Thaum Everleigh nyuam qhuav muaj rau hnub, nws tsev neeg tau txais xov xwm tsis muaj leej niam leej txiv tau npaj rau-kev kuaj mob hnyav uas yuav tsum tau mus pw hauv tsev kho mob tam sim ntawd. Hauv nws thawj xyoo ntawm lub neej, Everleigh ntsib kaum lub tsev kho mob nyob, ntau tus kws tshaj lij mus ntsib, thiab muaj kev sib tw ntau tshaj qhov nws tsev neeg yuav xav txog.
Ntawm qhov tsis paub tseeb, ib qho tsis tu ncua coj kev nplij siab thiab kev cia siab: pab neeg mob siab rau ntawm Carolina Caring's Cardinal Kids program. Txij thaum pib, lawv tau muab kev saib xyuas tus neeg mob lub siab hlub tshua, koom tes nrog Everleigh cov kws kho mob tshwj xeeb thiab muab cov txheej txheem tseem ceeb ntawm kev sib raug zoo, kev xav, thiab kev txhawb nqa lub cev. Nyob nruab nrab ntawm kev mus ntsib tsev kho mob, kev saib xyuas hauv tsev, thiab kev xav tau ntawm lub neej txhua hnub, tsev neeg muaj ntau yam kev tswj hwm - tab sis lawv yeej tsis nyob ib leeg.
Ntawm nws thawj zaug nyob hauv tsev kho mob, tus kws kho mob tshwj xeeb hauv menyuam yaus tau qhia tsev neeg rau Beads of Courage® Program. Qhov kev pabcuam thoob ntiaj teb no, tsim los ntawm Dr. Jean Gribbon, tau pib ua ib txoj hauv kev muaj txiaj ntsig los txhawb cov menyuam yaus hauv tsev kho mob thaum lawv tawm tsam mob qog noj ntshav. Tam sim no, ntau dua nees nkaum xyoo tom qab, cov menyuam yaus zoo li Everleigh tau txais Beads of Courage los ntawm tsev kho mob lossis pab pawg saib xyuas tshwj xeeb uas hais txog tus menyuam mob hnyav. Txhua lub hlaws qhuas tus menyuam lub siab tawv thiab sawv cev rau ib kauj ruam hauv lawv txoj kev kho mob.
Thaum piv rau daim duab loj ntawm kev saib xyuas mob hnyav, ib txoj hlua ntawm cov hlaws yuav zoo li tsis tseem ceeb; tab sis rau cov neeg mob thiab tsev neeg ntawm qhov kev pab cuam Cardinal Kids, txhua lub hlaws yog lub cim ntawm kev hwm.
Everleigh niam hais tias "Thaum peb saib nws cov hlaws hlaws ntev dua, peb paub tias qhov no yog ib txoj hauv kev zoo rau kev xav txog nws txoj kev kho mob thiab qhia txog nws lub zog thoob plaws txhua qhov," Everleigh niam hais. "Everleigh yog tus ntxhais uas muaj zog tshaj plaws uas peb paub, thiab peb ua tsaug uas Beads of Courage tso cai rau peb sau thiab qhia nws lub zog rau lwm tus."
"Beads of Courage qhia zaj dab neeg ntawm tus menyuam qhov kev kuaj mob txij thaum pib-thiab taug qab txhua kauj ruam hauv nruab nrab," qhia Jennifer Long, LCSW, Social Worker & Beads of Courage Ambassador, Carolina Caring. Jennifer tau tawm tswv yim kom suav nrog qhov kev pabcuam zoo nkauj no ntawm peb cov kev pabcuam pabcuam uas twb muaj lawm rau cov neeg mob hauv tsev kho mob menyuam yaus. Nws lub zeem muag, ua ke nrog cov nyiaj pab dawb uas tau muab los ntawm Corning, Inc., tau pab nqa Beads of Courage® Program rau Cardinal Kids hauv 2023.
Txawm hais tias nws yog lub cim ntawm lub siab tawv thawj kauj ruam tom qab tus me nyuam qhov kev kuaj mob los yog ua kev zoo siab rau ib qho tseem ceeb ntawm tus kheej, Beads of Courage marks nco txog txoj hauv kev uas tuaj yeem hnov zoo li tus kheej thiab kho. Muaj cov hlaws dai rau kev tuaj xyuas los ntawm cov kws tshaj lij, cov kws saib xyuas neeg mob, cov kws qhia, cov neeg ua haujlwm sib raug zoo; hlaws dai kom hwm tus menyuam lub siab tawv thaum mus pw hauv tsev kho mob; thiab hlaws dai rau kev ua koob tsheej tshwj xeeb, xws li hnub yug thiab hnub so.
Jennifer hais tias "Thaum koj pom tag nrho cov hlaws hlaws npog ib tsev neeg lub phab ntsa, nws yooj yim dua kom paub txog qhov loj npaum li cas ntawm tus menyuam tau dhau los thaum lawv tswj lub neej nrog mob hnyav," Jennifer qhia.
Jennifer tus kheej kev sib txuas rau Beads of Courage los ntawm nws tus tub Zack, uas tau kuaj pom tias muaj Rhabdomyosarcoma thaum muaj hnub nyoog 15 xyoos xwb. Hom mob qog noj ntshav tsawg tsawg no, uas tshwm sim hauv cov nqaij mos thiab cov leeg nqaij, hloov Zack lub neej thaum hmo ntuj. Tsis yog siv nws cov kawm qib kaum ob thiab qib qis hauv tsev kawm theem siab ua si hauv pab pawg ntaus pob thiab npaj rau cov ntawv thov hauv tsev kawm qib siab, Zack tau nkag mus rau hauv lub ntiaj teb ntawm kev tshuaj ntsuam, kev phais, thiab kev mus pw hauv tsev kho mob. Nws plam tawm ntawm ntau yam tseem ceeb uas cov phooj ywg nws hnub nyoog sib koom.
