3-ANYOS NA BATA MULA SOUTH COTABATO, TINUBUAN NG NAPAKALAKING BUKOL SA MUKHA
Ang ibabang bahagi ng mukha ng tatlong taong gulang na si Melan, halos sakupin na ng tumubo ritong bukol!
Sa laki ng tumor, hindi na maisara ni Melan ang kanyang bibig. Ang kanyang kaliwang mata, halos hindi na rin makakita.
Ano nga ba ang nangyari sa bata?
Para sa mga nais tumulong kay Baby Melan, maaaring magdeposito sa:
BPI - SURALLAH, SOUTH COTABATO
ACCOUNT NAME: ERWIN PALOMO HUQUERIZA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 180021448441
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Ang ibabang bahagi ng mukha ng tatlong taong gulang na si Melan, halos sakupin na ng tumubo ritong bukol!
Sa laki ng tumor, hindi na maisara ni Melan ang kanyang bibig. Ang kanyang kaliwang mata, halos hindi na rin makakita.
Ano nga ba ang nangyari sa bata?
Para sa mga nais tumulong kay Baby Melan, maaaring magdeposito sa:
BPI - SURALLAH, SOUTH COTABATO
ACCOUNT NAME: ERWIN PALOMO HUQUERIZA
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 180021448441
"Kapuso Mo, Jessica Soho" (One at Heart, Jessica Soho) is the Philippines' top-rating news magazine program, hosted by one of the most-awarded broadcast journalists in the country, Jessica Soho. It features human interest stories, food, news personalities, travel, trends and pop culture.'KMJS' airs every Sunday, 8:15 PM on GMA Network. Subscribe to youtube.com/gmapublicaffairs for our full episodes. #KMJS
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00:00A video of a 3-year-old boy from South Cotabato was captured by the hearts of many netizens.
00:12The boy's face was covered by a huge bump.
00:21Ellen's love for her son, Melan, cannot be measured.
00:28But how can her heart be crushed to see her son?
00:37In this current situation, the other part of Melan's face is almost covered by a huge bump.
00:47Her mouth can no longer be closed while her left eye can hardly be seen because of the huge bump.
00:56What did you do to the other kids?
01:04Sometimes, when she goes to sleep, she has a bacon in her mouth.
01:08She can't open her mouth.
01:12Sometimes, when I look at her, I just look at her.
01:16Did we see the baby, ma'am?
01:20This is the case that has been tagged and messaged many times in our program.
01:26This Sunday, Melan had a huge bump.
01:32Here in the town of Santo Nino in South Cotabato, Melan, a 3-year-old boy, lives with his mother, Ellen, and father, Erwin.
01:42Father!
01:47Despite Melan's condition, he grew up to be a smart and happy child.
01:53Daddy, look at me. I'm like this.
02:06Look at me.
02:09His playmate is his mother, Ellen.
02:13We are the only servants of our house.
02:17My husband works in the house.
02:22Because of her bump, Melan has a hard time speaking.
02:26I don't understand what Bibi Melan did to me.
02:30I'm the only one who feeds her.
02:32She also has a hard time eating.
02:34Even her favorite food is fried chicken.
02:38If she has a hard time eating, she takes it.
02:41Her mouth is itching, ma'am.
02:43She only eats the chicken.
02:46If I feed her, she doesn't like it.
02:50She can't control it, ma'am.
02:51She eats because she can't control putting it in her mouth.
02:55She can't control it, ma'am.
02:58She can't control it, ma'am.
03:00She throws up when she drinks.
03:03She always throws up in her mouth, ma'am.
03:06Walk.
03:07Come here.
03:08Come here.
03:09Come here.
03:10Come here.
03:11Come on.
03:12I'll do it.
03:26She can only wear stables or spaghetti to cover her face, ma'am.
03:34One day, we went to the bayou four or five times.
03:40The bayou is always wet.
03:45What color?
03:46Pink.
03:47Ah, pink.
03:48Okay, I'll get a pink one.
03:49Hurry up.
03:50Ah, pink.
03:51Huh?
03:52Pink.
03:53Huh?
03:54Huh?
03:55Huh?
03:56Look at the eyes.
03:57Look at the eyes.
03:58Keep walking.
03:59Now, Melan is a bit shy.
04:01Due to her short height, she often gets frowned at.
04:07What are you worried about?
04:09You're so young.
04:10Yes.
04:11She's so young.
04:12She's a baby.
04:13She's just a baby, ma'am.
04:16She's adjusting.
04:19She's hiding for her mom and dad to see her.
04:22He hid himself so that he wouldn't say that he was shocked when he saw the child.
04:27We were in the same neighborhood, ma'am, with his mother.
04:30One time, ma'am, when he was sleeping, he had a broken leg, ma'am.
04:34So we couldn't carry him.
04:37He could only see one eye, ma'am.
04:39That was his eye, ma'am.
04:40On the left, ma'am, that was the eye that he couldn't see because it was broken.
04:46We saw the baby, ma'am.
04:48He was a fighter, ma'am.
