John Lloyd visits animal shelter with rumored girlfriend to adopt a dog

By Kristofer Purnell Philstar.com

ACTOR John Lloyd Cruz and his rumored girlfriend Isabel Santos visited a local animal shelter with the intentions of adopting a rescued dog.

The social media accounts of animal rescue service Strays Worth Saving posted photos of John Lloyd and Isabel interacting with their rescues, also thanking them for the visit.

“There is no denying not only the dogs but also the caretakers were so excited to meet our celebrity visitors... these two have no qualms at all carrying and playing with the rescues,” said Strays Worth Saving.

A rescued dog named Rain even peed on John Lloyd’s clothes but the actor did not mind at all. Strays Worth Saving also said the rumored couple posed for photos with other dogs to help encourage others to adopt them.

Isabel later posted on her own Instagram account photos of their visit, sharing they fell in love with all the dogs they met. Strays Worth Saving, John Lloyd, or Isabel did not say which dog they ended up adopting, though they did play with more than 10 dogs and petted even more those in cages.

John Lloyd and Isabel have yet to confirm their relationship despite months of speculation, especially after Isabel accompanied John Lloyd to the 15th Asia Pacific Screen Awards and on a camping trip with John Lloyd’s son Elias, his child with ex Ellen Adarna.

Selina and Kevin’s church wedding was the talk of the town in 2021. It was a match made in heaven that the public journeyed with the couple as they announced their pregnancy months after.

But reports of miscarriage followed suit.

In 2022, Selina went to her doctor for a regular checkup but discovered that her eight-week pregnancy did not progress. Then, after going through a dilation and curettage procedure, it was revealed there were signs of cancer.

Selina battled against a rare form of cancer called Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia (GTN), a type of Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD) that is always malignant. According to Johns Hopkins University, GTD is the term given to a group of rare tumors that develop during the early stages of pregnancy, just as when the woman’s body prepares to nourish the embryo or the baby.

From the day she was diagnosed with the deadly disease, Selina said she stuck to her faith all the way especially while going through the process of chemotherapy.

“Looking back, I honestly don’t know how I got through it—si God lang talaga. But, as I mentioned, I remember feeling weak and nauseous for the most part,” she said. “But through every single day, I truly felt the Lord with me.”

Fast forward to the present, Selina now lives her life cancer-free thanks in part to her neighbor, “Ate Gema.”

Si Ate Gem, she would send me all of these supplements and organic products to help my body fight as I went through strong medication. She would send me a couple of these products, as I mentioned. Pero, of course, I knew, being a cancer patient then, that I needed to run everything I was ingesting by my doctor.”

Ate Gema researched a “green juice” which she advocated for Selina to drink.

“So I started taking this green juice as often as possible, and thankfully, I felt it made a difference in my body.”

The green juice turned out to be JC’s Organic Barley Juice. Barley, which is considered 21st century’s superfoods, is asked with nutrients like protein, eight essential amino acids, highly alkalizing minerals, and a whole range of vitamins.

Selina said she added the juice on top of the supplements she received and experienced wonders from it.

“I added this green juice, and I saw the effects. There was evidence and proof in my blood works. You know, eventually, after going through my cycles and supplementing with this green juice, by the grace of God, my HCG levels after about seven cycles went down to 1.20, so that is considered normal. In some hospitals, that’s the lowest level already,” she said.

Selina believes that constant barley juice drinking helped manage her cancer.

“Praise God, we did the re-test the following day, and all of a sudden, my lungs were clear. So my cancer was staged to 1.” she revealed.

“It was almost miraculous, so nakita ko talaga yung difference, even yung liver enzymes ko, which shot up, I told you guys, 5 times the normal level, nag normalize rin siya eventually and my red blood cells, white blood cells, and hemoglobin, it also went up. Nag normalize. As such, I was able to carry through with my treatment and I was able to finish it. Until I was officially in remission.”

Selina posted the development on Instagram, and the videos received positive feedback as they carried messages of hope.

“So for those of you going through a severe trial or terrible suffering right now, I know I may not have the answer to your whys, but I know you are in the hands of an infinitely loving Father who ordained this at the beginning of time for your good and His glory. There is immense love behind every pain, every suffering, every tear. With God, I have learned there are no Plan B’s. This is His plan A, and He has it all under control. You can rest and trust in Him,” she said. g