Sunday, January 04, 2015 BY RENAE DIXON Sunday Observer staff reporter dixonr@jamaicaobserver.com
ALTHEA McFarlane's biggest dream is to be able to attend her daughter's high school graduation.
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| Althea McFarlane tells her story lying in bed as she is paralysed from the waist down |
Since going to her daughter's school-leaving ceremony from basic school, McFarlane has not been able to attend any major functions in which her daughter participates. The mother of two has been paralysed from the waist down for the last six years and lays at home unable to do anything.
"The only graduation mi go a basic school. Mi no go a primary and mi no know if mi can go to high school," she told the Jamaica Observer at her Middle home, outside Brown's Town recently.
Her dream is that when her daughter leaves the York Castle High School in 2016 she will be able to attend the graduation. According to McFarlane, life has not been easy for her since she became paralysed as she is dependent on her elderly parents to care for her. To make matters even more complicated, she said that doctors have not been able to identify the cause of her illness.
Now, she lies in bed, not able to be active in her children's lives and especially in the life of her 15-year-old daughter who also helps to take care of her.
"They can't find no complaint," she said of medical personnel after she spent several months in hospital doing various tests, without finding out the reason for her ailment.
"Mi just feel some pain in mi back and mi could barely raise up. Then mi can't raise up at all," she recalled how it all started. Her family rushed her to the doctor, but things have only got worse. As a result of lying in one place for years, she sometimes gets bed sores.
"Mi would really like to get a wheelchair because most times I would sit on the veranda," McFarlane said. more
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