The hope of him surviving to celebrate his 60th birthday with his family is giving everyone strength to fight and help him.
April Napala, who is British-Filipina, made her home in Shrewsbury two years ago and works as a nurse for Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust.
The Napala family have exhausted their life savings to support him and have taken out loans, but are now at the point where the cost of treatment is exceeding their income.Having spent more than £70,000 so far April said– as a rough estimate– the need to fund Arnolito's treatment has been compared to filling an unfillable well.
Now April has set up the Gofundme to raise money for her dad and is gearing up to take on the C2C Challenge– travelling the width of England on a kick scooter."It’s something I have never even thought of before. I do a bit of walking but nothing like this. The Coast to Coast Challenge covers 137 miles between the Irish Sea and the North Sea, starting from Workington, Cumbria and finishing in Tynemouth, North East England.April keeps in touch with her dad every day that she's not at work and plans to fly over to the Philippines next year for her dad's 60th birthday.
"We are very close. Dad would always say we are like-minded and we see the world through the same window.
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