Dear Rainbow Uncles and Aunts,
Greetings! I am Su. I live far away on the other side of a gigantic ocean. I am very thankful for your support and care.
During my last semester at J University, I was diagnosed with a corneal ulcer in my right eye. I was shocked by the news. I asked the doctor to prescribe drugs to slow its progression so I could complete my studies. I took a winter break from school and had my eyes checked often. Professor Wang from the Eye Center of S University in G city took over my eye care. After carefully examining my eyes with several optometric instruments, he informed me the corneal ulcer was causing my eyesight to deteriorate.
My family relies upon our parents’ meager income from their work in a dye factory. Last year in my hometown of G city, my parents spent all their hard-earned savings to build a house for our family of six. I worried about the financial impact of eye surgery and follow-up treatments upon my family and finally decided to fill out an application form for economic and spiritual support from far away uncles and aunts through Rainbow Missions.
I returned to G city this summer filled with hopes and expectations the tortuous and severe pain in my right eye would soon end and my vision would be restored so I would be able to see the world again through that precious eye. However, those dreams were dashed after I was informed a corneal transplant would be useless because my right eye was severely damaged and the pain was due to glaucoma, which increases intraocular pressure and causes severe pain. I was told it would be impossible to recover vision in my right eye but surgery would reduce the intraocular pressure. The news distressed me, but I was thankful surgery could bring an end to the pain.
I received approval for right eye surgery and completed the pre-operative examination, but the surgery has not yet been scheduled because of the long waiting list. Experts tell me my high intraocular pressure is very serious; it will be impossible to cure with a single operation. Several might be needed, each costing $5,000 – $6,000 RMB (around $800US) for surgical fees. This would not include the cost of hospitalization or other related expenses. This worried me and my family, so I asked how many surgeries I might need. I was told a prediction cannot be made – it all depends upon the outcome of each surgery.
Dear Rainbow uncles and aunts, these are the challenges I’m facing. Even though we are separated by thousands of miles, Rainbow Missions has always cared for me and provided me a great deal of support. Because of your love and support, I wanted you to know what I’ve been facing. Thank you for your help.
Thank you so much for your loving support for Su. We have raised $6760 so far for her eye surgery. We will use this amount of money to fund the upcoming examinations, operations, and hospitalization costs for Su’s surgery. Thank you!
尊敬的彩虹的叔叔阿姨們:
您們好！
我是來自遙遠的海的彼岸你們一直熱心幫助著的素素。
在上學期，J 大學第二附屬醫院檢查出我是角膜潰瘍。聽到這個消息，我當時嚇了一跳。為了完成學業，我讓醫生開藥先控制病情惡化的速度，決定寒假再仔細檢查。
寒假，G市 S 大學眼科中心王敎授替我檢查。經過各種儀器的鑑定，右眼確診為角膜潰瘍，並且一直在惡化。由於家中六口人，都只靠父母在染色廠工作那點微薄的收入生活，而且就在去年，在我G市老家蓋房子，又花光了父母多年辛苦積攢的積蓄，面對治療所需的費用，我時時發愁，最終寫下了申請，向雖然遠在重洋彼岸，卻關愛著我的叔叔阿姨們請求經濟及精神上的幫助。
這個暑假，我滿懷希望又來到了G市，故地重遊只為能使我的右眼不要再以劇烈的疼痛來折磨我，也為了實現令右眼恢復一些視力，能用右眼看看這個世界的心願。
然而經過專家最終診斷，我右眼由內到外，許多機理都已經壞了，而不僅僅是角膜壞了，換右眼的角膜意義已經不大。但是，手術還是得做，專家告知引起我右眼劇烈疼痛的，是青光眼，青光眼會使眼壓增高，導致劇痛。
等於說我右眼的視力，已經沒希望恢復了，現在的手術，是緊緊圍繞著降低眼壓，減輕因眼壓增高帶來的劇痛而做的。
右眼的視力無法恢復，這當然令我感到深深的遺憾，但是手術能減輕乃至消除右眼的劇痛感，也算是不幸中的大幸了吧。
目前，專家已經在給我安排右眼的手術了，只是由於患者眾多，具體的日期還沒有定，讓我等通知。手術前的檢查我已經按照指導做好，現在就等著做手術了。專家說我這個眼壓高的病情比較嚴重，一次手術是不可能治癒的，得反复做好幾次，每次大概需要五六千的手術費，五六千僅僅是手術的費用，還不包含檢查、住院等費用。
我聽了這話，有些擔憂，就詢問專家，究竟需要做幾次。專家也答不上來，因為他說具體做幾次能好，得根據每一次手術的效果來看，在做之前，他也不能下這種判斷。
彩虹的叔叔阿姨們，以上就是我這次治療右眼的所有經歷和情況。我們相隔萬里，彩虹卻一直關愛著我，給我各種幫助。面對你們的關愛，我只有把我的治療情況詳細的寫下來，告訴你們每一位關心著我的叔叔阿姨。
在我把這一切寫下來的時候，我還在等待當中，希望接下來的手術能夠順順利利，希望我下一次告訴你們的是喜悅的消息。
請允許我再向彩虹的叔叔阿姨道一聲，謝謝！
謝謝大家對素素的關懷愛護，我們到目前為止替素素眼部手術籌得的捐款為$6760。我們將以捐款資助素素即將進行的行術、檢查並住院費用。謝謝。