Hlangana noGabriel

Gabriel Cohen

Hlangana no Gabriel, ingane yami eyisimangaliso

“Ngangicabanga ukuthi ngizofundisa ingane yami ngezwe. Kwavela ukuthi kufanele ngifundise umhlaba ngendodana yami. Bona babona ingane engakwazi ukukhuluma, mina ngibona isimangaliso esingadingi amagama.”

Kukhona umhlaba sonke esiwenabayo futhi esiwujwayele, umhlaba wokuphelela nokujwayelekile kanti kukhona umhlaba wethu. Umhlaba wethu ugcwele ukungapheleli nobuhlungu benhliziyo, ugcwele izingane ezinokukhubazeka nokungajwayelekile, ugcwele odokotela, abelaphi, izibhedlela nemithi, ugcwele uthando, ububele nokuqonda, kanye nentukuthelo, icala nobuhlungu. Asizange sicele ukuphonswa kulo mhlaba, kwenzeka kanjalo kodwa uma sibheka emuva manje, asizange sishintshe lutho.

Konke kwaqala ngo-2002

UGabriel wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 2002. Wazalwa enesilevu esihlukene futhi ngemuva kwalokho watholwa enegama lesifo i-Lobar Holoprosencephaly, i-Agenesis encane ye-Corpus Collosum, i-Craniostynosis, i-Microcephaly, i-Absence Seizures kanye ne-Diabetes Insipidus (ushukela wamanzi hhayi ushukela). Sakhathazeka kakhulu. Kwazizwa sengathi umhlaba wethu wonke ubhubhile. Satshelwa ukuthi uGabriel angase angakaze ahambe futhi angase angakaze afike ezingeni eliphezulu. Sanquma ngaleso sikhathi ukuthi sizolwela ikhwalithi yokuphila kwendodana yethu futhi simnikeze wonke amathuba empilweni yakhe ukuze amsize afinyelele amandla akhe aphelele. Ngakho uhambo lwethu lwaqala... singazi ukuthi ikusasa lizomphatheleni indodana yethu... uhambo lwezimocwendo eziningi... ukwesaba, ubuhlungu, usizi, ukudabuka, icala, ukusola, intukuthelo, inzondo, isihawu bese ekugcineni sazithola sikwamukela futhi sinenjabulo.

UGabriel waqala ukwelashwa lapho eneminyaka engu-9 izinyanga ubudala futhi sifaka ukwelashwa kwakhe ezindleleni zakhe zansuku zonke futhi sekuyingxenye yempilo yethu yemvelo. Ufunda ukwelashwa komsebenzi, ukwelashwa ngokomzimba, ukwelashwa kwenkulumo nokugibela ihhashi. UGabriel wazuza zonke izinyathelo zakhe ngesikhathi esifanele kuze kube uneminyaka engu-6 izinyanga ubudala futhi ngemuva kwalokho waqala ukukhombisa ukubambezeleka okukhulu ekuthuthukeni. UGabriel manje ufunda esikoleni esihle sezidingo ezikhethekile ekuseni lapho echuma khona futhi efunda ukuzimela. Njengamanje uhlolwa ezingeni elilinganiselwa ezinyangeni ezingu-10-14 ngokwengqondo kodwa sesifunde ukukwazisa izinto angakwenza, futhi singabheki izinto angakwazi ukuzenza.

UGabriel wakhasa ngezinyanga ezingu-12 futhi wahamba ngezinyanga ezingu-20 eyedwa. Uyizingane esebenzayo kakhulu efuna ukwazi futhi unentando enamandla nokuqina okumsiza ukuba aphumelele. Uyakuthanda ukugxuma, ukudlala nokucula. Uyakwazile ukukhuphuka nokwehlisa izitebhisi yedwa, angakwazi ukuvula nokuvala amathoyizi akhe kagesi, ukuphendula amakhasi ezincwadini, ukukhetha ukuthi yimaphi amathoyizi azodlala ngawo nokunye okuningi. Akakhulumi futhi akakwazi ukusayina kodwa uyakwazi ukuxhumana ngezidingo zakhe eziningi ngamehlo akhe noma ukunyakaza komzimba. Waqala ukudla okungaphezulu ngezinyanga ezingu-3 ½ ubudala futhi manje uyakuthanda ukudla zonke izinhlobo zokudla. Uyingcosana kakhulu ekubeni nengqondo yengozi futhi udinga ukunakekelwa nokugadwa ngaso sonke isikhathi. Ukulala akulona igama ekhaya lethu kodwa ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi kangaka, sibonakala sesijwayele ukungakwazi ukulala. Sizishintshe izimpilo zethu ngezidingo zikaGabriel futhi le yimpilo yethu. Asiyazi enye impilo futhi asikaze sazi engcono.

