Thursday, February 18, 2016

Don't Despair, Just Do It

Hi again guys! We went for check up yesterday and my platelet was 7,000 over 150,000 and my hemoglobin was 7.4 over 12-15. I don't have active bleeding, thanks to God. I know He is truly hearing all your prayers for me. Thank you very much for all your concern. 😊

I stopped cyclosporine as the doctor said when He gave me antibiotics since as I said in my past posts, I had cough and cold. We went there for check-up yesterday but they said he was on vacation. We only went to the hospital's support clinic for prescription of Revolade, folic acid, prednisolon and cyclosporine. The doctor aslo gave us request for Complete Blood Count (CBC) and that's why I knew what my counts were. I am still ok with 7.4 though I feel my heart beat fast when I walk even just in the house or even when I need to pee. It feels like the oxygen isn't enough to go up to my brain and it is a little bit of a struggle so I just need to sit down, lie down or just be at rest.

Anyway guys, I just want to remind you that I'm not paraliyzed. I am just weak and weaker than how I was back then but I can still read and I usually read the Bible (the daily reading) or like now, I'm reading Acts. I also have testimonies of Catalina Rivas about the Holy Mass and her other booklet entitled In Adoration. It fills me with hope and reminds me how I live in agod's mercy through all the help and love I get from all of you, our friends, out there.

Besides reading, I am also writing some of my thoughts in a notebook or sometimes. I also love watchi movies when my sister comes home from school and doesn't have any homework or project to do. Sometimes, I also wait for my dad to come home from work and then we can watch horror movies with him. Right now, I'm listening to mom's favorite old songs. I prefer listening to her songs because they're more relaxing than songs from thsi generation. But of course, that's just from my point of view. We all have different tastes.

I also surf the internet for some moments in time. Aside from talking to friends, I am usually on facebook, reposting and sharing the things we sell on our online shop when I'm not talking to friends and looking at the latest posts in Aplastic Anemia support groups online. At least, I can use my time wisely because it also helps add to the fund even if I only have a little profit from it. P50-P500 a week is our usual profit. I said "our" because my brother and his girlfriend helps me with the transactions and getting the supplies from suppliers when it is needed. They don't even ask me for salary lol and told me all will be added to my fund for treatment. There is not much of a profit from it but this is my outlet.

Well, it doesn't hurt since I just lie here in the sofa while listening to mommy's music then just post or share. It also gives me the chance to talk to other people when someone orders. It's refreshing for me when I talk to people who doesn't know that I have this illness of my bone marrow not working at all. It is also an outlet for me because I like art so when I edit pictures for my page, it serves as my outlet.

Our online shop makes me feel like I can still do something. Others lead to depression when they don't have an outlet like this. Don't get me wrong but when you are ill and you don't have an outlet like my online shop or like the things I do, you lose it. It will you feel more that you are a burden to others. It will stress you out and will make you feel down and depressed and that's not good. It won't help in any situation.

I hope others understand this. I am 27 and I am undergraduate since my body couldn't tolerate the stress of school. I have always been dependent and seeing my classmates back then already having their own families and living their own lives while I lie here helpless makes me feel left behind. But God is truly good because He gave me ways to feel that I am not left behind. All praises to Him! ❤️❤️❤️

It's also just a matter of knowing your limitations or knowing when to rest. If I feel tired already (even if I was just there clicking to repost or share) I just go to sleep immediately. Lingering on social media or internet is also not good that's why I also have time to read books and the things I read is also my way of prayer. It helps me a lot. The emptiness I feel is filled and the outlook I have becomes positive. In the end, these things I do help me not to focus on my illness and that's good thing. 

If you want to visit our online page, just click here: http://www.facebook.com/trendsavenuephilippines.



Help us in raising funds for my treatment. 3-4 million Philippines pesos is no joke. Thank you for all  who already extended their helping hands. God is already aware of all of you and I am also forever grateful to all of your donations and prayers.

I am still asking for your help in prayers and for financial help, also.

Here is the link for gofundme.com for any donation to raise 3-4 million Philippine pesos:
https://www.gofundme.com/uud7ukr7



My bank account in the Philippines is:

Bank of the Philippine Islands
San Lazaro, Manila
Account #: 9769-1401-71
Account name: Karen Claire Celestino

For blood donations because of my frequent transfusions, please comment below or email me @ karen_608@yahoo.com or text 09273618598. If you are experienced already and is willing to donate, please go to University of Sto. Tomas Hospital blood bank and register your donation under my name Karen Claire Celestino. Aside from financial loans, we also have blood loans and we need to replace the bags I have used. I still need 10 and more people just to fill it in so when I go back to the Philippines and need transfusion again especially after our flight, we would be given blood. Please do help me in this, too.

