To Whom it may concern,

I feel terrible sorry for what Rina Fitria's disease to get Bone Marrow Transplant in within 12 days and talking about the money I will donate it as well as praying her recovery.

Sincerely yours,

Benny Joe.

I will keep Fitria on my prayer

Soehardi SB

Dear Rina, I hope and pray you can receive this transplant and feel well again.

What a terrible thing that someone cannot get a proper treatment due to lack of fund or no insurance. I will keep Rina in my prayer. I hope miracle will happen.

Nanik T, Seattle WA

We'll pray for dear Rina, may God heal her sickness.

Lord hear our prayer

Google her name and you will find that doctor has postponed the BMT surgery this Friday. This is what I cut and paste from her journal (without asking her permission.)

I am nervous about Friday. Dr P will be adding a new chemo to my treatment plan. Its called Methotrexate with Velacour rescue. I have heard that the drug is so intense with its toxicity that it might just be one classification away from the high dose chemo. Without the Velacour rescue, the side effects may be fatal as it will come close to eliminating my bone marrow (immune system). scary! Hopefully everything will run smoothly and the Methotrexate will do its job in slowing the growth of the cancer cells with minimal side effects. I seriously dont know how much my body can handle all of this. It just feels like the chemo doses gets higher and higher.

I think more than ever she needs our prayers.

Thanks,

drt.

I just checked Rina's IOSA page and saw that they have raised $71,238. I thought that the Fox25 and News9 coverages have contributed to this. That means less than $24,000 to go. However, here is some update from Rina's journal that I've quoted without her permission:

Well, the Methotrexate didnt work. After Tuesday the swelling on my shoulder wasnt getting any smaller and in fact I noticed it was beginning to grow. The growth was not much but it was enough for me to notice. Yesterday I met with Dr P to let him know about the situation before I would receive another dose of Methotrexate next week. He seemed a little concern and especially if the tumors really are growing it really doesnt give him much time to think of another treatment plan for me. But he tried to assure me that there are still options for me. So on Monday I will receive Cytoxin. Although I have received this drug before this time it will be a much bigger dose. It wont be transplant dose but it will be pretty high.

I wont lie and say it was easy to hear that another treatment plan has failed again. I am also a little concerned with the whole trial and error method that Dr P has picked for me. The side effects are not easy to handle and all these failures is taking a toll on me psychologically. The pain killers have kept the shoulder pain at bay but besides the shoulder pain I am feeling just fine. I am happy to say that I am eating a normal amount and sleeping just fine at night.

Reading her journal, I thought, more than ever, Rina really needs our prayers. When I was in the hospital again, watching my son went through some painful episodes last week, I remember Rina. My son only need to push a button and a Nurse would come to check him and gave a call to the doctor to get a permission to give him a shot of pain killer should he need one. During our time at the hospital I also thought about Rina, and I realized that the money they have raised would only be used for her BMT. Wouldn't it be nice if she could also stay at a hospital through this ordeal, got a better protection from the environment and received a better care than her current outpatient status. However, I then realized that I was dreaming, that's why I could only bowed my head and recite a silent prayer for her. Lord have mercy!

drt.

Stay strong Rina, Lord you never forget any of you children,

We ask you to take care of those we love, especially of Rina Fitria.

Lord have mercy .

Tomandreas.