Odokotela abazange baqonde ngokushesha ukuthi kwenzekani, baze bazama nokuthumela ekhaya umama wezingane ezimbili, owayedinga ukuhlinzwa okuphuthumayo.
Ukukhulelwa kukaKatie Shirley oneminyaka engu-21 kwahamba ngendlela evamile. Nokho, ngaphandle kokuthi kwakukhona i-anemia - kodwa lesi simo sivame kakhulu phakathi komama abakhulelwe, ngokuvamile akubangeli ukukhathazeka okuningi futhi siphathwa ngamalungiselelo ensimbi. Lokhu kwaqhubeka kwaze kwaba isonto lama-36, lapho uKaty eqala ukopha ngokuzumayo.
“Kuhle ukuthi umama ube nami. Safika esibhedlela, ngathunyelwa ngokushesha ukuyohlinzwa,” kusho uKatie.
Kuvela ukuthi ngaleso sikhathi i-placenta yayivele indala - ngokusho kodokotela, cishe yahlakazeka.
“Akucaci ukuthi ingane yami iwuthole kanjani umsoco. Ukube bebelinde izinsuku ezimbalwa nokuhlinzwa, u-Olivia ubezosala engenamoya, ”kuqhuba intombazane.
Ingane yazalwa inesifo se-intrauterine - isimo se-placenta esithintekile. Intombazane igcinwe egunjini labagula kakhulu futhi yelashwa ngama-antibiotics.
“U-Olivia (lelo kwakuyigama lale ntombazane, - ed.) Wayelulama ngokushesha, futhi nsuku zonke ngangizizwa ngiphatheke kabi kakhulu. Kimina kwakubonakala sengathi kukhona okungahambi kahle emzimbeni wami, njengokungathi kwakungewona owami, ”kusho umama omncane.
Ukuhlasela kokuqala kwamfica uKatie emasontweni ayisikhombisa ngemva kokuzalwa kuka-Olivia. Intombazane nengane bebevele besekhaya. UKatie wayesendlini yokugezela ekhuluma nomama wakhe ocingweni ngesikhathi ewela phansi.
“Kwaba mnyama emehlweni ami, ngaquleka. Futhi lapho ngiphaphama, ngaba nokwethuka okwesabekayo, inhliziyo yami yayishaya ngamandla kangangokuthi ngesaba ukuthi izoqhuma, ”uyakhumbula.
Umama wayisa intombazane esibhedlela. Kodwa odokotela abatholanga lutho olusolisayo base bebuyisela uKatie ekhaya. Kodwa-ke, inhliziyo kanina yamelana: Umama kaKatie waphikelela ukuthi indodakazi yakhe ithunyelwe ukuyokwenza i-computed tomography. Futhi wayeqinisile: izithombe zabonisa ngokucacile ukuthi uKatie wayene-aneurysm ebuchosheni, futhi waquleka ngenxa yokushaywa unhlangothi.
Intombazane yayidinga ukuhlinzwa okuphuthumayo. Manje kwakungekho mbuzo wokuthi "hamba uye ekhaya". U-Katie wathunyelwa ekunakekelweni okukhulu: ezinsukwini ezimbili ukucindezeleka ebuchosheni kwasuswa, futhi okwesithathu wahlinzwa.
“Kuvele ukuthi ngenxa yezinkinga ze-placenta, nami nginegciwane. Amagciwane angena egazini, afaka ushevu egazini, futhi abangela i-aneurysm, bese kuba nesifo sohlangothi, ”kuchaza uKatie.
Iyaphila intombazane manje. Kepha njalo ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kuzofanele abuyele esibhedlela ayohlolwa, ngoba i-aneurysm ayiyanga ndawo - uzinze kuphela.
“Angikwazi ukucabanga ukuthi amadodakazi ami amabili ayezophila kanjani ngaphandle kwami ukube angizange ngibelethe ngokuhlinzwa, ukube umama akazange aphikelele ekutheni ngihlinzwe iMRI. Kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi ufune ukuhlolwa uma unokungabaza, kusho uKatie. "Kamuva odokotela bathi ngasinda ngokuyisimangaliso kuphela - abantu abathathu kwabahlanu abasinda kulokhu bayafa."