Sei Victoria Arlen Aizvida Kubva Mukufa Mitezo Kuti Aite Paralympian

Zvemukati

• Kukurumidza Kuchinja, Kurwara Kunoshamisa
• Kuzvidza Maitiro uye MaDhokotera Ake
• Kuwanazve Simba Rake
• Kusundira iyo Miganhu
• Wagadzirira Kumhanya
• Tichitarisa kune Ramangwana
• Ongororo ye

Kwemakore mana akareba, Victoria Arlen aisakwanisa kufamba, kutaura, kana kufambisa tsandanyama mumuviri wake. Asi, asingazive kune avo vaive vakamukomberedza, aigona kunzwa nekufunga - uye nazvo, aigona kutarisira. Kushandisa tariro iyoyo ndiko kwakazomupinza mumatambudziko aiita seasingakundike uye kuwanazve hutano nehupenyu hwake.

Kukurumidza Kuchinja, Kurwara Kunoshamisa

Muna 2006, pamakore gumi nerimwe chete, Arlen akabata musanganiswa zvisingawanzoitika weiyo transversion myelitis, chirwere chinokonzera kuzvimba kwemuzongoza, uye encephalomyelitis (ADEM) inopararira zvakanyanya, kurwisa kwehuropi uye musana - musanganiswa weizvi mamiriro maviri anogona kuuraya kana akasiyiwa asina kutariswa.

Nehurombo, hazvina kuzopera makore mushure mekunge atanga kurwara apo Arlen akazowana kuongororwa uku. Kunonoka kwaizochinja mararamiro ake zvachose. (Yakabatana: Vanachiremba Vakaregeredza Zviratidzo Zvangu Kwemakore Matatu Ndisati Ndazivikanwa neStage 4 Lymphoma)

Izvo zvakatanga sekurwadziwa padhuze nemusana wake nerutivi zvakakura kuva zvinotyisa kurwadziwa nemudumbu, pakupedzisira zvichitungamira kune appendectomy. Asi pashure pokuvhiyiwa ikoko, utano hwake hwakaramba huchiipa. Zvadaro, Arlen anoti imwe yetsoka dzake yakatanga kuita zinyekenyeke nekukweva, ndokuzotadza kunzwa nekushanda mumakumbo ese. Nenguva isipi, akanga akarara muchipatara. Akarasika zvishoma nezvishoma kushanda mumaoko nemaoko, pamwe nekukwanisa kumedza zvakanaka. Ainetseka kuwana mazwi kana achida kutaura. Uye panguva iyoyo, mwedzi mitatu chete kubva pakatanga zviratidzo zvake, iye anoti "zvese zvakasviba."

Arlen akapedza makore mana akatevera akaoma mutezo uye mune izvo iye navanachiremba vake vakadana se "nyika yezvirimwa" - vasingakwanise kudya, kutaura, kana kana kusimudzira tsandanyama kumeso kwake. Akange akavharirwa mukati memuviri waaisakwanisa kufamba, nezwi raakange asingakwanise kushandisa. (Zvakakosha kuziva kuti nzanga yezvekurapa yabva kure nezwi rekuti vegetative state nekuda kwezvinganzi nevamwe ishoko rekushomeka, vachisarudza kusapindura kumuka kwechirwere.)

Mumwe nemumwe chiremba vabereki vaArlen vakabvunzwa vakapa zvishoma kushaya tariro kumhuri. “Ndakatanga kunzwa nhaurirano dzandakanga ndisiri kuzodziita kana kuti ndaizogara zvakadai kwoupenyu hwangu hwose,” anodaro Arlen. (Yakabatana: Ini Ndakaonekwa Ndine Chirwere Pasina Kunyange Kuziva Ini Ndanga Ndichigwinha)

Kunyangwe pasina aiziva, Arlen aigona kuzvinzwa zvese - anga achiripo, aisakwanisa kutaura kana kufamba. “Ndakaedza kuridza mhere kuti ndibatsirwe ndichitaura nevanhu ndofamba ndichimuka, hapana aindipindura,” anodaro. Arlen anotsanangura chiitiko ichi se "chakavharirwa mukati" huropi nemuviri wake; aiziva kuti chimwe chinhu chakange chisina kumira zvakanaka, asi hapana chaaigona kuita nezvazvo.

