In a moving
essay published by New York magazine, writer Kera Bolonik shared the story of
how a pop anthem by Justin Bieber came in handy when her two-year-old son,
Theo, was ill.
The little boy had been suffering from seizures and
was put on a medication that made him so nauseous that his parents weren't able
to get him to eat enough to stay nourished. The solution? Bieber.
"We were especially frustrated because when his
caretaker, Erin, arrived at 9 a.m., she could get him to eat scrambled eggs
with cheese, yogurt, cereal—a meal fit for a kid twice his age and size. Why?
And why was he suddenly chanting 'Bee-bee, bay-bee' every five minutes?"
Bolonik wrote. "We eventually discovered she’d bribe him by playing a
music video on our iPad: Justin Bieber’s 'Baby.' The song came to be Theo’s
life raft, as well as our measuring stick for how long it would take to feed
him.
"I’d sworn that Bieber would never be allowed in
our household, but desperate times call for desperate measures, and the track
was playing so frequently it became like white noise: Theo would demand the
video repeatedly until his meal — or any task we needed him to endure — was
done. It was an easy request to oblige.
"Theo's condition raged on and he was admitted to
the paediatric intensive care unit in September 2013. When doctor's still
couldn't figure out what was causing the seizures, they put him through a
gruelling series of tests to properly diagnose and treat him. Again, Justin's
hit song came in to play."
Eventually, doctors were able to identify little
Theo's illness, and he recovered from Bieber fever. Now the toddler has a new
favourite song: Pharrell's "Happy." "It's been more than six
months since Theo has requested 'Beebee Baby,'" Bolonik said.
At this time, neither Bieber nor Pharrell have reacted
to Bolonik's moving story.
Source:Yahoo.com/celebrities
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