Ukuqonda ingane yami enezidingo ezikhethekile

Bekungelona uhambo olulula futhi siyazi ukuthi sisezindaweni ezinzima eziningi ezilinde thina. Kodwa ingxenye yenqubo yokuphulukisa ukuwamukela nokuqonda ukuthi yonke ingane ihlukile ngendlela yayo. Iqiniso lokuthi ingane yethu ngeke iyishiyile ikhaya, ngeke iyofunda enyuvesi, ifunde noma ibhale, noma ishade ingxenye yokuwamukela, ingxenye yokuthanda ingane yakho ngaphandle kwemibandela futhi ingxenye yokuqonda ukuthi uGabriel uphelele emehlweni ethu nasemehlweni kaNkulunkulu. Ukuqonda ukuthi izimangaliso ziyenzeka. Ukuthi yonke into eyenziwa yingane iyisimangaliso, konke ukunyakaza, konke ukuphefumula. Kuyingxenye yokwazisa impilo ngendlela enjengayo, ngalokho ekunikezayo futhi kuyingxenye yokushintsha izinto ezibalulekile nokubona ngaphezu kwalokho umphakathi okubiza ngokujwayelekile. Kungukuvula amehlo akho ukuze ubone omunye wezingelosi zikaNkulunkulu elele ezingalweni zakho, emamatheka kubazali bakhe ngamehlo akhe aluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nezinwele zakhe ezinsundu. UGABRIEL unguthisha omkhulu engazi, futhi wenza abantu baqaphele lokho abanakho ngempela futhi babonge lokho kuphela!

UGabriel unomoya omzungezile, amandla adonsela abantu kuye, amandla enza wonke umuntu amamatheke lapho ekhona, namandla enza konke okumzungezile kukhanye ilanga. UGABRIEL usilethela injabulo enkulu futhi isisusa sethu esikhulu sokuqhubeka ukumamatheka kwakhe okungapheli nokuhleka. Ngo-2008, uGabriel waba umfowabo omdala kaJaden ngemuva kwempi ende futhi manje uyindodana ejwayelekile nenenempilo ethanda umfowabo. Nakuba uJaden edlule uGabriel ekuthuthukisweni kwengqondo, laba bobabili badlala ndawonye futhi bajabulela ukuba ndawonye. Izingane zami zibe yisisusa sami, futhi phakathi kobusuku obude obungenalala nezikhathi ezinzima lapho uGabriel egula, ngisabonga kakhulu ngosuku ngalunye esinalo naye.

Ukuphila nesifo i-Holoprosencephaly

Ukuphila noGabriel sekuyindlela YETHU yokuphila, azikho izincwadi, azikho iziqondiso, izincwadi zezokwelapha zonke zithi izingane ezine-HPE ziningi zifa noma "ziyizilimo", KODWA kuphela ngeqembu lokusekela lamazwe ngamazwe elinabazali be-HPE abangakholakali ukuze basiqondise futhi basinikeze iseluleko ohambweni lwethu olube usindiso lwethu. Okungenani ithimba lethu lezokwelapha lisilalela, futhi liyasibuza ukuthi senzenjani kwezinye izimo noGabriel futhi liyamukela ngisho iseluleko seqembu lokusekela, njengoba singabazali abanolwazi olungcono ngempilo yansuku zonke nge-HPE kunabachwepheshe. Sifundile ukuthi uGabriel akakona ukugula kwakhe futhi sizama ukungagxili kakhulu kukho. UGABRIEL uGabriel, futhi lolo uthando olumsulwa olumsulwa. Akukhathaleki ukuthi uGabriel akakwazi ukukwenza. Okubalulekile ukuthi siphiwe le ngane ekhethekile nokuthi unempilo ejabulisayo nenelisayo. Kulula kanjalo...

