Ua loaʻa ʻo Carter Blanchard he 8 mau makahiki i ka maʻi maʻi - vitiligo. Ma muli ona, ʻaʻole hiki i ke keiki kāne ke nānā iā ia iho i ke aniani. Ua inaina ʻo ia i kona helehelena.
Pehea e hoʻomāinoino ai nā keiki, ʻike paha kekahi o mākou. Ua hele nā kānaka āpau i ke kula. Hiki i nā kānaka āpau ke hoʻomanaʻo i kahi laʻana o ka hoʻohenehene ʻana iā ia iho ma muli o kahi ʻūlū ʻaʻole i ka mainstream. A pehea i hoʻomāʻewaʻewa ai lākou i ka hoa papa no ka huehue. A ʻo Carter ka makahiki ʻewalu ona makahiki i ʻoi aku ka pilikia. He vitiligo kahi keikikāne ʻeleʻele. ʻO wai ka mea hoʻomanaʻo ʻole - he maʻi ʻili hiki ʻole ke hoola ʻia, ke nele ke kino i ka pigment. Ma muli o kēia, ʻike ʻia nā kiko kukui i ka ʻili i ʻili ʻole. ʻIli ʻeleʻele, nā kiko keʻokeʻo ...
He makehewa ka hōʻoluʻolu ʻana i ka pēpē me kahi laʻana o ke ʻano hoʻohālikelike o ka ʻeleʻele, ka mea i kaulana a i koi ʻia ma muli o kona ʻano ʻokoʻa. Ua inaina ʻo ia i kona helehelena. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, maikaʻi inā hānau ʻia pēlā - ua hoʻomaka ka maʻi e hōʻike iā ia iho ma hope, e hoʻololi ana i kona alo.
Ua makemake nui ka makuahine o ke keiki ʻo Stephanie e hoʻohui i ke keiki me kona hiʻohiʻona ponoʻī. Ua hāʻule nui ke kaumaha i ke keikikāne. A laila ua hana ʻia kahi hana mana.
"Ua lohe ke Akua i kā mākou pule," wahi a Stephanie. - Ma ka Pūnaewele, ʻike wau i nā kiʻi o kahi ʻīlio i vitiligo pū kekahi.
Ke kamaʻilio nei mākou e pili ana i kahi Labrador 13 makahiki i kapa ʻia ʻo Rhodey, i kēlā manawa he kaulana kaulana ʻo ia. Loaʻa iā ia kāna ʻaoʻao Facebook ponoʻī, kahi i kau inoa ʻia ma mua o 6 tausani mau kānaka. Ua ʻike ʻia ka ʻīlio i hoʻokahi makahiki me Carter. ʻO nā kiko keʻokeʻo ma ka maka ʻeleʻele o ka ʻīlio ma nā wahi like me ka maka o ke keiki: a puni nā maka a ma ka iwi ā lalo. Nui loa nā kūlike ʻole!
"Ua pīhoihoi ʻo Carter i ka ʻike ʻana i kahi ʻīlio i kaulana i kona maʻi," wahi a Stephanie.
He mau hoa aloha ʻo Rhodey lāua ʻo Carter. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻohe kamaʻilio e hāʻawi i ke keiki i ka ʻīlio. Hoʻonani ka mea nāna kāna ʻīlio, ʻoiai nā mea āpau āpau. Akā ʻaʻole i hōʻole ʻia ke keiki i kahi hoa pili me ka mea kaulana huluhulu. A he aloha i ka ʻike mua. Noho ʻo Carter lāua ʻo Rhodey i ka hopena pule āpau.
"Ua lilo lākou i mau hoaaloha i ka manawa koke," hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Stephanie. - Ua ʻike ʻo Carter lāua ʻo Rhodey i kekahi i kekahi no hoʻokahi mahina wale nō, akā ua ʻike ʻia nā loli. Ua lilo ke keikikāne i mea hilinaʻi nui iā ia iho a aʻo e ʻae i kāna kū hoʻokahi. Maliʻa paha mahalo ʻo ia iā ia i kekahi lā.