Hope and Courage
I rarely sit in front of the TV set switching between channels and I haven’t been really fan of the Oprah Winfery Show.
Yesterday I came back from work very tired, had dinner and lied down on the couch trying to relax and get the stress out of the system.
I began switching channels trying to find something that might be worth watching, I landed on MBC4, specifically the Oprah Winfery Show.
As I told you before, I am not her biggest fan, especially those shows where the audience is made of middle aged women screaming and yayaying in every single occasion.
Yesterday’s show was a bit different. It featured the compelling story of Kendra and Maliyah, a conjoined twin. Sharing one single kidney, bladder, a large intestine, liver and two legs, Kendra and Maliyah survived four years of limited life.
Their parents made a decision to separate the two sisters after four years of sharing a kidney will eventually fail. The operation which was carried out by a team of 8 surgeons and 16 nurses, it was a flourishing success.
Now for the first time in their lives, Kendra and Maliyah are able to have one single bed for each. The trip is not done yet, the two girls will face more difficult medial procedures to be as healthy as survival requires.
Here is a couple of pictures of the two lovely sisters.
I began switching channels trying to find something that might be worth watching, I landed on MBC4, specifically the Oprah Winfery Show.
As I told you before, I am not her biggest fan, especially those shows where the audience is made of middle aged women screaming and yayaying in every single occasion.
Yesterday’s show was a bit different. It featured the compelling story of Kendra and Maliyah, a conjoined twin. Sharing one single kidney, bladder, a large intestine, liver and two legs, Kendra and Maliyah survived four years of limited life.
Their parents made a decision to separate the two sisters after four years of sharing a kidney will eventually fail. The operation which was carried out by a team of 8 surgeons and 16 nurses, it was a flourishing success.
Now for the first time in their lives, Kendra and Maliyah are able to have one single bed for each. The trip is not done yet, the two girls will face more difficult medial procedures to be as healthy as survival requires.
Here is a couple of pictures of the two lovely sisters.
Now on the same show, a story of a bold courage and amazing survivor was also told.Meet Patrick.
Patrick was born without eyes and a birth defect that won’t allow him to stretch his arms nor legs. At just 2 years old, he started playing the piano and was able to take requests.
Today Patrick attends the University of Louisville, but he's not there alone. Every evening his father works the graveyard shift at UPS, finishing at dawn. This leaves him enough time to rest a few hours before heading out to help his son at school.
These two stories shook me like a hurricane. Suddenly I realized how blessed I was. Never thought of walking, eye sight, laughing, crying, or breathing as blessings. My eyes just watered with no permission from my brain.
Hope and possibility are the main keywords for these two stories. If you could only see how Patrick Sr. (the father) was proud of his disabled son. Patrick Jr. (the son) had one statement that stroke a chord for me, he said:
“Sighted people, they can see a person's hair length or the clothes they wear or their skin color. With me, certain words like 'black' or 'white' are adjectives that have no meaning whatsoever," he says. "I just see the love within a person."
Patrick, Kendra and Maliyah; you guys really taught me something I wonder never forget for the rest of my life.
RnD
2:18 PM, March 01, 2007
I think life can be unfair sometimes
We look at our dreams an ideas getting trashed away right in front of us.
Well this happens to allot of people and they decide to give up and that’s it.
But in this story _Patrick ones_ I think he was born with even a dream,
Though he created one!!!
That should teach us something I think!!!
Thx man for the post top
4:46 AM, March 03, 2007
Hi Ramy,
Great story, thx for sharing. The wonderfulfulness of people is what makes life so great! I'm sending u this link b/c i remembered u like bellydancing, maybe it will put a smile on ur face:
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=6autbeh_tUk
sorry if u've already seen it! top
2:09 PM, March 11, 2007
Hey there,
it was a nice story it's mean alot :) and that should teach us.. top