Sam Wishart suffers from a rare condition called cone dystrophy, which has severely damaged his ght. His eyes shake and he can see no colour. Looking towards a light source reduces his vision further, hence he can only see through dark-tinted lenses.

Sam is one tough lad. He’s got an indomitable spirit and is very sociable. So recently, his teammates at the rugby team in Somerset vote him captain! – He’s very good-looking, too.

Check out this photo:

Isn’t he brilliant? I just thought I’d share this heartwarming story. I think motherhood has recently “softened” me, because Sam’s little story on the paper made me wish that pogiBoy becomes as whole as him.

Dear friend,

Nung weekend para kong may flu dahil sa severe symptoms ng hay fever. Di ako makakilos, even combing my hair was a huge effort as my scalp felt really tender. Then the limited breathing. Maaawa ka sa akin, I was breathing through my mouth for 2 days!!! There were times I really felt like dying. I felt guilty too that I couldn’t play with pogiBoy properly. Talagang telly-time lang sya. Friday night I planned on taking him to the town fair and even to the cinema, I didn’t count on my “enemy” arriving on Saturday morning. KAINIS.

This morning when I was about to leave for work, hubby said pogiBoy has temp last night. I felt my stomach lurch. If pogiBoy is not better this evening that will mean one of us will have to take a leave of absence. And that thought made me feel worse because ideally when pogiBoy has a temp, we let him stay at home for 2 days. But if we keep on doing that & he gets fever at least once a month, that would mean our work-attendance will be blatantly pockmarked.

Nakakaloka.

I really hope pogiBoy recovers today. I blame the stupid weather… Come on sky, where’s our Summer sun & warmth?!

As for me, it looks like I will have to wait a little longer for the hay fever vaccine to become available in the UK. Crap.

So how was your weekend again?

Lovingly yours,
me