Ua hana ʻia ke keiki i kahi hana paʻakikī a me 11 mau manawa chemotherapy. ʻEkolu hou aku ma mua. Ua luhi loa ke keiki ʻelima makahiki i ka nausea mau loa, ʻeha a maopopo ʻole ke kumu o kēia mau mea iā ia.
He ma'i 'a'ai 'o George Woodall. He ʻano kakaʻikahi. I kēlā me kēia pule hele ʻo ia i ka haukapila, kahi e paʻa hou ai nā nila a me nā paipu i loko o kona kino liʻiliʻi. Ma hope o kēlā, e maʻi ke keiki, e luhi ʻo ia i ka hoʻoikaika iki, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke pāʻani me kona kaikunāne. ʻAʻole maopopo iā George ke kumu a lākou e hana ai iā ia. Huki aloha ʻole kona mau mākua iā Joe i waho o ka pōʻai o nā hoaaloha a lawe iā ia i nā kauka, a hāʻawi iā ia i ka lāʻau e wili ai kona ʻōpū a hāʻule kona lauoho. I kēlā me kēia manawa e koi ʻia ke keiki i ka moena o ka haukapila - paʻa ʻia ʻo George e ʻehā o lākou, ke haʻihaʻi ʻo ia a uē, me ka ʻike ʻana e loaʻa ana ʻo ia i ka ʻeha nui. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he 11 mau manawa chemotherapy i hala. ʻO ka huina, pono ʻoe i 16. Aia ʻekolu mau mea i mua.
Wahi a ka makuahine o George, ʻo Vicki, manaʻo ka pēpē e hoʻomāinoino ana kona mau mākua iā ia me ke kumu.
“Pono mākou e mālama. Ke uē nei ʻo George. A i kēia manawa pono ʻoe e hana i ka mea maikaʻi loa e hoʻopaʻa i kou waimaka ponoʻī, "- hoʻohui i kahi kamaʻilio me kahi mea kākau. ʻO James, ka makuakāne o ke keikikāne.
I ka makahiki ʻelima, ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo ia i ke ʻano o ka maʻi kanesa a pono kēia mau kaʻina hana e hoʻopakele ai i kona ola. A ʻaʻole ʻo lākou wale nō. ʻO ka ʻili i waiho ʻia ma kona kino ma hope o ka hana ʻana he ʻumi hola, i ka wā i wehe ʻia ai ka ʻōpū a me kekahi hapa o kona iwi iwi kuamoʻo, ʻo ia kekahi o kona ola.
Ua hoʻomaka ka moeʻuhane ʻohana Woodall i ka hopena o ka makahiki i hala ʻo George he ʻehā mau makahiki. I ka wā e hoʻomoe ana ʻo Māmā i kāna keiki, ʻike ʻo ia i kahi puʻu ma kona kua. ʻAʻole ʻo ia i nalowale i ke kakahiaka aʻe. Ua hopu ʻo Māmā i kāna keiki a holo wikiwiki i ka haukapila. Ua hoʻouna ʻia ʻo George no kahi scan ultrasound. Ma laila, i loko o kahi lumi ulia pōpilikia, ua loaʻa iā Vicki kāna hoʻouka weliweli mua: aia kekahi mea koʻikoʻi me kāna keikikāne? Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua olakino mau ʻo ia, ikaika loa - ua hoʻohālikelike kona mau mākua iā ia me kahi ʻīlio e pono e luhi pono i ka lā e hiamoe ai. Ma hope o ka nānā ʻana, kau ke kahu i kona lima ma luna o ka poʻohiwi o Vicki a ʻōlelo iā ia e hoʻomākaukau no ka pōʻino loa. "Manaʻo mākou he maʻi kanesa kāu keiki," wahi āna.
"Ua uē au i ka waimaka, a ʻaʻole maopopo ʻo George i ka mea e hana nei iaʻu: 'Mama, mai uē ʻoe," ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia e holoi i nā waimaka mai koʻu mau maka, "e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻo Vicki.
Mai ia manawa mai, ua loli ke ola o George. ʻO ke ola o kona ʻohana pū kekahi. Ua hala ka makahiki hou a me ka Kalikimaka me he moe uhane la. Hoʻokahi mahina ma mua o ka loaʻa ʻana o ka maʻi maʻi. I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Ianuali, ua hōʻoia ʻia ka maʻi: ʻo George Ewing's sarcoma. He maʻi ʻino kēia o ka iwi iwi. Paʻi ka ʻōpū ma ka iwi kuamoʻo o ke keiki. He paʻakikī loa ka wehe ʻana: hoʻokahi neʻe hewa a ʻaʻole hiki i ke keiki ke hele hou. Akā, makemake nui ʻo ia i ka holo!
