Kulekerera malewera sikumayenda bwino kwa aliyense. Nthawi zina ana ngakhale azaka zitatu amakana kukhala pamphika. Koma pali nthawi zina pamene kukana chimbudzi "chachikulire" ndichizindikiro chowopsa.
Nthawi zambiri, ana amaphunzitsidwa kupanga potty ali ndi zaka chimodzi ndi theka. Pofika atatu, makanda amakhala akupsa pang'onopang'ono pachipangizochi. Evie wazaka ziwiri analibe chotsutsana ndi mphikawo, maphunziro adayenda bwino, mpaka tsiku lina mtsikanayo adakana kukhala pamenepo - mosadukiza.
"Anapanga nkhope yomvetsa chisoni ndikukana kupita kuphika," akutero a Linsay, amayi a mtsikanayo. "Komabe, Evie anali mwana wodwaladwala, ndipo sitinkaona kuti izi ndi zofunika."
Chabwino, iye anakana, ndipo chabwino, ndiye kuti chidzakhwima, makolo adasankha. Koma zidawonekeratu kuti kusiya mphika silinali vuto lokhalo. Posakhalitsa mwanayo adayamba kukana chakudya, njala yake idakula kuposa kale. Magulu akuda adawonekera pansi pake, ndipo Evie amafuna kugona nthawi zonse. Mwanayo analibe mphamvu yosewera kapena kuthamanga.
Mtsikanayo anatengedwa kupita kwa dokotala wa ana. Anamutumiza kukayezetsa, ndipo Evie adakhala masiku asanu kuchipatala. Ndi matenda a impso, mwanayo adamasulidwa kupita kwawo.
“Adamva bwino masiku angapo. Ndipo mwadzidzidzi adakula kwambiri: miyendo yake ndi miyendo idayamba kutupa kwambiri, milomo yake idakhala yabuluu. Nthawi zonse ankachita nseru. Zinali zowonekeratu kuti awa sanali matenda, ”akutero Linsey.
Chipatala kachiwiri, Evie akuchita ultrasound. Pakuwunika, adotolo adawona mapangidwe ena m'mimba mwa Evie, koma chomwe chinali, sanali wokonzeka kunena. Chifukwa chake, mtsikanayo adatumizidwa kuchipatala chokulirapo. Ndipo kumeneko makolo adayitanidwa kukacheza ndi oncologist.
"Evie amafunika chotupa," adatero. Makolo anakana kukhulupirira zomwe anamvazo. Chotupa? Kuti? Biopsy idatsimikizira kuti mwana wazaka ziwiri anali ndi gawo IV neuroblastoma.
"Si khansa yokha, ndiye chilombo cha khansa yonse," adatero adotolo.
Pomwepo ndi pomwe makolo adazindikira kuwopsa konse kwa vutoli. Evie anali ndi chotupa cha 13 cm m'mimba mwake, chomwe chidazungulira pamtsempha waukulu, metastases walowa m'mafupa. Mwanayo anali akukumana ndi nkhondo yovuta pamoyo wake.
Chaka chotsatira, Evie adapita ku gehena: mankhwala a chemotherapy tsiku ndi tsiku, kuchotsa chotupa, njira ina ya "chemistry", kuyesa kwamankhwala, kusinthitsa maselo osunthira ...
“Akadzuka m'chipinda cholakwika kapena sitinakhalepo, amayamba kufuula ndikufuula osayima. Ndinayenera kusiya ntchito kuti ndikapezeke kumeneko, ”akutero Linsey.
Ma curls owala a Evie adagwa, iye samatha kudya - mwanayo adadyetsedwa kudzera mu chubu, amayika ma dothi okhazikika.
Linsey akukumbukira kuti: "Tidati anali ndi mphamvu zoposa, ndipo tsitsi lake lidathothoka."
Banja linayesetsa kuti likhale ndi moyo wabwino, makamaka chifukwa cha mwana wamkulu - Oscar panthawiyo anali ndi zaka 9. Ndipo pamapeto pake, atatha zaka ziwiri akuchiritsidwa mosalekeza, Evie wachira, tsopano ali wokhululukidwa.
“Tinalira misozi. Tsopano Evie amakhala ndi moyo wabwinobwino monga mwana wina aliyense. Tsitsi lake lidakula, amakonda kuvina ndikukwera njinga. Evie adapita kalasi yoyamba, ali ndi abwenzi ambiri. Ndipo tsopano tikudziwa kuti mphatso yabwino kwambiri kubanja lathu ndi pamene tonse tingathe kukhala limodzi, ”akumwetulira Linxi.