Thank you for giving a little of your time to read and share this post. Thank you for all donations and prayers. With all of you, my hope to live a longer life is lit up.

God bless all of us! 😊❤️👍😍🙏😇

Tuesday, February 16, 2016

I Miss Baking


I was only a beginner at baking. I even baked and offered it to others at the lowest price, even though I didn't have enough pay for the labor I put into it especially washing the equipment lol but I was enjoying it back then and it was what mattered to me. My costumers didn't complain though I admit that I wasn't as good as others. They were satisfied with what I gave them.

I just visited my online shop back then called "My slice of Dessert". I want to thank my costumers back then though I know they won't be able to read this anymore.

Since my body got weaker and I easily get tired and I had bleeding especially when I knead dough or fondant for an order or baking for our snacks, I stopped baking. I miss learning new things and practicing and getting better at it in a way but I have to let it go. Anyway, I can still make refrigerated cakes with the help of family or friends but right now, I haven't made anything again.

Here are some of the cakes I enjoyed baking. 



Oh, sweet memories! 😊

Monday, February 15, 2016

Your Kind hearts Make Me Hopeful

For the past weeks, I had cough and colds. My doctor changed my antibiotic from tavanic to azithromycine. I stopped cyclosporine for the moment. I don't have colds anymore but I still have cough but Maybe it's because of the change of weather every now and then. I just take strepsils because sometimes, I can't stop coughing and strepsils help relieve it.

I have continuous bleeding. I had CBC last week and the result is:

Platelets - 5
Hemoglobin - 8

I didn't need transfusion since I wasn't having profuse bleeding. Just a little gum bleeding and also spotting. I still get tired easily and just stay at home most of the times. I can't even do the groceries with my mom anymore because I easily get tired. It's a lot better now with my mom since now she understands that I always feel tired and it's not because I am being lazy.

I've had a discussion in an online aplastic anemia group about how they felt when people misunderstand what Aplastic Anemia is, and it really is hard to explain especially with their misconceptions about AA. It will really take time to understand what this illness is but we don't have to explain it to everyone or make everyone understand because those who care will take their time to understand this to be able to understand us and those who just wants to help but don't have the time to know what AA is, it's really up to them because not everyone has the time to understand everybody, right? At least, they have the heart to give their help and reach out to thise who are need.

Anyway, the simplest explanation is that Aplastic anemia is Bone Marrow (Organ) Failure (pancytopenia). I will post cartoons that may help others understand AA and hope it may help us raise awareness about my illness.

Have been praying a lot more lately and received a lot of help from people here in Jeddah with very good and generous hearts. Thank you very much for all the prayers and financial help. I couldn't help but thank God for everything everyday and every moment because in His goodness, many people are willing to help us raise funds for my treatment.

I am still asking for your help in prayers and for financial help, also.

Here is the link for gofundme.com for any donation to raise 3-4 million Philippine pesos:
https://www.gofundme.com/uud7ukr7


My bank account in the Philippines is:

Bank of the Philippine Islands
San Lazaro, Manila
Account #: 9769-1401-71
Account name: Karen Claire Celestino

For blood donations because of my frequent transfusions, please comment below or email me @ karen_608@yahoo.com or text 09273618598. If you are experienced already and is willing to donate, please go to University of Sto. Tomas Hospital blood bank and register your donation under my name Karen Claire Celestino. Aside from financial loans, we also have blood loans and we need to replace the bags I have used. I still need 10 and more people just to fill it in so when I go back to the Philippines and need transfusion again especially after our flight, we would be given blood. Please do help me in this, too.

Thank you for giving a little of your time to read and share this post. Thank you for all donations and prayers. With all of you, my hope to live a longer life is lit up.

All is for God's greater glory! 😊 Please do share this so more people will be aware of this rare and fatal illness called Aplastic Anemia aka Bone Marrow Failure. God bless us all!

