Isifo sesikhumba esingandile silimaza ubuso bengane, umama usabela emazwini anenzondo.
Akekho owake wacabanga ukugula kwengane ngaphambi kokubeletha.
Ukuzalwa kukaRebecca Callaghan kwakunzima kakhulu, kwakubonakala sengathi kukhona uketshezi olumboze umbungu ngakho izikhathi zazilindelwe. Akekho owayesola isifo futhi lapho uMatilda ezalwa, odokotela babona indawo eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ebusweni bentombazanyana abayibiza ngokuthi "ufuna".
Eqinisweni, uphenyo olwengeziwe lwembula ukuthi uMatilda wayene-Sturge-Weber syndrome. Isifo esingadala izimpawu ezinzima njengesithuthwane, ubunzima bokufunda kanye nobunzima bokuhamba. Abazali babekhathazeke ngempela ngokuthi bangase bamlahlekele.
Intombazanyana iba kubi ngokushesha kangangokuthi ubaba uyaphawula engxoxweni nayo I-Daily Mail:
Asikwazanga ukuhamba naye ngoba wayegula kakhulu. Besijabule kakhulu ngokufika kwengane yethu manje asazi noma izosinda yini.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uMatilda ubonise izinkinga zenhliziyo. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, intombazanyana yaqala ukwelashwa nge-laser okuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu okwashiya isikhumba sayo sibomvu ngokuphelele. Lokhu kwelashwa ukususa uphawu lokuzalwa ebusweni kungase kuthathe iminyaka engu-16.
Ukwelashwa nge-laser kuyinde futhi kubuhlungu ngempela kodwa uMatilda usabela kahle futhi ubonakala eyingane ejabule, okungelula neze ukulalela imibono yabantu.
Noma nini lapho uMatilda ephuma uhambo, kuhlale kukhona umuntu olungele ukwahlulela ukubukeka kwakhe, ngisho nokungabaza iqiniso lokuthi abazali bangabazali abalungile. Ubaba wengeza kukho:
Babona okuphambi kwabo kuphela bese begxumela eziphethweni ezibuhlungu. Ngifisa sengathi bangabona ngale kophawu lokuzalwa futhi babone ukuthi indodakazi yethu encane iyingelosi enjani.
Ngeshwa, lesi sifo siba sibi kakhulu impilo yengane futhi manje uMatilde usecishe abe yimpumputhe futhi usebenzisa umuntu ohamba ngezinyawo ukuhamba. Abazali baphawula ukuthi naphezu kwakho konke uMatilda uhlala eyintombazane ejabule futhi unokumomotheka kwawo wonke umuntu.
Ngo-2019 uMatilda waba neminyaka engu-11 futhi izithombe naye esesihlalweni esinamasondo zashicilelwa futhi ngenxa yalezi zithombe abantu abaningi abaphanayo baba negalelo ekuthengeni isihlalo esinamasondo esisha. UMatilda uzobuyela ekwenzeni lokho akuthanda kakhulu, aphumele ngaphandle futhi ahlale kude nezixuku.