Ingane isivele ihlinzwe okunzima kanye neseshini ye-chemotherapy engu-11. Kukhona abanye abathathu ngaphambili. Umfana oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala ukhathele kakhulu isicanucanu saphakade, ubuhlungu futhi akaqondi ukuthi kungani konke lokhu kwenzeka kuye.
UGeorge Woodall unomdlavuza. Ifomu elingavamile. Isonto ngalinye uya esibhedlela, lapho izinaliti namashubhu kuzophinde kubhajwe emzimbeni wakhe omncane. Ngemva kwalokho, umfana uzozizwa egula, uzokhathala ngomzamo omncane, ngeke akwazi ukudlala nomfowabo. UGeorge akaqondi ukuthi kungani benza lokhu kuye. Abazali bakhe ngokungenasihawu bakhipha uJoe eqenjini labangane bamyisa kodokotela, abamnika umuthi owenza isisu sakhe sinyakaze futhi izinwele zakhe ziqothuke. Njalo lapho umfana kufanele aphoqelelwe embhedeni wesibhedlela - uGeorge ubanjwe abane babo, lapho ephumula futhi ekhala, azi ukuthi manje uzoba nobuhlungu obukhulu. Phela, amaseshini e-chemotherapy ayi-11 asemuva. Sekukonke, udinga abangu-16. Kunabanye abathathu ngaphambili.
Ngokusho kukanina kaGeorge, uVicki, ingane icabanga ukuthi abazali bayo bayihlukumeza ngamabomu.
“Kumele siyigcine. UGeorge uyakhala. Futhi ngalesi sikhathi kufanele wenze okusemandleni akho ukubamba izinyembezi zakho, "- uyanezela engxoxweni nentatheli UJames, ubaba womfana.
Lapho eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, akakaqondi ukuthi uyini umdlavuza nokuthi zonke lezi zinqubo ziyadingeka ukuze kusindiswe ukuphila kwakhe. Futhi hhayi bona kuphela. Isibazi esasala emzimbeni wakhe ngemva kokuhlinzwa amahora ayishumi, lapho kukhishwa isimila nengxenye yomgogodla, naso siyingxenye yokusindiswa kwakhe.
Iphupho elibi lomndeni wakwaWoodall laqala ngasekupheleni konyaka odlule lapho uGeorge eneminyaka emine kuphela ubudala. Ngesikhathi umama elalisa indodana yakhe, wabona iqhubu emhlane. Akazange anyamalale ngakusasa ekuseni. Umama wabamba indodana yakhe waphuthuma esibhedlela. UGeorge wathunyelwa ukuyohlolwa i-ultrasound. Lapho, egumbini lezimo eziphuthumayo elicishe lingenalutho, u-Vicki wahlaselwa wuvalo lokuqala: ingabe kwakukhona ngempela into embi ngomfanyana wakhe? Phela wayehlale engumqemane, enomdlandla - abazali bakhe ngokuncokola baze bamfanise nomdlwane odinga ukukhathala ngendlela efanele ngosuku ukuze ulale. Ngemva kokuhlolwa, umhlengikazi wabeka isandla sakhe ehlombe likaVicki futhi wamtshela ukuthi azilungiselele okubi kakhulu. “Sicabanga ukuthi indodana yakho inomdlavuza,” kusho yena.
“Ngahlengezela izinyembezi, futhi uGeorge akazange aqonde ukuthi kwakwenzekani kimi: ‘Mama, ungakhali,” wazama ukungesula izinyembezi ebusweni bami,” kukhumbula uVicki.
Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, ukuphila kukaGeorge kwashintsha. Impilo yomndeni wakhe futhi. Unyaka Omusha noKhisimusi wadlula njengephupho elibi. Kuthathe isikhathi esingaphezudlwana kwenyanga ukuxilonga. Ekuqaleni kukaJanuwari, ukuxilongwa kwaqinisekiswa: i-sarcoma kaGeorge Ewing. Lesi isimila esiyingozi samathambo. Isimila sicindezele umgogodla womfana. Kwakunzima kakhulu ukukususa: ukunyakaza okukodwa okungalungile futhi umfana wayengeke akwazi ukuhamba futhi. Kodwa wayekuthanda kakhulu ukugijima!