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Cough and Colds and GoFundMe Update

It got cold here in Jeddah and maybe because of the sudden change of climate, I got cough and colds right now and experienced chills. My gum bleeding doesn't stop even if I am religiously taking tranexamic acid. I asked my mom so we could go to the hospital for a checkup so I could be prescribed something for my cough because i don't want it to worsen especially, I am prone to bleeding. So we went to Fakeeh Hospital and Dr. Tarek prescribed me Tavanic 500 mg once a day, Clarinase 5mg/120mg twice a day, and kafosed syrup 10mL 3x a day. He advised me to stop Ciclosporine while taking Tavanic. It's a week off cyclosporine and I feel like it's vacation from meds even though I still have other meds to take. 😊 

Anyway, today is day 9 since my account in gofundme has been created by my parents' friend Tito Ronnie. It raised $1,065.00 already over our target of $55,000.00. We are raising this much because of my meds, hospitalizations with Blood and platelet transfusions and labs, professional fee for doctors, and the ATG procedure which costs about $8,500.00 per shot converted from Philippine pesos according to my hematologist in the Philippines. They said it will take about 5 shots. 

To all those who have donated, here is an update on my online fundraising for my medical financial needs when I get back home to the Philippines. (see pic below)



Also, I received P3,500.00 in my BPI acct and also 2 envelopes from mom's friends. Thank you very much for these and also for all encouraging words and prayers, which fill me with hope and drown away my fears. Another family friend also proposed a fundraising using her delicious cakes, cupcakes and lollicakes and we're still talking about it. Thank you for sharing all your blessings with me.

God is so good that He provided me with people who are willing to give and pray in unity. He is so good, He provided me with good-hearted people like you to help me. Loving friends and family who have hearts of gold. Your good hearts remind me of my own family who loved me then and will always do. I want to share about them.

I grew up with a family who took care of me very well. My grandparents mamang and papang and my mom's youngest brother, Tito Rey are the ones I lived with until I finished highschool. They spoiled me with with their love. I love all of them and I dream that one day, I will be able to make them feel the same way they made feel. They made me feel pampered and protected me and always thought the best for me. Though they over protected me, I knew it was because they loved me so much.

My mom's siblings who always gave me financial and emotional support, I'm also so blessed to have them - my tito Edwin and Tita Anabelle. Whenever, we couldn't handle the bills, they are always the first ones to help.

I remember when I was young, I played with my tita abel's makeup (that's what we call her) and when I went to my tito Edwin's store full of cute stationary items and school supplies, he lets me take what I want and lets me play there. I was a happy kid. Back then, everyone knows I was weak and sickly but we didn't know that my bone marrow wasn't producing red blood cells, white blood cells and platelets. I lived a life in and out of the hospital but I know now there's a reason behind it.

Then my tita Anabelle got married so I stopped seeing her often but that was when I was younger because now, I also get to spend time with her to the mall or just look at bags together and talk about which is prettier. I get to walk arm in arm with her in the mall and she may not know it, but it makes me feel so loved. When she gave birth to my cousin, Tom, I knew I was given another brother because that's how I feel about him. Not just a cousin but my younger brother. When I have things I can't talk to my brother with, he listens to me and he also shares with me a love for books and coffee shops and conversations about the Bible and what he has learned from school. I like his company. 😊 On the other hand, I am not very close with my tita's husband, tito Franz, because I feel shy around him but I can see and feel his worries for me, too especially when I get hospitalized again. And they, as a family, are always willing to extend their helping hands for me, may it be in prayers, financial or emotional aspects.

Then, my mom's eldest brother, tito Edwin got married, too and he married a very sweet lady. She has moods but that's okay since I'm like her in that way. They both listen to my problems and also gave me whatever I needed that they could provide, may it be financial or moral support. I love Tita Ruby like how I loved our growing family. She is also a big part of my life. They both are and i love them both. They share my dreams and encourage me to be strong and assure me that they will be with me in fulfilling them.When I get treated successfully, I want to make them proud of me, that's one of my dreams.

And after a few more years, my tito Rey got married. He may not know it but I was attached to him like he was my father so when he married, it was a bit hard to accept hehe I was a kid and was truly very selfish but in time, I got to accept it especially when tita Marie gave birth to my cousins Jianne, Dicel, and Marielle. Our family grew bigger and this is the family together with my mom, dad, and my siblings Olac and Ishzi who I am truly blessed to have. They always gave me something but I haven't returned any favor yet and I ask God to let me stay or win against this disease for them.

