A 4 year old with cancer and a mums fight to save her life
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1. <DONATED> mincy $50
2. <DONATED> Zack $80
3. <DONATED> barney $100
4. <PLEDGED> mom2boys $50
5. <DONATED> daisyt $50
6. <PLEDGED> cmm $50
7. <DONATED> RRMummy $100
8. <DONATED> ChiefKiasu $100
9. <PLEDGED> lucky $50
10. <DONATED> Bowie's family$100.
11. <DONATED> MLR $50
12. <DONATED> EN $100
13. <PLEDGED> Shaz $50
14. <DONATED> jedamum $360
15. <DONATED> hquek $100
16.<DONATED> nat_mom & family $250
17.<DONATED> seletar $500
18. <DONATED> vv_lim $80 (itr: 2314529940)
19. <DONATED> EatNonStop $50
20. <DONATED> Tranquility8706 $50
21. <DONATED> MMM $100
22. <DONATED> nmhmum $50
23. <DONATED> cloudy $50 -
From our little effort in this forum, pledged plus donated, we raised $2520 for Charmaine so far. Kudos to all :celebrate:
I do not think there will be large corporations pledging their support in such instances as most will not want to be seen having such a precedent of helping at the individual level, as they would be fearful of having 2nd, 3rd, 4th Charmaines knocking on their door. So it is certainly great to see Tampines Rovers pledging their assistance in such a way
If we do the maths... Charmaine only needs 500,000 to just donate $1 or 50,000 to donate $10 or 5,000 to donate $100 ... This seems possible and achievable, but this would also need the 500,000 who feel compelled to do something to also act by donating the $1 in order to realise Charmaine's dream.
So if after learning about Charmaine's story and you are touched by it.... Pls continue to go that one step further to donate that \"one dollar\" because you may just be the one to make that difference
Have a great weekend ahead for all :celebrate: -
Hi dear all kiasu parents, the match held yesterday at Tampinese stadium was great ! I was touched to see many peoples turn up for the events, kids, teenages, adults. It was an enjoyable match by the ex-lions with the all stars. Here is the report from channel news asia.
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/singaporelocalnews/view/439070/1/.html -
6. <DONATED> cmm $50
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<DONATED> blue $50
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1. <DONATED> mincy $50
2. <DONATED> Zack $80
3. <DONATED> barney $100
4. <PLEDGED> mom2boys $50
5. <DONATED> daisyt $50
6. <DONATED> cmm $50
7. <DONATED> RRMummy $100
8. <DONATED> ChiefKiasu $100
9. <PLEDGED> lucky $50
10. <DONATED> Bowie's family$100.
11. <DONATED> MLR $50
12. <DONATED> EN $100
13. <DONATED> Shaz $50
14. <DONATED> jedamum $360
15. <DONATED> hquek $100
16. <DONATED> nat_mom & family $250
17. <DONATED> seletar $500
18. <DONATED> vv_lim $80 (itr: 2314529940)
19. <DONATED> EatNonStop $50
20. <DONATED> Tranquility8706 $50
21. <DONATED> MMM $100
22. <DONATED> nmhmum $50
23. <DONATED> cloudy $50
24. <DONATED> blue $50 -
Bumping this post up to the top... In case parents who have not seen this thread may be aware that we had this initiative running
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Saw in todayās copy of Mypaper (wo pao) that they had achieved target of 500K. But the way it was written, Iām not sure how they got to that target cos they mentioned this initiative and thatā¦
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hquek:
Saw in today's copy of Mypaper (wo pao) that they had achieved target of 500K. But the way it was written, I'm not sure how they got to that target cos they mentioned this initiative and that...
Thanks hquek for the update. I am copying this msg posted on 5 Jul 2009 from their blogsite below:
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THANK YOU ANGELS, We raised half a million for Charmaine!
SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2009
I received a message from Jolene yesterday morning, āWe have raised that half a million and we can start preparing to send Charmaine over!ā
Thank you for giving us a chance at livingā¦
I am very touched.
I want to say a heartfelt THANK YOU to each one of you who have made it possible for my feisty little one.
THANK YOU for your kindness, thank you for your help, thank you for your time and effort, thank you for the fundraisers, thank you for the encouragement and thank you for walking this journey with me.
This additional 20% - 40% chance of survival would never have been possible for Charmaine, without you.
You have given not only my Charmaine a chance at livingā¦
You have provided a chance for Jase to continue to play and fight with his mei meiā¦
You have also given me a chance to be with the 2 kids that I so love and needā¦
Most importantly, YOU have granted my family a chance to be the family that we have always beenā¦
THANK YOU.
