“Dear Friends and All Donors (including those who chose to remain Anonymous),

My family and I want to thank all of you for your generous donations to the fund. I know many of you  have your own financial challenges during this downturn in economy but you still give to the fund. No matter how big or small the amount, me and my family appreciates everyone’s contribution. If not for all your help I will not be able to settle the hospital outstanding amount.

It has been 3 months since Suma had passed on and the fundraising campaign is ending in 11 days. I still think of her every day and the painful memories of seeing her in hospital stays fresh in my mind. I have been in close touch with Suma’s daughter and her family is still grieving over her.

Noticing that the fund is coming in slowly and it seems no way for it to reach the targeted fund,  I approached social worker in TTSH in early June to seek help to appeal to hospital to reduce the outstanding bill, explaining my current situation to them. However, there was no guarantee from them that the appeal will be approved. I also informed them of the crowd funding from Ray Of  Hope. I was  praying and waiting for social worker to come back to me with the outcome. Thank God that my appeal was finally approved and the outstanding amount is greatly reduced to $16,558.95. It is truly a miracle and I am so grateful for this.

With this coming to a closure,  it is such a relief to me and my family.

Thank you again for your all your help. I also want to thank Anusha and Management of Ray of Hope for the campaign. All of you are Angels and a blessing to me. God bless all of you.

Forever Grateful,

Susanne

Dear Friends and Donors,

Much has happened since my last update on 21 April 2020. This important update will be my last to all generous donors and friends who have contributed and continuing to support the campaign for my family and Suma.

I had continued to visit with Suma daily in hospital after work. I was there to pray for her and hoping that she will wake but she had remained in an unresponsive stage since her second brain surgery on 17 April 2020. Each time I left the hospital with much sadness. The doctors in TTSH had stopped giving her aggressive treatments as there were no improvement in her condition. They decided to wait for an answer from the Semarang hospital. Two procedures were done on her on 26 April 2020. A tracheostomy was done so to see whether she was able to breathe on her own. The tube inserted on an opening in her skull to drain fluid from her brain was also removed and inserted into her stomach.

On 28 April 2020, Suma was moved from ICU to a High Dependency Ward as the tracheostomy was successful.

On 30 April 2020, I received a call from TTSH that the letter of acceptance from the Semarang hospital had arrived. Urgent arrangement was made for Suma to be air ambulanced back to her home town on 1 May 2020 in the early morning. We were at the hospital at 6.30am waiting for the Hope Ambulance medical doctor and staff to collect her at 7am. We wanted to send her off as we do not know when we will see her again. Her family was there to receive her when she arrived in Semarang.

With much sadness, we receive a call from her daughter that her mum had passed away at 7 am the next day. Suma had suffered greatly during her illness. We believed that she was waiting to be home with her family around her before giving up her last breath. We are very sad that she had passed on. But I am glad that I fulfilled my promise to her daughter to send Suma home and her family was able to be at her side during her passing.

On 30 April 2020 was also my last day at work due to Ministry of Health restriction on clinic staff ratio during the coronavirus circuit breaker. I was given just a day’s notice by my company. I am without a job and has a sizeable TTSH medical bill of $113,189 and cost of air ambulance $28,400 to settle. Suma’s insurance is capped at $30,000. I need help for the fund raising campaign to continue to help me to settle the medical cost, air ambulance and contribution to Suma’s family. Kindly continue to share this in your social platform.

Please continue to pray for Suma’s family in Semarang that God will comfort them in this time of their grief. My family and I thank you for your help and generous donations.

Thank you. God bless and grateful to all.

Susanne Ho
Suma’s employer

Dear Friends and Donors, my family and I thank everyone of you for your generiosity and kindness to my family and helper Suma.

Just as much as i want to air ambulance her back to her family and for her to continue her treatment there, unfortunately due to Covid 19 there was a delay from the hospital in Semarang sending the letter of acceptance of admission for Suma to the hospital here to do the transfer While waiting for the letter to arrive, Suma’s condition did not stabilize and has worsen.

Four days ago on 17 April 2020, Doctor did another life saving surgery on her as the tumour has grown bigger and is pressing the nerve connecting to her vital organs. It was a 6 hour surgery. Suma is still in the unresponsive stage since she was wheeled out from the surgery. She is still in ICU.

Suma’s daily hospital bills continue to escalate as long as she is still not discharged. As at 18 April 2020, there is an outstanding of $80,166.37 owing to the hospital. SadIy I cannot afford to pay such a huge sum. The estimated bill size for the medical cost is estimated to exceed $100,000. Her insurance is capped only at $30K. There is also a fee of US$20,000 quoted to me for air ambulance. Therefore I am appealing for help to raise the amount to settle her medical cost treatment and air ambulance cost.

Please continue to pray for her that she will be well and the logistics arrangement in air ambulance transfer to speed up so she can be back home soon with her family and to continue treatment.

Thank you and God bless,
From Susanne Ho, Suma’s Employer