Meet my grandmother, or lola in Filipino. Her name is Felisa and we call her Lola Inda. Inda is a Kapampangan term for mother. She just turned 78 this last Valentine's Day. And now, she is suffering the most painful moment in her life.

I wasn't able to attend her last birthday because I have work on that day. But my sisters told me that she was still okay back then. And now I feel really bad for not being there. What we didn't know was that a day or so after that, she got sick and rushed to the hospital. Eventually, she was transferred here in Quezon City at the Philippine Heart Center. She was diagnosed of having Pneumonia and Bronchial Asthma, aside from that, she is also a Diabetic which worsens her health.

I wasn't aware that she's sick until my aunt told me, and at that time, she's been confined for two weeks already. I understand why they didn't told us right away. They don't want to worry us, perhaps they plan to tell us when she's in a better condition. After learning about that, I went to visit her right after my work. She's okay; not okay-okay, but not that bad-bad either. When I got there, she was in a private room but they told me that she stayed in the ICU for five days before that. 

From then on, I visit her everyday and there were nights that I sleep at the hospital. At that time, she's in a recovery phase but I can still tell that she's getting tired of all the medications and of being bedridden. But she's not resisting to take medications and other tests, except at night. She's hard to handle at night that there should be someone awake to attend to her needs besides the nurse on duty. She screams when she's in pain, she refuses to take meds, and other stuff which are not really hard to attend to. But seeing her in pain, that is hardest. Not being able to do anything to take all those pain away from her is heartbreaking. But when she finally regained her appetite, when she laughs and talks, that gave us hope that she'll be okay in no time.

Actually, she was about to be discharged on March 5th  but one of her doctor did not approved of it. He said that she still hasn't fully recovered yet and taking her out of the hospital will make her condition worse. So we stayed there for another day. But then, things got worse. Last Monday morning, March 7th, she's coughing so bad and was transferred again to the ICU. The doctors said that there's water in her lungs and also she has a lot of phlegm.

As of now, she's been hospitalized for almost a month. Another week in the ICU and not feeling any better. She's getting weaker which makes us so sad. Two days ago, the doctor's said that her kidneys are failing and she's not responding to her meds that they need to prescribe stronger ones. A lot of our relatives are visiting her now, including her still-living siblings. We don't know what is God's plan for her but we're not losing hope that she'll recover even if it's only a miracle we're hoping for.

I won't ask for donations and stuff, what I will ask you for is a prayer. Please include her in your prayers. Even if you don't know her that much; even if you're not related to her; pray for her because she is your kind, she's also a child of God. Please do it for her. Please help her. She is kind.