I-Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy (DMD) sisifo esinqabileyo se-muscular degenerative esichaphazela i-16 kwi-100,000 yabantwana ngonyaka. Ibonakala ngobuthakathaka bemisipha kunye namathambo obunzima ngokuhamba kwexesha kwaye kwenzeka kakhulu kumakhwenkwe.
Okulusizi kukuba, alukho unyango lwe-DMD, nangona kunjalo, kukho unyango lokunceda kwiimpawu zesi sifo njengemiba yentliziyo nemiphunga kunye nesidingo sesitulo esinamavili. Uninzi lwamakhwenkwe aselula afunyaniswa ene-DMD aphila iminyaka emalunga nama-27.
Umsunguli we IJAR yeThemba, UJames Raffone, unonyana, uJames Anthony, one-DMD, kwaye wadala lo mbutho ukuze akhulise ulwazi kunye nokuqokelela iminikelo ukuze ngelinye ilanga bafumane unyango. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uRaffone ugqibe iminyhadala efana nokwenza amawaka ee-pushups kunye nokubaleka amawaka eekhilomitha ukunyusa imali, kodwa amaxesha ayatshintsha.
Kuya kusiba nzima ukwenza abantu babe negalelo – bebedinga into enkulu.
Yiyo loo nto lo tata ethatha inyathelo elikhulu ngakumbi ukuzisa i-DMD ezingqondweni zabantu kwaye ngethemba kwaye ekugqibeleni izipaji zabo ngokunyuka iNtaba i-Everest. Uya kubhekisa eKathmandu kunye nabalingane bakhe uMatthew Scarfo kunye noDillon Doeden ekupheleni kuka-Epreli.
Baza kuhlangana kunye nezinye iintsapho ezinoonyana abaneDuchenne Muscular Dystrophy. E-Kathmandu iyodwa, i-DMD ithathe ubomi babantwana abangama-70 kule minyaka ili-15 idlulileyo, kwaye ezi ntsapho zinomdla wokwabelana ngazo naziphi na izibonelelo ezinazo kunye nolwazi malunga nonyango lwe-DMD. Emva kwentlanganiso yeentsapho, uhambo olunzima luya kuqala.
U-Raffone, u-Doeden, kunye no-Scarfo baya kuqalisa uhambo lweentsuku ze-12 oluya kubathatha ukusuka kwinkampu yabo yaseMt. Everest ukuya kwindawo ephakamileyo ye-17,598 yeenyawo. Injongo kukunyusa i-750,000 yeedola eziya kuphanda ichiza elitsha lonyango lwe-DMD. Ulingo lwezonyango kwiYunivesithi yaseFlorida luxhaswa ngemali zizigulana apho imali eqokelelweyo iya kuthi ifikelele kwi-1.5 yezigidi zeerandi efunekayo ukuze kuqhutywe ulingo lwezonyango lwezigulana ezili-12.
Umseki we-JAR weThemba wakhetha i-Mt. Everest ngezizathu ezi-2. Enye, babefuna into enkulu ukuze baqokelele isixa esikhulu semali, yaye ababini, bafuna ukunika imbeko abantwana ababengenakuze babe nethemba lokunyuka intaba enkulu.
Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uRaffone kunye nombutho wakhe baqokelele kufutshane ne-9 yezigidi zeedola eziye kunceda iintsapho kunye nophando.
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INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Umsunguli we-JAR yeThemba, uJames Raffone, unonyana, uJames Anthony, ono-DMD, kwaye wadala lo mbutho ukuphakamisa ulwazi kunye nokuqokelela iminikelo ukuze ngelinye ilanga bafumane unyango.
- Enye, babefuna into enkulu ukuze baqokelele isixa esikhulu semali, yaye ababini, bafuna ukunika imbeko abantwana ababengenakuze babe nethemba lokunyuka intaba enkulu.
- Okulusizi kukuba, alukho unyango lwe-DMD, nangona kunjalo, kukho unyango lokunceda kwiimpawu zesi sifo njengemiba yentliziyo nemiphunga kunye nesidingo sesitulo esinamavili.