No ke kōkua ʻana iā George e hoʻomaopopo i ka mea e hana nei iā ia, ua hāʻawi lākou i kona ʻōpū i ka inoa - Tony. Ua lilo ʻo Tony i ʻenemi ʻino loa o ke keiki, ʻo ia ke kumu o kona mau pilikia a pau.
He 10 mahina ke hoʻomau nei ka hakakā ʻana o George. Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i 9 o lākou i ka haukapila: i kēlā me kēia manawa ma waena o nā manawa chemotherapy, ʻike maoli ʻo ia i kekahi ʻano maʻi. Ua pepehi ʻia ke kino me nā metastases.
"I kēia manawa ua ʻike mākou ua maʻalahi nā keiki i ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i nā maʻi koʻikoʻi. ʻAʻohe o lākou “psychological hangover” e like me nā mākua. Ke manaʻo maikaʻi ʻo George, makemake ʻo ia e ola i kahi ola maʻamau, makemake ʻo ia e holo i waho a pāʻani, "wahi a nā mākua.
Makaʻu pū ke kaikuaʻana o George, ʻo Alex. ʻO kāna hui pū me ka maʻi kanesa ʻo ka make. Ua make ko lākou kupuna kāne i ka maʻi kanesa. No laila, ʻo ka nīnau mua āna i nīnau ai i kona ʻike ʻana ua maʻi kona kaikunāne: "E make anei ʻo ia?"
“Ke hoʻāʻo nei mākou e wehewehe iā Alex i ke kumu ʻaʻole hiki iā Georgie ke ʻai i kekahi manawa. No ke aha e hiki ai iā ia ke loaʻa i ka ice cream a me ke kokoleka no ka ʻaina kakahiaka. Ke hoʻoikaika nui nei ʻo Alex e kōkua iā George e hoʻokō i nā mea e hana nei, - wahi a Vicki lāua ʻo James. "Ua noi ʻo Alex e kahi i kona poʻo e kākoʻo i kona kaikunāne."
A i ka manawa i ʻike ai ʻo Vicki i ke ʻano o ka pāʻani ʻana o nā keikikāne e like me ka maʻi kanesa o Alex - e hakakā ana lākou me ia. "He mea ʻeha loa ke nānā aku," ʻae ka wahine.
Ke hoʻopau nei ka mālama ʻana iā George. “Ua luhi loa ia. He ʻoliʻoli ʻo ia a me ka ikaika ma waena o nā kau. I kēia manawa ma hope o ke kaʻina hana, hiki ʻole iā ia ke kū i kona mau wāwae. Akā, he keiki phenomenal. Ke hoʻāʻo nei ʻo ia e holo, "wahi a Vicki.
ʻAe, he hanana maoli ʻo George. Ua mālama ʻo ia i ka manaʻo maikaʻi ʻole. A ua hoʻonohonoho kona mau mākua i kahi kālā "“- e hōʻiliʻili kālā e kōkua i nā keiki a pau me ka maʻi kanesa. "ʻAʻole kahi dime o kēlā kālā iā George," wahi a James lāua ʻo Vicki. "Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻaʻole pono nā keiki me ka sarcoma wale nō ke kōkua, akā ʻo nā mea ʻē aʻe kekahi."
Mahalo i ka leʻaleʻa a me ka leʻaleʻa o ke keikikāne, ua hoʻokō ka hoʻolaha i ka manaʻo o nā mea kaulana maoli: ʻo Judy Dench, mea hana keaka ʻo Andy Murray, ʻo Prince William. Ua hana ke kumu i nā ʻaʻahu ua i mea e huki ai i ka manaʻo o ka poʻe i ka pilikia, a ua lawe ʻo Prince William i ʻehā o lākou: nona iho, ʻo Kate Middleton, Prince George a me Princess Charlotte. I loko o kēia mau ʻaʻahu ua superhero, ua mālama pū ʻia ka heihei e kākoʻo ana i ka hoʻoikaika anti-cancer a ka ʻohana George. Ma ke ala, ʻo ka pahuhopu mua e hōʻiliʻili i 100 tausani paona. Akā, kokoke i ka 150 tausani i hōʻiliʻili ʻia. A e nui hou aku.
… Manaʻo nā mākua e hoʻi hou kā lākou pēpē i ke ola maʻamau i Ianuali. “ʻAʻole ʻo ia e ʻokoʻa mai nā keiki ʻē aʻe. E ola i kahi ola maʻamau e like me nā keiki a pau. Ke ʻole ʻo ia e makaʻala i nā haʻuki. Akā he mea lapuwale kēia, "- ʻoiaʻiʻo ka makuahine a me ka makuakāne o George. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ʻekolu wale nō mau kau ʻana o ka chemotherapy i koe e hana ai. Hoʻohālikelike ʻia ka mea liʻiliʻi a George.