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Friday, July 2
Once again..
Once again i'm down.. fever, cough and cold. Thankfully, the fever didn't reach 40 like the last time round, otherwise i would be spastic by now. i know what you're thinking. I mean being real spastic, not acting it. Been sick 7 days out of the last 12 days, wow.
But what i'm going through is nothing compared to those with worse off illnesses. Like Leukemia. On thursday, i attended a meeting with practically almost everybody in the department of Paediatrics, NUS. Clincal researchers and doctors. As i walked to the meeting room, i walked past the children's ward for the first time. THe decor was bright and child-like, a sense of playfulness. Underneath it all, i see kids, less than 10 years old, some even 3 or 4 only, lying on their beds. All of them had that same look. I see them fighting for their lives here, instead of living like normal kids.
Dealing with their DNA in the lab and actually seeing them in the flesh makes for an entirely different experience. The cure rate for Childhood Leukemia is 80%, or so i've heard. Thats not too bad, but it still means 20% of kids still die.
Destiny. Some may believe in it, that we all have pre-destined paths in life. Me.. i think it's bullshit. Everything has a cause. Your choices in life will invariably affect you in some ways or other. Whether you smoke, drink, eat veggie, exercise, etc. But those kids.. they didn't choose for their suffering. It's all in the genes.
I remember i saw this movie before. The Gattica or something like that. In the movie, future parents can already know the odds of their kids suffering from some disease or what not in the future. So the list goes: 85% Leukemia, 70% High BLood pressure, 30% Heart Congenality blah blah. Imagine being discriminated before you're born. Maybe in future, there'll be 'super humans'. Smarter, stronger, faster. A guaranteed chop to success. Maybe the phrase 'Survival of the fittest' will then ceased to exist.
Everyone is the fittest.
7/02/2004 11:02:00 am + + Kese + +
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