These are the people who makes me want to fight for my life against Aplastic Anemia. I want to fulfill my dreams with them and for them. And to all of you, you also became part of my life and I'm grateful to God because I can still continue to hope that these dreams may come true. I also have other dreams like establish a shop with a cause so I may be able to help others or teach kids and youth about God especially in the remote areas in provinces. I want to help others, too, when I am already able to, especially children. I have a lot of dreams which I want to fulfill, and with your help I can make them come true one by one. With your help, I am also given the hope that I may also help others.

Here is the link to my account in gofundme.com to help us cover my ATG procedure. Please click below: https://www.gofundme.com/uud7ukr7

And for those who want to donate and help me, here is my BPI bank account:
San Lazaro Manila Branch
Acct name: Karen Claire Celestino

Also, I am in need of blood donors, please text 09273168598 for info. Or for experienced blood donors, please go to University of Sto. Thomas Hospital Blood Bank and register your blood donation under my name (same as above) Karen Claire Celestino. I really need your blood donations, too.

Your prayers will also be of great help to me, because I believe God will listen to us who pray in unity for an intention. Take Care and God bless!




Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Looking Back

Looking Back (01/28/2016)

Updated: 02/20/2016 due to publishing problems

Since I was little, I have always been weak and sickly. I was always admitted to the hospital as they thought I always had viral infections. I had bleeding, fever, and low platelet counts. I lived with my grandparents because my parents left me there. It was a complicated life. My mom visited me as often as she could but she was there when I was sick. She always brought my brother with her because he wasn't sickly like me. I actually don't remember much during my childhood. I just remember some bits and pieces.

I remember living with my mamang and papang (grandparents), my uncle Rey (mom's youngest sibling) and a hired househelp. I can't remember if I was naughty but I remember that I loved to read the collection of encyclopedia at home in Nueva Vizcaya together with one Almanac and the Atlas. My mom also gave me books when she came home from Manila, the sweet valley twins books, which I finish in one sitting.

I was a book lover and also loved writing poems and also wrote novelettes but my drafts back then were lost. I remember writing a certain novellete with the title "The vow of time" and "The Painting". My poems also since then weren't compiled and I lost them all. I became literary editor for our school's news org when I was in 4th yr HS.

I don'r remember much about what I did back then, just that I was often in the hospital or that I was always excused in school because of me being sickly and all.

I remember when I was in gradeschool, Grade 6 I think, I started to stop going to school often in the afternoon. It was because when the sun shines, my skin becomes really dry, I become really weak and my face grows this temporary rashes that subside when I arrive home in the afternoon. I was lucky, I guess, that we are living in the modern times or maybe others would have suspected I was kind of a witch or something. LOL Anyway, kidding aside, I truly had a hard time.

I was running for honors when I was in elementary but when I got in highschool, it was more difficult for me to cope up. I even tried being rebellious in the positive way. I wasn't supposed to join school organizations but I did and I participated as I could back then. If not, maybe I wouldn't have had additional memories.

I had my first transfusion when I was 15 yrs old, because of very heavy mestrual flow together with bleeding. They had me hooked up and gave me 10 bags of red blood cells and apheresis which is equal to 7 bags of platelets. I was in a provincial hospital and they panicked because the doctor in Manila said I shouldn't have been given transfusion because my body will rely on it and it did because for 12 yrs. I depended on multiple blood transfusions. My mom always had to look for blood donors and even if it was raining or there was storm, she rushed out to find what I needed. My younger brother also helped if he was  needed. My mom's friends and family always came to help when we lacked financially and when she needed someone to support her emotionally. She never gave up on me even how difficult it was. She had been through so much but she never left me. She was working and a housewife at the same time then she also had to be absent when I needed to be hospitalized again.

The doctors back then in Dr. Fe Del Mundo Hospital in Banawe St., Quezon City told us about ATG and bone marrow transplant but told us we could still see if the meds they gave me worked but no one even I treated this illness (Aplastic Anemia) as fatal as it really is. I believed it will all just go away one day so I didn't take it seriously. Most people even think it is just "Anemia" which it isn't because Aplatic Anemia is bone marrow failure; it is organ failure. I didn't even wear face mask or took my meds religiously because no one though it to be very serious. I, myself, didn't take it seriously. Even after 7 bone marrow biopsies/aspiration and many more laboratory tests, we all wanted to believe I was strong and I will be okay when time passes but I just didn't.