Ukusiza uGeorge aqonde ukuthi kwakwenzekani kuye, baqamba isimila sakhe igama - Tony. UTony waba yisitha esikhulu somfana, owayenecala ngazo zonke izinkinga zakhe.
Impi kaGeorge isiqhubeke izinyanga eziyi-10. Uchithe ezingu-9 kubo esibhedlela: ngaso sonke isikhathi phakathi neseshini ye-chemotherapy, nakanjani uthola uhlobo oluthile lokutheleleka. Amasosha omzimba abulawa kanye nama-metastases.
“Manje sesiyazi ukuthi kulula ukuba izingane zibekezelele izifo ezimbi ngokuziphatha. Abanayo "i-hangover yengqondo" njengoba kwenza abantu abadala. Lapho uGeorge ezizwa ejabule, ufuna ukuphila impilo evamile, evamile, ufuna ukugijima ngaphandle futhi adlale, "kusho abazali.
Umfowabo kaGeorge omdala, u-Alex, naye uyesaba. Okuwukuphela kokuhlangana kwakhe nomdlavuza wukufa. Umkhulu wabo wabulawa umdlavuza. Ngakho-ke, umbuzo wokuqala awubuza lapho ezwa ukuthi umfowabo uyagula wawuthi: “Ingabe uzofa?”
“Sizama ukuchaza u-Alex ukuthi kungani uGeorgie kwesinye isikhathi engakwazi ukudla. Kungani engathola u-ayisikhilimu noshokoledi ngesikhathi sasekuseni. U-Alex uzama kanzima ukusiza uGeorge ukuthi akwazi ukubhekana nalokhu okwenzekayo, - kusho uVicki noJames. "U-Alex waze wacela ukugunda ikhanda ukuze asekele umfowabo."
Futhi ngesikhathi uVicki ebona ukuthi abafana babedlala kanjani umdlalo ofana no-Alex unomdlavuza - babelwa naye. “Kwakubuhlungu kakhulu ukukubuka,” kuvuma owesifazane.
Ukwelashwa kukaGeorge sekuzophela. “Ukhathele kakhulu. Wayevame ukujabula futhi abe nomdlandla phakathi kwamaseshini. Manje ngemva kwenqubo, akasakwazi nokuma ngezinyawo. Kodwa ungumfana omangalisayo. Usazama ukugijima,” kusho uVicki.
Yebo, uGeorge uyisenzakalo sangempela. Wakwazi ukulondoloza ithemba elimangalisayo. Futhi abazali bakhe bahlela isikhwama "“- qoqa imali yokusiza zonke izingane ezinomdlavuza. “Akukho ngisho indibilishi kuleyo mali eya kuGeorge,” kusho uJames noVicki. “Phela, akuzona kuphela izingane ezine-sarcoma ezidinga usizo, kodwa nawo wonke umuntu.”
Ngenxa yobuhle nokujabula komfana, umkhankaso wakwazi ukuheha abantu abadumile bangempela: umlingisi uJudy Dench, umlingisi u-Andy Murray, ngisho noPrince William. Isisekelo senza ama-raincoat asayinwe ukuze adonsele ukunaka kwabantu kule nkinga, futhi uPrince William wathatha ezine kuzo: yena, uKate Middleton, uPrince George noPrincess Charlotte. Kulawa majazi emvula amaqhawe, umjaho wokweseka umkhankaso wokulwa nomdlavuza womndeni wakwaGeorge nawo ububanjwe. Ngendlela, umgomo wokuqala kwakuwukuqoqa amakhilogremu ayizinkulungwane eziyi-100. Kodwa cishe izinkulungwane eziyi-150 seziqoqwe. Futhi kuzoba nokunye.
… Abazali banethemba lokuthi ingane yabo izobuyela empilweni evamile ngoJanuwari. “Ngeke ahluke kwezinye izingane. Phila impilo evamile ejabulisayo njengazo zonke izingane. Ngaphandle uma kuzomele aqaphele ngezemidlalo. Kepha lokhu kungamampunge, ”- baqinisekile ukuthi umama nobaba kaGeorge. Phela kwakusasele kathathu ukuthi lo mfana alashwe ngamakhemikhali. I-sheer trifle uma iqhathaniswa nalokho uGeorge omncane asevele wabhekana nakho.