Boston, Chivabvu 1995. Mazuva okupedzisira eruwadzano rwangu rwekiriniki akanga akaita serori rakazara zvikuru richikwira gomo. Ndakanga ndaneta mupfungwa uye ndaneta—munhu aida chiedza chemwedzi yakawanda kuti ndirarame muBoston. Ndakabatikanawo nepfungwa dzeshanduko yangu yekutsvagisa kupinda murabhoritari yemagetsi epamusoro-soro.
Shaun aive akasuwa nehasha. Akanga aine leukemia uye aspergillosis. Ane makore 14 chete, Shaun akanga asina vaenzi. Sezvo mazuva aifamba, akawedzera kutsvedza mukuora mwoyo kwokushora vachengeti vake. Ndakanzwira Shaun tsitsi asi ndakawana nguva shoma kwaari apo ndainetseka kuti ndipedze zuva rangu rakabatikana—basa reSisyphean rokubvunzana kusingaperi, kutevera, kusaina, uye mamwe mazano. Asi rimwe zuva ndakambomira padivi pemubhedha waShaun. Ndakanga ndaona maziso ake atota ndichibva ndamubvunza kuti sei akanga asurukirwa musi uyu.
Akangoti, "Doc, hapana chiri kufamba zvakanaka muhupenyu hwangu, uye pamusoro pezvese, maBruin akarasika husiku hwapfuura." Iyi yaive tambo yekutaurirana pakati pepwere airwara nemurapi akabatikana.
Uri fan weBruins?" ndakabvunza.
"Big time," akapindura. “Ndinosuwa mazuva andaienda kumitambo neshamwari dzangu.”
Kamwe kamwe kepfungwa kakauya mumusoro mangu.
"Saka, Shaun, ndikakuunzira mutambi mukuru weBruins, zvinokufadza here?"
“Ehe, ndiani wamuchandiunzira? Bobby Orr?" akadaro achitsvinya.
Bobby Orr ndiani? Ndakafunga zvangu. Kurerwa kwangu muEurope uye kushaikwa kweruzivo nezve ice hockey zvakaita kuti ndiratidzike semutorwa pandakabvunza mubvunzo iwoyo kumunyori mudhipatimendi rezvirwere zvinotapukira.
“Chii chiri kukunetsa?” akapindura nematauriro ake airema echiBoston — anorema sewangu echiGiriki. "Iwe hauzive nezvaBobby Orr? Ingano muno muBoston. "
"Zvakanaka, nditsvagirewo nhamba dzake," ndakabvunza.
Asi, pandakamufonera, akanga ari kuCanada. Ndakasiya message kuna secretary wake achitsanangura mamiriro akaita zvinhu nechikumbiro changu.
Vhiki nhatu dzakapera. Ndaive ndakanganwa zvese nezvaBobby Orr. Shaun akaramba ari muchipatara, akaora mwoyo sepakutanga.
Akanga ari masikati pakupera kwevhiki reChirangaridzo, ndinorangarira. Ndakange ndiri parunhare uye ndiri busy zvikuru pandakagamuchira nhamba yekunze pabeeper yangu. Ndakafona back.
"Doc, uyu ndiBobby Orr. Ndine urombo ndanonoka kudzoka kwamuri, asi ndanga ndiri kunze kwenyika. Ndingakubatsire sei?" Ndakarohwa nehana uye nekushamisika. Ndakatanga kutsanangura nyaya yaShaun ndichiwedzera kufara.
"Doc," akadaro. “Unotaura zvakawanda. Ndiudze kuti Shaun aripi, ndichasvika paawa imwe chete. Shaun ainge akanzi aizoitwa CT musi uyu asi ainge aramba. Akarara pamubhedha akazvimonera, apererwa. Ndakakanzura CT ndokukumbira manurse kuti vamugadzirire for surprise visitor.
Bobby Orr akapinda, akatakura mapepa emaBruins. Pakaita ruzha pachiteshi chevanamukoti, ndikatanga kuona kuti murume uyu aiva ngano huru sei. Bobby akagara naShaun kweinopfuura awa, mumwe nomumwe, paSvondo iroro reChirangaridzo masikati. Vakataura vachipanana nyaya dzehoki. Shaun ndiye ainyanya kufara zvandakanga ndisati ndambomuona—kunyemwerera kukuru, kurarama hope. Ndakarwadziwa zvisingaite. Maziso akanyorova, ndakaenderera mberi nekutenda Bobby Orr. Airatidzika semurwi akarwiwa, akaonekwa, ane mavanga uye akaoma.
“Ndinokutendai, VaOrr. Handife ndakakanganwa zvawaitira mwana uyo nhasi."
"Aihwa. Ndatenda, Doc.” Maziso ake akanga atotawo.
Shaun akafa kwapera mwedzi nechirwere cheleukemia. Ndakaenderera mberi nebasa rangu, ndichiita basa rangu ukuwo ndichiedza kufambirana neupenyu hwemhuri hwakabatikana. Handina kuzomboona Bobby Orr zvakare, asi handife ndakakanganwa rupo rukuru rwengano iyi uye nemhedzisiro yakakura yaakava nayo pahupenyu hwaShaun-uye hwangu.
- Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, MD, ScD
+ Author Affiliations
Kubva kuYunivhesiti yeTexas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030.
Mumwe anopa pachena, asi achiwedzerwa; mumwe anonyima zvaanofanira kupa, achingoshayiwa. Munhu ane rupo achapfumiswa, uye anodiridza achadiridzwa.
Zvirevo 11:24–25
Pakutanga yakabudiswa muna Anals of Internal Medicine
- Pakuva Chiremba