Cici: Surviving Cancer One Day At A Time

13/02/2024

Hey, loves!
Please remember we are no longer fundraising for Cici.
Anyone who solicits on her behalf is not connected to us. 🪷

25/01/2024

The call for donation is over, loves!

Thank you so much. 🪷

25/01/2024

Hi loves,
We have finally settled our hospital bills, and there was even money left to grant two more requests from Cici!

My mission is almost done. It’s sad how I started this page to fundraise for Cici’s first surgery since she was diagnosed, and now I’m the one who’s supposed to wrap it up.

To meet all of you halfway, I have created a new account where we can store fanmade videos of Cici and her songs. I will update on there how the song compilation is going and maybe tidbits about Cici that friends and followers are willing to share.

Should you miss Cici or is having a rough day, feel free to drop your thoughts on this new page. With your permission I will post them. 🪷

25/01/2024

In behalf of my family and Cici’s memory, I want to say thank you to each and everyone of you who was more than generous to send love our way in many forms and ways.

I’d like to thank all the donors who helped made Cici’s last wishes possible. She was cremated and a very short wake was done based on her request.

Thank you to everyone who came physically and virtually! We are beyond grateful for all of you.

Love,
Mimi and family

24/01/2024

I tested the strength of our wifi and it seems like we will still have a reach in the chapel. Let’s see…but the mass starts at 2pm. We will go live on Cici’s tiktok then.

24/01/2024

A mass for Cici

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23/01/2024

1600 friends on FB and Tiktok joined us tonight to see a glimpse of Cici. We talked about Cici’s life, how she inspired each and everyone of us, and listened to her songs.

My family and I are deeply grateful for the time you shared with us tonight.

Cici is so loved! It warms our hearts.

For those who did not make it, I’m posting this photo for you. 🪷 Special shoutout to Cici’s tiktok moderators who stayed with Cici through thick and thin! Thank you!

23/01/2024

we will go live in 15 minutes. 🪷

23/01/2024

Loves,please drop under the comments a message you’d like us to hang in Cici’s memory tree. 🪷

My student volunteered to handwrite them for you!🙏🏼

23/01/2024

Thank for this beautiful video. This makes me tear up. I just have to share it because it’s like a hug for all of us.

It’s really not goodbye!🪷

Should you guys wish to send us a video we can post on this page, please send it to me.

Thank you Olympia Dk

22/01/2024

Hi guys, we’ve reached our gcash wallet limit. Can you believe how surreal that is?

For those who are asking, here is our new gcash #. 🪷

We are going live on tiktok at 7:30pm tomorrow for those who want to say their goodbye to Cici. I’ll give you a heads up of course!

21/01/2024

This is my way of giving you flowers for all the love you sent our way:

- Rose and Weng
- AJS
- Tita Juliet
-Tita Belen
-Albie L.
- Lorelyn
-Gene
- Inday Bing
-KM Luna
-Amapola B
-Jennifer F
-Em-Em A

I may have missed to mention other names, please poke me. And thank you! You guys are amazingly kind!

21/01/2024

I wrote a lengthy liquidation note that did not get through. So, lemme write it again.

As of today: We have ₱38,728.38

We still don’t know how much is the final billing, but we are counting on her PWD and PHILHEALTH discounts to pull down the cost.

And as it looks now guys, we will float. You have given us so so much that I can’t help but wish that all patients have this much support.

Please let this be Cici’s legacy. A bayanihan like no other. Salamat kaayo guys for all the love.

I’m sending you all a hug from my heart! At this point, it’s not just Cici you helped, you carried our load for us too.

Daghan kaayo nga salamat!

Dano Debney, promise to send you the memento you asked for, and to all of you who want to keep a piece of Cici close, I’ll see what I can do, yet still keeping to Cici’s requests.

21/01/2024

Many of you guys have been asking about Cici’s burial and wake, and we love you, we think you should be kept in the loop as to what’s going on.

Thanks to your massive help, we were able to fully cover the cost of Cici’s cremation. 🪷 You guys are the very best! Myself and my family can’t thank you enough.

Right now we are waiting for Cici’s ashes to return home. We can’t tell you what day it will be yet because it all depends on when the Permit to Cremate will be granted.

But here’s what I can promise. I will post the final day of resting, take videos of the ceremony for you, and when possible go live on tiktok so everyone will be able to get a final glimpse of our beauty, Cici.

20/01/2024

It was Cici’s last wish that she be cremated and placed next to our grandma.

As we all know, cremation is very costly and she was aware of it, but she jokingly said she will haunt us if we don’t follow her wishes. 😅

There is a crematory in Dumaguete, but ₱50,000+ beyond our budget. We will instead bring her to Bacolod City, and have her cremated in St. Peter’s. The total cost would be ₱34,000, which includes the process, fee of the driver, and food allowance of the titas who will accompany her there.

If you are wondering, yes, we are still accepting help. We are yet to settle the rest of her hospitalization bills on Monday and we left through promissory note.

I am very meticulous about detailing the ins and outs of funds because it matters to me that apart from the bills, we can grant Cici her last wish.

