Saab Magalona, daughter of rap icon Francis Magalona, made a heartbreaking revelation through her blog saying that she has lost her baby girl.
The 29-year-old singer-actress gave birth to fraternal twins, but on March 6, she said on her blog that her baby girl died while her baby boy is still under intensive care at the hospital.
“This might be the hardest thing I’ve ever had to write. I’ve stayed silent because I think I’ve been in denial. I thought keeping it to ourselves would make this whole thing unreal,” she said on her blog.
She also wrote that, last month, she was in and out of the ICU and “almost didn’t make it”.
“On February 8, we lost our baby girl,” she revealed, adding that girl’s twin brother is still fighting for his life in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
“The doctors initially said he was in critical condition. He has fought through so many complications and had to undergo surgery and is thankfully doing much better today.
“So many things happened in the last month. There are so many people we could blame and be angry with, but each time we hold our boy, we think otherwise. He’s been fighting to be part of this world and it’s our responsibility to make it one that is forgiving — one that tries to see the best in other people,” she further wrote.
Amid the loss she has to deal with, she and her husband Jim Bacarro remain strong and faithful.
“That’s why we can only thank God for helping us get through the pain and lifting the anger from our hearts,” she said.
Saab also thanked the people who have been with her through her grieving times.
“This whole time, we’ve been nervous about bringing children into this scary world and in an instant, our world was turned upside down. Despite this tragedy, we have encountered so many heroes and kind people. We are thankful for family, for the doctors and nurses in the NICU, ICU and maternity ward, for the other babies and parents in the NICU that inspire us, for the strangers that smile at us. If you look hard enough, this doesn’t have to be such a scary world after all,” she said.
She ended her blog post by simply saying, “I know we’ll make it through”.
Saab made the revelation on her blog on the same day as her father’s ninth death anniversary.
As seen on the photos she has posted, her baby girl is now resting beside her Francis Magalona’s grave.
