Abagijimi BePro Bakhombisa Uthando kuGabriele Grunewald Ngaphambi kokuthi "Anyukele Ezulwini" Phakathi Nempi Yomdlavuza

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UGabriele "Gabe" Grunewald uchithe iminyaka eyishumi eyedlule elwa nomdlavuza. NgoLwesibili, umyeni wakhe u-Justin wabelane ngokuthi ushone ethokomele emzini wabo.

"Ngo-7: 52 ngithe 'angisakwazi ukulinda ngize ngikubone futhi' kwiqhawe lami, umngani wami omkhulu, ugqozi lwami, umkami," kubhala uJustin ku-Instagram. "[Gabe] Ngangihlale ngizizwa njengoRobin kuBatman wakho futhi ngiyazi ukuthi ngeke ngikwazi ukugcwalisa lesi sikhala senhliziyo yami noma ukugcwalisa izicathulo ozishiyile. Umndeni wakho uyakuthanda kakhulu njengabangane bakho."

Ngasekuqaleni kwesonto, uJustin ubememezele ukuthi unkosikazi wakhe usegumbini labahlengikazi ngemuva kokuthi impilo yakhe isiqale kabi. "Kubuhlungu inhliziyo yami ukusho kodwa ngokuphazima kweso isimo sikaGabriele saba sibi kakhulu nokusebenza kwesibindi okuwohlokayo okubangela ukudideka. Ngokufuna ukumlimaza senze isinqumo esinzima sokumhambisa ukuze aduduze izinkathazo namhlanje ntambama," ebhala ku-Instagram.

Kubukeka sengathi isimo sikaGabe saba sibi kungazelelwe. Emuva ngoMeyi, wahlanganyela ku-Instagram ukuthi walaliswa esibhedlela enesifo futhi kuzodingeka "kwenziwe inqubo." Ngaleso sikhathi, impilo yakhe yayimvimbele ukuthi aye kwi-Brave Like Gabe 5K ebanjelwe ukumhlonipha.

Kwathi ngoLwesibili, umyeni kaGabe wakhuluma izindaba ezibuhlungu zokuthi udlulile emhlabeni.

"Ekupheleni kosuku abantu ngeke bakhumbule ukugijima kwama-PR noma amaqembu afanelekele," wabhala kokunye kokuthunyelwe kwakhe, "kodwa bazokhumbula leso sikhathi esinzima empilweni yabo lapho belahla ithemba kodwa bathola ugqozi entombazaneni engafuni ukunikela. "

Abagijimi abavela emhlabeni wonke beze ngaphambili ukuzokwabelana ngothando lwabo ngoGabe. Abaningi basebenzisa i-hashtag ethi #BraveLikeGabe ukuze bahloniphe.

"Ngicabanga ngani nobabili, nginifisela ukuthula nokunethezeka," kubhala uDes Linden owine iBoston Marathon kokunye kokuthunyelwe ngu-Justin ku-Instagram. "[Gabe], ngiyabonga ngokuba nguwe. Nobabili senikhombise abaningi ukuthi bangakwazisa kanjani nsuku zonke futhi niphile impilo ngokugcwele, hhayi ukuthatha isikhashana, ukuba nesibindi lapho sibhekene nobunzima, futhi okubaluleke kakhulu (kimi) ukuthi ungaba kanjani abantu abalungile ngempela emhlabeni, ngezinye izikhathi, ongazizwa unonya. Sicela wazi ukuthi umoya wakho kanye nefa lakho kuzoqhubeka nokuphila futhi kukhuthaze." (Related: Ukugijima Kwangisiza Ngamukela Ukuthi Nginomdlavuza Webele)

Umgijimi wama-Olimpiki uMolly Huddle ubuye wanikezela okuthunyelwe ku-Instagram kuGabe, ebhala: "Ungowesifazane oyiqhawe futhi uthinte izinhliziyo ezingenakubalwa. Kuyilungelo elikhulu ukungabelani nje kuphela ngomhlaba ogijimayo kodwa kulokhu emhlabeni nawe. Ngiyakubingelela ngayo yonke imigqa eshaywayo ethrekhi. "

Ngemva nje kokufunda ukuthi u-Gabe usesikhundleni sokunakekelwa kwabagulela ukufa, umsubathi we-Olympian amahlandla amabili, u-Kara Goucher wabhala ku-Twitter wathi: "Ngikuthanda kakhulu [Gabe]. Ngiyabonga ngokungibonisa ukuthi isibindi sibukeka kanjani. Ithande njalo indlela yakho. #bravelikegabe. "

Omunye umlandeli othumela uthando lwakhe ngowangaphambili Fixer Phezulu inkanyezi, uChip Gaines, uGabe amqeqeshele ukuqhuba isigamu sakhe semarathon sokuqala. "Siyakuthanda," ubhale kuTwitter, "Usishintshe unomphela, futhi uma siphinde sihlangana siyathembisa ukuba #BraveLikeGabe."

UGaines uphinde wahlonipha inkumbulo kaGabe ngokumemezela ukuthi ufanisa noma yimiphi iminikelo enikelwa eSibhedlela Sezingane Sokucwaninga Sezingane iSt. Jude nesisekelo sikaGabe, Onesibindi njengoGabe, phakathi kwamabili ngoLwesithathu.

Kulabo okungenzeka ukuthi abamazi uGabe, lo msubathi oneminyaka engu-32 ubudala wayengumgijimi webanga elide e-University of Minnesota ngo-2009 lapho etholwa okokuqala ukuthi une-adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), uhlobo lomdlavuza olungandile endlaleni yamathe. Ngemuva konyaka, watholakala enomdlavuza wegilo.

Ngaphandle kokwelashwa nokuhlinzwa, uGabe uqhubeke nokugijima waqeda endaweni yesine emjahweni wamamitha ayi-1,500 ezivivinyweni zama-Olimpiki zika-2012. Wagijima phambili emjahweni ofanayo ngemva konyaka. Ngo-2014, wawina isicoco sikazwelonke esingamamitha angu-3 000 wasendlini futhi waqhubeka nokugijima ngendlela efanele kuze kubuye i-ACC ngo-2016. Ngaleso sikhathi, odokotela babethole isimila esikhulu esaholela ekususweni kwamaphesenti angama-50 wesibindi sakhe, kwamshiya ne isibazi esikhulu esiswini sakhe asibonise ngokuziqhenya phakathi kweminye imijaho yakhe.

Kuwo wonke uhambo olubuhlungu lukaGabe, into eyodwa yahlala ingaguquki: uthando lwakhe lokugijima. "Asikho isikhathi lapho ngizizwa ngiqinile, ngiphilile futhi ngiphila kunangesikhathi ngigijima," esitshele phambilini. "Futhi yilokho okungisizile ukuthi ngihlale nginethemba futhi ngiqhubeke nokuzibekela imigomo kungakhathalekile konke ukwesaba enginakho empilweni yami. Kunoma ngubani osezicathulweni zami, noma ngabe ulwa nomdlavuza noma esinye isifo noma uhlangabezana nesikhathi esinzima empilweni yakho. , bambelela ezintweni ozithandayo. Kimi, kuyasebenza. Kuwe, kungahle kube ngenye into. Kodwa ukuzithanda kakhulu lezo zinkanuko yikhona okusenza sizizwe siphila — futhi lokho kufanele ngaso sonke isikhathi ukulwela. "

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