andrei 5 Posted March 13, 2013 I wanted to introduce myself, My name is Andrei I came to the States in 1990 from philippines because I needed an open heart surgery and I was accepted by St. Judes to have that operation, I ended up permantely staying my visit after my mom realized we had a better opportunity over here. I was given an artifical heart valve and have to take blood thinners or (anticougulants) for life every 2 weeks I get a blood test to see the level of my blood if its too low I form blood clots with raises the risk of a stroke, which actually happened to me last year. I was paralyzed completely from the right side and took me months to recover. Having the opportunity to change my life with the deffered actions act is a dream come true for me. All my life I've wanted to get a good job to take care of my family since I'm almost done with college and now I have the chance to. I'm really hoping the process is as quick as possible so I can try to help my mother with our financial problems, she unfortunately was diagnosed with breast cancer 2 years ago and she's been battling it ever since I'm just praying one day I we can finally rid ourselves from all of these bills and problems and live the way she pictured us living. 4 Santi, Osha, LALY86 and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Laste31 41 Posted March 13, 2013 Wow! Your life story is definitely touching! It brought tears to my eyes, when did you send your application? Welcome to the forum. God bless you and your family! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Rawf 336 Posted March 13, 2013 I'm all teary now, your story is touching and hoping she recovers soon! You should place a timeline on your signature for us to see and help. Welcome to the forum by the way! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JoseG 383 Posted March 13, 2013 Welcome to the forum. Best of luck to you and your mom. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
erika020 87 Posted March 13, 2013 thanks for sharing your story with us . Hope the best for you and your family and I really hope your mom gets better soon! God bless. and welcome to the forum! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andrei 5 Posted March 14, 2013 Wow! Your life story is definitely touching! It brought tears to my eyes, when did you send your application? Welcome to the forum. God bless you and your family! Thanks everyone! and i sent my application around December and got the notice on february 26th I have my Biometrics this month, in the next week in a half actually which led me here because I had questions and concerns about it (which I posted in another topic) and everyone has be so kind and helpful so far I'm very grateful. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Santi 353 Posted March 14, 2013 You are a warrior like many of us! Some of us can related to your struggles... So I welcome you Bro! Fight on, fight hard...'... We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender...' Winston Churchill on the brink of WWII Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