Back then I still have 60,000+ platelets  over 150,000-300,000 normal platelet count but through the years it's range decreased. 46,000-48,000 then 42,000 to 45,000 then 38,000-42,000 then 36,000-38,000 then you get the point and now I have platelets ranging below 10,000. Within this January 2016, I have 3,000-6,000. That's why we decided that i should now have ATG and we are fervently praying that it works when we would reach the target and earn an estimate of Php 1,200,000 to Php 2,000,000.00. I feel the weakness of my body. I wasn't as strong as I used to before. I love strolling but now, even just sitting in the mall makes me feel so exhausted. I feel frustrated and depressed at times but I offer it all in prayer to God and I know He will provide all that I need through the people around me who are willing to help financially, emotionally and spiritually.

In the picture is me and my best friend back when I was still studying in college. I want to go back and finish this course. 😞

With the help of those who are able to read my blog, I am asking from your good hearts to help us raise awareness about Aplastic Anemia and with more people to be able to understand and accept our condition, most will be able to reach thier simple dreams. I was a pharmacy student back then and I loved the course, it just broke my heart when I couldn't go to school to continue my studies anymore. I cried a lot back then. I still want to graduate college and fulfill my dreams. Others like me also want to fulffil their dreams.

I am asking from your good hearts to help me replace the blood I used in the past so the hospital may also give me another sets pf bags pf blood when i need it again once I go back to the Philippines.For blood donors, contact me in facebook or for experienced donors, just go to Sto. Thomas University Hospital blood bank in Manila and register your blood donation under my name, the same as above, so it will be counted. Please note my name when going to donate.

Thank you for reading and sharing to others my new post. Thank you for the donations and prayers. I will update more soon. God bless!

01/28/2016

Sunday, January 24, 2016

January Needs

This January, i've been back and forth the hospital.

I have been feeling hopeless. I feel my body feeling weaker and I am filled with fear. It's truly hard to fight feeling pain when the body is so weak... So weak that My body just voluntary shivers and I am left to tears praying that the pain will just stop. It's hard to offer it to God but I offer these pains together with Jesus's sufferings as the pain I feel at moments last. It's all I can do but then, how can I tell my parents about my fears? That I don't want to have ATG anymore because I feel I can't make it. That I feel that when we are able to pay for ATG and I'm in the middle of the treatment, my body will just give up. But I can't tell them that. I can't disappoint them. I don't want to worry them more than how worried they already are. But with this entry now, they may end up reading this.

Though, I am feeling hopeless, I still hold on to my dreams with God's will for me and take this big step to be cured. I need emotional support and strength. 

Last January 3, I had my checkup. I went with my mom to the doctor ang got my blood drawn but my dad picked me up so i would be home sooner since I wasn't feeling well. My mom was left in the hospital to wait for the result. When my parents got home, they told me the result; platelet count of 5,000 over the normal of 150,000-300,000 and hemoglobin of 4.8 over the normal count of 12-15 for women.


The next day, they took me to the ER and was admitted, given 2 bags of platelet and 2 packs Red bllod cells after the anti-allergy drug was injected via IV. I was discharged January 5.

January 11, I had my unexpected monthly period but it came in a heavy flow (vaginal bleeding). The next day I had very bad cramps (and it added to my stress) and I was using 4-5 overnight pads. The next day, I felt better but I noticed blood clots and I felt so weak again. January 14, I was rushed to the hospital emergency room again. My CBC (complete blood count) results were as follows:

Platelet: 3,000
Hemoglobin: 6.6
White bleed cells (WBC): 3.4

SGPT: 74 (out of normal 55)

Note that SGPT is something released into blood when the liver or heart is damaged. The blood SGPT levels are thus elevated with liver damage or something is wrong with the heart like heart attack. Some medications can also raise SGPT levels like my meds. This is also called alanine aminotransferase (ALT).






With those results, they admitted me again to be given 4 bags of platelets and 2 packs of red blood cells and hydrocortisone to avoid reacting to the BT (blood transfusion). That night, friends came to visit and offered prayers to God for my healing. I was discharged the next day and was given an appointment for my next checkup.

When I got home, the result of my SGPT bothered and worried me (stressing me out and scaring me) because someone from a facebook group about Aplastic anemia informed me that I was underdosed that's why the meds were not working on me. I had to decide whether to continue the meds with my SGPT result like that. It took me days before I decided to stop the meds but that day I decided to give up my meds since underdosage means no treatment at all, I went for the checkup.

