2024-01-25 17:49:13
After eleven years since his professional retirement, the English star currently Michael Owen He is experiencing an ordeal due to a strange illness that afflicts his 17-year-old son, James, who has been declared “clinically blind.”
The former Liverpool and Real Madrid footballer recounted his drama in an interview with Daily Mail, where he detailed that James suffers from Stargardt diseasewhich consists of an unusual hereditary pathology that produces a dystrophy in the central part of the retina.
In conversation with the aforementioned media, the British football icon said that they have been experiencing this ordeal since James was eight years old and that, despite this, he remains “a positive boy.”
“If I might give him my eyes and make a trade, I would, but these are the cards he has been dealt and there is no point in regurgitating them for a lifetime.”Owen lamented.
For his part, his son – who dreamed of being a footballer – related how difficult it has been to accept this disease: “When I was younger, I really felt sorry for myself. “I can’t drive, I can’t do this, I can’t do that… But being upset regarding this isn’t going to change anything, so I better move on.”James said.
For his part, the World Cup player with the England National Team gave details of how much they suffered as a family every time James visited the hospital.
“The poor boy had to go to the hospital every two minutes and he had to stay there, being brave, while they put things in his eye. His eyes stung and he screamed in pain… But I have visited many hospitals throughout my life and I have seen many less fortunate people, so we have to put everything in perspective,” the former player concluded.
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