Rhelyn Harder
- His parents brought him to the hospital and the doctor’s advice was to put a plaster cast, then his father decided to perform the treatment which caused the current condition of his legs
- He became emotional thanking him for the support that he gave and wished that his leg will be healed
- And even though it’s hard, he already accepted his predicament
Because of poverty, a patient was not given the proper treatment that he needed which gave him a hard time to stand for a long time. It was his father’s decision to act as a doctor and give him the improper treatment which caused a lifelong problem.
Anthony, also called Ton, has joined the ‘Wowowin’ show as a participant in one of their segments. He currently lives in Caloocan and works as a barber. He really loves his job because he makes other people happy, especially when he has done their desired haircut; make them more beautiful and attractive even though it wasn’t his true talent.
He is a visual artist who loves to do different types of painting, like charcoal painting. He showed some of his works on the TV show and one of his paintings was the face of his father.
His father had already passed away two years ago, in 2017, and it was his mother who took care of them. They are nine siblings in the family and he is the 7th. When his father died, he painted a picture of his father, for the simple reason that he already painted a lot of profiles but none of him.
When Anthony was about one year old, he had an accident where he fell on their stairs that caused a fracture on his leg. His parents brought him to the hospital and the doctor’s advice was to put a plaster cast, but his father decided to perform the treatment which caused the current condition of his legs.
He went to the orthopedics for consultation but sadly the doctor said that it would undergo an operation as there will be a possibility that he will be paralyzed. And even though it’s hard, he has already accepted his predicament.
When his mother was asked to give him a message, she became emotional thanking him for the support that he gave and wished that his leg will be healed. Because of poverty, his parents weren’t able to bring him back to the hospital in the orthopedic section.
And since he was having a hard time standing for a very long time as a barber, her mother wanted him to do a painting where he is not required to stand.
Despite his situation, he was able to work and support his family and made her mother so proud of him. His mother’s advice is for him to stay who he is that he can surpass all his trials in life.
He was also thankful to his mother who had sacrificed a lot for them. He promised that he would always take care of her mother until his last breath.
All of us have our own challenges in life, but what really matters is how we embrace and face challenges with courage and acceptance.
