Adrianna Delilah Tupaz ( HEART TRANSPLANT )
Donation protected
Hi amazing people, I hope you can help me with this cause.
In November, I will be fighting at the Pan Pacific Masters Games: https://mastersgames.com.au/ppmg/sports/ held on the Gold Coast. My fight date is yet to be confirmed, but it will be between the 10th to 12th of November at Surfers Paradise golf club.
I am using this to help a close friend I have known since I was about 11, who is like a brother to me. Their Daughter Adrianna Delilah Tupaz is 14 now but has been in and out of hospital since they were blessed with her. Please know that this fundraising is of my own accord, and at no point in this journey that they have asked for any help. They have been such strong, loving and hardworking parents to deal with this and the daily grind of work and life.
As a parent, I can only imagine what they have been through emotionally, financially and physically during the discovery of her heart condition. There are no words I can say to express how I feel or to comfort them, but I guess this is my way of helping them take some load off, as she will need a full heart transplant when she turns 18 in 4 years. I know that this is weighing heavily on the back of their mind. To put it without sugarcoating, she needs that heart transplant or else. I am unsure if I can achieve my target goal, but donating a couple of dollars will help. If you can't, words of encouragement and support to Adriana on her Instagram page attached below would mean a lot too. You can follow her journey there. Below is her story and the diagnosis of her heart condition.
Our daughter Adrianna Delilah Tupaz was born
on 24 October 2008.
Upon returning
home from the hospital, she started to show signs of distress whenever she tried feeding.
She would struggle to sync her breathing and drinking. Adrianna would suck her stomach in and arch herself backwards.
My wife Joceline and I (Reuben),
were eventually told our daughter was diagnosed with a congenital heart disease called
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS).
In simple terms, Adrianna was born with an underdeveloped left side of her heart.
She had her first open heart surgery
at 1 month old. Our Brave Heart, our superhero name for her, is now 14 years old and has already been through 7 open heart surgeries.
Her two recent heart surgeries were in July 2021 and June 2022.
There isn’t a cure for HLHS, and paediatric heart specialists and surgeons can only use their knowledge and skills to manage an HLHS heart until the option for a heart transplant becomes viable.
Adrianna is still too young for a heart transplant.
She must be at least 18 years old to be a heart transplant recipient.
In the meantime, Adrianna Brave Heart’s team of doctors and surgeons will do everything they can to keep her heart going until she is of age.
You may want details of the life and times of
our daughter. Follow her life on
I thank you in advance in whichever way you show support for Adrianna and the Tupaz family. Monetary or moral support, I do appreciate it. I will also be recording my journey to fight day, and It would be great to get the help of your attendance there on the day if you can make it. Thank you all again, and keep well, and God bless!
Organizer
Daniel Ray Lazaroo
Organizer
Ormeau, QLD