When asked why she insisted on coming to Manila alone Lola Antonia said, “I want to be operated on because it has become very difficult for me to do even simple things, I am glad now that I would be operated on, I am indebted to you.”
Nang tanungin kung bakit pinilt niyang pumunta sa Maynila nang mag-isa, sinabi ni Lola Antonia na, “Gusto kong maoperahan dahil nahihirapan akong gumawa ng mga simpleng bagay. Masaya na ako dahil naoperahan na ako, utang ko sa inyo ito.”