Umcimi-mlilo owonakaliswe kakhulu, ngenxa yokutshintshwa unobuso obutsha.

Ukufakelwa kobuso kwenza ubomi bukaPatrick buphinde bubekho.

umcimi-mlilo owonakeleyo kunye nofakelo
UPatrick Hardison ngaphambi nangemva kokutshintshwa.

eMississippi. Kwakuyi-2001 xa uPatrick Hardison, umcimi-mlilo oneminyaka engama-41 ubudala waphendula umnxeba malunga nomlilo. Ibhinqa elithile lalivaleleke kweso sakhiwo yaye uPatrick, ekhuthele emsebenzini wakhe yaye ezele yintliziyo elungileyo, akazange acinge kabini ngokuziphosa emlilweni. Wakwazi ukulisindisa eli bhinqa kodwa njengoko lalibaleka ngefestile, inxalenye yeso sakhiwo sasisitsha yawela phezu kwakhe. Ngokuqinisekileyo akazange acinge ukuba ubomi bakhe bexesha elizayo buya kuxhomekeka kuqhaqho-fakelo.

UPatrick wayesoloko engumzekelo omhle kumntu wonke, umthathi-nxaxheba kubomi bentlalo yoluntu, ehlala ezinikele kwimisebenzi yesisa kunye nokuthanda, uyise olungileyo kunye nomyeni onothando. Loo mini yabutshintsha ubomi bakhe ngonaphakade. Umlilo uzidle wazigqiba iindlebe zakhe, impumlo kwaye wanyibilika ulusu ebusweni bakhe, kwaye watshisa okwesithathu entloko, entanyeni nasemqolo.

Umhlobo osondeleyo kunye nomphenduli wokuqala uJimmy Neal uyakhumbula:

Zange ndambona umntu otsha kangaka esaphila.

Ixesha elibuhlungu ngokwenene liqala kuPatrick, ukongeza kwintlungu eyoyikekayo ekufuneka eyinyamezele imihla ngemihla, utyando oluninzi luya kufuneka, lulonke lwe-71. Ngelishwa, umlilo uye wanyibilika iinkophe zakhe kwaye amehlo akhe atyhilekileyo aya kuhamba ngokungenakunqandeka. kubumfama.

Ngokwemvelo, ukongeza kwinkalo yezonyango, kukwakho nengqondo yokujongana nayo echaphazela kakhulu ubomi bakhe esele bunzima. Abantwana baye boyika xa bembona, abantu bamkhomba esitalatweni, kwizithuthi zikawonke-wonke abantu bayasebeza baze bamjonge ngosizi. UPatrick unyanzelekile ukuba ahlale yedwa, azifihle kuluntu kwaye amaxesha ambalwa ephuma kufuneka azifihle kakuhle ngomnqwazi, izibuko zelanga kunye neendlebe zokufakelwa.

Phezu kwako nje ukwenziwa utyando izihlandlo ezingama-71, uPatrick akakakwazi kutya okanye ukuhleka engakhange azive iintlungu, ubuso bakhe abunankangeleko yobuso, ekuphela kwento eyakhayo kukuba oogqirha bakwazile ukuwagcina amehlo akhe ngokuwagquma ngofele.

Ngo-2015 kuza inguquko kaPatrick, iindlela ezintsha zokufakela uqhaqho-fakelo lwesikhumba olunabileyo olubandakanya iindlebe, i-scalp kunye ne-eyelashes. UDkt Eduardo D. Rodriguez we-NYU Langone Medical Centre eNew York ulungiselela ukufumana umnikezeli oya kwenza utyando lube nokwenzeka. Kungekudala emva koko, uDavid Rodebaugh oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala wafumana ingozi yebhayisekile eyabangela ukwenzakala entloko.

UDavid uthathwa njengengqondo efile kwaye umama wakhe uvumela ukususwa kwawo onke amalungu anokuthi asetyenziswe ukusindisa abanye ubomi. UPatrick unethuba lakhe, oogqirha abalikhulu, abahlengikazi, abancedisi balungiselela olu ngenelelo olulodwa kwihlabathi, kwaye emva kweeyure ezingama-26, ekugqibeleni le ndoda inelishwa inobuso obutsha.

Uhambo oluya kubomi obutsha bukaPatrick seluqalile kodwa kusenzima kakhulu, kuzofuneka afunde ukuqhwanyaza, aginye, aphile namayeza anqanda ukulahlwa ngonaphakade kodwa ekugqibeleni akasayi kuphinda azimele kwaye akwazi. ukukhapha intombi yakhe ukuya esibingelelweni inganxibanga iimaski neminqwazi.

Umyalezo uPatrick afuna ukuwusasaza uthi: "Ungaze ulahlekelwe yithemba, ungaze unikezele kwiziganeko, akukaze kube kudala."