I am crying
STL is not all about sports and boobs and really really freaky movies that make you crap yourself, when we see something heartwarming by god we will share it with the world… but honestly is this not one of the greatest stories you have ever heard. A mothers love was so great that that she stopped her medical treatment due to a monetary shortfall, which caused her to go legally blind so her daughter could continue to see..
Monique Zimmerman-Stein has been nearly blind for the last two years from Stickler syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. She recently decided to forego her own treatment to save funds to treat her two daughters, who also suffer from the condition, reports Lane DeGregory of the St. Petersburg Times.
The family is covered under husband Gary’s Blue Cross/Blue Shield plan, but that coverage only pays for 80 percent of medical expenses.
She will no longer get treatment to preserve that last slice of light. The injections that might help cost $380 after insurance, and she needs one every six weeks. She could be spending that money on her daughters’ care.
If forgoing treatment might help them see, she said, “That’s a choice any mom would make.”
The expensive care has already forced the family out of their home, which was foreclosed, and forced them to sell their furniture and to cash in their life insurance.
Tampabay.com put together an excellent video to accompany the story:
Read more at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/28/mom-goes-blind-so-her-dau_n_301947.html