A lady from Santa Cruz, Ilocos Sur is asking for assist so she will be able to have surgical procedure for her cleft lip and palate.
According to a report on “24 Oras,” Monday, Primalyn “Mesing” Elias, 20, had an operation on her cleft lip when she was 5 years previous. Her second operation for her cleft palate, nonetheless, did not push via as a result of she saved getting sick.
As a end result, she hasn’t been capable of go to highschool or socialize with individuals her age. Instead, she works laborious to assist her household in making salt. She additionally harvests peanuts, incomes P3.50 per kilo, and trades junk for money.
“Masipag, matulungin si Primalyn. Pag dumating siya, bumibili siya ng ulam namin. Tapos binibigyan nya ‘yung kapatid niya,” mentioned Mesing’s mother Ruby.
One of Mesing’s kin, Amelia Valdez, wrote to the GMA Kapuso Foundation to ask for assistance on her behalf.
“Naawa kasi ako dito kay Primalyn. Gusto kong matulungan para makapagpatuloy pa rin siguro siya sa pag-aaral,” Amelia mentioned.
Ruby thinks her daughter’s situation was as a result of she slipped whereas she was pregnant with Mesing. However, in line with Dr. Hector Santos, a plastic surgeon, this isn’t the case.
“It’s a congenital deformity sa habang nasa sinapupunan. Kadalasan niyan, there’s a 10-15%—is genetics. And then multifactorial—’yung nutrisyon ng nanay o kaya malakas uminom ng alak o sigarilyo.”
Mesing appealed to these with a form coronary heart to assist her.
“Tulungan n’yo po ako na mapa-operahan,” she mentioned.
For those that have an interest to assist, the GMA Kapuso Foundation is accepting donations via financial institution deposits, Cebuana Lhuillier, GCash, Shopee, PayMaya, Zalora, MegaMart, Globe Rewards, Metrobank bank card, and Lazada.
For extra data, go to the GMA Kapuso Foundation web site.
—Kimberly Tsao/MGP, GMA Integrated News
Source: www.gmanetwork.com
