Actress and former ‘Pinoy Big Brother’ housemate Wendy Valdez is grateful to the public for praying for her son Emmanuel Seth, who underwent a major surgery for his Spina bifida condition.
Through Instagram, Wendy shared some photos of her and Seth taken before the procedure was performed on her son, where she asked for prayers for Seth.
Following this, she posted again to announce that her eldest child’s surgery was a success.
‘Grateful and Heavy (Operation done). The recovery room felt both grateful and heavy at the same time,’ she said.
‘Whenever Seth opened his eyes, I smiled at him, so he would know I was there. I kept thanking God because my boy survived the operation. The doctors told us his vitals stayed good throughout the entire surgery, and that he was such a brave and cooperative boy whenever they needed to do things for him while he was awake, like inserting new needles or checking on him. They said he never fought them and was very easy to comfort and talk to despite everything he was going through,” the former actress shared.
Wendy said that seeing her son struggle breaks her heart. She shared how Seth started shaking and felt dizzy and asked her when the dizziness would stop. She would reassure her son that he would be okay.
‘Seeing your child survive something so major fills your heart with gratitude, but seeing them in pain afterward is a different kind of heaviness only a parent can understand. Still, God carried Seth through the surgery,and I am so thankful. Operation was a victory, but I know the healing journey continues. God is with us,” the former housemate said.
According to the Mayo Clinic, Spina bifida is a condition that occurs when the spine and spinal cord do not form properly. “It is a type of neural tube defect. The neural tube is the structure in a developing embryo that later becomes the baby’s brain and spinal cord and the tissues that enclose them.”
Wendy revealed in 2018 that her son Seth has the health condition.