Kuzvidza Maitiro uye MaDhokotera Ake

Asi zvichipesana nekusawirirana uye nekufungidzira kwese kusina tariro kwenyanzvi, Arlen akatarisana naamai vake muna Zvita 2009 - kufamba kwaizoratidza rwendo rwake rwekupora. (Kare, paakavhura maziso ake vaizove nemhando yekutarisa isina chinhu.)

Kudzoka uku kwakanga kusiri kupfupi kune chishamiso chekurapa: Pachake, kupora zvachose kubva kune transverse myelitis hakugoneke kana kufambira mberi kwakanaka kusingaitwe mukati memwedzi mitatu kusvika kumitanhatu yekutanga, uye kukurumidza kukurumidza kwezviratidzo (sezvakaitika Arlen) kunongopedza simba izvo. kufungidzira, maererano neNational Institutes of Health (NIH). Zvakare, aive achiri kurwisa AEDM futi, iyo inokwanisa kukonzeresa "hunyoro kusvika pakuenzanisa kukanganiswa kweupenyu hwese" mune zvakakomba zviitiko zvakaita saArlen's.

"Nyanzvi dzangu [dzazvino] dzakati, 'uri kurarama sei? Vanhu havabudi pane izvi!'" Anodaro.

Kunyangwe paakatanga kudzoreredza kufamba - akagara, achidya ega - iye achiri kuda wiricheya yehupenyu hwezuva nezuva uye vanachiremba vaive vasina chokwadi kuti achazombokwanisa kufamba zvakare.

Arlen achiri mupenyu uye akamuka, dambudziko racho rakasiya muviri wake nepfungwa zvine mhedzisiro inogara. Kukuvadza kwakakomba kuhuropi hwake uye musana wemutsipa zvaireva kuti Arlen anga asisiri akaoma mutezo asi aisakwanisa kunzwa chero kufamba mukati memakumbo ake, zvichiita kuti zvive zvakaoma kutumira masaini kubva kuhuropi hwake kuenda kumakumbo ake kutanga chiitiko. (Zvakafanana: Kuva Nechirwere Chinorwadza Kwakandidzidzisa Kutenda Muviri Wangu)

Kuwanazve Simba Rake

Kukura pamwe nevanun'una vatatu uye mhuri yemitambo, Arlen aifarira zvemitambo - kunyanya kushambira, yaive nguva yake "yakakosha" naamai vake (anofarira kushambira iye). Pazera ramakore mashanu, akatoudza amai vake kuti aizohwina menduru yegoridhe rimwe zuva. Saka pasinei nezvaakanga asingakwanisi kuita, Arlen anoti ainyanya kufunga nezvezvaari aigona ita nemuviri wake, uye nekurudziro yemhuri yake, akatanga kushambira zvakare mu2010.

Izvo zvakatanga senzira yekurapa kwemuviri, zvakadzora rudo rwake rwemutambo. Akange asiri kufamba asi aigona kushambira - uye zvakanaka. Saka Arlen akatanga kukoshesa kushambira kwake gore rakatevera racho. Nguva pfupi yapfuura, nekuda kwekudzidziswa uku kwakazvipira, akakwanisa kumitambo yeLondon Paralympic ya2012.

Akaona kutsunga kwese uye kushanda nesimba kuchiratidza paakashambira Chikwata cheUSA ndokuhwina menduru dzesirivha nhatu - pamusoro pekutora goridhe mumakwikwi e100-metres freestyle.

Kusundira iyo Miganhu

Mushure mezvo, Arlen akange asina hurongwa hwekungosungirira menduru dzake nekuzorora. Akange ashanda neProject Walk, nzvimbo yekupora mitezo iri muCarlsbad, CA, panguva yaakapora, uye anoti akanzwa rombo rakanaka kuwana rutsigiro rwavo rwehunyanzvi. Aida kudzorera neimwe nzira uye kuwana chinangwa mukurwadziwa kwake. Nekudaro, muna 2014, iye nemhuri yake vakavhura chirongwa cheProjekti Yekufamba muBoston kwaaigona kuramba achidzidzisa nekupawo nzvimbo yekumutsiridza yekufambisa kune vamwe vaiida.

