Yvonne Foong, 22, has neurofibromatosis type II, which has severely affected her sight and hearing due to tumours in the brain and spine. She is scheduled for an operation between 1 and 4 December 2009. The cost of surgery is USD44,000 or RM154,770, and the cost of staying in hospital for two weeks is USD915 or RM3219.
She has raised about RM10,000 of this and is hoping to raise the rest by republishing her book I'm Not Sick; I'm Just a Bit Unwell in English and Chinese. The books are now available in Malaysian bookshops and from her web site store. She is also selling T-shirts at bazaars and via her web site store. You can read about her surgery and donate to her fund here.
You can also help by sending on this meme. If you do, please follow these meme rules:
1. Create a blog entry titled "Meme: Save Yvonne's Sight"
2. List three things you love to see. Add in the picture of Yvonne's book cover. The URL is http://www.yvonnefoong.com/images/banner/my-story.jpg
3. End with the line, "Yvonne Foong is in danger of losing her eyesight thanks to neurofibromatosis (NF). Please find out how you can help her by visiting her blog at http://www.yvonnefoong.com.
4. Tag 5 blog friends. Be sure to copy the rules, OK?
5. If you have a Facebook account, please check out Ellen's new invention, a "feme" pronounced FEEM, a meme designed for Facebook here. And if you want to blog about NF, that would be great too!
Three things I love to see :
1. The graduation of my two boys
2. The weddings of my two boys
3. My grandchildren
Bloggers I am tagging are:
Crankster
Steest
Chahya
I am Malaysian
Yvonne Foong is in danger of losing her eyesight thanks to neurofibromatosis (NF). Please find out how you can help her by visiting her blog at THIS LINK.
In fact if anyone else out there would like to meme or feme this - please feel free to do the needful.
LET'S DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP YVONNE. THANK YOU.
Walt Bee Propolis Stops Tumors from Neurofibromatosis and Cancer.
Honeybees are some of the most amazing creatures ever created by God. Some interesting aspects bees are the substances they make to use themselves. Propolis is a natural resin. Recent research has documented the ability of propolis to suppress the growth of human tumors from neurofibromatosis and cancer. Compound from propolis halts tumor process in clinical trials.
Miracle of the Orbital Mass
A young lady who had developed a significant bulging of her eyes. She came to the hospital at Elias Santana in Dominican Republic on one day when there were oculoplastic surgeons present. She came and was the only day in the history of the hospital at Elias Santana or in the history of the Dominican Republic that two oculoplastic surgeons had been in the country at the same time. This happened "by coincidence" on the day that the lady arrived. The CT scan, of course, is crucial to evaluate the size and location of the tumor within the orbit. This was done by someone unknown to the patient and was done prior to the evaluation with Dr. Bowden. She brought this crucial test with her. The CT scan did show a definite, very large mass that was clearly wrapped around the optic nerve. It appeared in such a manner that removal attempts would guarantee blindness. A simple removal of the tumor and the eye would, of course, also guarantee blindness. Both Dr. Bowden and Dr. Harvey agreed that neither of them would want to touch it.
However, the patient was insistent that we try. She stated that she had prayed about this and knew that there was care available for her, and that it would solve her problem. Dr. Bowden and Dr. Harvey agreed to proceed. They both did emphasize to the patient that the likelihood of success of the operation was minimal and that it was likely that she would be totally blind. Prior to the surgery, a pastor from the visiting American team of workers came and prayed with the patient, as did Dr. Bowden and Dr. Harvey. Specifically, they prayed for healing of this lesion and that our hands and eyes would be directed as we perform the surgery.
In the surgery, it was confirmed that the lesion was very large and an extensive removal of the muscles around the eye was required in order to get to the mass. As it was completely tied around the optic nerve, various attempts were being made to identify the location of the mass WHEN SUDDENLY IT SIMPLY FELL FROM THE ORBIT. THIS WAS DONE WITH ONLY A MINOR TOUCH OF DR. HARVEY'S FINGERS. We all stopped and realized that the Holy Spirit had actually delivered this tumor for us. It was completely freed with minimal other dissection of tissues. However, we were certain that there must have been some other damage to the eye and it was unlikely that she would see well with the eye, and it was quite likely that she would have double vision as a result of the removal of the muscles of the eye and with later replacement of them.
An evaluation of this did show this to be a neurofibroma of the orbit. Some neurofibromas may be easy to remove, but most of the neurofibromas are created from nerve tissue and are not easily removed without destroying the tissue to which they are attached. However, this neurofibroma definitely did "fall out of the orbit." The patient was seen the next day following surgery, and she did have a somewhat swollen eye, but six months later she had a totally normal eye that had returned to its proper position She had no double vision, and she saw perfectly from the eye. This clearly is a miracle that demonstrates God's care and grace for this woman. We did not trust our own hands to do this, but we knew that her faith was strong, and it was not an "accident" that she came in the manner what she did.
In my lifetime, I have seen all kinds of miracles. I myself am one.
God can heal all, no matter who you are, or what you believe.