I have known Ma. Isabel Damasco for more than ten years now. Better known Sabie by her classmates and colleagues but for us, her friends coming from the fast food restaurant where we all meet, we fondly call her as Mabel. She is actually the godmother of my son Jerome James. We don’t see each other as often but I know we are so bonded. That’s why when she got sick December of last year I was really worried. She was diagnosed to have a low platelet counts and when asked to rest for a month, I think, and she was prescribed with steroids that would help increase her platelets. It did have a positive development but at the same time she is gaining a lot of weight. I have supplied her tawa-tawa, a known herbal plant to help regulate the platelet count, as best as I can. Check ups and blood test continues until finally the doctor said she suffers from Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).

“ITP is the condition of having an abnormally low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) of no known cause (idiopathic). As most incidents of ITP appear to be related to the production of antibodies against platelets, immune thrombocytopenic purpura or immune thrombocytopenia are terms also used to describe this condition. Often ITP is asymptomatic (devoid of obvious symptoms), however a very low platelet count can lead to visible symptoms, such as purpura (large bruises), or more seriously, bleeding diathesis.”

The medication with steroids continues until recently she has to undergo a blood transfusion and it was helpful to increase her platelet count. But this is not an assurance that her platelet count will no longer go down, so check ups, blood tests and transfusions would be continued.

In line with this I am asking for your help to help promote the Facebook page of my friend by liking and sharing it so it would reach more visitors that might be able to help her either by monetary donation or blood donations. This page was created by her friends and I am here to support it too. The details on how to send donations is also listed on the page. If you are kind enough and would like to send donations through paypal, I would gladly accept it and give it to her in your behalf. Just send me a message at facebook and I will get back to you as soon as possible, here’s the link to my profile.

Thank you in advance for you help.

I had the chance today to do some blog hopping. I was able to finish the list on WBFC #19. While doing that and some other online stuff I stumbled on a new blog called 5.tips.com, tips for all. This blog is authored by RedHay and it talks about the things that interest him like travel, money, business and entertainment. These topics are really interesting and he gave good tips on travel and money but since the site is fairly new, the layout is simple but the posts are informative.

Welcome to all Weekend Blog Follower Caravan

I encountered problems with my feed earlier and I can’t find the solution for it. So I decided to delete it and just create a new feed which means, my feed is new and WBFC would be helpful in gaining subscriber. I hope you subscribe, leave your message and I’ll visit and subscribe to your feeds also.

Thank you in advance.

don’t forget to join this week, as you will gain new subscribers and visitors as well as you will have a chance to win $5 just for participating. See you!

Weekend Blog Follower Caravan is a simple online blogger-helping-blogger weekly meme. It was designed for bloggers to help each other in terms ofblog followers either through Google Friend Connect and email subscribers.

“A smile will gain you ten more years of life.” This is one of the famous Chinese proverbs. It can be used as a guide for the daily living or it can be given to a friend who is feeling down. Quotes can be used to lighten a person’s day. We can search for different proverbs or quotes over the internet and choose what’s best for us.

Welcome to my “new blog.” New because from blogger this blog is now self hosted, of course with the help of Mommy Rubz. I have a “new” theme as well. This is just a free theme that I got online and hopefully this would be temporary only. So, the best way to announce that I got a “new blog” is to join Weekend Blog Follower Caravan. WBFC is is a simple online blogger-helping-blogger weekly meme. It was designed for bloggers to help each other in terms of blog followers through Google Friend Connect.

Welcome WBFC Participants and thank you for visiting and following me here. Leave your comment and I will visit you back. I know I am not done with last week’s list and now, I would have another list. They are all on my to do list and hopefully I can visit you the soonest possible time.