When Mr Tan Whee Boon, 50, first found out that he was going to lose his limbs, he was afraid about what would happen to the lives of his family and himself.
All that changed when he was visited by national para-athlete shooter Aishah Samad, 43, on Saturday.
Like him, she had to amputate her arms and feet due to a bacterial infection.
She had gone to visit Mr Tan after reading the TNP report about his condition and mental anguish.
When Mr Tan first saw Aishah enter his ward in her wheelchair, he was so overwhelmed with joy that tears welled up in his eyes.
“To actually meet someone who has gone through what I’m going through — it’s comforting to know there is hope,” he added.
In an earlier interview with TNP, Ms Aishah had admitted that she had contemplated suicide at the time.
She later found motivation after her sister showed her videos of motivational speaker Nick Vujicic, who was born without limbs.
On Saturday, Ms Aishah, who won a shooting gold at the recent National Disability League in Singapore and is headed for the International Paralympic Committee Shooting World Cup next month, knew she had to return the favour to Mr Tan.
Source: www.tnp.sg
