THE FINAL CHEMO IS DONE .... !!!

Dear all,

Praise God !

Sarah just finished her final chemoteraphy, on Dec 4, 2009.

She was completely finish her 10th chemoteraphy since early this year.

We thanks to the Lord Jesus for what He's done for Sarah during this year

Now, we have to wait for her recovery after her last chemo, before we go back to Indonesia.

And at the end of December, she will do CT Scan treatment for last check up.

Please pray for this, so the result is OK

We believe that Sarah has completely healed, because our God is her healer !

Amen !

Thank you very much for all attention, support & care for her to all of you.

We know, that God sent you become a bless for us

May God bless you abundantly !

Best regards,

Dody

SARAH SHOW...!

Dear all,



Please see Sarah performance for the first time... :)

This is her very favorite sunday school song








Best regards,

Dody

BIRTHDAY PARTY !

Dear all,

On November 20, 2009, Sarah celebrated her 5th birthday at Children Cancer Centre, National University Hospital, Singapore. The Children Cancer Foundation (CCF) held a small party for her. They decorated the room with banners, ballons, present & a birthday cake ! Thanks CCF !

She was very happy celebrated her birthday. Even she is far a way from home & family, but she enjoy the party. She can share her happiness with friends.

She also got some present from CCF & some friends in Indonesia. Thank a lot aunties & uncles !

At the same day, Sarah has blood transfered because her haemoglobin was drop. So after the birthday party she has to admit to the ward until evening, until the blood transfered finish.

What a special birthday present from NUH :)


We thanks to our Lord Jesus for His love for our Sarah.

Sarah has chosen to be a blesssed for others, by what happen with her during this years.

We believe that God has a special purpose for her in the future.
Praise God, amen.

Best regards,

Dody

1 LEFT CHEMO...!!!

Dear all,

Sarah has already finished her 9th chemo last week, where she has to hospitalized for 3 days.

Her condition is very well & no side effect of chemo at all ! Praise God !

We know that God healed her completely!

Now, she has to complete her final chemo at this month, for 3 days chemos.

Hopefully her schedule will be on time.

Please pray for this final chemo...

Best regards,

Dody

8th chemo....

Dear all,

Sarah just finished her 8th chemo last week, her condition is OK.

Even the chemo did through her hand not used port cath anymore, so far there is no problem at all. Thanks God !

During the 5 days chemo, the doctors did USG abdomen & chest x-ray, praise God, the result is good..! Everything normal !

Also her wound from port cath removal operation, was completely healed.

We believe that God already healed her ! Hallelujah!

Now, she has to finish another 2 chemos in the next 2 months. Hopefully the chemos will be on schedule. Actually, the chemo schedule is every 3 weeks, but sometimes must be postpone due to her low FBC (full blood count) ; especially her neutrophils.

The 9th chemo schedule on October 23, 2009.

So please pray for her, so she will quickly recover after her 8th chemo and her FBC will be good.

During Sarah treatment in Singapore, we known that a lot of people prayer for her.

Even we didn't know who they are, we believe that God heard the prayer for Sarah.

For Pastor Stevanus Wijaya and friends at New Destiny Fellowship International, for your care & say her name in your prayers, especially at sunday service.

We wanna say thank a lot to all of you, may God bless you abundantly !

Best regards,

Dody

H1N1, Surgery & 7th Chemo ....

"Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night, nor for the arrow that flieth by day. Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness, nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
A thousand shall fall at thy side and ten thousand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee " . "There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come high thy dwelling. For He shall give His angels charge over thee, to keep thee in thy ways" ( Psalm 91 : 5 - 7, 10 - 11)

Dear all,

On August 28 afternoon, when Sarah went to the doctor for routine check up, suddenly she has a fever & runny nose. The doctor said that maybe she got infection due to the neutrophil is low, so she suggest Sarah to stay a while in out patient room rather than go home, just wait & see whether the fever came back. Then the fever came again, until more than 38.5 deg C, so Sarah must admitted to the ward that evening.

On that day, I came to Singapore with my mom & my nephew, Rey. They haven't seen her since few months ago. Unfortunately, when we landed at Changi, Santi inform us that Sarah must be stay in isolation room. We can't meet her, because the doctor worry if she will infected others. So we can only see her & Santi through the window that evening....

The doctor take the sample from her nose & sent to laboratory, wait for the result after 24 hours. They suspected that Sarah infected by H1N1 virus (swine flu), because the symptoms looks like it. Then the next day, we got the result .... Sarah positive infected by H1N1 virus !!

Oh my God.....

