U-Lourdes: ekhubazekile, uthola ubuso bakhe beqiniso futhi

UJohanna BÉZENAC. Ekhubazekile, wavele wabuthola ubuso bakhe bangempela ... Born Dubos, ngonyaka we-1876, uhlala eSaint Laurent des Bâtons (eFrance). Isifo: I-Cachexia evela kwisizathu esingaziwa, impetigo ezinkalweni nasebunzini. Welapha ngo-Agasti 8, 1904, eneminyaka engama-28 ubudala. Isimangaliso samukelwa ngoJulayi 2, 1908 ngabakwaMons. UHenri J. Bougoin, umbhishobhi wasePerigueux. Ezinyangeni ezisanda kwedlula, uJohanna akasafuni nokuzibonisa. Ukutheleleka kwesikhumba kulimaza ubuso bakhe nsuku zonke. Kepha lesi sifo esimhambisa manje ezimpandeni zezinwele zakhe siyisibonakaliso esisobala kakhulu ... Konke kwaqala, eqinisweni, ngentokozo: ukuzalwa kwengane. Kepha ngemuva kwesikhathi eside futhi esiphela isikhathi sokuncelisa ibele, uJohanna washaywa, ngoMashi 1901, yi-pneumonia enzima eyayiqinisa kahle ukubonakala kwesifo sofuba. Izindlela zokwelapha zikhombisa ukungasebenzi. Ngemuva kwalokho, lesi simo saba sibi futhi, ikakhulukazi kulokhu kutheleleka kwesikhumba okuthinta isithunzi sakhe njengowesifazane. Ukufika kwakhe eLourdes nohambo lwedokodo, ngokusobala waphola futhi. I-Bureau yokutholakele kwezokwelapha inendaba emfushane ngalokhu kuphulukiswa. UJohanna kuthiwa walulama ezinsukwini ezimbili, ngomhlaka 8 kanye no-9 Agasti 1904 nokuthi lokhu kuphulukiswa kuxhunyaniswe namanzi entwasahlobo, okusetshenziselwa ukugeza nanjenge-lotion. Ngo-Okthoba 4, 1904, noma izinyanga ezimbili ngemuva kokuhamba kwakhe, udokotela owathola lokhu kwatholakala ngemuva kokuhlolwa ngokucophelela, "ukululama ngokuphelele isimo esijwayelekile nasekhaya".