My name is Pauline Enriquez and I have started this campaign for my uncle, Ed Paraiso.

He has been victimized by attempted-murder and theft in the Philippines about a year ago. The people who have robbed him forced him to drink acid-infused tea. They left him collapsed on the ground, unconcsious from the burning damage the acid was causing in his digestive and respiratory tracts. This happened while he was ill with Stage 4 Tuberculosis.

The incident atop of TB caused Ed's Esophagus to shrivel and become useless. Ed has not been able to breathe, eat, or drink without Tracheostomy and a Nasogastric Tube. Trying to speak causes him pain, too.

Ed has been in the hospital for a year now, solely on his wife's average income. The medical expenses have weighed greatly on Ed, his wife, and their 10 year old daughter and they are strugging to make finances meet.

Doctors have attempted to expand his Esophagus through intentional wound healing and repair, but it has not been successful. It has been decided that the doctors will wait until his Esophagus heals because it is still too fragile to operate on. Meanwhile, they have opted for a Gastrostomy Tube, but, right now, Ed is far from qualification. At 80 pounds, he is too fragile for a G-tube.

The doctors sent him home for now. My aunt is trying to help my uncle gain weight for the operation. The medicines and weight-gain formula that the doctors have prescribed are not easily affordable to have regularly. And so, I have come to you, for your help.

Any donation given will go toward Ed's medical bills, medicines, weight-gain formula, and future medical aid/operations. Ed's recovery is a long journey that will need continuous  financial support.

Ed is a very humble and caring person who, as a 34-year-old father, has alot to live for.

Please help us help my uncle Ed survive this crime.

Thank you so much in advance.