I just pray to God, that He will give Sarah extra strength to fight this virus , even her condition is not good. . We just gave all our worries to Him & we know God Almighty will take care of her.... And also we know Sarah is a fighter, a little brave girl !

No more fever & runny nose after that evening, it means that God answer our prayer...
She has to take tamiflu tablet for her treatment.

For patient that infected H1N1 virus/swine flu, they have to stay in isolation room minimum 5 days, according to their standard treatment.

But Sarah only need 3 days .... She can discharge from hospital & go back to our apartment. Amazing..!! Praise God Almighty..!!

She has to be quarantine at home for 10 days & ready for chemo on the 11th days

We thanks to God , because He never leave us & definitely HE is our healer !!

On September 1, Sarah got her 7th chemoteraphy for 5 days round at hospital.

She recover very well after infected H1N1 virus/swine flu, so she is ready for her chemo.

From last month, Sarah has a problem with her port catheter (where the chemo drug injected enter her body through that port, located in her right chest). So for this time, her chemo did through her hand.

She felt itchy in that area, reddish until black color liquid in side, indicated that maybe infection occurs. Sometimes she felt hurt if we touch it. So the doctor take the liquid sample inside the port. The lab result find that there is some bacteria inside the port, that will infected her if it spread to her body. So the doctor must do an operation to take out the port catheter as soon as possible. On the 4th days of chemo, Sept 4 afternoon, she went to operation theater to take out the port cath. Another surgery for her... we felt very sad because Sarah must did it again..

God help the doctor during the surgery, it takes only 45 minutes & she recovered very well after 1 hours. And at night she started her chemo again...

During this difficult weeks for us, we can see God works very amazing.
He takes care Sarah, He healed her, He is there when Sarah in the operation theater, He also healed her wound. Nothing else we can do, only fully depend & trust in Him .

He has a plan for Sarah future, He will use her as His testimony to others.

And God already did it !

We heard from her auntie, Rinah, in New Zealand, that Sarah has influenced many people.

She became inspired & a bless for others...

She still have another 3 chemos until end of this year. The schedule for her chemo is every 3 weeks, so please pray it will be on schedule. Because it's depend on her FBC (full blood count) result, if OK in 3 weeks, she can go for chemo. But if it's not, we have to postpone for another 1 - 2 weeks.

Hopefully at end of this year, on December 2009, she can go back to Indonesia and meet with you all....

God bless you !!

Best regards,

Dody

Four Times To Go....

Dear all,

Sarah has already finish her 6th chemo last week & hospitalised for 3 days .

Her condition is OK, no side effect of chemo during & after treatment.

Thanks God !

She need only 4 more chemos to finish her treatment.

The next chemo will be schedule at the 3th week of August, hopefully it will on schedule. She has to go to her chemo every 3 weeks, we hope that at the end of this year , she will come back to Indonesia.

This week she will back to school, she really enjoy it very much.

She has some new friends from Australia, Vietnam, Indonesia & Singapore. She can go to school without her mother, the school bus will pick her up at the morning & at the afternoon she will drop in front our apartment block.

We are glad to see her improvements day by day after she go to school.

Please continue pray for her

GOd bless you all !!

Best regards,

Dody

5th Chemoteraphy

Dear all,

Yesterday, on July 7, 2009, Sarah started her 5th chemoteraphy & she will be hospitalized for 5 days at National University Hospital. Her condition is OK, she can eat & drink normally, without any negative effect from the chemo.

She has to continue her chemo after surgery & radiation treatment.

Total chemoteraphy are 10 times, every 3 weeks , so she has already half way to finish her treatment until end of this year.

We know that God already healed her completely !

No matter she still do her chemo, she is healed.

God almighty has do His miracles to Sarah

Please continue pray for her ..

Best regards,

Dody

Surgery & Radiation Treatment

Dear all,

The surgery already done on June 2, 2009 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. It 's very succesfull !!

The doctor estimated the surgery take about 4 hours, but it's only take 3 hours & do not need blood tranfusion. Thanks God, HE work through the doctors & nurses.

The doctor took the tumor on the surface of Sarah's lung, in the upper side of her lung. The tumor size shrinked very significant after 4 times chemo, maybe ten times smaller than her condition in Pebruary 2009. Sarah only need 3 days at hospital, faster than doctor's prediction 6-7 days. A new record for her to discharge from hospital only 3 days, said the doctor !

At apartment on the 4th days after surgery, she can jump, running, climb & play sliding at playground !!! It's amazing for a little girl like her !! Awesome !!

We know that God give her extra strength & a fast recovery , so her condition back to normal very fast. Another miracle God made for her...

