Internet Lifeline for Rodin Aguirre - Congenital Heart Disease and ABO Incompatibility

<body bgcolor="#ffffff" link="#0000cd" alink="#666666" vlink="#0000cd" text="#000000"> <center> <table width="480"> <tr> <td> <font face="arial, times new roman" size="4"> <font color="#FF0000">BOES</font><font color="#0000FF">.ORG</font> <font color="#C0C0C0">- Children's Rights Across the World<br> The Original Internet Lifeline<p> </font></font> <font face="arial, times new roman" size="3">BOES.ORG & Rotary International 7490, Gift of Life Foundation, New Jersey, USA - Internet Lifesaving Action for Rodin from the Philippines. Congenital Heart Disease and ABO Incompatibility.<p> </font> <hr> <b>Incoming e-mail. A cry for help.</b><p> <font face="Arial" size="2" color="#000080"> Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 09:04:22 -0700 (PDT)<br> From: Maribel Aguirre<br> Subject: a mother's plea<br> To: BOES.ORG<br> </font> <font size="1"> </font><br> <font face="Arial" size="2"> E-mail from Rodin's mother, Maribel:<br> <font size="1"> </font><br> To whom it may concern:<br> I was 30 years old when I got married and was gifted with a beautiful child, a son. Not more than a day after while we were still in the hospital he was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease and ABO incompatibility. That began the series of trips to the doctor, punctures, diagnostic tests.<br> <font size="1"> </font><br> Despite all these, he grew up healthy, having the occassional flu and fever. What I cannot bear to look at is him turning blue with just a little exertion. This episode occurs more often now than when he was still a few days old. He is now 1 year and 9 months old and I can see the incomprehension in his eyes as he looks at me as if trying to ask why he cannot do more things just because he wants to, why he has to stop because he is having difficulty breathing whenever he exerts a little.<br> <font size="1"> </font><br> I am the sole breadwinner of our family. My husband and I prefered that he stay home because we do not want to entrust the care of our child, and our responsibility to him, to anyone else, even to our own families. I am a doctor who cannot practice because my son needs constant attention. <br> <font size="1"> </font><br> My husband is a fisherman but he cannot stay away from our child for long. We are advised that his condition is becoming worse and an early correction is necessary. <br> Please help me. I am speaking as a mother who can only do so much.<br> <font size="1"> </font><br> Maribel S. Aguirre<br> Pakil, Laguna<br> Philippines<br><br> <font size="1"> </font><br> BOES.ORG & Rotary, Gift of Life Foundation, New Jersey, USA - Internet Lifesaving Action for little Rodin from the Philippines<p> <hr> <b>Philippines. Boy named Rodin Aguirre, 1 year and 9 months in September 2001. He is diagnosed with a congenital heart disease and ABO incompatibility</b><p> <a href="menu_rodin01.html">Rodin Aguirre, Index</a><br> <a href="asia/philippines/rodin01.html">A mothers plea</a><br> <a href="asia/philippines/rodin_updates01.html">Rodin Updates 1</a><br> <a href="asia/philippines/rodin_updates02.html">Rodin Updates 2</a><br> <a href="asia/philippines/rodin_photo02.html">Rodin, Photo</a><p> Lifesaving via the Internet, in international cooperation:<br> <a href="menu_index01.html">A/ Ongoing Internet Lifelines 2002</a><br> <a href="menu_index02.html">B/ more Lifesaving Actions 2002</a><br> <a href="menu_index03.html">C/ even more Lifesaving Actions 2002</a><br> <a href="menu_index31.html">D/ Searching for external Action 2002</a><p> Base document:<br> <a href="base_actions11.html">Actions</a><p> Readers Digest, World Edition 1998:<br> <a href="readersdigest1998.html">Internet Lifelines since 1997</a><p> <hr>  The Philippines.<br> <a href="asia/philippines/country_info.html">Country Information</a><p> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body>