Without myelin, nerve impulses are slowed or stopped, leading to a
constellation of neurological symptoms.
and the story goes on showing how Lorenzo's parents, Augusto and Michaela fought this disease with his son as his condition when up and down. Doctors told them that he would not be able to live up till 24 months from 1st diagnosis. He was about 5 to 6 years old then when he was 1st diagnosed with this disease.
Lorenzo(Right) and Oumouri(Left, His good friend) nearly 20 years later at home in Virginia, USA, 2001
(Taken from http://www.myelin.org/aboutlorenzo.htm)
I thought it's weird how most of us are fretting over itsy bitsy issues every now and then. How we think that it's a very big deal for all the problems and challenges laid upon us.
What would you do when your kids have diseases like this? Would you be able to exhibit the exact same strength and courage as Augusto and Micheala did? These people deal with challenges far tougher then what we can even see in our daily lives. And yet there are people who take their lives for granted, not cherishing what they are given. To be able to see, hear, speak, listen, touch and think.
I feel so minute. Feel that what these people went through definitely is something that i can never apprehend. I want to reach out. Reach out to these people. I will when i have the ability to. In time to come............
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