Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Meme: Save Yvonne's Sight


Yvonne Foong has been raising funds for the operations she needs to treat her neurofibromatosis which causes tumours to grow inside her body.

Yvonne had already lost her hearing and communicated through writing on a small white board. But now she's losing her eyesight and needs another operation again. The operation is due in December and once again she needs to raise funds for it. The cost of the surgery is USD44,000 (RM154,770) and the cost of her hospital stay for two weeks is USD915 or RM3219.

She has already raised RM10,000 of this but obviously still has a long way to go. She's hoping to raise the rest by republishing her book I'm Not Sick, Just A Little Bit Unwell in English and Chinese.The books are now available in Malaysian bookshops and from her website 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"

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!

The three things I love to see are:
1. My mother's sweet smile when she sees me home for holidays.
2. A colourful full arch rainbow in the morning or evening.
3. A peaceful and serene Buddha image deep in meditation.

I'm tagging the following blogger friends to ask them to help out:
1. Ping Ping (my cursin sis) http://ahbu74.blogspot.com/
2. Pao Pao ( Ping's elder sis) http://www.paopao1010.blogspot.com/
4. Alice the counselor and future Mommy http://aliceiw27.blogspot.com/

1. Anyone else interested in passing on this meme is more than welcome to do so. I am sure Yvonne will much appreciate it!

Yvonne Foong is in danger of losing her eyesight to neurofibromatosis (NF). Please find out how you can help her by visiting her blog at http://www.yvonnefoong.com/.

5 comments:

Mrs Chong said...

i'll do it later... =))

Cengkih78 said...

walau, i kena tag oleh doralin..ayo2..mcm assignment pulak hehehe

Mrs Chong said...

haven't do... =s sorry..will do it will do it...

by the way, can I have your email address? Want to add you in facebook. =))

Doralin Lee said...

doralinlee@hotmail.com. Eh! Dun come kacau my farm ha u....

Mrs Chong said...

hahahah..i'll try... =P