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URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Marie on July 8, 2020, 12:07 pm

Dear Friends of la Manzanilla, we need your urgent help to save our lovely Paulo (17 years old), the son of Luis and Fanny (Villas Cristina/Restaurant Fanny), important members of our town. The youngster is fighting for his life, suffering from acute pancreatitis, at the Autlán Regional Hospital. Paulo is in a life threatening situation and requires an immediate and urgent treatment called Hemodialysis, the cost being 18.000 Mexican Pesos (800 US dollars). The family needs our support to face those extraordinary expenses, and to give their lovely son a fighting chance.
Luis, Fanny, their daughter Dulce need the support of their community today. All the money will be used for Paulo's medical treatment. Paulo is a sweet and smart young man, with many dreams to fulfill still.
you can wire directly on the father's account
name: Luis Alberto Magallon Raya
mexican bank: Banamex
CLABE: 0023 8570 1026 2365 53
Cuenta: 2623655
sucursal: 7010

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Lynne on July 8, 2020, 3:22 pm, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

If Luis's sucursal is in Melaque/San Patricio, the bank's name is now CitiBanamex and the sucursal number is now 0736. I'm not sure if these name/number changes would make any difference, but they might. Buena suerte.

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Marie on July 8, 2020, 5:35 pm, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

it might be easier with the oxxo account:
5204 1652 8093 1191

Luis and his family are good people, always helping out. lets show them we are there for them too

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by nansee on July 8, 2020, 9:17 pm, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Thank you Marie for posting this, and giving us a chance to offer support. I'll head over to Oxxo.

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Posted by Marie on July 8, 2020, 9:58 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Thank you so much Nansee, your care and generosity are very appreciated. Paulo is such a lovely young man, he deserves a chance to live..

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Joanne on July 14, 2020, 8:39 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

I know Marie has been organizing help for Paulo and kindly keeping friends informed as to how he is doing.
Paulo is one of our scholarship students and in trying to help a little bit as well, we have started a GoFundMe page for Paulo and his family.
We have heard he has been moved to Guadalajara - and that his condition is serious. I am sure Marie will be able to update us and we look forward to hearing how he is doing with treatment.
If you are able to help in any way, please know it is badly needed and greatly appreciated We are sending the funds raised via Xoom (a Paypal account) to Donaldo Ponto Martínez, the director of La Catalina Foundation and he is forwarding the funds to the family.

Thank you to everyone who have donated to help with Paulo’s treatment.

Here is the GoFundMe link

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-paulo-with-emergency-treatment?utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&rcid=5d61d82efc1148968563f022190f9506

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Daniel H on July 14, 2020, 11:24 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Very cool Joanne!

I am assuming that the donations are in US dollars. My credit card
works with pesos so the donation will be charged and exchange rate
to be converted to USD then again (I assume) to be changed to pesos
and deposited into the parents Peso account. Is this correct?

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Myranda and Mike aka Triskele on July 22, 2020, 12:11 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

I copied this "call for help" message and forwarded it to Abi at the Galleria. Together, we have collected funds(raised through music and personal donations) over the past few years to provide a LM Medical Emergency Fund for the people of the pueblo. We decided to donate $1000 Pesos to help Paulo and his family. Abi has been helping local families for many years and we are delighted to add to her efforts. She will get in touch with the family directly.

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Wendy on July 14, 2020, 6:11 am, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

How is Paulo doing??

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Marie on July 14, 2020, 8:27 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Unfortunately Paulo is still in coma and intensive care and they moved in the a bigger hospital in Guadalajara.. if you can help his family in any way, please do..

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Richard on July 14, 2020, 9:19 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Donation done... Go-Fund-Me works well... first time I've used it.

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Daniel H on July 14, 2020, 9:29 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Hi Marie,

Perhaps a little feedback would be helpful.
How much has been donated so far?

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Posted by Daniel H on July 14, 2020, 9:49 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"
Edited by board administrator July 14, 2020, 9:58 am

I talked to a friend yesterday about the government healthcare in
Mexico. The system will provide a bed and the doctors but that
is about it.

They had a child get seriously hurt and took him to the hospital,
the hospital had no medicines to treat the child so the parents
had to go buy the needed supplies and take them there.

They had no money so they took out a few loans at banks. They
were told to get facturas (official receipts) for the stuff that they
bought and were told that the government would refund them that money
sometime in the future.

It took my friend a couple of years to pay off the loans and
was a serious burden on the family to avoid penalty's for
late payments.

They turned in the receipts for reimbursement only to be shown a stack
of receipts that had been turned in by others (some a few years old)
and had never received the reimbursement from the government.

It was the first time I had heard about how the system works
here.

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Posted by Valerie D on July 14, 2020, 10:42 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

My experience is that a person needs to accompany the patient to ensure they get a glass of water, they get a change of bedding, etc. as the staff are too few and too otherwise occupied.

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Posted by Richard on July 14, 2020, 11:05 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

As of 11:07 Tuesday ....
$1,640 raised of $3,600 goal

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Posted by Stephanie on July 14, 2020, 11:42 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

I had funds from Otra Vez deposited right into the families account last week by a friend here....that is not showing on the account listed above! And perhaps others are doing the same!

