Friends came from as far away as the Philippines, others from as close as next door. They packed into the Termulo household. They were there for a novena –...
Friends came from as far away as the Philippines, others from as close as next door.
Reese had contracted the flu and, just one day later, died of pneumonia that led to sepsis and organ failure. Although her family didn’t know it at the time, Reese had sewn that emotional blanket of support, now draped around their shoulders after her death. Her family says that, despite her relatively short life, she had a lasting impact on her friends and her school, which in turn created a space for the people she loved most to heal after an unfathomable tragedy.
Ana Termulo, left, smiles while preparing dinner as her oldest son JP Termulo, 15, center, passes by and her husband Dr. Cesar Termulo eats dinner on Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, at their residence in Dallas, TX. Two years ago, Reese died from the flu. Dr. Termulo never expected his daughter to succumb to a rare flu complication, upending the lives of him and his family.
“There, now you’re ready to go,” Reece would tell her mom. “It’s complete. Something was missing before.” That’s why it was no surprise to Cesar when Reese developed a fever on the morning of Jan. 9, 2020. “We were having a ton of flu patients and so we brought her into my office and had her tested for the flu,” he said.
Usually with the flu, patients have round-the-clock fevers, Cesar said, but Reese wasn’t experiencing that. She complained of a cough and chest pain. They prayed together, and Ana suggested Reese offer her pain to others who were struggling. They prayed for a family friend with cancer and for kids struggling with anxiety. Reese kept praying while Ana went downstairs to make her soup.By the time Ana returned upstairs, her daughter was unconscious.A rosary of dried flowers
JP and Joseph don’t avoid talking about their sister. Just last week, when Joseph was learning how to calculate the area of a circle, JP taught him a song to remember the equation just as Reese had done with him years earlier.
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