UBailey Cooper oneminyaka eyisishiyagalolunye ukwazile ukuthola ingane. Futhi ucele abazali bakhe ukuthi bamkhalele isikhathi esingaphezu kwemizuzu engamashumi amabili.
Ngabe izinyanga eziyi-15 ziningi noma zincane? Kuya ngokuthi kungani. Akwanele ngenjabulo. Okwehlukana - okuningi. UBailey Cooper walwa nomdlavuza izinyanga eziyi-15. I-lymphoma yatholakala lapho sekwephuze kakhulu ukwenza lutho ngayo. Ama-metastases asakazeka emzimbeni wengane. Cha, lokhu akusho ukuthi izihlobo nodokotela abazange bazame. Sizamile. Kodwa kwakungenakwenzeka ukusiza umfana. Izinyanga eziyi-15 zokulwa nesifo esibulalayo ziningi. Izinyanga eziyi-15 zokuvalelisa ingane yakho efayo akubekezeleleki.
Odokotela banikeze uBaley isikhathi esincane kakhulu. Bekufanele ashone ezinyangeni eziyisithupha ezedlule. Kodwa umama wakhe, uRachel, wayekhulelwe ingane yakhe yesithathu. Futhi uBaley wayezimisele ngokuphila ukuze abone ingane.
“Odokotela bathe ngeke aqhubeke aze azalwe udadewabo. Nathi ngokwethu asikholwanga, uBaley wayesevele ephela. Kodwa umfana wethu wayelwa. Wasiyala ukuthi simbize ngokushesha nje lapho ingane izalwa, ”kusho uLee noRachel, abazali balo mfana.
UKhisimusi wayesondela. Ngabe uBaley uzophila ukubona iholide? Akunjalo. Kodwa abazali bakhe basamcela ukuthi abhalele uSanta. Kubhale umfana. Uhlu kuphela lwalungenazo lezo zipho yena ngokwakhe ayezophupha ngazo. Ucele izinto ezizothokozisa umfowabo omncane, uRiley oneminyaka eyisithupha. Futhi yena ngokwakhe waqhubeka nokulinda umhlangano nodadewabo.
Ekugcineni yazalwa intombazane. Ubhuti nodade bahlangana.
"UBaley wenza konke okwakudingeka ukwenziwa ngumfowethu omdala: washintsha inabukeni, wageza, wamculela izingoma," kukhumbula uRachel.
Umfana wenza konke akufunayo: wasinda kukho konke ukubikezela kodokotela, wayinqoba impi yakhe yokufa, wabona udadewabo omncane weza negama ngaye. Le ntombazane yaqanjwa ngokuthi uMillie. Futhi ngemuva kwalokho, uBaley waqala ukufiphala phambi kwamehlo ethu, sengathi emva kokuba esefeze inhloso yakhe, wayengenasizathu sokubambelela empilweni.
“Lokhu akulungile. Bekufanele ngibe sendaweni yakhe, ”kukhala ugogo womfana onesibindi. Futhi wamtshela ukuthi awukwazi ukuba nobugovu kangaka, ngoba usenabazukulu okufanele abanakekele - uRiley noMillie omncane.
UBaley uze washiya i-oda lokuthi umngcwabo wakhe kufanele uhambe kanjani. Wayefuna ukuthi wonke umuntu agqoke izingubo ezinhle kakhulu. Unqabe ngokuqinile abazali bakhe ukuthi bakhale ngaphezu kwemizuzu engu-20. Ngemuva kwakho konke, kufanele bagxile kudadewabo nomfowabo.
NgoDisemba 22, inyanga ngemuva kokuzalwa kukaMillie, uBaley wayiswa esibhedlela. Ngobusuku obandulela uKhisimusi, wonke umuntu wabuthana eceleni kombhede wakhe. Umfana wabheka ubuso bomndeni wakhe okokugcina, wabubula okokugcina.
“Kwehla unyembezi olulodwa ngaphansi kwezinkophe zakhe. Wayengathi ulele. ”Izihlobo zizama ukungakhali. Emva kwakho konke, uBaley ngokwakhe wakucela lokhu.