STATISTICS AND CAUSES

In the week I read a post on facebook that mentioned a couple from Texas, USA, who celebrated the arrival of 4 new babies born simultaneously to them… naturally…ie. without any IVF treatment.  They were not quadruplets, they were 2 sets of identical twins…a phenomenon that happens once in 70 million births.  Isn’t that incredible…I mean really that is amazing.  Just imagine being a part of a statistic like that.

That started my peanut size brain thinking about statistics…and in South Africa we are always being bombarded with the like aren’t we, but if we take a look at just a few medical statistics it can get a person wondering how awesome is our God to create us just the way we are.

My cousin has a son who was born with ASAL – Arginiosuccinate acid lyase deficiency and statistically this occurs in 1 in 70 000 births.  I’m sure you won’t know what it is and seriously I still don’t understand it, but if you want to know more you can always Google it…hehe.

As you know I was born with Cystic Fibrosis…YAH, I’m so special and not boring like the rest of you – lol, but anyway Cystic Fibrosis is one of the most common recessive gene diseases, occurring in one in 3000 births.  I always thought that I was quite rare, haha, until I realized that there are some diseases out there that are way more unknown.

I also heard the other day that one in 600 people are diagnosed with cancer sometime in their lifetime. Bearing in mind that cancer is diagnosed more often than cystic fibrosis is, would explain, well in my mind anyone, why so many are supportive of cancer.  The chances that they have met or known someone with cancer is far more likely than meeting or knowing someone with CF….yet CF remains one of the worst known diseases to suffer from and is not at all curable.

Obviously whatever lies close to your heart will be what you decide to support and canvas for, even if it’s to ‘Save the Whales’….you may never have seen a whale, let alone touched a whale, but if you are interested enough in their well-being, think of them as beautiful and majestic, it might just be enough for you to fight against injustices against them.

I myself am a huge animal lover, whether domestic or wild, I am fascinated by all creatures both great and small….so I am always willing to offer my support to those that can’t speak or protect themselves. 

Naturally the biggest cause closest to my heart is Cystic Fibrosis.  I have a vision that cystic fibrosis will one day be on the lips of people like cancer is today.  If I can help create awareness in even the slightest of ways, then I will have achieved something worthwhile with my life…..so keep on loving, keep on supporting, keep on helping where you can.

This is me Fabulous and Fighting till next time.