Indaba Yesiguli: Ukunqoba I-Acute Myeloid Leukemia Nokuzalwa Kabusha Ngemva Kokufakelwa Iseli Lesitembu
Uhambo Lomzabalazo Nethemba
NgoSepthemba 2020, uMnu. A (igama elingelona elakhe) wafuna usizo lwezokwelapha ngenxa yokuqina kwesifuba, ukuphelelwa umoya, kanye nokungagayeki kahle kokudla. Isimo sakhe saba sibi kakhulu ngokushesha, kanti ukuhlolwa okuphuthumayo kwembula ukuphuma okukhulu kwe-pleural okuhlala ezindaweni zamaphaphu. I-CT scan eyalandela yembula isimila esikhulu ku-anterior mediastinum, kanye ne-bone marrow biopsy yanikeza ukuxilongwa okushaqisayo: I-Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) M5 ehileleke ku-extra-medullary tumor.
Ukuxilongwa kwaba yinhlekelele enkulu. Naphezu kokungakholwa kwakhe, uMnu. A waqala ukucwaninga ngalesi sifo nokufuna iseluleko kubangani, ezizwa ekhungathekile futhi edangele. Impi yakhe yaqina ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezalandela njengoba ebhekene nokuphuma kwegazi esifubeni okuqhubekayo kanye nenkinga enkulu evela ekushayweni kwegazi okujulile ngemva kokufakwa kwe-catheter. Kodwa ngokubekezela okungapheli, kancane kancane wajwayela ubuhlungu nezinselele.
Ushintsho Ekwelapheni
Njengoba isimo sakhe siba sibi kakhulu, ukubuyela emuva kwaqinisekiswa ngemuva kokwelashwa kwakhe kwesibili ngamakhemikhali. Odokotela batusa ukufakelwa i-stem cell. Ngemva kokubonisana kabanzi, uMnu. A weza eBeijing Lu Daopei Hematology Hospital, lapho ahlangana khona noDkt. Sun Yuqian kanye nethimba lakhe lochwepheshe. Bakha uhlelo lokwelapha oluqondile futhi baqhubeka nokuqapha intuthuko yakhe, balungisa isu lokwelapha njengoba kudingeka. Ngemva kokuhlinzwa kabusha kwe-retina kanye nokwelashwa kokutheleleka kwamaphaphu isikhathi esingaphezu kwenyanga, uMnu. A ekugcineni wayesekulungele ukufakelwa i-stem cell yakhe.
NgoSepthemba 1, 2021, uMnu. A wangena esibhedlela ukuze afakelwe ukufakelwa. Ekuqaleni, wezwa imiphumela emibi ejwayelekile, okuhlanganisa nokuncipha kwesifiso sokudla kanye nokukhathala. Kodwa-ke, izinto zashintsha kakhulu lapho eqala ukushaqeka. Ngenhlanhla, ngaphansi kwempendulo esheshayo yethimba likaDkt. Sun, wasindiswa ngemuva kwamahora amabili okuvuselelwa okukhulu. NgoSepthemba 15, ukufakelwa ukufakelwa kwenziwa ngempumelelo, okuphawula usuku lokuzalwa kwakhe kabusha.
Isiqalo Esisha Nokululama Okuqhubekayo
Ngemva kwezinsuku eziyisishiyagalombili, amangqamuzana amhlophe egazi kaMnu. A aqala ukukhuphuka, uphawu olucacile lokululama kwakhe. Nakuba kwakusekhona izinselele, njengokungakhululeki nokushintshashintsha kwemizwelo, ukunakekelwa okuzinikele kwabasebenzi bezokwelapha kwaqinisekisa ukuthi yonke inkinga ixazululwa ngokushesha. Umndeni kaMnu. A—indodana yakhe, eyanikela ngamaseli akhe okuqala, kanye nabazali bakhe—banikeza ukwesekwa okungantengantengi phakathi nalesi sikhathi esinzima.
Ngo-Okthoba 3, uMnu. A wagcina ephumile esibhedlela ngemuva kokufakelwa isitho ngempumelelo. Nakuba lokhu kwakuyisinyathelo esibalulekile, wayazi ukuthi indlela eya phambili isadinga umzamo oqhubekayo. Ucabanga ngokuhlangenwe nakho kwakhe, ekhuthaza abanye ababhekene nezimpi ezifanayo: “Egumbini lokufakelwa isitho, kulula ukuzizwa ukhathazekile, ucindezelekile, futhi wesaba. Kodwa ungesabi. Thola izindlela zokuphatha imizwa yakho, ngoba ukugcina ingqondo enhle kubalulekile ukuze ululame.”
Isigijimi Sethemba
Eminyakeni emithathu ngemuva kokufakelwa, uMnu. A uphilile futhi uyachuma. Uxoxa ngendaba yakhe njengesibani sethemba kwabanye iziguli: “Ngokukhanya, kukhona ithemba, futhi ngethemba, kunamathuba angenamkhawulo. Uma ubekezelela ubuhlungu nobunzima, khumbula ukugcina ithemba liphila. Iziqalo ezintsha zikulindile.”