FAMOUS CASE: ECTOPIA CORDIS

CHRISTOPHER WALL

Okay people. Now, who is Christopher Wall?

Christopher Wall was born on 10 August 1975 with Ectopia Cordis. Due to his condition, the doctor unable to reposition the organ back inside the chest cavity and the skin was stretched over the heart instead. Fortunately, with a breastbone grafted from his leg, he is able to breathe without a respirator! 

Such a rare case, he is now still breathing and counting his days live with his heart outside his chest. What is unique about him is, he never let his external heart keep him down. Instead, he lives just like people around him live. May he lives for a long time.

He such an inspiration!

RYAN MARQUISS

Now, let's focus on Ryan Marquiss, a cute little boy who born in February 2009 beats the odd after a dozens successful surgeries. He, 6 seems healthy and prove the world that he is strong enough to beat the disease with several heart defects.

Thanks God, now he is able to enjoy his childhood after struggling hard grew in hospital for 11 months before he able to come home to meet his sister and spending time with his families!

Such a cute hero!

FAMOUS CASE: HARLEQUIN ICHTHYOSIS

HUNTER STEINITZ

Here we got Hunter Steinitz in the blog! 

She is known as a teenager who has a rare condition that has left her skin so damaged that many people believe she has been involved in a fire. She is only 18 years old and unable to close her eyes, wears a wig because her hair follicles are blocked by the skin and is in constant danger of dehydrating because she cannot sweat. 

Pity her but we wish all the best for her!

STEPHANIE TURNER

Next, Stephanie Turner. 

She is well-known as the second  oldest person in the U.S. who is live with Harlequin Ichthyosis. In 2013, she who is 21 became the first person with the condition to give a birth. Now, she is 23 and celebrating the second child as she battling with the disease. 

She also a blogger at here. Indeed, she is superwoman proving that Harlequin Ichthyosis patient also can get married and have a happy family!

FAMOUS CASE: DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER

KIM NOBLE

Have you ever watched Oprah Winfrey Show? It was the best reality talk show. But, I don't want to talk about the reality show. I want to talk about a woman who was appeared at the show due to her multiple personality.

During her childhood, Kim Noble was physically abused and then she suffered from many mental problems as a teenager. In her twenties, her other personalities emerged, and they were incredibly destructive. In 1995, she was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, and she has gotten psychiatric help ever since. She is currently working as an artist and she does not know the exact number of personalities she has but she thinks it is somewhere around 100. She goes through about four or five different personalities a day, with Patricia being the most dominant one. It must be reallyhard for her to adjust the situation.

Here, I attached the video of Kim Noble as Patricia and her daughter appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show in 2010. She also published a book about her life - All of Me: How I Learned to Live with the Many Personalities Sharing My Body in 2012.

BILLY MILIGAN 

Ohh! This is very famous case. 

Billy Milligan, 22 was accused kidnapped, robbed and raped three woman from  14 October until 26 October in 1977. However, he does not know that he was the one who did the criminal! 

After his arrest, Milligan went to met a psychiatrist, and he was diagnosed with DID. Altogether, he had 24 different personalities. So when the kidnapping and rapes happened, Milligan’s defense attorney said it wasn’t Billy Milligan who was committing the crimes. 

For your information, there are two different personalities were in control of his body. First, Ragen, who was a Yugoslavian man, and the second one is Adalana, who was a lesbian. 

The jury agreed, and he was the first American found not guilty due to DID but then he was confined to a mental hospital until 1988 and released after experts thought that all the personalities had melded together. Unfortunately, Milligan died on December 12, 2014 at the age of 59 from cancer.

He is lucky enough for not being arrested but somehow the disease quite torturing the patient.