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SO, LATELY I’VE BEEN ROCKIN THESE FLASHY EYEPATCHES OUT OF NO WHERE AND IT’S ATTRACTING ALOT OF ATTENTION, SO I’VE DECIDED TO SHARE SOMETHING PUBLICLY THAT I HAVE YET TO OPENLY DISCUSS BUT NOW IM READY TO DO SO! : )

ON DECEMBER 8, 2008 JUST ONE WEEK BEFORE MY BIRTHDAY ONE OF MY EYES TURNT GREY OUTVE NO WHERE AND I COULDN’T SEE THROUGH IT AT ALL. AT FIRST I THOUGHT SOMETHING WAS STUCK IN MY EYE SO I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO SEE WHAT WAS GOING ON. IT WAS THAT NIGHT THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CONDITION CALLED “KERATOCONUS”. KERATOCONUS IS A SEVERE EYE CONDITION THAT CAUSES THE SHAPE OF YOUR CORNEA (the clear outside layer of the eye) TO GO FROM NORMAL TO AN INFLATED CONE SHAPE THAT COMPLETELY CLOUDS YOUR VISION. IT WASN’T EVEN TWO WEEKS LATER THAT THIS CONDITION CAUSED MY OTHER EYE TO TURN GREY AND I WAS THEN COMPLETELY BLIND. THE ABSOLUTE SCARIEST THING I’VE EVER BEEN THROUGH IN MY LIFE. THE DOCTORS HAD NO EXPLANATION AS TO WHY I FELL UNDER THIS CONDITION BUT IT HAPPENED AND I HAD TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO BEAT IT! SO FOR TWO YEARS STRAIGHT I BATTLED WITH KERATOCONUS, MY VISION WAS NOT PITCH BLACK, BUT IT WAS SO BAD THAT I COULD ONLY SEE FIGURES. NO FACES, NO WORDS, NO DETAILS, NO NOTHING. I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO MASTER MY OTHER SENSES TO GUIDE ME. NO PAIR OF CONTACTS NOR GLASSES WERE STRONG ENOUGH TO EVEN READ MY EYES. I HAD TO TAKE A BREAK FROM COLLEGE AND PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING BECAUSE I COULDN’T FUNCTION ON MY OWN. IT GOT SO BAD THAT THEY TRIEDTO GIVE ME A WALKING STICK, BUT I SAID “HELL NO”!! I WAS NOT ABOUT TO LET THEM CONDITION ME TO BE OK WITH BEING BLIND!! SO I KEPT MY FAITH UP AND DIDNT BELIEVE ANYTHING LESS THAN I WAS GOING TO GET MY SIGHT BACK!! AFTER TWO YEARS OF LOSING MY VISION I FINALLY WAS ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE CORNEA TRANSPLANTS IN BOTH OF MY EYES TO CORRECT MY VISION. JUST LIKE ANY OTHER TRANSPLANT I KNEW I WOULD BE TAKING A RISK OF MY EYES REJECTING THE TRANSPLANTS AND I COULD BE BLIND FOREVER IF THAT HAPPENED, BUT I DIDN’T CARE!!!! I WAS WILLING TO TAKE WHATEVER RISK I HAD TO IN ORDER TO GET MY VISION BACK!! SO THAT’S WHAT I DID I GOT THE TRANSPLANTS AND BOTH SURGERIES WERE SUCCESSFUL! I HAD FINALLY BEAT THIS DARK CONDITION AND MY VISION WAS RESTORED! EVEN THO BOTH OF MY TRANSPLANTS WAS ABOUT A YEAR AGO I STILL HAVE ABOUT 30 STITCHES IN EACH EYE AND IM STILL HEALING BUT I CAN SEE AGAIN!!!! : )

NOW FOR THE PATCH…..

SO ABOUT A MONTH AGO I HAD TO RECEIVE EMERGENCY SURGERY IN MY LEFT EYE TO GET MY CORNEA STITCHED BACK IN PLACE. CRAZY RIGHT?? 2 WHOLE YEARS OF BATTLING WITH LOSING MY VISION, ONE YEAR AFTER BEATING THIS CONDITION AND GETTING MY SIGHT BACK THIS HORRIBLE THING HAPPENS!! I WAKE UP IN THE HOSPITAL AFTER SURGERY TO FIND OUT THAT I CAN NO LONGER SEE OUT OF MY EYE. BOTH MY LENS AND MY IRIS (the brown color part of my eye) ARE COMPLETELY GONE!! SMH SO NOT ONLY IS MY VISION GONE AGAIN BUT MY EYE IS NOW BLACK INSTEADVE BROWN!

ON AN EXTREMELY BRIGHTER NOTE I WAS SUPPOSE TO BE IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS HEALING BUT I DISCHARGED MYSELF 3 DAYS LATER BECAUSE I GOT THE CALL OF A LIFETIME!! I FLEW TO ATLANTA AND DROVE STRAIGHT TO GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA TO AUDITION FOR THE BIGGEST SHOW ON TELEVISION!! “THE X FACTOR” THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE EXTREMELY BIG SIMON COWELL, DEMI LOVATO, BRITTANY SPEARS, AND L.A. REID ARE THE JUDGES! AUDITIONG FOR A SHOW LIKE THIS IS VERY DIFFERENT FOR ME BUT I HAVE A REALLY GOOD FEELING ABOUT WHAT THE EXPOSURE COULD DO FOR ME! AT FIRST I WAS DOWN AND EMBARRASSED ABOUT HAVING TO WEAR A PATCH ON MY EYE, BUT NOW I WEAR THEM WITH PRIDE!!! ITS SO SYMBOLLIC FOR WHAT IVE MADE IT THROUGH THESE PAST FEW YEARS! THIS YEAR IS GOING TO BE BIG!!

SO MAKE SURE U WATCH THE PREMIER OF THE X FACTOR ON FOX SEPT 12th & 13th!! @ 8pm

**REMEMBER I AUDITIONED IN GREENSBORO NORTH CAROLINA SO LOOK FOR THAT AUDITION/EPISODE TO SEE ME!!! : )