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| Maylyn is hoping to get well enough to go home and be with her kids |
A 35-year-old Filipina helper who is waging a battle against
stage 4 lung cancer remains hopeful the medical treatment she is getting in Hong Kong hospitals will restore her physical strength to
at least enable her to travel home.
Maylyn Mauricio went public with her condition a month after
she was admitted to Queen
Mary Hospital
The patient, a mother of a boy aged 16 and a girl aged 14,
said she was shocked when she was told of the diagnosis. She is the second
Filipina to have been reported to be in hospital fighting the disease in the
past fortnight.
(I am sad because I have two children who still need my
support)
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She also worried about having been constantly exposed to the formaldehyde that her employer used to disinfect their house against the coronavirus.
The employer sent Mauricio to a private clinic on Aug 5,
suspecting she had caught the coronavirus after complaining of painful breathing.
The doctor said she needed to undergo further examination and referred her to
Queen Mary that same day.
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She said she went home to tell her boss and get some clothes,
then went to the hospital. After several clinical procedures the doctors said
there was fluid in her lungs that needed to be drained and she had to be confined
in the hospital.
The next day, she was transferred to Grantham
Hospital , a hospital in Aberdeen
“Dito ako dinala dahil
kailangan ma-drain as tubig sa aking baga upang makahinga po ako ng maayos,”
said Mauricio. (I was brought here because the fluid in my lungs needs to
be drained so I can breathe properly).
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| Mauricio is confined at Grantham Hospital, which specializes in cardio-pulmonary diseases |
Doctors at Grantham inserted a tube in her lung to drain the
fluid and took a piece of her tissue for biopsy because of lumps in her neck
and collarbone. On Aug 12, her attending physician diagnosed her with lung
cancer.
On Sept 1, the doctor referred her to an oncologist at Queen
Mary who found out that her lung cancer was at stage 4.
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Mauricio said any day this week, she would be subjected to
PET scan for a thorough check of her entire body to find out other cancers
inside her.
She said doctors were baffled because she has both small
triangular cells, which indicated lung cancer, as well as circular cancer
cells.
Mauricio is also scheduled for a CT scan on Sept 18, but
that could be precluded by the earlier and more comprehensive PET scan.
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Meanwhile, the helper said she chats regularly with her
employer although they have not seen each other in person since she was
admitted because visitors are not allowed inside hospitals.
The employer reportedly told Mauricio to inform her when the
hospital would discharge her so her employment agent could assist in her
repatriation.
Mauricio said she had also gotten in touch with the Overseas
Workers Welfare Administration but no one from there or the Consulate has
checked up on her.
But welfare officer Virsie Tamayao has reportedly promised
to help book her flight and arrange for her transport back to her home in
Batac.
The patient said her fellow members in the born-again
church, Fishers of Men Ministry, have been bringing her food and other things
she needs, although they can’t go beyond the hospital lobby.
“Ayaw ko munang umuwi dahil mahinang-mahina pa ako. Magpapalakas
muna ako ng katawan. Natatakot ako sa Covid at hindi ko pa kayang magbiyahe nang
malayo pauwi sa probinsiya,” the patient said.
Besides, she said she knows she can get better hospital
treatment here than at home, and won’t even have to worry too much about the
cost for as long as she has her Hong Kong ID.
(Those who want to get in touch with Maylyn for financial help and moral support may send her a message directly to her telephone number: 5286 4193)
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