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Be Thankful...
A brilliant friend of mine, Brittany Nicole, is in the hospital as we speak. Brittany was born with a birth defect called Spina Bifida, which is a disease when part of the spine is stickin out of your back. The only way to even attempt to get rid of it is to have surgery. But even ifsurgery is done, the child will grow up horribly disabled. Depending on the severity of the disease, the child will need to be on crutches. There's no way to completely cure the disease, and the child will have a lot of problems with it.
Brittany headed to the hospital for the 16th time this week, and she didn't make it there. She fell unconcious on the way, and was unconcious, unresponsive, and forgot to breathe at some points. The doctors have given her month to live.
Brittany is now conscious again, however she is not well at all.
Since she's regained consciousness, the only thing she's asked for was that everyone was able to hear her voice before she died. Not many people understand her birth defect, Spina Bifida. And that's because they do not have a spokesperson for it. She's only had two dreams in her life, and that was to become a doctor and to speak to the world about Spina Bifida. It is one of the most common permanently disabling birth defect in the world and no one knows what it is.
Since she was born, she's been fighting a war. No, it's not the war in Iraq and she isn't fighting for the country. But she is fighting for her life. She beat the odds of seeing her sweet sixteen, and she does want to keep beating the odds. But right now, nothing is looking good for her.
So you guys, no matter how tough your life gets; always know that it could get worse within the blink of an eye. She really wanted you guys to know that it could get worse, and that you should never give up because of a boyfriend or any other thing like that. Nothing in this world is more important than life.
"You live your life until you die. That's all you can do, and that's all you have to do in this life. Live, work and die. However, no one is willing to try to do more. That's the problem in this world." -Brittany
Please, please do not give up on your life. Not for anything, just keep fighting until you have nothing left in you. Much like Brittany is trying to do right now.
magickalfantasy · Fri Nov 16, 2007 @ 02:57am · 0 Comments |
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