Ukuhamba phambili....

UGabriel uzobe eneminyaka engu-13 ngenyanga ezayo. Ubudala esasingakaze sicabange ukuthi uzobufinyelela. Ingane yami enkulu manje isingaphezu kuka-60kg futhi ingu-1.6m ubude. Usagqoke amanapukeni, usasiphuzela ebhodleleni lengane elinamanzi agcwele, usadinga ukuphakelwa ngesandla, usengamancane eminyaka engu-1 kuphela ngokwengqondo KODWA usengumfana ojabulayo kunabo bonke engibazi. Naphezu kwazo zonke izinselelo zansuku zonke nezinkinga zezokwelapha esikade sibhekana nazo noGabriel eminyakeni edlule, usengukukhanya ezimpilweni zethu futhi usilethela injabulo enkulu kunalokho esingacabanga. Lo mfana okhethekile uthinte izimpilo zabaningi, engazi futhi engenamagama, usebenguthisha omkhulu kubaningi, efundisa okubalulekile empilweni ngendlela elula. BUKA LESI SIKHATHI ukuze uthole okwengeziwe.... Imikhosi EMKHULU ngoFebhuwari 2015 yokugubha isimangaliso nesigameko sosuku lokuzalwa lukaGabriel lwe-13 kanye ne-Barmitzvah yomoya ukuze amamukele ebudaleni bakhe bezenkolo njengoGabriel Cohen, ingane yami eyisimangaliso!
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Febhuwari-Mashi 2015:
UGabriel waba nomkhosi omuhle futhi onomoya we-Barmitzvah owathinta umphakathi wonke. Sabelana ngomkhosi wethu nomndeni wethu nabangane abaseduze ngokuxhasa i-Brocha (isidlo) ngeSabatha eShul (esinagoge) yethu eyajatshulelwa yibo bonke. U-Ivor nami sazizwa siziqhenya kakhulu ngensizwa yethu, ukuthi isihambe ibanga elingakanani nokuthi nathi sesihambe ibanga elingakanani, kokubili ngokwengqondo nangokomoya ohambweni lwethu noGabriel. Sibusisekile kakhulu ukuba noGabriel ezimpilweni zethu futhi siyayazisa yonke imini esinayo naye.

Ukwesaba kwethu okukhulu kwenzeka

NgoZibandlela 2018, lolo suku olwesabekayo esihlala silwazi ukuthi luyofika futhi esingalokothi silukhulume lwafika. NgoLwesihlanu zingama-28 kuZibandlela, uGabriel wawa futhi wayeka ukuphefumula. Awekho amagama angachaza imizwa ngalesi sikhathi. Ubaba kaGabriel u-Ivor akazange anganqikazi ngisho nomzuzwana futhi waqala ukumenza i-CPR ngenkathi silinde i-ambulensi ifika. UGABRIEL wafakwa kumshini wokuphefumula izinsuku ezimbalwa futhi odokotela ababazi ukuthi uzosinda yini. Ngaphinde, ingane yami, isimangaliso sami, yahlala igcizelela ukuthi odokotela baphosise futhi yaqala ukuphefumula yodwa ngemuva kwezinsuku ezimbalwa. Kwaba se-ICU amasonto amabili, amasonto amabili amade kakhulu futhi akhathazayo. Kuthathe izinyanga ezingu-7 ukuba uGabriel abuyele esimweni sakhe esijabulisayo esinomamatheko kodwa sibonga kakhulu ukuthi usephuluke ngokuphelele ngaphandle kokulimala okungapheli ngokusho kwethu.
UGabriel wathatha izinyanga ezingaphezu kwezingu-12 ukuze aphulukane nokuwa kwakhe ngo-2018. Siyabonga kakhulu ukuthi uphulukile ngokuphelele futhi usebuyele esimweni sakhe esijabulisayo esinomamatheko. NgoNovemba 2020, uGabriel wenza kahle futhi usilethela injabulo enkulu. Unobude obuphakeme obungama-5.9 futhi unobunzima obungama-82kg futhi uyintombazane ejabulayo. Useneminyaka engu-12-18 engqondweni kodwa ungumuntu ojabulayo esiwaziyo. 
Gabriel Cohen

Bese kufika i-Covid..

