i went to visit the adoration chapel in our parish this morning after i finished paying some bills at a bank nearby our house. it has been a while since i visited. three months ago, i was there almost everyday after an anxiety attack incident which brought me to the emergency room of asian hospital. hopefully that incident would be my first and my last.

so i arrived at the adoration chapel and was removing my slippers when a piece of paper posted near the petition box caught my eye. it was a letter with a picture of a 2-month old baby. i could not help but read it. i actually read it three times because i was trying to figure out what it was they were asking for in the letter. normally, i see similar notes like these asking for monetary help. so even before i read the letter, i was expecting it to be asking for some donations. yet, this one does not even mention anything related to money.

all that was asked is to say a prayer for the healing of this baby named hannah ysabelle, born august 14 of this year. she was born with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (cchs). i'm not medically knowledgeable but from what i understood in the letter is that there is something wrong with her central nervous system that controls her breathing. if she's awake she finds it difficult to breathe and when she's asleep she can't breathe at all, so tubes had to be attached to her.

when i was looking at her photo, tears just filled my eyes. it is so heartbreaking to see a baby, any baby that is, suffering from a medical condition.  i came to the chapel to pray for my own needs but ended up praying for this baby instead.

i do hope anyone who drops by this blog and reads this post would do the same. it would not hurt to offer a 5-minute prayer for this baby and others who are suffering as well.