Call for Help
September 11, 2006
Her name is Conchita Pizarras. From Tagbilaran, Bohol, Philippines. She was a mother who had happily seen two daughters – Judy and Jennifer — became nurses who were both able to reach the States and worked here. Soon she herself was able to join them. A year more would have seen her become a full-pledged resident and eligible for benefits.
On June 21, 2006, she was idly talking with Judy, when all of a sudden, Conchita suffered a massive stroke. She died, was resuscitated, sent to Wellington Regional, and ended up in a coma. She was transferred to Azalea Court Nursing & Rehab soon after; it was the only institution who would take her without the assurance of Medicaid coverage, but it charged the family $6,000 per month for her upkeep. She now depends on a trach and a Peg to survive. Family and friends now take turns to stay with her. The immediate family have been slowly selling off property just to subsidize to her care.
It has been decided that the most practical way to give her 24-hour care, until the Lord decides her case, was to send her back to the Philippines. The major snag to this was the staggering amount of money needed to transport her home. The United States is peculiarly particular in this way: a sick person traveling outside the country must be transported in a specific way, and with a complete medical staff with the person. In this instant, such a thing would reportedly cost approximately $150,000.
A good Samaritan heard of their situation and offered the use of his private jet and medical staff, at cost. At cost.
$40,000.
That is how much the family needs to raise right now; for a mother who might as well be our own, for all that she had sacrificed and suffered for her children.
Close friends of the family have set up a fund-raising event, scheduled on September 30, on a Saturday at 7:00 p.m., at the Columbus Hall of Emmanuel Parish Church, Delray Beach, Florida.
We invite one and all, to this Circle of Care event. To help, if you can. If you would. To help defray the cost of sending one mother home.
Whether you can come or not, please help.
For those who cannot come but who sincerely want to help with a check, please send to:
Friends of Santo Nino, Inc.
For: Conchita Pizarras
5250 Jog Lane,
Delray Beach, Fl 33484 OR
Emmanuel Catholic Church
For: Conchita Pizarras
15700 Military Trail
Delray Beach, FL 33484-9130
If you require a receipt for tax purposes, please indicate in a note, and we will provide it through the the auspices of the non-profit organization that we are a part of.
For further inquiries, please use the contact form on this site.
God bless and thank you very much.