Yelena, yav dhau los Pacific Clinics niam txiv cov peev txheej, tau hais tias nws ib txwm ua npau suav txog kev yuav tus menyuam.
Thaum muaj 19 xyoos, nws ntsib nws tus txiv yav tom ntej, John, uas qhia nws txoj kev npau suav.
Raws li ib tug me nyuam, John raug tso tseg los ntawm ob qho tib si nws tus kheej thiab cov niam txiv saws thiab xav pab cov neeg muaj xwm txheej zoo sib xws.
Yelena hais tias "Nws tsis zoo li qub thaum ntawd," “Tom qab nws kawm tiav los ntawm nws pab pawg hauv tsev, yog li ntawd. Lawv zoo li, 'muaj lub neej zoo.'”
Yelena thiab John txoj kev mus rau thiab dhau los ntawm kev txhawb nqa thiab kev saws me nyuam tau peppered nrog kev poob thiab kev cov nyom, tab sis feem ntau muaj kev xyiv fab.
Nws pib thaum lawv txhawb nqa lawv thawj tus menyuam, tus menyuam mos yug tshiab uas tau mob opioids. Tom qab tsib lub hlis ntawm kev nyuaj hmo ntuj thiab kev saib xyuas ib puag ncig, tus menyuam tau rov qab los nrog nws niam yug.
“Nws yog ib lub sijhawm nyuaj tshaj plaws rau peb. Koj xav tias qhov no yog koj tus menyuam. Koj nrog nws nyob, saib xyuas nws, thiab [tus niam yug menyuam] pom nws ib mus rau peb teev hauv ib lub lis piam. Qhov ntawd yog qhov nyuaj los ua raws li. "
Yelena pom muaj zog hauv nws txoj kev ntseeg thiab kev ntseeg tias nws lub hwj chim siab dua muaj txoj kev npaj.
“Qhov ntawd yog qhov ua rau peb muaj kev cia siab. Tias Vajtswv yuav coj lwm tus los rau peb. "
Ib xyoos tom qab ntawd, William, tus tshiab tshaj ntxiv rau lawv tsev neeg thiab tsis ntev los no tau saws tus tub, tau yug los. Nws, ib yam nkaus, tau yug los rau yeeb tshuaj thiab muaj teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv, suav nrog kev kuaj mob Down Syndrome. Nws lees txim, ua ntej William, nws tsis xav tias nws tuaj yeem loj hlob tus menyuam uas muaj teeb meem loj hlob. "Kuv - thiab yuav luag txhua tus - hais lossis xav tias nws yuav nyuaj dhau."
Tab sis qhov tseeb yog wildly txawv.
"Thaum peb mus ntsib nws hauv tsev kho mob, peb zoo li, 'qhov no yog peb tus menyuam.'"
Qhov kev paub ntawm kev ua niam txiv rau William (uas tam sim no muaj 2 xyoos) qhib John thiab Yelena lub qhov muag - thiab lawv lub ntiaj teb.
“Peb lub neej tau hloov pauv. Thiab nws tau hloov txhua tus neeg hauv peb tsev neeg, ib yam nkaus - txawm tias cov neeg ua haujlwm. Nws yog tus cutest, sweetest, tus menyuam ntxim hlub tshaj plaws nyob rau hauv tag nrho lub ntiaj teb no. Nws coj kev xyiv fab heev rau lub ntiaj teb no. "
William tus tij laug uas muaj 14 xyoos Yausua, uas yog tus saws, hlub nws, zoo li nws cov kwv tij thiab cov neeg nyob ze.
“Tib neeg tsuas hlub nws. Nws yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws uas tuaj yeem tshwm sim rau peb. "
Koj tsis tas yuav muaj "lub siab tshwj xeeb" los txhawb lossis txais yuav, nws hais.
“Yog tias koj pom tus menyuam mos, tsis muaj kev pab ntawm txoj kev, koj puas xav tau lub siab tshwj xeeb los tos nws? Tsis yog, koj tsuas yog yuav tsum ua tib neeg zoo. "
Yelena thiab Yauxej tsev neeg tau raug hu ua Family of the Year hauv 2022 los ntawm Standford Sierra Cov Hluas thiab Tsev Neeg rau kev mus rau saum toj thiab dhau ntawm lawv txoj kev mob siab rau ua niam txiv saws rau lawv tsev neeg thiab zej zog.
Peb tab tom nrhiav cov tsev neeg muaj peev txheej tshiab uas tuaj yeem muab qhov chaw ruaj khov, kev txhawb nqa rau cov tub ntxhais hluas hauv txoj kev tu me nyuam kom lawv ua tiav hauv tsev kawm ntawv, hauv tsev thiab hauv lawv lub zej zog. Xav paub ntau ntxiv.
