Yolanda Hadid Shares Heartfelt Message About Bella‘s Decade-Long Battle with โLyme Disease
Published: October 26, 2023โ |โ By rachel โKim, World โToday โNews
Yolanda Hadid has publicly shared โคaโค poignant and deeply personal account โขof her daughter, Bella Hadid’s, ongoing battle with chronic โLyme disease. In a recent post, Yolanda expressed teh profound painโฃ ofโ witnessing her daughter’s silent โstruggle โฃwith what she describes as an “invisible โขhandicap.”
“Asโฃ you will understand, itโ hasโข touched me to my deepest coreโข to see my Bella struggling in silence,” Yolanda wrote. She emphasized the difficulty in explaining and understanding the complexities of neurological lyme disease to โฃthose who haven’tโฃ experienced it firsthand.Having also been diagnosed with Lyme disease herself, Yolanda โspoke to the helplessness of watching her childโ endure the illness.
“I try to โฃsetโฃ a good example on our Lyme trip, but my own pain is not seeing my โฃchild that suffers,” she confessed, revealing the โemotionalโ toll the situation takes on her.
The former reality star explained that she โhad previously refrained from โขopenly discussing her personal health โคjourney โto protect herself from unwanted scrutiny.โ “Time to focus on my recovery instead of opinions from others,” she stated. However, she remains resolute in her determinationโค to find affordable treatment options for Lyme disease.
Yolanda’sโ message included a direct and heartfelt address โto Bella, praising her daughter as “tireless and courageous.”โข Sheโ expressed โขher firm belief thatโ no childโค should be forced to endure theโ suffering caused by aโข chronic, incurable illness. Recalling the years as 2013, Yolanda describedโ the darknessโ and pain Bellaโ has experienced, stating, “There are just no words big enough for the darkness, the pain and theโ unknown hell โฃin whichโ you โคhave livedโฆ You have not really โคlived, you have learned to exist in the prison of your own paralyzed brain.”
Despite the immense challenges, Yolanda maintains a โฃhopeful outlook, declaring, “miracles happen every day.” She continues to pray โขfor Bella’s swift recovery, emphasizing their shared resilience. “This diseaseโ got us on our knees, but we always get up again,” she wrote, affirming Bella as “a survivor.”
The post has garnered an outpouring of support from friends,โ family, and followers,โฃ demonstratingโฃ a widespread sense of empathy and encouragement for both Yolanda andโข Bella as they continue their fight against Lyme disease.
