THE DEL AMO LAW BULLETIN
Volume 1 Issue 2 November 15, 2020
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Get to Know Us: Mirka del Amo |
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Mirka del Amo is a Panamanian born American citizen, the wife of Carlos del Amo and the mother of Karina and Steven del Amo. All four work at Delamolaw.
Mirka started working at Delamolaw 25 years ago, handling administration and bookkeeping, and has progressed to be an excellent paralegal working in the areas of personal injury and real estate closings. She also has an active Real Estate License.
On February 2, 2020, she was diagnosed with stage IV Mantle Cell Lymphoma Cancer.
Mantle cell lymphoma (MCL) is a cancer of the lymphoid cells. MCL is aggressive and rare, accounting for about 2%-10% of non-Hodgkin's lymphomas. There are four stages of mantle cell lymphoma. Stage IV (advanced-stage) is when the cancer cells have gone into masses, often replacing lymph nodes and have spread into other body organs.
MCL has a poor prognosis, even with appropriate therapy. Usually, physicians note treatment failures in less than 18 months, and the median survival time of individuals with MCL is about two to five years. The 10-year survival rate is only about 5%-10%. However, some researchers claim to have doubled the median survival rate in younger patients (less than 65 years of age) treated with an intensive chemotherapy regimen.
However, Mirka is a woman of faith. Immediately upon being informed of her condition, she set up a chat group called "Make It Count," The purpose of the chat was to ask God to use her condition to count in the lives of others and to seek prayers of healing. She lived with the biblical command found in Romans 12:12 (NLT) "Rejoice in our confident hope. Be patient in trouble and keep on praying". From the beginning, she refused to look at the negative and trusted in God to work a miracle.
Mirka knows God has a purpose for everything and that his plan is perfect. She felt God was walking with her throughout the process and guiding her and her husband to choose the right doctors and the doctors to give her the right treatment on God’s schedule.
Mirka's urgent treatment was delayed until April due to the Coronavirus pandemic. She endured twenty-four chemotherapy treatments in six months, two bone marrow aspirations, six colonoscopies, two endoscopies, two pet scans, innumerable lab work, three emergency visits to the hospital, four blood transfusions, seven platelets transfusions.
Mirka endured tremendous pain while having the second bone marrow aspiration, and for the first time since she was diagnosed, she asked, "Lord, why do I have to go through this" to which God answered, "Don't forget that I died on the cross for you to save you and to give you eternal life. She immediately asked the Lord for forgiveness because she was reminded that the pain she endured was little compared to what the Lord endured at the cross for her. Confirmation from God came when she read in a devotional, "Don't try to understand what is happening, simply trust in me. Seven days later, she got the news. Modern science cannot detect one cancerous mantle cell in her body. She is in complete remission. A miracle, prayers were answered.
However, the miracle is much more than complete remission. God has used what the enemy meant for evil to do good. She has witnessed her, her husband, and her family's faith in God grow by leaps and bounds as the ordeal strengthens their unity, love, and compassion. She has changed people's despair into hope with her boundless optimism and loving concern for others. She was a joyful, optimistic, loving person before the diagnosis, after the diagnosis, through the treatment, and after remission. Most of all, she has learned to look at life as a precious gift from God, live optimistically, and value each moment of her life. She looks forward to living life to the fullest and serving God.
Her positive attitude has been life-changing to many people.
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"Every procedure she has done trusting God with a smile"
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This Month in History
Elections
During times of COVID, as citizens we saw a difficulty to go out and vote knowing we wanted to live the experience, yet maintain our health and safety a priority. Many maintain their ways of going out to vote physically and others decided to vote from home sending their ballots via mail. Some important statistics to take into consideration this 2020 General Election is there was a total of 101,423,318 early votes, 35,935,583 in-person votes, 65,487,735 mail ballots that were returned and 26,611,661 mail ballots outstanding. Millions of people voted and had their voice hear which is extremely important for our democracy. There was an enormous upgrade in numbers of voters this election which is extraordinary.
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html
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Don't spend your life looking at what you don't have, give thanks for what you do have. DONT GIVE UP!!!!
Happy Thannksgiving!!
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During times of uncertainty like these, that we aren’t sure how to celebrate such a beautiful holiday like Thanksgiving, we would love to hear some of your usual family traditions in this holiday. What are you planning on doing? Share with your community some positivity on being thankful and telling us all about your traditions.
Teach us all about how to make your family special pumpkin pie or how you make crafted paper turkeys for the kids to design and enjoy.
We would love to hear all about it!
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Thanksgiving in times of Covid
As a community who is family oriented and values these times a year, we plan to celebrate Thanksgiving to give us a sense of normal life. Now, we do have to remember we are still living in difficult times due to COVID and how this virus is going to be affecting the way we celebrate Thanksgiving. Don’t panic, we still will be able to enjoy and stay safe. Let’s take these tips on how we can celebrate while reducing the spread of COVID keeping us all safe.
- Consider a small gathering of family and friends.
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Limit the number of attendees as much as possible to allow people from different households to remain at least 6 feet apart at all times. Guests should avoid direct contact, including handshakes and hugs, with others not from their household.
- Host outdoor rather than indoor gatherings as much as possible. Even outdoors, require guests to wear masks when not eating or drinking.
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Encourage attendees to wash their hands often with soap and water for at least 20 seconds. If soap and water are not readily available, use hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol.
- Clean and disinfect commonly touched areas.
- Encourage guests to bring food and drinks for themselves and for members of their own household only; avoid potluck-style gatherings.
- Plan ahead and ask guests to avoid contact with people outside of their households for 14 days before the gathering.
- Have guest take test the day before the event to make sure everyone in gathering is safe.
