Ua ʻike ʻo Bailey Cooper he ʻeiwa ona makahiki e ʻike i ka pēpē. A ua noi ʻo ia i kona mau mākua e uē nona ma mua o iwakālua mau minuke.
ʻO 15 mau mahina he nui a liʻiliʻi paha? Aia ia i ke kumu. ʻAʻole lawa no ka hauʻoli. No ka hoʻokaʻawale - nui. Ua hakakā ʻo Bailey Cooper i ka maʻi ʻaʻai no 15 mau mahina. Ua ʻike ʻia ka lymphoma ke lohi e hana i kekahi mea e pili ana iā ia. Hoʻolahalaha nā metastases i ke kino o ke keiki. ʻAʻole, ʻaʻole kēia manaʻo ʻaʻole hoʻāʻo nā ʻohana a me nā kauka. Ua hoʻāʻo mākou. Akā ʻaʻole hiki ke kōkua i ke keikikāne. 15 mau mahina e hakakā ai i kahi maʻi make he nui loa. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻomanawanui i nā mahina 15 e uē aku ai i kāu keiki e make ana.
Ua hāʻawi nā kauka iā Bailey i ka manawa liʻiliʻi. Ua make ʻo ia i ʻeono mahina i hala. Akā hāpai kāna makuahine ʻo Rachel i kāna keiki ʻekolu. A ua hoʻoholo paʻa ʻo Bailey e ola e ʻike i ka pēpē.
"Ua ʻōlelo nā kauka ʻaʻole ia e noho a hiki i ka hānau ʻana o kona kaikuahine. ʻAʻole mākou i manaʻoʻiʻo, ua hala ʻo Bailey. Akā ke hakakā nei kā mākou keiki kāne. Ua kauoha ʻo ia iā mākou e kāhea iā ia ke hānau ʻia ka pēpē, ”wahi a Lee lāua ʻo Rachel, nā mākua o ke keiki.
Ke kokoke mai nei ke Kalikimaka. E ola ʻo Bailey e ʻike i ka lā nui? Paʻakikī. Akā ua noi aku kona mau mākua iā ia e kākau i kahi leka iā Santa. Ua kākau ke keiki. ʻAʻole wale ka papa inoa i loko o kēlā mau makana āna i makemake ai. Ua noi ʻo ia i nā mea e hōʻoluʻolu ai i kona kaikaina, ʻo Riley ʻeono ona makahiki. A ua hoʻomau ʻo ia e kali no ka hui ʻana me kona kaikuahine.
A i ka hopena hānau ʻia ua kaikamahine lā. Hui ke kaikunāne a me ke kaikuahine.
"Ua hana ʻo Bailey i nā mea āpau a ke kaikuaʻana e hana ai: hoʻololi i ka diaper, holoi, hīmeni iā ia i kahi lullaby," hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Rachel.
Ua hana ke keikikāne i nā mea āpau āna i makemake ai: ua ola ʻo ia i nā wānana a nā kauka, ua lanakila ʻo ia i kāna hakakā ʻana me ka make, ua ʻike ʻo ia i kona kaikaina a ua loaʻa kahi inoa nona. Ua kapa ʻia ka inoa o ke kaikamahine ʻo Millie. A ma hope o kēlā, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Bailey e mae i mua o kā mākou mau maka, me he mea lā ma hope o kāna hoʻokō ʻana i kāna pahuhopu, ʻaʻohe ona kumu e paʻa ai i ke ola.
“He kūpono ʻole kēia. Ma kahi au e kū ai, ”i uē ai ke kupunawahine o ke keiki kāne koa. A ua haʻi ʻo ia iā ia ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke lilo i ke aloha nui, no ka mea, he mau moʻopuna kāna e mālama ai - Riley a me Millie liʻiliʻi.
Ua waiho ʻo Bailey i kahi kauoha pehea e hele ai kāna hoʻolewa. Makemake ʻo ia i nā mea āpau e ʻaʻahu i nā kāhiko superhero. Ua pāpā ikaika ʻo ia i kona mau mākua ʻaʻole e uē ma mua o 20 mau minuke. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, pono lākou e kau i ka kaikuahine a me kona kaikaina.
Ma Kēkēmapa 22, hoʻokahi mahina ma hope o ka hānau ʻana o Millie, lawe ʻia ʻo Bailey i kahi hale hoʻokipa. I ka pō Kalikimaka, ua ʻākoakoa nā mea a pau ma kona kapa moe. Ua nānā ke keiki i nā maka o kona ʻohana no ka manawa hope loa, kaniʻuhū no ka manawa hope loa.
"Ua ʻōwili ʻia kahi waimaka hoʻokahi ma lalo o kona mau lihilihi maka. Me he mea lā ua hiamoe ʻo ia. ”Hoʻāʻo nā ʻohana ʻaʻole e uē. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, ua noi ʻo Bailey ponoʻī no kēia.