Niam Loses tub, Carries ib daim ntawm nws nrog nws

Nyob rau hauv lub peb hlis ntuj xyoo 2019, Laurie Mahoney tore nws ACL/MCL tom qab ib skiing sib tsoo thiab yog hais tias qhov kev xaiv xwb rau ib daim ntawv qhia txog kev rov qab yuav muab hlais tawm lawm. Rau ib tug neeg ua active thiab energetic li Laurie, qhov no yog xov xwm nyuaj rau hnov, tab sis Laurie thiab nws tsev neeg muaj tej ib tug deb dua qee xwb ob xyoos ua ntej.

Rau lub Xya hli ntuj 19, 2017, Laurie lub ntiaj teb no yog tawg lawm thaum nws tus tub, Ryan, mam li nco dheev thiab tragically kis tseg thaum muaj hnub nyoog 34. Ryan yog ib tug neeg uas thaum koj ntsib, koj yuav tsis nco qab txog. Nws muaj ib lub plawv kub, tus kab mob luag thiab yog hlub los ntawm tag nrho. Ryan yog ib qho avid thiab tuav hockey neeg uas ua ntawv, uas yog xub nkag tau rau cov kev ua si nawv thaum nws nyuam qhuav muaj 5 xyoos thiab ua si mus txog rau thaum nws kis. Ryan lub hom phiaj nyob rau hauv lub neej yog kom paub tseeb tias sawv daws muaj tib yam rau cov kev ua si nawv nws hlub los pub nws siv hockey khoom rau cov neeg xav tau thiab arranging rau scholarship nyiaj pab offset nqi rau lwm tus. 

Cov ray me me ntawm vam cia rau Laurie thiab tsev neeg tom qab nws kis tau nws qhov kev txiav txim siab los pab lwm tus los ntawm donation. Laurie txiav ntaqwm lub caij xyoo dhau los thaum Ryan ua qhov kev txiav txim siab mus sau npe ua ib tug hloov: "Kuv muab Ryan tau nws tsav tsheb daim ntawv tso cai thaum muaj hnub nyoog 16 xyoo. Thaum nws tau sau cov ntaub ntawv, nws ntsia kuv thiab nug kuv seb nws meant yuav tsum muaj ib tug pub. Kuv piav rau nws tias nws yuav txhais hais tias nyob rau hauv rooj plaub ntawm nws tuag, lwm tus yuav tau txais nws lub txiv kab ntxwv, ob lub qhov muag thiab/los yog cov nqaij mos. Nws yeej tsis txawm hesitate thiab teb, 'Kuv xav ua ntawd Niam.' Uas yog Ryan, ib txwm xav txog lwm tus."

Tom qab nws tuag, Ryan twb tau txuag thiab kho lwm tus los ntawm cov ntaub so ntswg donation. Nws yog ntawm no qhov twg Ryan txojsia thiab Laurie yavtom ntej phais yuav intersect.

Tsis zoo xwb yog Laurie hais tias phais yog nws tsuas xaiv rov qab tom qab nws ski sib tsoo, nws twb tseem qhia tias phais yuav cia tau txais ntaub so ntswg los ntawm ib tug tuag lawm. Raws li tau txais ntawd xov xwm, Laurie hais tias, "Kuv tam sim ntawd xav ryan thiab cov Disease fact tias nws yog ib daim ntaub so ntswg. Kuv nco ntsoov xav tias muaj ib lub sij hawm me me nws cov ntaub so ntswg yuav muaj; Kuv muaj ib tug overwhelming lawm los nug."

Los ntawm Laurie txoj kev txiav txim thiab cov kev siv zog ntawm American Tissue Services Foundation (ATSF) thiab Medtronic, tsis zoo xwb yog Ryan cov ntaub so ntswg ua rau Laurie, nws yuav yog tus thawj heev neeg tau txais kev pab ntawm nws khoom plig!

Ua ntej phais, Laurie twb tsis tau mus kev tsis muaj cov kev pab ntawm crutches los yog yamntxwv, nws tsis tau tsav thiab xav tau tsev neeg thiab cov phooj ywg pab nws nrog txhua hnub ua hauj lwm. Hnub no, ncej-phais, Laurie yog taug kev mob-dawb, biking 20 mais, thiab nrhiav lwm tus rau pem hauv ntej los tsoo cov slopes dua. Laurie shares, "Kuv yuav nqa ib feem ntawm Ryan nrog kuv lub neej thiab uas nws kuj yog ib tug loj loj comfort rau kuv – cov nyiaj lining hauv no txaus ntshai qee. Ryan yuav nyob nrog kuv ib si, ua ke peb yuav tsum yog ib!"

Laurie yog tam sim no ib tug LifeSource Donate lub neej Ambassador thiab shares Ryan txojsia thiab qhov tseem ceeb ntawm donation nrog lwm tus. Laurie vam inspire ntau tus neeg sau npe ua ib tug pub thiab txuag thiab zoo lub neej, raws li nws tus tub healed nws.