04:49If he was a different child, ma'am, he would have felt that he was the same as the baby.
04:54He would know how to eat, ma'am.
04:56He would just eat, ma'am.
04:59He would drink milk, ma'am.
05:08Melan was said to be healthy when he was diagnosed in 2022.
05:13But when he turned 10 months old, Melan had an accident.
05:17I was in the kitchen, ma'am.
05:19I just left the baby there on the table.
05:21Then he fell down, ma'am.
05:23He had a bruise on his face.
05:26Until he was noticed on the face of the child.
05:29He had a bump, ma'am.
05:32I took him to the preschool, ma'am.
05:33Then we noticed for a few days, a few weeks, ma'am,
05:37that the baby's bump was already there, ma'am.
05:39We had him checked up at the ENT.
05:42But when they had Melan tested,
05:44they found out that the bump on the child's face
05:48was not just a simple bump.
05:50He had a different tumor, ma'am.
05:52He needed to be biopsied.
05:53I referred him to a big institution in Davao City
05:57for further workup.
05:59The bump was biopsied
06:02and it was discovered that it has what is called
06:05ossifying fibroma.
06:09But due to the width and size of his bump,
06:13it is now called cherubism.
06:16It's occurrence is 1 in 1,000,000.
06:20The couple was relieved when they found out
06:24that it wasn't cancer and that it could be operated on.
06:28The doctor told us,
06:30we don't have 5 years left, ma'am,
06:31to operate on the baby.
06:33He was already injured, ma'am.
06:35The operation was not possible, ma'am.
06:37However, after a while,
06:40when Melan's bump was not operated on,
06:42it continued to grow.
06:45It was 2 years ago, ma'am,
06:46when a lot of things happened to the baby.
06:48Maybe he wouldn't be able to see again.
06:51Or maybe he would start suffering, ma'am.
06:58That's why the couple now wants a second opinion.
07:02If there's a chance, ma'am,
07:04for the hospital to operate on the baby,
07:06I would like to visit the baby first, ma'am,
07:08so that he wouldn't suffer.
07:10On Wednesday,
07:12we consulted Melan
07:15to a pediatrician in South Cotabato.
07:18The baby was malnourished.
07:20His weight is now 10 kilos,
07:23and it's not a normal weight for his age.
07:26According to the doctor,
07:27even though Melan's face is almost covered with tumors,
07:31it's still possible for him to grow.
07:33As the bump grows,
07:35it's hard for him to eat.
07:37It's hard for him to eat, ma'am.
07:41He won't be able to eat because of his bump.
07:44Next, our team brought Melan to Davao City
07:48to be examined by an otorhinolaryngologist,
07:52or ENT,
07:54Ear, Nose, and Throat, doctor.
07:58Let's put him here.
07:59The doctor clarified that the ossifying fibroma
08:03is not due to the accidental fall of Melan
08:06when he was just a shy baby.
08:07The real problem is the mutation.
08:10There's a problem with the gene
08:12that causes the wrong development of bumps
08:17on the face,
08:18on the cheeks,
08:19and on the jaw.
08:20Around 2 to 5 years old,
08:22when the bump grows,
08:24it's really aggressive.
08:25We need to put a hole in the neck.
08:28We can't let the airways and feeding
08:32get obstructed.
08:34Our program decided to have a check-up
08:37on Melan's bulging left eye.
08:40I can't say that his left eye is totally bulging.
08:43There's a chance that he might not be able to see
08:46because he can't open his left eye.
08:49What we can do to stop the bulging of the eye
08:54is to remove the tumor.
08:58We also brought Melan to a facial plastic
09:02and reconstructive surgeon.
09:04In terms of management,
09:06if it's just a bump on his cheek,
09:10there's a chance that he might not be able to speak.
09:14It's not a one-time, big-time thing
09:17that he'll be able to speak.
09:19It takes several surgeries.
09:22Each surgery is a whole new level.
09:26The condition of the child
09:27is now in grade 3,
09:29or the last stage of cherubism.
09:31At her age right now,
09:33we can't recommend surgery right away
09:36because of her tumor is aggressive.
09:39And if we do it,
09:41maybe his eye will get even bigger.
09:44It's better to optimize his weight
09:47before doing more serious surgeries.
09:50Don't cry, okay?
09:53We're worried about Melan
09:55because his eye is already big.
09:58This is the only time
09:59that I'm worried about his age.
10:02I'm worried that he might not be able to speak.
10:05Meanwhile,
10:06so that Melan can be happy,
10:17a group of people gave her a gift.
10:20We gave her clothes
10:22and toys
10:23so that we can make her happy.
10:26While the local government unit of Santo Nino
10:29promised to give an allowance
10:31for her check-up.
10:32Traveling allowance,
10:34and other incidental allowances
10:37will be provided by the LGO.
10:38I want to thank you
10:39for always taking care of my baby Melan.
10:43We can't do this anymore.
10:45He might get sick.
10:46We need your permission.
10:48Thank you so much.
10:59She's still very young,
11:00but Melan is already carrying a lot of weight.
11:11Let's join her
11:13in her great fight.
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