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"Three things I love to see :
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!
1. Motorist stop at a zebra crossing
2. More green areas and less chopping down of trees
3. An M3 park in front of my house
Bloggers I'm tagging are:
Arsaili
CAHAYA
Faisal Admar
Ashley
Zue
"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."
In fact if anyone else out there would like to meme or feme this - please feel free.
LET'S DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO HELP YVONNE.
12 comments:
Thanks for sharing this DrSam. Yes I do admire Yvonne's tenacity in using her god-given talent to face her sickness head-on. She's a shining example to us all.
Was going to mention the other one that I know who is Raden Galoh of "One Breast Bouncing" blog.
Dr sam,
okay got the message..will do,InsyaAllah
dr sam...
semoga hasratnya tercapai..
insyallah..
Zendra,
She is a good example for us to be strong and fighting hard in her own battle.
Yes...being to and read Raden's blog. Very inspirational too. Frankly speaking, not sure if I can be as strong as her.
ashley,
Thank you ma'am. Just do our small part here.
besi,
Itu ujian dan dugaanNya. Semoga semua yang diuji dapat menempuhinya dengan tabah dan melaluinya dengan jayanya.
salam selasa DrSam..
(Heppi)
sbb dah nak raye..:)
Dr Sam
Thanks for sharing this..
anntaj,
Salam malam ke-25...hepi sebab memang hepi sokmo ;)
Zareda Norman,
Just my small contribution. No problemo.
doc, i've done the meme and thanks for putting me in the list :)
sorry for copying most of your writing in the post as i don't have much time but glad that i've been given the opportunity to share this meme with some other bloggers in the whole world :)
Semoha apa yg dihajati tercapai!!
superb edition of this meme dr sam. mine was dull.
let's hope yvonne will be saved in time. I think i'll head to the store to get her book.
Salam Aidilfitri buat Doc Sam, isteri dan keluarga :)
Maap zaher batin.
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