The Journey in New Yorkā¦
I have been asked if I am mentally prepared for what I may expect in New York, especially since I am going to be facing a lot of things by myself, without the support of family and friends. My answer is āNo, I am notā. I freaked out when I went on my first business trip and ended up cooping myself in the hotel for fear of getting myself lost. I am terrible at my sense of direction. I am not sure how I am going to be taking care of the 2 kids and whether I would crumble under all the stressā¦ I am very afraidā¦
āWill I be able to take the news if things donāt turn out the way I wish it would be?ā NOPE. I will not. I wonāt lie to you and say that I am prepared for what come may and I would be able to take things in my own stride because I simply am not. I have never been prepared for such a huge challenge thrown into my life and they just come crushing down one after anotherā¦ Whether I am prepared or not, things still happenā¦ And whether I am prepared or not, I still have to do what I have to doā¦
I am feeling scared, overwhelmed and helplessā¦
I will probably cry a million times when we are there. Getting around, comforting the kids, taking care of Charmaine, making all the decisions for the treatments, cooking, grocery shopping, cleaning, bills, finances, etcā¦ However, I still have to do what I have to do.
I cannot stop moving ahead because I cantā¦ Charmaineās life is dependent on my decisions and time is not on my side eitherā¦
On the decision to bring Jaseā¦
One of the major decisions I had to make was whether I should leave Jase behind. I have always been thinking about this since day one of my decision to plead publicly. I understand its better to leave Jase behind because I can than focus my attention on Charmaine and not have to worry about Jase.
When Charmaine was recovering from her surgery in KKH, neither the physiotherapist nor myself could get Charmaine to try and take a few steps. We were discharged from KKH with me worrying over how I was going to try and get Charmaine to practice walking despite the pain. The first time when she did her tumor biopsy and surgery to implant the port-a-cath into her body, she took quite some time to overcome the pain and start walking. Hence, with this major surgery, I was even more paranoid and worried. What happened next when we reached home from KKH just got me speechless. Upon reaching home, while still seated in her stroller, Jase walked up to Charmaine and held her hand and than before I know it, the 2 of them were already walking hand in hand back into the room. No support from mommy. Of course I was still very concerned that she might fall as she had not walked for 7 days and I wasnāt sure if I could trust her leg muscles to support her body weight. But Charmaine seemed to have forgotten her fears and forgotten that she hadnāt walked in days and all the pain and just walked as normally as a healthy kid. I was in tears and I knew that I had to bring Jase along. Everyday while in NUH receiving her chemo, one of the things Charmaine looks forward to is her Kor Korās daily visits at night. Her smile and her eyes glowed with such happiness that it would be too cruel of me to deprive her of if I left Jase behind. I know it would be tougher with 2 kids in toll but once again, I prefer to look at the help that Jase would provide me with. As much as I try to hold my spirits up high and play with Charmaine, there is always a tinge of sadness behind my laughter and I no longer could play like how we used to play together. The kids are different. They do not share my worries and fears and they play and fight just like the way that they have been doing for yearsā¦ I need Jase to keep the spirits up for Charmaineā¦
Most importantly, if anything should happen... I cant bear the thought of Jase being apart from his mei mei and I need Jase with me too...
Other Updatesā¦
I still have other updates on how the discussion with Dr Aung turned out on Tuesday. In short, the decision is still to send Charmaine over as soon as she recovers from this chemo as any delay would give the cancer cells in her bone marrow to spreadā¦
I am going to be busy taking care of Charmaine for the next week, while also trying to sort out the logistics for New Yorkā¦ Please kindly bear with me and the rest of the feisty team if we are slow with updatesā¦
As expected, this is the combination of chemo drugs that will cause her to be in quite a fair bit of discomfort. Since our discharge yesterday afternoon, Charmaine has been vomiting a handful of times at homeā¦ Basically, everything she ate, she vomitedā¦ She is still hungry but the body doesnāt allow her to keep the foodā¦ She has also been complaining of a tummy pain which I suspect is nausea as she doesnāt know how to differentiateā¦ Spirits wise, our little feisty princess is still doing her best to stay the way she isā¦ despite the nausea, despite the tummy painā¦
Please allow me to keep this a short one as I need to get moving again.
I want to say a THANK YOU to all the angelsā¦ THANK YOU!
May every one of you be blessed with good health and happinessā¦
Love,
Cyn mommy
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hquek:
Saw in today's copy of Mypaper (wo pao) that they had achieved target of 500K. But the way it was written, I'm not sure how they got to that target cos they mentioned this initiative and that...
Just to summarize some contributors highlighted in My Paper Thursday July 9, 2009 (A6 My News/Home)
1) HardwareZone - Total more than $10,000; just one forumer highlight Trex72 - $10,000
2) Other fundraisers mentioned (mainly website/forum) - Flowerpod, VR-Zone IT, Lifestyle Forum, Today's Motherhood and Singapore Motherhood
3) Tampines Rover - $60,000
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