In a conversation with the Daily Mail, Thomas Jr. recounted how he hurriedly took his father to a local hospital in the Philippines where doctors declared “his life was in imminent danger” after conducting several scans.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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Thomas’s other daughter Samantha claimed she believes her father’s health has worsened due to pressures on him in the past few years.<\/p>\n
Samantha said: “He is a strong man, but he has been through so much. I am praying that he is strong enough to survive this. My father has been through two heart attacks, a stroke and an earthquake. I hope he can pull through this.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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