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Posted by Joanne on July 14, 2020, 6:15 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"
Edited by board administrator July 14, 2020, 7:34 pm

When we initially heard of Paulo’s health issues, we sent some money from Canada via Xoom. Donaldo picked it up at Elektra in Melaque and deposited it to Paulo’s parents account at Citibank/Banamex. He let Fanny know that the money was there. We realized that the medical costs to help Paulo were going to be significant and we decided to do a GoFundMe. This is my first attempt at it, but it has been pretty straight forward. Because we are in Canada, the funds show Canadian dollars and then the conversion in Mexican pesos when we send the funds to Mexico. (I am not sure how it works with US dollar donations, sorry). The GoFundMe page also shows the current amounts donated, so if you check on the link, you can see how much has been donated at any given time. We sent 22,000ps this morning (but there apparently is going to be a short delay because it was over the amount normally allowed. It has now been approved by PayPal but will still take a couple of days to reach Mexico.). Through the generosity of many people, $2115 Canadian has been raised as of 4:00 today.

Thank you to Donaldo for collecting the funds at Elektra (wearing a mask) and depositing to the family’s account at Banamex.

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Joanne on July 14, 2020, 6:32 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

And I know other people have donated directly to the family’s account. The GoFundMe is just something that was easier to do from Canada.

However the donation is made, the lovely thing is people care and want to help Paulo and his family.

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Marie on July 22, 2020, 3:40 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

dear humans of la Manzanilla and the world,
I am discovering today the extent of the generosity of this community, i am crying honestly. Thank you all so much, this is humbling and inspiring as to the good humans can do.
i am sorry i could not respond to the above messages, i went back to CDMX, and for some reason i had not seen the notifications. Again thank you for those who snow balled and amplified both the message and the fundraiser!
much love to each of you,
PS: his little sister Dulce is doing well and holding on, I am supporting her with art therapy via phone,she is a model of hope and strength. Like her parents

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Posted by wendy on July 19, 2020, 11:23 pm, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

How is Paulo doing?? How is the fund raising??

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Posted by Cruz on July 20, 2020, 10:38 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Hola, Wendy. I spoke with a family member and Paulo has not made any progress. He is still in coma and doctors have done what they can. It is wait and see. Parents are with him in Guadalajara. Very sad.

I forgot to ask about funds. I think they reached their goal but I think hospitalization costs are continuing. Cruz

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Posted by Joanne on July 21, 2020, 11:04 pm, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

A further update....Paulo is in a medically induced coma as he had multiple organ failure at some point....pancreas, then a lung and kidney. He has had three treatments and they are administering a fourth this week. They are then planning to bring him out of the coma and hopefully see some rapid improvement. His poor parents have not been able to see him in ICU because of the Covid-19 restrictions. I am sure we are all keeping Paulo and his family in our thoughts and prayers.

Thank you to all the caring, generous people who donated either privately or through the GoFundMe. Just over $3200. Canadian has been raised on the GoFundMe site as of this afternoon - and $2825. of it has been sent so far. The rest will go tomorrow. Donaldo has picked up the GoFundMe amounts in Melaque (transferred via XOOM) and deposited them to the family’s account at Banamex. A big thank you to Donaldo for helping this process go so smoothly. He has spoken to Fanny, Paulo’s Mom a few times over the past week; he will continue to share information on Paulo’s condition as he receives it.

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Posted by Judy and Felipe on July 22, 2020, 8:05 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Thank you Jeanne for this update on Paulo. We continue to hold him and his family in our daily prayers.

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Marie on July 22, 2020, 3:43 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

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Posted by Joanne on July 27, 2020, 11:48 pm, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Paulo remains in a coma. While his body is responding to the hemodialysis (apologies as I mistakenly referred to the procedure as hydrodialysis), it sounds like he may have pneumonia. His condition is listed as ‘serious’. He was tested for covid-19 previously - with a negative result (not sure if they will be testing him again with this change).
Thank you again to everyone who contributed to Paulo’s care. The GoFundMe portion has passed its goal of $3,600 Canadian and the last amount is being sent to Elektra (now only open in Manzanillo or Autlan) tomorrow. Donaldo will pick up the funds and will deposit them to Paulo’s parents account this week.
Paulo’s family have been unable to see him for over two weeks now; I cannot imagine how heart wrenchingly difficult this must be for them....just waiting to speak to a doctor or nurse to hear how Paulo is doing - without actually being able to hold his hand and let him know they are there with him. Please keep them all in your thoughts and prayers.

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Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO

Posted by Marie on July 28, 2020, 9:10 am, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Last minute news, Paulo's infection is now managed and they attempt today they let him off the ventilator and with a tracheostomy instead. Also, his parents will be seeing him via a glass window! great news today, lets keep the praying too!

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Posted by Joanne on July 28, 2020, 3:15 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

That is wonderful news, Marie! The doctor’s report I saw looked grim. Hopefully they will be able to help Paulo through the other medical challenges he is facing - and he will recover quickly!

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Posted by Joanne on August 2, 2020, 5:59 am, in reply to "URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

As of yesterday morning, Paulo was weak but awake. Donaldo was in contact with Paulo’s Dad who told him a nurse had played voice messages from he and Paulo’s Mom. They felt that helped to bring Paulo out of the coma. They were looking forward to waving to their son through a glass window as no visitors are permitted in ICU. Doctors are hoping to move Paulo to another ‘clinica’ as soon as he is a bit stronger; not sure if that is another ward in the hospital - or a different hospital. Paulo was in disbelief that he had been in a coma for two weeks and that he was in hospital in Guadalajara!

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Posted by Wendy on August 3, 2020, 7:05 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

That is good news Joanne. Thank you for the update. Can you confirm that Paulo's surname is Raya?

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Posted by Joanne on August 4, 2020, 6:33 pm, in reply to "Re: URGENT HELP FOR PAULO"

Paulo is Juan Paulo Magallon Garcia but his Dad is Alberto Magellan Raya. Hope that is helpful.

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