Yet despite having lived more than 20 years in "ignorance," Lin Yu-chih is still one of the luckier ones. Many babies with rare disorders die within a few days of being born, before they can be diagnosed. Some who could have been saved die because their families cannot afford expensive treatment; others survive, but because they are not diagnosed and treated in time, suffer mental retardation or other disabilities.
雖然過了二十幾年「不明不白」的日子，但林煜智還算是不幸中的大幸，更多罹患罕見疾病的孩子在出生短短幾天內，還來不及查明原因就過世；有人因負擔不起昂貴的藥費而枉送性命；有人僥倖存活卻因為延誤病情導致智障等殘缺。