Friday, August 12, 2011

Norma & Talib - Battle in the name of Love

I have not the slightest idea how many people have been reading this. I do not know if I would be able to help spread the word but it certainly worth to TRY. In this holy month of Ramadhan, ever since I seen the MHI clip on Norma, whenever I wake up for sahur, or break my fast with the kids, husband and  mum.. Norma is always on my mind. What would she be doing? how is she feeling? not able to taste the food or drink like any other people around her, not being able to hold her own cup, spoon let alone to put food into her own mouth.

When I had to raise my voice to my girls (for whatever reason), and sometimes kinda like lost my patience, I thought of how Norma feels, not being able to kiss her son not even to hold his tiny hands let alone feed him, bathe him or dress him. How would it feel to be so helpless and there is nothing you can do for yourself. I know how painful it is not be able to hold your baby like other people do. It has happened to me before although its not even 10% as bad as what Norma's been facing now.

Norma married Mutalib in March 2010. She was then a teacher in Pontian, Johor. When she was 7 months pregnant, she started experiencing terrible headache, went to several clinic and hospital and all Dr. said was that  its just normal headache maybe due to her pregnancy. She gave birth to healthy baby boy on 21 January 2011 and that's when her headache became more severe.

She was still in confinement when she was wheeled into the emergency room of Hospital Putrajaya and  after all the checking and scanning, she was diagnosed with a stage 4 brain tumor when her son was just only 1 month old. She was then transferred to HKL (Kuala Lumpur Hospital)  and Dr. attach a device  to channel out the excessive liquid from the back of her head, after which she looked better, could respond, have a chance to hold her son and chatting away.

Sadly after 5 operations and 2 cycles (15 times) of radiotherapy the tumor in her head which originally was 5.5cm have grown to 7cm.

Today, Norma is still battling her life and the fight against the tumor continues with her beloved husband by her side.

Norma's monthly expenditure for diaper, medication and milk cost more than 3k.


Now, To all of you who are reading.. followers or not, Please do this one thing.. to forward and link this (or if you would like to follow up on Norma's progress go to http://miera301.blogspot.com/search/label/Norma )
to your friends and family.. a little goes a long way and during this holy month of ramadhan, spread a little kindness a little further i.e. to someone you have never met, never speak to.. who needs help.

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