U-Esperanza Regalado wayeneminyaka engama-20 kuphela lapho ekhulelwa ingane yakhe yokuqala. Owesifazane osemusha waseSpain wayengashadile, kepha lokhu akuzange kumethuse: wayeqiniseka ukuthi uzokwazi ukuzikhulisela ingane uqobo. U-Esperanza wayezobelethela emtholampilo wangasese eTenerife, edolobheni laseLas Palmas. Udokotela uqinisekise lo wesifazane ukuthi yena uqobo ngeke akwazi ukubeletha, nokuthi udinga ukuhlinzwa. U-Esperanza wayengenaso isizathu sokungamethembi umbelethisi. I-anesthesia ejwayelekile, ubumnyama, ukuvuka.
Wezwa: “Ingane yakho yazalwa ifile.
U-Esperanza wayesehlanya ngenxa yosizi. Ucele ukuthi anikwe isidumbu sengane ukuze ayingcwabe. Wanqatshelwa. Futhi lo wesifazane wayengavunyelwe ngisho nokubheka indodana yakhe efile. "Sesivele simshisile," bamtshela. U-Esperanza akakaze ayibone ingane yakhe, ifile noma iphila.
Kwadlula iminyaka eminingi, umSpain nokho washada, wazala indodana. Bese kuba khona abanye abane. Impilo yaqhubeka njengenjwayelo, no-Esperanse wayesevele engaphezu kwamashumi amahlanu. Kuthi kusenjalo athole umlayezo kuFacebook. Umthumeli akamjwayele, kepha imilenze yowesifazane imane yavela kulayini ayifundile. “Wake waya eLas Palmas? Ngabe ingane yakho ife ngesikhathi sokubeletha? "
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Kuvele ukuthi u-Esperanza ubhalwe yindodana yakhe, okuyizibulo uqobo, okusolwa ukuthi yazalwa ishonile. Igama lakhe nguCarlos, wakhuliswa ngumama wakhe nobaba, ababehlala bemthatha njengomndeni. Kodwa ngolunye usuku, ngenkathi ehlela imibhalo yomndeni, wahlangabezana nekhophi yepasipoti yowesifazane. Kubukeka sengathi akukho okukhethekile, kepha kukhona okumenze wathola lo wesifazane. Ekupheleni kokucinga kwakhe, kwavela ukuthi umazisi kwakungeka mama wakhe omzalayo. Bobabili bamangala: U-Esperanza wezwa ukuthi unendodana endala. Futhi uCarlos - ukuthi unabafowabo abahlanu neqembu labashana.
Isiphetho besisobala: udokotela unxenxe u-Esperanza ngokukhethekile ukuthi abelethwe ngaphansi kwe-anesthesia ejwayelekile ukuze akwazi ukweba ingane yakhe. Ukuthengisa izingane emibhangqwaneni engazali, ngeshwa, kwenziwa. Ezinganeni ezinjalo ezithunjiwe ngenxa yokuthengisa, kwasungulwa ngisho negama elikhethekile: izingane zokuthula.
Manje umama nendodana ekugcineni bahlangane futhi bazama ukubuyisela isikhathi esilahlekile. U-Esperanza wahlangana nomunye umzukulu, wayengakwazi ngisho nokuphupha ngalokho. “Sihlala eziqhingini ezehlukene, kodwa sisahlangene,” kusho u-Esperanza, namanje ongakholwa ukuthi indodana yakhe itholakele.