Ibali lesigulana: Ukoyisa i-Acute Myeloid Leukemia kunye nokuzalwa kwakhona emva kokufakelwa kweStem Cell
Uhambo Lomzabalazo Nethemba
NgoSeptemba ka-2020, uMnu. A (igama elingelolakhe) wafuna uncedo lwezonyango ngenxa yokuqina kwesifuba, ukuphefumla kancinci, kunye nokungagayeki kakuhle kokutya. Imeko yakhe yaba mandundu ngokukhawuleza, kwaye uvavanyo olungxamisekileyo lwabonisa ukuphuma okukhulu kwe-pleural kwiindawo zemiphunga. I-CT scan elandelayo yabonisa ithumba elikhulu kwi-anterior mediastinum, kwaye i-bone marrow biopsy yabonisa ukuxilongwa okumangalisayo: i-Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) M5 kunye nokubandakanyeka kwethumba elingaphandle kwe-medullary.
Ukuxilongwa kwaba yintlungu enkulu. Nangona wayengakholelwa, uMnu. A waqala ukuphanda ngesi sifo waza wafuna iingcebiso kubahlobo bakhe, eziva exinezelekile kwaye ephelelwe lithemba. Idabi lakhe laqina kwiinyanga ezimbalwa ezalandelayo njengoko wayejongene nokuphuma kwamanzi esifubeni okuqhubekayo kunye nengxaki enkulu evela kwi-deep vein thrombosis emva kokufakwa kwe-catheter. Kodwa ngenxa yokunyamezela okungapheliyo, kancinci kancinci waqhelana nentlungu kunye nemingeni.
Utshintsho Oluphawulekayo Kunyango
Njengoko imeko yakhe yayisiba mandundu, ukuphinda abuyele esiqhelweni emva konyango lwakhe lwesibini lwe-chemotherapy. Oogqirha bacebisa ukuba atyandwe i-stem cell. Emva kokubonisana ixesha elide, uMnu. A weza kwiSibhedlele iBeijing Lu Daopei Hematology, apho wadibana khona noGqr. Sun Yuqian kunye neqela lakhe leengcali. Bayila isicwangciso sonyango esichanekileyo baza baqhubeka nokujonga inkqubela yakhe, belungisa icebo lonyango njengoko kufuneka. Emva kotyando lokufakelwa kwakhona kwe-retina kunye nonyango losulelo lwemiphunga oluthatha inyanga, uMnu. A ekugqibeleni wayekulungele ukufakelwa i-stem cell yakhe.
Ngomhla woku-1 kuSeptemba 2021, uMnu. A wangena esibhedlele ngenxa yenkqubo yokufakelwa isitho. Ekuqaleni, wayeziva iziphumo ebezingalindelekanga eziqhelekileyo, kuquka ukuncipha kokutya kunye nokudinwa. Nangona kunjalo, izinto zatshintsha kakhulu xa wafikelwa ngumothuko. Ngethamsanqa, phantsi kwempendulo ekhawulezileyo yeqela likaGqr. Sun, wasindiswa emva kweeyure ezimbini zokuvuselelwa ngamandla. Ngomhla we-15 kuSeptemba, ukufakelwa isitho kwenziwa ngempumelelo, nto leyo eyayiphawula umhla wokuzalwa kwakhe ngokutsha.
Isiqalo Esitsha Nokuchacha Okuqhubekayo
Emva kweentsuku ezisibhozo, iiseli ezimhlophe zegazi likaMnu. A zaqala ukunyuka, uphawu olucacileyo lokuchacha kwakhe. Nangona kwakusekho imingeni, njengokungonwabi nokuguquguquka kweemvakalelo, unyango oluzinikeleyo oluvela kubasebenzi bezonyango lwaqinisekisa ukuba yonke imiba iyasonjululwa ngokukhawuleza. Usapho lukaMnu. A—unyana wakhe, owanikela ngeeseli zakhe ezisisiseko, kunye nabazali bakhe—banika inkxaso engagungqiyo ngeli xesha linzima.
Ngomhla wesi-3 kweyeDwarha, uMnu. A ekugqibeleni waphuma esibhedlele emva kokufakelwa isibeleko ngempumelelo. Nangona le yayiyingongoma ebalulekileyo, wayesazi ukuba indlela engaphambili isafuna umgudu oqhubekayo. Ukhumbula amava akhe, ekhuthaza abanye abajongene nemilo efanayo: “Kwicandelo lokufakelwa isibeleko, kulula ukuziva uxhalabile, udandathekile, kwaye usoyika. Kodwa ungoyiki. Fumana iindlela zokulawula iimvakalelo zakho, kuba ukugcina ingqondo eyakhayo kubalulekile ekuchacheni.”
Isigidimi Sethemba
Emva kweminyaka emithathu emva kokufakelwa isibeleko, uMnu. A usempilweni kwaye uyachuma. Ubalisa ibali lakhe njengesibane sethemba kwabanye abaguli: “Ngokukhanya, kukho ithemba, kwaye ngethemba, kukho amathuba angenamkhawulo. Ukuba unyamezela intlungu nobunzima, khumbula ukugcina ithemba liphila. Ukuqala okutsha kukulindele.”