Zinapezeka kuti madokotala amatanthauzira molakwika kusanthula kwa mwanayo. Pakadali pano, khansa yalowa gawo lachinayi.
Little Ellie anapezeka koyamba ndi neuroblastoma ali ndi miyezi 11 yokha. Neuroblastoma ndi mtundu wa khansa yomwe imayambitsa dongosolo lamanjenje lodziyimira palokha. Ndizodziwika bwino kuyambira ali mwana.
“Ndinakhumudwa kwambiri. Kupatula apo, Ellie akadali wocheperako, ndipo akuyenera kumenyera nkhondo moyo wake, ”akutero Andrea, amayi a mtsikanayo.
Ellie anali ndi maselo amitsempha m'khosi mwake. Atamuyesa mayesero onse, madotolo adatsimikizira amayi a mwanayo kuti mwayi wochiritsidwa kwathunthu ndiwokwera kwambiri. Atachitidwa opaleshoni, Ellie anachitidwa chithandizo chofunikira. Ndipo miyezi itatu pambuyo pake, adalengeza kuti mwanayo anali wathanzi.
Patatha miyezi itatu, amayi adabweretsa mwana wawo wamkazi kuti akamuyese - popeza msungwanayo anali pachiwopsezo, ayeneranso kuyang'aniridwa nthawi zonse. Pa MRI kunapezeka kuti pali malo ena achilendo mumsana. Koma madotolo adatsimikizira amayi omwe anali ndi mantha kuti anali ma hemangiomas okha - mapangidwe abwino, magulu amwazi wamagazi.
"Ndinatsimikizika pa lumbiro kuti sanali neuroblastoma," akukumbukira Andrea.
Madokotala amadziwa bwino. Popeza Ellie akuchita bwino, palibe chifukwa choti musakondwere. Koma "hemangiomas" sinasungunuke pazaka zambiri. Pamapeto pake, kuti atonthoze amayi ake, omwe anali ndi mantha pang'ono, Ellie adayesedwa kangapo. Kunapezeka kuti kwa zaka zitatu zotsatira za MRI zidamasuliridwa molakwika. Ellie anali ndi khansa yomwe idafalikira mthupi lake lonse ndipo anali atalowa kale gawo lachinayi, lovuta. Mtsikanayo panthawiyo anali ndi zaka zinayi.
“Zotupazo zinali kumsana, kumutu, ndi ntchafu. Ngati kwa nthawi yoyamba madotolo atapereka chitsimikizo cha 95% kuti Ellie achira, tsopano zoneneratu zinali zosamala kwambiri, "a Andrea adauza Daily Mail.
Mtsikanayo amafunikira magawo asanu ndi limodzi a chemotherapy kuchipatala cha Minnesota. Kenako anasamutsidwa kupita ku likulu la khansa ku New York. Kumeneko adalandira proton ndi immunotherapy, adatenga nawo gawo pulogalamu yachipatala, pomwe akuyesa katemera wa neuroblastoma, omwe asayansi akuyembekeza, angathandize kupewa kuyambiranso. Tsopano Ellie alibe khansa, komabe akuyang'aniridwa ndi madokotala kuti atsimikizire kuti mtsikanayo sali pachiwopsezo.
Andrea akulangiza makolo onse kuti: "Mverani mtima wanu, khulupirirani zidziwitso zanu." - Ngati ndimamvera madokotala m'zonse, sindinakayikire mawu awo, amene akudziwa momwe zitha. Nthawi zonse mumafunikira lingaliro lachiwiri ngati mukukaikira za matendawa. "