Zvino, panguva yekudzidzira gore rinotevera, zvisingatarisirwi zvakaitika: Arlen akanzwa chimwe chinhu mumakumbo ake. Yakanga iri mhasuru, uye aigona kuinzwa "kubatidza," anotsanangura - chimwe chinhu chaakange asati anzwa kubvira asati aoma mitezo. Nekuda kwekuenderera kwake kuzvipira mukurapa kwemuviri, kufamba kwemhasuru kumwe kwakava chisungo, uye pakazosvika Kukadzi 2016, Arlen akaita izvo zvisina kumbobvira zvafungwa nanachiremba: Akatora nhanho. Mwedzi mishoma gare gare, aifamba akasunga makumbo asina madondoro, uye uya 2017, Arlen aibata gava sekumukwikwidza pa Kutamba neNyeredzi.

Wagadzirira Kumhanya

Kunyangwe neese akahwina pasi pebhandi rake, akawedzera kumwe kukunda kuhodhi rekodhi rake: Arlen akamhanya iyo Walt Disney World 5K muna Ndira 2020 - chimwe chinhu chaiita senge chiroto chepombi paakange akarara asingafambe mumubhedha wechipatara anopfuura gumi chete. makore pamberi. (Zvakaenderana: Matorero andakazopedzisira ndaita kuHalf Marathon - uye Ndakazvibatanidza Ini Pachangu Mukuita)

"Paunogara muwiricheya kwemakore gumi, unodzidza kuda kumhanya!" anoti. Dzimwe tsandanyama dzemuzasi memuviri wake dzave kusimuka uye kushanda (chaizvoizvo) nekuda kwemakore ekudzidziswa neProject Walk, asi pachine kufambira mberi kunofanira kuitwa nemamwe mamhasuru madiki, anodzikamisa muzviziso zvake netsoka, anotsanangura.

Tichitarisa kune Ramangwana

Nhasi, Arlen ndiye muridzi we American Ninja Warrior Junior uye mutori wenhau wenguva dzose weESPN. Iye munyori akadhindwa - verenga bhuku rake Yakavharirwa mukati: Kuda Kupona uye Kugadzirisa Kurarama (Buy It, $ 16, bookshop.org) - uye muvambi weVictoria's Victory, hwaro hwakanangana nekubatsira vamwe "nematambudziko ekufambisa nekuda kwekukuvara kwehupenyu kana kuongororwa," nekupa vadzidzi mari yekudzosa zvinodiwa, maererano newebsite yenheyo.

"Rutendo ndirwo rwakaita kuti ndirambe ndichienderera kwemakore mazhinji zvinhu pazvainge zvisiri kunditsigira," anodaro Arlen. "Idi rokuti ndinogona kukwenya mhino yangu chishamiso. Pandakanga ndakavharirwa [mumuviri wangu], ndinoyeuka ndichifunga kuti 'Dai ndaigona kungokwenya mhino dzangu rimwe zuva icho chingava chinhu chikurusa munyika!'" Zvino, anoudza vanhu vari kusangana nenguva yakaoma, kuti "mirai uye kukwenya mhino dzenyu" senzira yekuenzanisira kuti kufamba kwakapfava kwakadaro kunogona kutorwa sei.

Anoti zvakare ane chikwereti chikuru kumhuri yake. “Havana kumbokanda mapfumo pasi pamusoro pangu,” anodaro. Kunyange apo vanachiremba vakamuudza kuti akanga arasika, mhuri yake haina kumborasa tariro. "Vakandisundidzira. Vakatenda mandiri."

Kunyangwe zvese zvaakasangana nazvo, Arlen anoti hapana chaaizochinja. "Zvese zvinoitika nechikonzero," anodaro. "Ndakwanisa kushandura nhamo iyi kuva chinhu chinokunda nekubatsira vamwe munzira."

Ongororo ye