Ten days after surgery, the next treatment is radiation. She has to do that treatment until 13 times, every day from monday to friday. We know that Sarah will pass that treatment very well because God with her. Her condition now is OK, after 5 times radiation treatment with very small effect of radiation. Thanks God, You are our healer !!

After radiation , she will continue her chemoteraphy starting early July, she still has 6 cycle of chemo until end of this year.

Thank you very much for your prayer & support during those treatment. Keep praying for Sarah until the treatment finish. God bless you all abundantly !!

Best regards,
Dody & Santi

Dear all,

Sarah already did her CT Scan on May 19, 2008 at NUH Hospital & the result is very very good !! Even the doctors was surprised...Amazing !!

When we saw the result, there is only a small tumor left in her upper right lung, diameter around 4 x 1 cm . Compared to her CT Scan result on Pebruary, all her right lung is covered with massive tumor. Now , her lung is almost clear !

Praise God !! HE did a miracle to her !!

Her condition is healthy & very active, her weight is also increase every week. Now her condition is back to normal before she was sick.

After we got the CT Scan result, the doctor will plan a surgery to remove the tumor in her right lung. The tumor must be removed as soon as possible, to make her lung clean & chemoteraphy will be continued after surgery & radiation. The surgery will be plan on June 2, 2009 at Mount Elizabeth Hospital. The surgery will take 4 hours & she must hospitalised until 5-6 days.

After the surgery, she will do a radiation treatment. It will start after one week surgery & will take every day treatment until 10-12 days at NUH Hospital

Please keep pray for her...

God will give her extra strength to do all treatments

Best regards,

Dody

A letter from friend.....

Dear Dody & Santi,

Sarah bagaikan setangkai bunga yang indah,langka dan istimewa.
Kalian adalah orang tua yang beruntung karena dipercayakan Tuhan untuk merawatnya hingga tumbuh mekar, cantik dan memikat hati.
Tidak semua orang diberi kesempatan istimewa seperti yang kalian miliki dan tak semua orang memiliki kecakapan merawatnya seperti yang kalian miliki.
Lihatlah dan renungkanlah dan bersyukurlah karena kalian telah berhasil merawat bunga itu. Banyak orang yang mencintai bunga yang bernama Sarah, banyak orang yang menyukai keindahannya dan banyak orang yang ingin ikut serta merawatnya dan banyak orang yang ingin melihat bunga itu tetap mekar indah.
Bunga itu telah menjadi berkat bagi banyak orang dan bunga itu telah mengajarkan banyak orang arti kasih, iman, ketekunan, kesabaran dan kesetiaan.
Dan yang terpenting semua orang belajar bagaimana menjadi pemilik bunga yang handal seperti kalian.

Love,

Merry Yunarty

CT SCAN

Dear all,

Sarah will do CT Scan on May 19, 2009 at National University Hospital. She must be hospitalised on Monday evening to do some treatment before CT Scan on Tuesday morning. After we get the result, on May 22, we will see the paediatric surgeon, Dr. Chui Chan Hon at Surgery Centre for Children, Mount Elizabeth Hospital, for consultation.

Based on CT Scan result, the doctor will decide whether Sarah needs a surgery or not.

We pray & hope that the CT Scan result is good, so she does not need for surgery, because our LORD JESUS already healed her completely !

Please pray for this, let the miracle of God will be done for her !

Regards,

Dody

Sarah at School

Dear all,


Last Thursday, May 14, Sarah started go to school at Assisi Hospice & Assisi Children's Centre, Mount Alvernia Hospital.

She was very excited during the whole day at school, after a few months only stay at apartment. She can easily follow all the programmes & also interact with other children from Vietnam,

Singapore & Indonesia. She learn painting, do some exercises, play games etc. She also has to learn to do her lunch by herself together with her friends.

Enjoy your school my little angel !!

Regards,

Dody

Sarah today

Dear all,

We just want to say thank you very much for all your concern & support for our daughter Sarah.

Your support means a lot for us during this difficult times. We really appreciate it very much.

May God bless you all abundantly for all you 've done for us.

I can not say you by names but God knows you and HE will bless you !

Sarah just finished her 4th chemo last week.

She ate a lot & her weight is also increase, that a good sign that her condition is OK.

This week she will do trial for school in Singapore. A Children's Cancer Foundation in Singapore (http://www.ccf.org.sg/sg/) have a class for children with cancer, so they can play & learn in that special class. She is very excited when we told her that she will go to school, hopefully she can enjoy it. She can learn & interact with other children, supervise by teachers & also nurses that stand by for all that children.

Thank you CCF, God bless !