20/01/2024

Dear loves,

We have received additional donation amounting to ₱16,110.38, which made our total amount to ₱49,195.15.

Spendings (Jan 20)
-Gauze pads ₱452
-Clothes for Cici ₱2160
-Dr’s Fee ₱5000

Since Cici has passed, we will no longer withdraw any donation coming from paypal through her BPI accounts.

Unwithdrawable donation: ₱5500

Updated TOTAL: ₱39,195.14

P.S. I forgot to take a photo of the receipt for Cici’s clothes. Will post it after.

20/01/2024

Dearest friends,
Cici left us at 4:30pm today. She was surrounded by family. We held her hand, sang to her, prayed next to her and told her how much we and this community love her.

Her love for life and courage to grab every chance she got to dance and sing even in the face of danger and fears gave us all the strength to face our own battles and hold on to little sparks of hope.

Please remember her light and pray for her journey home. Light returns to light and our beautiful angel is making her way back to the very source of love.

Here is a photo of Cici that I personally love. She was someone who was (at first) unaware of her beauty and gifts, but she came out of this journey discovering so much more. And you are a witness to that!

Thank you everyone for your outpour of support. We love you!

Thank you for also understanding that we need some time to get back to everyone’s texte and questions.

20/01/2024

We didn’t lose you, Cici.
We gained you.
Every precious minute you shared with us is a gift.
🪷

20/01/2024

Yesterday’s Balance: Php 35,696.76
Today’s Additional Donation: Php 3,493.41

TOTAL: Php 39,190.17

Cici’s Partial Billing is : Php 53,740.80

If you want to continue supporting Cici, please join our live today or send help through gcash:

09168822064
Evelinda B. Olboc

19/01/2024

We are going live at 4:30pm to keep raising funds for Cici.

19/01/2024

This is my way of tracking all the funds that come in and how much money is being taken out.

I know you guys are not asking, but it helps me keep track of things, and also show how serious we are when it comes to ensuring that the help you send our way really goes to Cici’s care.

Accomplished:
-Paid Cici’s Philhealth from Jan to March (as she missed Nov to Dec and back payments are not allowed) Philhealth can help us avail discount upon billing.
-Sleeping mask (to keep the glare of the light away from Cici’s eyes)
-Payment for Silliman University Medical Center
-Payment for Car rental that brought Cici from Cebu to Negros

P.S. Sending fee not included in deductions as these are shouldered by us.

Total spent: ₱12,303.24

Remaining amount: Php 35,696.76

Note: Donations after 7pm not counted for today.

That’s it! I’m going to bed. See you tomorrow Cici’s warriors!🪷

19/01/2024

Angels, thank you for reaching out to us and helping us take care of Cici. Your generosity touches us deeply and we want you to know we are grateful! 🪷💪🏻

19/01/2024

We reached this amount today!!!! 💪🏻🪷🙏🏼

Most of us are aware of how difficult it can be for patients to access treatment because of the financial aspect. So we feel incredibly fortunate that Cici has this amazingly solid community that she can count on.

Though I would like to write in detail where all the individual donations are coming from, only few actually send a PM to let me know they’ve sent a donation for Cici.

So to those who didn’t notify me, I’d like to give a big big hug and thanks!!!!

19/01/2024

Hello loves, the nurses dressed Cici’s fungating tumours in the chest. This task used to be only done by April, as she was the only one Cici trusted to do the task, apart from her of course. She developed bed sores in the back, I guess from staying too long in the same lying position when she was being transported from island to island.

Now that her wounds are dressed, nurses check her regularly to change her position.

I will play Beautiful Scars for her today. And I’m also awaiting the visit of a very close friend of hers from Uni.

The staff are very strict about who gets to enter here, and I had to say no to others asking, but this friend is like a brother to her.

Please know that the beautiful messages you send to her warm our hearts, and we really tell her how loved she is by every single one of you. 🪷🙏🏼

18/01/2024

Thanks to all of you who shared my post, reached out to me and tapped others, we were able to gather this amount today.

Please be assured that all of the donations will go to Cici’s needs in hospital.

From my family, myself and on behalf of Cici, daghan kaayong salamat. Thank you very much! You are truly angels here on earth!

18/01/2024

Some donors did not send us a message and so all I have are reference numbers. Know that we are very grateful!

Thank you so very much!

P.S. Cici downloaded this screensaver for 2024.

18/01/2024

Our hearts are filled with gratitude as the outpour of support kept coming for hours today. I want to say thank-you to all of you who shared your blessings to help us take care of Cici.

We feel how much you care not only through your financial support, but also through the lovely notes you leave for Cici. Know that I remind her again and again how much she means to you.

You guys are the bestest friends!

18/01/2024

Some of you preferred to be anonymous, so I chose to code your name so you can still be acknowledged. I know you just want to show Cici your support, and you probably don’t care about having your name mentioned, but transparency is of utmost importance to me.

To be honest, it’s difficult to track everything as gcash doesn’t give the full name of senders and I’m new to this. But I will do my best to have most, if not all, accounted for.

I know Cici would appreciate this as well.

Please reach out if you notice that your name, code or reference number is not on this list.

Thank you very much!