Remember at the end of the day the importance is to spend time together and express how grateful to be together in times like these. Sending you and yours warm wishes, Happy Thanksgiving! May this day be a beautiful reminder of all the wonderful things in life.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/daily-life-coping/holidays.html
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“Gratitude can transform common days into thanksgivings, turn routine jobs into joy, and change ordinary opportunities into blessings.”
— William Arthur Ward
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Notable Birthdays
Famous people born in November
Daniel Boone: November 2, 1734
Marie Curie: November 7, 1867
Carl Sagan: November 9, 1934
Grace Kelly: November 12, 1929
Georgia O'Keeffe: November 15, 1887
Alan Shepard: November 18, 1923
George Eliot: November 22, 1819
Charles Schulz: November 26, 1922
Our Family
Ramiro Eduardo Del Amo, Olga Del Amo, Walker Johnson, Norma Quintero, Jenny Nader, Eduardo Rozen, Edgar Estevez, Martin Ortiz, Avelino Victor Abeijon, Michael Diaz, Lionte Arias, Wheaton Josephine, Josephine R.Wheaton, Jose Haber, Joseph A Sorce, Enoel Hidalgo, Karen Banderas, Robert J.Lee, Nicole Garcia, Adam Fernandez, Natalie M.Garcia, Ariana M.Barouk, Martin E.Leach, Michael Feiler, Mario Perez, Armando Chapelli, Joseph Dorta
Other very important people to us
Django Freites, Rafael Cuesta, Rossini Pierre, Carmen Santamaria, Cido Aldama, Rebecc Guerra,Berlis Marin, Pedro Palacios, Ana Henriquez, Policarpo Sequeira, David Dzamba, Harald Pristau, Karla Cerrato, Lilia Gasset, Maricarmen Cuesta, Travis Clark, Shannon Butler, Rolando Sanchez Aguila,Allison Reyes, Luis Guellai, Ana Paredes, Yudel Arbella, Nancy Oquendo, Ifrey Perez, Adrialys Vinelli, Cesar Sanchez, Silvia Benavideflores, Artur Henriques, Jorge Luis Pacheco Torres, Antonio Riviere, Jose Molina, Geraldin Chevalde, Maria Lugo, Anthony Alpi, Marcos Diaz, Better Health Systems, South Medical Center, Julio Torres, Gloria M. Galvan, Raul Torres, Maria L. Lezcano, Norma Reina, Carmen Holzli, Eduardo Barrientos, Dulce Cagigal, Maria E. Marquez, Gil Vasquez, Salvador Dario Restrepo, Alberto Valdez, orma Mirabal, Johnny Enrique Ballista, Hilda V. Batista, Luis D. De La Nuez, Carlos Martins, Cecilia Vilan, Sharvis L. James, Sandra Mata, Grace B. Warmington, Saaz Imraan Alli, Javier Padilla, Consuelo Bermudez, Silveria Paneque, Guillermo Marrero, Valerie Geradi, Pablo Velez, Hiram Henderson, Jaime Avila, Xevious Dwayne Lee, Ruben Abreu, Vladimir A Pardo, Scarlett Arana, Nadia E Fleites, Julia Silva, Lisbeth D. Fernandez, Tania R. Garcia, Elena Reyes, Gineska Ferras, Rosario Lorena Aburto, Maria Duchemint, Jorge Alberto Paz, Jose Angel Perez, Marlon Alex Romero, Aristides Blanco Caceres, George Valdes, Barbara Saustre, Ester Adriana Duran, Aurora Mc Intosh, Carmen Pierson, Miturkis WongMarrero, Mauro E. Zalduo, Nerza Calzadilla, Jose Barrios, Randy Gonzalez, Jose Carlos Aleman, Lisa Bivens, Isidoro Gomez, Luz Maria Mora, Yohanny Boye, Juan Carlos Guiardinu, Melody Cuellar, Angel Gonzalez, Cynthia Mendoza, Richard Hutchinson, Cesar Livia, Carlos Villanueva, Melra Ramos, Kerine Wright, Orestes Delgado, Yamile Jimenez, Leopoldo McDugall, Campo Elias Murel, Nora Guirado, Osvaldo Amador, Oviedo , Magalis Garcia, Francesco Dimaggio, Ana Pelligra, Rosa Pena, Eneida Del Rio, Daphney Boyer, Anthony Alicea, Claudia Herrera, Carlos Caransas, Mercedes Trujillo, Carlos Enrique Santana, Jose Centurion, Jeffrey Kugler
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November 5 National Men Make Dinner Day
November 6 National Nacho Day
November 7 National Bison Day
November 10 United States Marine Corps Birthday
November 18 Mickey Mouse’s Birthday
November 19 The Great American Smokeout
November 20 Transgender Day of Remembrance
November 23 National Adoption Day
November 24 Win Friends and Influence People Day in the USA
November 26 Thanksgiving
November 27 National Day of Listening
November 28 Unthanksgiving Day / National Day of Mourning
November 30 Cyber Monday
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Our Favorite Businesses This Month |
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Del Amo Realty Inc provides full service residential real estate brokerage services throughout South Florida and can be reached at delamorealty.com or (305) 648-0320. |
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Dr. William Tejeiro, M.D.
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Dr. Tejeiro is an orthopedic surgeon in Miami, focusing on treating patients with trauma to the muscles, bones, joints, and tendons or the musculoskeletal system. Our clients that have gone to him for treatment have provided us with excellent recommendations. If you need him, you can make an appointment at 305-642-5661 |
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Del Amo Law | Law Offices of Carlos del Amo, P.A.
3211 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 200, Coral Gables, FL 33134
T: (305) 443-7005 | F: (305) 443-2238
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