Kuvele ukuthi odokotela bakuhumusha kaninginingi ukuhlaziywa kwengane. Okwamanje, umdlavuza usungene esigabeni sesine.
U-Ellie omncane wathola ukuthi une-neuroblastoma lapho enezinyanga eziyi-11 kuphela. I-Neuroblastoma wuhlobo lomdlavuza oluhlasela isistimu yezinzwa ezizimele. Kuyisici ngokunembile ebuntwaneni bokuqala.
“Ngangikhungatheke kakhulu. Yize kunjalo, u-Ellie usemncane kakhulu, futhi vele kumele alwele impilo yakhe, ”kusho u-Andrea, unina wentombazane.
U-Ellie wayenamaseli ezinzwa entanyeni yakhe. Ngemuva kwakho konke ukuhlolwa, odokotela baqinisekisa umama wengane ukuthi amathuba okwelashwa okuphelele maningi impela. Wahlinzwa, u-Ellie wathola ukwelashwa okudingekayo. Futhi ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, bamemezela ngesizotha ukuthi umntwana uphilile ngokuphelele.
Ezinyangeni ezintathu kamuva, umama waletha indodakazi yakhe ukuze ihlolwe njalo - njengoba intombazane yayisengozini, manje kuzofanele ihlale igadiwe. Ku-MRI kuvele ukuthi kunezindawo ezithile ezingajwayelekile emgogodleni. Kodwa odokotela baqinisekisa umama owayethukile ukuthi babengama-hemangiomas nje - ukwakheka okuyingozi, ukunqwabelana kwamaseli egazi.
“Ngaqinisekiswa ngesifungo ukuthi kwakungeyona i-neuroblastoma,” kukhumbula u-Andrea.
Yebo, odokotela bazi kangcono. Njengoba u-Ellie enza kahle, asikho isizathu sokungajabuli. Kepha "ama-hemangiomas" awazange ancibilike eminyakeni edlule. Ekugcineni, ukwehlisa umama wakhe, owayetatazela kancane, u-Ellie wenza uchungechunge lwezivivinyo. Kwavela ukuthi iminyaka emithathu imiphumela ye-MRI yahunyushwa ngokungalungile. U-Ellie wayenomdlavuza owawusakazeke emzimbeni wakhe wonke futhi wayesengene esigabeni sesine, esibucayi. Intombazane ngaleso sikhathi yayineminyaka emine ubudala.
“Amathumba abesemgogodleni, ekhanda, nasethangeni. Uma okokuqala odokotela benikeza isiqinisekiso esingamaphesenti angama-95 sokuthi u-Ellie uzolulama, manje izibikezelo beziqaphe kakhulu, ”kusho u-Andrea etshela iDaily Mail.
Intombazane yayidinga izikhathi eziyisithupha zokwelashwa ngamakhemikhali esibhedlela saseMinnesota. Wabe esedluliselwa esikhungweni somdlavuza eNew York. Lapho wathola i-proton kanye ne-immunotherapy, waba yingxenye yohlelo lomtholampilo, lapho bahlola khona umuthi wokugomela i-neuroblastoma, ososayensi abanethemba lokuthi, ozosiza ukuvimbela ukubuyela emuva. Manje u-Ellie akanawo umdlavuza, kepha usengaphansi kodokotela ukuqinisekisa ukuthi intombazane ayikho engcupheni.
"Lalela inhliziyo yakho, thembela kumuzwa wakho," u-Andrea weluleka bonke abazali. - Uma ngilalela odokotela kukho konke, angingabazi amazwi abo, ngubani owaziyo ukuthi bekuzophela kanjani. Uhlala udinga umbono wesibili uma ungabaza ngokuxilongwa. "