After 25 Years, Roles Reversed for Filipina Helper and Singaporean Employer

For 25 years, Filipino domestic helper Felicidad Muna Mico, 57, has cared for Madam Dora Sern and her three children. She earns $600 a month and lives with the family in a five-room flat in Sengkang.

But last month, their roles were reversed.

On Oct 28, Mico suffered a sudden haemorrhagic stroke.

Madam Sern’s oldest son, Eugene, was the one who discovered her unconscious.

“He thought she was just resting but realised something amiss when he tried to wake her up for dinner,” Madam Sern recalled.

It was the start of a harrowing period for the Singaporean family as they watched their beloved “Felice” hooked to various tubes at Changi General Hospital’s (CGH) intensive care unit (ICU) for a week.

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Then came another shock – Madam Mico’s hospital bills will cost an estimated $55,000.

Madam Sern, 57, shared her helper’s plighton crowd-funding site GiveAsia last Wednesday. So far, she has raised more than $9,000.

The masseuse hopes to raise $86,600. That will also cover the cost of sending Madam Mico home by air, rehabilitation care in the Philippines and basic provisions for her family for a year.

The doctor’s diagnosis was initially bleak. The family was told that she might not be able to move the right side of her body and may never speak again because she will need a tracheostomy tube in her windpipe to help her breathe.

“I couldn’t stop crying when I saw her in the ICU, and I would break down again every time I was at home. I couldn’t cry in front of her because I had to put up a strong front,” said Madam Sern.

Mico’s recovery has been remarkable over the past few days – her tracheostomy tube was removed, and she can do simple exercises with her right hand.

The doctor decided she was fit to fly, and she left for Manila by air ambulance with a nurse on Sunday (Nov 20) night.

She will be transferred to a hospital near her hometown, about eight hours away from the capital.

Source: Pinoy-OFW
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