Ua pīhoihoi ka mea biologist ʻōpio i kona ʻohana ma ka "hoʻolālā ʻana i ke ola ma hope o kona make ʻana" me ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hana na kāna wahine

ʻO kahi biologist ʻōpio i make i ka lymphoma i waiho aku ma mua o hoʻokahi hoʻoilina ma hope o ka hoʻolaʻa ʻana i kāna mau lā hope loa e hōʻoia i ke ola o kāna wahine a me kāna kaikamahine i kahi wā e hiki mai ana no lākou. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Jeff McKnight, he kanaka olaola 36 mau makahiki i ke Kulanui o Oregon, i kahi hoʻolaha GoFundMe i ka hoʻomaka o ʻOkakopa e ʻohi kālā no kāna wahine ʻo Laura a me kā lāua kaikamahine ʻo Katherine 8 makahiki. Ma kona ʻike he mau lā wale nō ia, ua wehewehe ʻo McKnight ma ka ʻaoʻao hōʻuluʻulu kālā ʻo kāna "makaʻu nui" ʻo ka lawa ʻole o ka waiwai o kona ʻohana ke make ʻo ia.

"Ke makemake nei wau i ka lymphoma," i kākau ʻo McKnight. "ʻO kaʻu wahine, ʻo Laura, ʻaʻole ia he mea koa wale nō i kēia manawa. E lilo ana ʻo ia i ʻelua mau komo (kaʻu a me kāna) ʻoiai ke hoʻokele a ʻimi nei i kahi keʻena hoʻokolohua a mākou i kaʻana like ai. "He mea liʻiliʻi kaʻu ʻinikua ola e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ka ʻoihana aʻo kā mākou mālama kālā he ʻaneʻane ʻole," hoʻomau ʻo ia. "E ʻoluʻolu e noʻonoʻo e kākoʻo iā ia i koʻu wā e hele ʻole ana." Ua haʻi pū aku ʻo McKnight iā GoFundMe ma kāna Twitter, e kākau ana, "Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Doc, he pule paha ia a ʻoi paha. I ka lumi pilikia no ka mālama hōʻoluʻolu. Mahalo iā ʻoukou a pau no ka hakakā ʻana me aʻu. " Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻonui ʻia ka ʻaoʻao ma kahi o $ 400.000, a haʻalele i kona ʻohana i ka pīhoihoi o ka hoʻolālā ʻana o kona makuakāne aloha i kona ola ma hope o kona make ʻana.

"ʻAʻole wau i ʻike e pili ana i ka GoFundMe āna i hana ai a hiki i koʻu ʻike ʻana ma Twitter ... Uē nui au," i haʻi aku ai ʻo Laura i kēia lā. "Ua hōʻoluʻolu a mahalo ʻo ia i ka hāʻawi ʻana o ka poʻe, a ua hōʻoluʻolu ia iā ia e hana i kahi mea e mālama iā mākou, akā ua haki iki koʻu puʻuwai i kona hopohopo a ʻike i ka hiki ʻole o kona make i kākau ʻia i keʻokeʻo. A ʻeleʻele hahau nui iaʻu. Ua hala ʻo McKnight ma ʻOkakopa 4, he mau lā wale nō ma hope o ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka GoFundMe moʻo no kona ʻohana, e like me ka University of Oregon. "He mea kaumaha loa no ko mākou nalo ʻana iā Jeff, ka mea i hana nui e kākoʻo i kēlā ʻuhane ma aneʻi, a e hoʻomau mākou e hana pēlā ʻoiai ʻo ia e hele ʻole ana," i ʻōlelo ʻia ʻo Bruce Bowerman, ke poʻo o ka ʻOihana Biology OU. "Kupaianaha ʻo Jeff no ka lilo ʻana i ʻepekema ʻē aʻe a me kahi hoa hana lokomaikaʻi a me ke aloha." Hana ka wahine a McKnight ma ke ʻano he manakia o kāna keʻena noiʻi ma ke kula. Eia nō naʻe, e like me kā Laura, ua ʻike kāna kāne ua loaʻa iā ia nā manawa ʻē aʻe i hoʻolālā ʻia nona ma hope o kona make ʻana.