The Emo me
Yes, kind of late to post now. Posting while watching "Meet the Robinsons" on disney channel. Well, almost done with the powerpoint slides for the Math And Science Project. Yep, received the latests statistics from my team members...Well, I feel really emotional now...after catching this documentary on discovery channel...It was on this 10 years old girl known as lao yang from Guizhou, China. Yes, she was suffering from XP (known as Xerodema pigmentosum) It's considered a rare disease, with one out of a thousand people in the world suffering. It is an autosomal (which refers to a chromosome not a sex chromosome) generic disorder of the DNA repair in which the ability to repair damages cause by UV radiation is deficient. Yes, that was the case. She had actually gotten it after 8 days she was born, her mum brought this infant out, hunting (rural parts of china), she was found with blisters and pus, skin turned red. Before being treated with the help of a British doctor in Shanghai (only at age 10), she seeked medical help from physicians available. Herbs were brewed, however, lumps started growing on her face, making her look hedious, friends started despising her, she hence left school due to the lumps on her face, isolated...(well, this is reality) Lumps were believed to be tumours. And they were growing day by day...Her parents were aware that their daughter won't be able to live for such a long time, and at such a tender age, she understood the importance of treasuring her life, she wanted to look pretty, like the other girls in school, she wants to get into university, she wants to get married...everything in which are found not possible for her....her future is ruined, due to that tumour of hers...that menacious "thing" spreading throughout her body, damaging every part of her body, invaded the cells, the immune system, doctors in Shanghai, were aware of her condition, operation had to be carried out immediately after biopsy was carried out. Operation was definitely risky and there were high chances that she was going to die, however, they managed to carry it out,(to be more precise 2 operations) considered a success. The disheartening part was that, she had lost her left eye, her nose...she didn't have them anymore...she lost them....British doctors suggested artificial noses, she, the optimist wanted them....Well the main point is that...she passed away a few months later due to the spreading of cancerous cells to her lungs...Family and friends were with her...She passed away in year 2006. Don't wish to reaveal when. Yes, thats how tragic...It isn't a bogus story in which the lame me made up. It isn't...Thats the fact of life, not everyone is perfect, we can't have everything we desire for...We can't change us...our parents....This is us. All we can do, to make sure that we are doing ourselves proud, is by treasuring every moment with everyone around us, be it friends, family and even our foes...do not worry too much bout death as it is the fact of life that everyone is going away one day...It is, we just have to accept it...I've lost my close one before, just last year...the first reaction was a blur look "Huh?" followed by moments of silence...I couldn't much accept the fact....I couldn't sleep for many nights....I would be alone in my bed, my room, thinking....I couldn't comprehend even what i was thinking....And plus the pressure i face in school (SYF, EXAMS) i was only a sec 2 student, how could i face such pressure at that crucial period of time, where streaming of classes was only a few months away...I wanted so badly to get into triple science due to my ambition...I aimed to work in the medical fields...Alas, i managed to get over "everything"...my heart still hurts at the thought of my beloved one, but my mind tells me "no,
cheryl, you shouldn't, XXX wouldn't want me to do that". Yes, this might seem like one of the episodes of a drama serial....
Nothing much to say....
I think i'll just end the post like that...Am going out with jean tomorrow..hope that i'll feel better then...
Prove that I've written my diary
on Sunday, July 6, 2008 at 8:47 AM