This time when we went for my checkup, the doctor talked to us calmly and gave us more details and raised the dosage of my meds. He was in a good mood, I think. He doesn't usually talk to us like that. He always just tells us he can't do anything for me and all he can do is give me prescription to be able to get medicine from the pharmacy. But that day, it was different. God truly moves in different ways. So now, the meds I am taking are:

Cyclosporine: 100mg 2x a day
Prednisolon: 5mg a day
Folic acid: 5mg a day
Revolade: 75mg once a day

I thought I will just be doing okay. But then yesterday, I was rushed to the hospital ER again. I had stomachache and I was dizzy but then when I rested my head to sleep, my head ached and I vomited a lot. They gave me fluids and pain reliever and pantomax for the stomach. After that, I was sent home. Now, I am resting.




I just thought I should write this update about my health now and how I feel about ATG and what I'm also emotionally going through. Please include me in your prayers and help me in my upcoming fundraising, too, for a final fight for a longer life through ATG treatment. The doctor in the Philippines told we may need a total of Php1,500,000.00 which is more or less $27,000.00 and that is only a rough estimate. We may need help raising this sum, but with God's help through the good hearts of those who want to help, we will be able to raise this.

For blood donors, too, in the Philippines, please call UST blood bank for information or if you are willing to donate with experience, please mention my name just above when you go so it will be counted. I also still need a lot of blood donors. Do send me a message @ thevsaafighter@gmail.com or karen_608@yahoo.com.

Thanks and God bless!

Written - 01/27/2016

Saturday, January 9, 2016

Gifts and Blessings

Yesterday, I was still having the headache a bit but it was tolerable, and I didn't want to feel the pain again so I woke up early and stayed in the living room and kitchen because when I rested too much, the pain got worse. Walking every now and then and just sitting was what I did. In the afternoon, we went to Tahlia street and window shopped just so I won't sleep at home and won't get the headache again. Our last stop was in Jeddah mall and we ate my favorite yemeni food. I forgot to take a picture of it and I don't know its name. All I know is that it's tuna and there was arabic bread. I also had adani tea. We ate until full and we stayed there until 8:00, I think but I was really tired.

When we arrived here in our flat, it was when I felt my body so tired. I wasn't dizzy but I felt like I was beaten. I couldn't sleep, too and only got to sleep by 1:00 AM. I had slight fever last night but didn't tell anyone. Anyway, today i woke up at 11 AM and just rested while my dad was at work, my mom did the groceries and my sister was in her violin practice.

We also had a visitor and I received these gifts. I really loved it! Thank you for the gifts! 😊😍

 


Also daddy came home with pizza and mommy cooked veggies with shrimp and bagoong! Yummy snack and dinner! 😍😄

Thank you God for the gifts and blessings! And not only that, a friend of daddy arrived who is a lay minister and told me he would be visiting every night or as often as he could so I could receive communion and also pray novena to the Holy Spirit. I was a bit hesitant before he came but I know this is a gift from God so I mustn't hesitate or reject it.

Prayers are my source of hope. Early in the morning, I thank God for giving me another day to live and another chance at life then I offer my feelings and emotions to God and offer all of what will be happening throughout the whole day to Him and then ask Him to fill me with His love and mercy. I pray the apostle's creed, the Lord's prayer, say the Hail Mary then pray 27 Glory Be's as I am already 27 years old. Every Glory Be is for every year that I have lived on earth. I followed the way of prayer of St. Therese of Lisieux, my favorite saint. I end the prayer with the Fatima prayer. At night, I also pray before going to sleep. The Prayer for the Jubilee Year of Mercy and the Divine mercy chaplet with intentions. I think we should take a little of our time to pray everyday. Nowadays, it is hard to have time to pray but when I think of it, being alive and healthy is the more reason we should pray because we can. It doesn't have to be a very long prayer but having a conversation with God every now and then for a minute within a day will do.

By the way, I have thought a new product that I will be using to start raising funds for my ATG. I'm in the process of developing my skills for it through youtube so please stay tuned. I won't be telling you what it is for now but I think it is fun and I have just enough energy to do it. I also think it's cute and that you will love it.

Thanks for visiting my blog. Please support me in raising my funds to be able to undergo treatment and raising awareness about Aplastic anemia or bone marrow failure. God bless!