She will do a CT Scan on May 19, 2009. Base on that, on May 22, 2009, we will see the doctor for consultation whether she need a surgery or not, . We pray & hope that she will not has to go for surgery, because we believe that Lord Jesus has already remove all tumor in her lung.

Please pray for this CT Scan treatment, let the miracle of God will be done !!

Best regards,

Dody & Santi

Hi friends... 

It's been a long time since I wrote the last news from Sarah.

Sarah is getting better and better everyday. She eats a lot now. She's been very busy playing with her new music instruments, she now has the real violin (not imaginary one). She is very musical, she enjoys watching the orchestra on TV. She can memorise all the music instruments in the orchestra. 

She also can sing in the right tune. God gives Sarah such a wonderful talent.

I just want to say thanks for all of you who continue pray for Sarah and continue support Sarah financially.

I recently being told by  Sarah's dad (Doddy Wijaya) that there will be a huge garage sale at the end of this month (May) which will be held in the lobby of his workplace (I let you know the exact venue soon as I got the confirmation from Doddy) . All the money from the garage sale will go to Sarah parents to help them cover the cost of Sarah's medication. As we all know that Sarah still needs  some chemo treatment and probably an operation. At the moment, Sarah has just done her 4th chemo and she's doing fine.

So friends, I want encourage you to keep supporting Sarah and her family. I want to thank you to someone who keep donating for sarah through my account. God bless you heaps. 

Cheers,

Rinah

Happy Easter... Jesus is alive...

Dear my family and friends...

"Happy Easter"., "I know Jesus is alive and He will heal me".

Thanks for all your constant prayers and supports for me.

I'm still in Singapore. I will have my fourth Chemo next week. Please pray for that.

Sarah went back home...

The doctor sent Sarah home because her Neutrophil is too low (0.21). She needs at least 1.0 of Neutrophil in her blood to undergo the chemotherapy.
Pray for this special intention please. Thanks.

a letter from Sarah

Dear Dad, Mum, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunties, Uncles, cousins and all my friends,

I am going to have my third chemo treatment tomorrow morning. My lovely Mum and my gorgeous Grandma are preparing everything to bring to the hospital tomorrow. Look at my new necklaces and my new hat..."Do I look pretty Mum?" I asked my Mum, and she cuddled me "Yes of course you're always pretty, my little angel", that's my Mum... she's always nice to me.
Please pray for me that I would have enough Neutrophil in my blood so I would be strong enough to undergo the chemotherapy tomorrow.

My mum and dad are a bit nervous at the moment, but I'm sure that Jesus will hep me because He has been helping me since I came here almost 2 months ago. Jesus is always beside me all the time. He never leaves me alone. He sent His angles to accompany me when my Mum and Dad were too tired to look after me.

Jesus has been teaching me to always be happy , be joyful and be thankful no matter what the situation is. But sometimes it's not easy for me when I feel the pain in my lung, but Jesus asked me to be happy and thankful no matter what. I just want to obey Him, because I know that Jesus will heal me completely, I just need to be happy and thankful.

I have asked Jesus to strengthen my Mum and Dad all the time and keep them healthy so that they can look after me. I also asks Jesus to give My Dad an extra strength so that he can work well to pay the cost of my treatments in Singapore. Jesus said to me that He will provide everything I need. That is so true. He has been providing everything I need since the first day I came here.

That's all I want to share now...
don't forget to pray for me...
I love you Jesus....
I love you Mum...
I love you Dad...
and I love you all.... Jesus loves you all...





Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say it again: Rejoice! ⁵Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near. ⁶Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. ⁷And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 4:5-7

Financial Report

We would like to say thank you so much for all donations you have given to Sarah to cover her medication cost in Singapore.

Total Fund Raising at a glance as at 10 March 2009
* NZ$ 1278.40
* Rp 54 juta (BCA)
* Rp 10,4 juta (bank Niaga)
* Rp 162 ribu (cash)


Thanks again....God bless you all..
Sarah still needs a lot of prayers and financial support to complete her medication in Singapore. Sarah now is in NUH, she's been hospitalized for 3 days to help her increase her Neutrophil (Neutrophil granulocytes, generally referred to as neutrophils, are the most abundant type of white blood cells in humans and form an essential part of the immune system.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neutrophil)

Sarah is having her third Chemotherapy on the 17 March 2009.

Sarah with her Mum, Grandma and Friends

Sarah with Mum...Santi..


Sarah is playing with grandma.... she looks very happy...





Thank to Auntie Nonon and Claudia for the puzzles...

Sarah is back to Hospital...

She's having blood transfusion in hospital (8 March 2009)
Pray for Sarah please.