Ingane enamasonto amabili isinda emakhazeni ayikhulu. Kubukeka kuyisimangaliso, kodwa kuyiqiniso.
Naphezu intombazane incane kakhulu ngokushesha iqala impi enzima yokusinda.
Lapho umbhangqwana unquma ukuba nezingane kuhlale kuwumzuzu ojabulisayo futhi sizizwa sijabule futhi sigcwele umdlandla. Sihlale sigcwele injabulo ngoba sonke sibheke ngabomvu ukufika kwengane yentombazane/ yomfana.
Ukulindela kwengane engakazalwa kwesinye isikhathi kudala ukungezwani ngoba sonke sithemba kuqala ukuthi uphilile.
Lena indaba yentombazane encane, uRachael Young, ngeshwa yazalwa inesifo esingavamile, i-myofibromatosis yezingane. Umama uKate, 37, kanye nobaba uSimon, 39, ngokuqinisekile babengalindele ukuthi indodakazi yabo esanda kuzalwa itholakale inesifo esinjalo.
Lezi zindaba zikhishwe yi-British tabloid Mirror futhi engxoxweni eyanikezwa abazali, umama uKate utshela ukuthi ukukhulelwa kwakujwayelekile kanjani nokuthi akukho lutho olwalufanekisela i-epilogue enjalo. Lesi sifo sithinta ingane ngesimo sayo esibi kakhulu, ngaphezu kwekhulu (benign) izimila zanda ngaphakathi komzimba omncane kaRachael. Imisipha, amathambo, isikhumba, izitho eziningi futhi ngeshwa nenhliziyo yakhe encane iyathinteka.
Intombazane yayingasenalo ithemba, odokotela babetshele abazali bayo ukuthi balungiselele okubi kakhulu. Ngenhlanhla, lezi zimila bezingenawo umdlavuza kodwa ngenxa yobuningi bazo nobukhulu, zisabeka impilo yengane engcupheni. Odokotela banquma ukumnikeza ukwelashwa kokuhlolwa ngamakhemikhali, izikhathi ezingaphezu kwenkulungwane lapho uRachael ondliwa khona ngeshubhu futhi wangenwa izifo ezihlukahlukene.
Ngemuva kwezinyanga ezingu-18 ezinzima kakhulu, lapho intombazane yabonisa khona sonke isibindi sayo, izicubu zibuyela emuva zize zinyamalale, umphumela omangalisayo, isimangaliso sangempela. Ngisho nodokotela bamangala njengoba bengakaze balubone udaba olunjena eminyakeni engu-40.
Okwajabulisa umama nobaba, uRachael uyafika ekhaya futhi ekugcineni umfowabo omncane uHenry angamgona. Umama Kate uthi:
Lapho ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezelwe, sitshelwa ukuthi wayenezimila ezingaphezu kwekhulu, sacabanga ukuthi singase sibhekane nekusasa ngaphandle kwakhe. Kodwa manje sinikezwe ithemba elikhulu. Leli themba linegama likaRachael.