First Picture Book Creation by Peijing Liu – Born

‘When I open the paper and draw out my own story, blisters and bloodstains suddenly turn into beautiful colors. Then I know, there is something more than pain in my life.’

Dream is Born, and life is unlimited.

Painting has been Peijing Liu’s favorite since she was little, and is also the last thing she is willing to give up. At the beginning of this year, Liu published LINE stickers 38 rabbit by her own story. She was also the first rare disorder patient who launches tote bag of the same theme. Liu draws her life story into paintings to share with more people. We hope that by the creation of this first picture book Born we can encourage more patients with rare disorders. At the same time, we hope more people could understand the difficulty and strength of ‘bubble dragon’ patients.

Watering with love；fights zero survival rate.

Peijing Liu was diagnosed with hereditary epidermolysis bullosa, also called ‘bubble dragon’, which appear 1 in 10 thousand people. She was the most severe type. None of her skin was completed. Even the doctor thought that she might not have been alive. But her mother didn’t give her up and learned how to take care of her. Her mother decided to bring her home and took care of her by herself. It took more than 8 hours to change wound dressing when Liu’s condition was extremely severe. Liu’s mother let her play piano to keep her fingers from sticking to each other and shrinking. Liu’s mother also kept her company to draw and fought zero survival rate.

Translator: Newny Chiang (MS), Reviewer: Albert Kuo