Born with no face

Surfing internet is what I do for the past 2 weeks. Look for jobs, check on news from Malaysiakini and petalingstreet, blog hopping, watch online videos, etc. Basically just wanna dig out news and find new stuffs.

Of all, Kaskus is the must-visit-forum from Indonesia. Yesterday I stumble upon this post ‘hidup seorang bocah tanpa wajah’. A story of Juliana Wetmore who was born with ‘no face’ in 2003.

Little Juliana is missing 30 - 40 percent of the bones in her face. “She has no upper jaw, no cheek bones, no eye sockets, and she’s missing the corner of her ear,” explains Tom. Her birth defect is called Treacher Collins Syndrome. Doctors say it’s the worst case they’ve ever seen. ~quoted from Kaskus.

I still can’t believe it is for real. How could someone born without bones on her face? How could it be.. Why.. Seeing her pictures has made my heart melted. Seeing her in person will be.. *speechless*

I think Juliana Wetmore’s story really wakes everyone up, to stop ranting about imperfectness of our faces. We should be happy because we have a normal face with bones. So what with tiny eyes or less pointed nose or untidy teeth and so on.

Forget about ranting that your friends making fun on you because you have a wide mouth. What is that compare to what you think Juliana Wetmore experienced? Not only she is missing 30% - 40% of her face’s bones, but also the function of some of the 5 senses. She has to eat through her stomach, and she has a trach to breathe.

Apart from that, this story makes me more afraid of having a kid in the future.

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