for Bella and organizing “Blogging for a Cause.” I would also like to thank all the godparents of Bella Grace for helping Bella get her surgery as soon as possible. Thank you all for all the help, prayers, financial support and your blog orders. God bless you all!!
I have three beautiful children namely Micah Izabel, Johann David and Bella Grace. These three are my life’s treasure and I am happy that God has given them to me. As a respond to such gift, I am committed to become the best mommy they can have. I will love, nurture and protect them always.
Since I am a mother, I can’t help but feel sad when I read about the story of Baby P and Layla Grace, both of these children were given their angel wings at a very young age. Baby P was one year old plus when he died because of child neglect and abuse while Layla Grace was two years old when she died battling cancer.
WARNING, THESE VIDEOS MIGHT MAKE YOU CRY!
* Video on Baby P *
* Video on Layla Grace (She was still alive when this was made.) *
After reading and learning about their story, I committed to myself that I will try my very best to help in any way I can to battle child abuse and sicknesses. I believe that these little ones are given as gifts and not to be hurt or taken away because of a disease. So, I made a promise to myself that I will help create awareness so that people would know that many children are dying not because of their own choices but because of others or because of sicknesses that struck them.
So, if you want to join me in this battle and to learn more about how we can fight suffering in children, I suggest that you follow this blog or subscribe to our RSS through email. Together, we can make a difference for our children and others too!
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