NgoJulayi 2021, ngemuva kokuba kude nabantu futhi uqaphele kakhulu isikhathi esingaphezu kwezinyanga eziyi-18, i-Covid yangena ekhaya lethu. UGABRIEL wagula kakhulu ngokushesha futhi wagcina esebenzisa umshini wokuphefumula isikhathi esingaphezu kwamasonto ama-5. Sakhetha ukungamngenisi esibhedlela ngaleso sikhathi ngenxa yezizathu eziningi. Okokuqala wayezofanele ahambe yedwa ngaphandle kwami ​​egunjini le-Covid futhi okwesibili sasiphakathi nesikhathi sesithathu sokugula, futhi izibhedlela zazigcwele iziguli ze-covid. Kwakuyisikhathi esesabekayo njengoba odokotela babengacabangi ukuthi uGabriel uzosinda ku-Covid futhi basitshela ukuba silungiselele okubi kakhulu. Saguqula igumbi lethu lokulala elikhulu laba "igumbi lesibhedlela" ngawo wonke amathuluzi esasidinga, futhi sibonga kakhulu uhlelo lwe-Hatzolah Covid, luthumela abahlengikazi ekhaya lethu nsuku zonke amasonto ayi-7 ukuze bahlole uGabriel futhi baqinisekise ukuthi ulungile, lisisebenzisa kulesi sikhathi esinzima kakhulu. Njengakho konke, uGabriel wasikhombisa ukuthi ungumlweli onjani! Siyabonga kakhulu ukuthi uphulukile ngokuphelele futhi usebuyele esimweni sakhe esijabulisayo. 
Ngo-2023, uGabriel waba neminyaka engu-21 ubudala. Isimangaliso sethu siyaqhubeka sisinika uthando nenjabulo enkulu nsuku zonke. Ngomhla ka-18 Novemba 2023, ukuhlukunyezwa kwethu kwaqala lapho uGabriel etholakala enesifo i-slipped disc L2-L3 kanye ne-cauda equina syndrome, esithinta ukuhamba kwakhe kanye nomsebenzi wesinye namathumbu akhe. Wenza ukuhlinzwa okuphuthumayo ngalobo busuku, futhi ngemuva kokuhlinzwa okunzima kwamahora angu-6, wangena e-ICU. Safika ekhaya ngalowo Lwesihlanu, cishe ngemuva kwesonto elilodwa ngemuva kokuhlinzwa, besaba ukuthi yini elandelayo ngezinkinga zikaGabriel zokwelashwa. Futhi ngeSonto ekuseni, i-sats yakhe yaqala ukwehla futhi kwadingeka aye esibhedlela nge-ambulensi, etholakala enesifo i-double pneumonia. Cishe samlahlekela umfana wethu ngalobo busuku njengoba umoya wakhe wavala, futhi sacabanga ukuthi sekuphelile. Ngemuva kwamasonto amabili e-ICU, ukwelashwa okukhulu, ishubhu lokudla kanye nezinkinga eziningi zezokwelapha ezavinjelwa, ekugcineni waphulukile futhi wafika ekhaya. 
Manje, ngomhla ka-1 kuJanuwari 2024, ukuphulukana kwakhe kungcono kunalokho esasilindele, umsebenzi omningi kodwa umfana wethu omuhle ojabulayo uyaqala ukuba yizicubu zakhe futhi usikhombisa ukuthi unamandla kangakanani nsuku zonke. Sinohambo olude olulinde thina futhi lokuphulukana, kodwa anginakuphikisa ukuthi umlweli wami uzokwenza odokotela baphosise futhi azoqhubeka ekhombisa intuthuko nsuku zonke. 
Futhi impilo iyaqhubeka .....