Niaj hnub no, plaub xyoos tom qab nws kuaj mob, Zack yog ib tus neeg muaj mob qog noj ntshav txaus siab. Nws qhia tias Beads of Courage tau pab nws taug qab nws tus kheej txoj kev kho mob tseem ceeb—thiab pom tias txhua kauj ruam tau hloov nws mus rau hauv ib tug tub hluas uas muaj zog thiab muaj zog, uas txuas ntxiv txhawb cov neeg nyob ib puag ncig nws.
Nws hais tias "Kuv cov hlaws hlaws yog ib qho kev ceeb toom ntawm qhov kuv tau dhau los ntawm txhua theem ntawm kuv txoj kev mob qog noj ntshav," nws hais. "Thiab, qhov tseem ceeb tshaj, nws qhia tau tias kuv tau kov yeej dab tsi thiab lub zog uas kuv muaj nyob hauv kuv tus kheej."
Cov hlaws hlaws kuj yog ib feem ntawm kev xav thiab kev nyuaj siab ntawm tus kheej uas tsev neeg tau dhau los ntawm Zack txoj kev kho mob. Nws yog ib qho tseem ceeb ceeb toom tias kev raug mob tsis yog tshwm sim rau tus me nyuam xwb; nws cuam tshuam rau tag nrho tsev neeg. Thaum Jennifer, Zack, thiab tag nrho tsev neeg Long saib cov hlaws dai, lawv nco qab txog lub siab tawv uas lawv txhua tus yuav tsum hu thaum lub sij hawm nyuaj tshaj plaws ntawm lawv lub neej.
Kev lees paub qhov cuam tshuam loj heev uas muaj mob hnyav rau tag nrho tsev neeg, Jennifer thiab Pab Pawg Cardinal Kids tau txiav txim siab los tsim cov hauv kev rau cov kwv tij thiab cov muam ntawm cov neeg mob kom tau txais lawv tus kheej Beads of Courage.
Rau cov viv ncaus ntxaib Harper thiab Emma, cov hlaws no yog qhov muaj kev xyiv fab. Harper, tus neeg mob ntawm Cardinal Kids, tau yug los nrog cov kab mob tsis tshua muaj caj ces uas xav tau kev txhawb nqa tas mus li los ntawm nws pab neeg saib xyuas tsev kho mob thiab nws tsev neeg, suav nrog nws tus muam ntxim hlub Emma.
Txhua zaus nws tus neeg ua haujlwm hauv zej zog tuaj ntsib, Harper nyiam saib Emma hlua cov hlaws tshiab ntawm nws lub caj dab. Emma hlub pab Harper heev, pab neeg Cardinal Kids txiav txim siab muab Emma ib tug Beads of Courage® Sibling Program saw caj dab. Los ntawm kev muaj nws tus kheej tshwj xeeb ntawm cov hlaws dai, Emma tau nco ntsoov tias nws mob siab npaum li cas txog Harper thiab nws tus viv ncaus ua neej nyob li cas.
"Nws yog qhov tshwj xeeb uas Cardinal Kids muaj peev xwm suav nrog Emma hauv kev saib xyuas uas Harper tau txais," tus niam ntxaib hais. "Nws yog qhov txawv tshaj plaw uas cov kws ua yeeb yam siv lawv cov kev txawj ntse los tsim cov hlaws tshwj xeeb no. Tsuas yog cov hlaws tuaj yeem ua kom lub hnub ci ci rau menyuam yaus tom qab kev kho mob hnyav lossis pw hauv tsev kho mob; peb tsev neeg nyiam tias cov caj dab muab kev txhawb siab thiab kev cia siab rau cov menyuam yaus no."
Txhua txoj hlua qhia ib zaj dab neeg. Thiab txhua zaj dab neeg muaj lub ntsiab lus - tsis yog nyob rau lub sijhawm tam sim no, tab sis kuj yog thaum tus menyuam tsis nco qab.
"Thaum Jennifer thawj zaug qhia peb txog Beads of Courage® Program, kuv tsis paub tias nws yuav muaj txiaj ntsig li cas," Courtney niam ntawm Cardinal Kids tus neeg mob, Courtney hais. Courtney's Beads of Courage sau yog ib txoj hauv kev uas nws tsev neeg txuas ntxiv ua kev zoo siab rau nws lub neej thiab kev ua siab loj uas txhais tau tias.
Nws niam hais ntxiv tias "Tam sim no peb muaj ib yam dab tsi uas yuav tsum tau tuav hauv kev nco txog xyoo kawg ntawm Courtney lub neej," nws niam hais ntxiv. "Kuv tsuas yog xav kom peb tau qhia rau Beads of Courage ua ntej."
Qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov keeb kwm tseem ceeb rau tsev neeg ntawm Cardinal Kids tus neeg mob Gabriel. Tom qab Gabriel dhau mus thaum nws muaj rau xyoo, nws niam txiav txim siab los qhia txog keeb kwm ntawm nws lub neej los ntawm kev muab Beads of Courage rau cov phooj ywg thiab tsev neeg, cia lawv nqa ib daim ntawm Gabriel lub siab tawv.
Gabriel niam hais tias, "Kuv paub ntau tus neeg xav tias nws tsuas yog hlaws xwb," tab sis nws yog lub cim xeeb. Nws txhais tau ntau rau kuv vim nws tau pab kuv nkag siab txhua yam uas kuv tus tub yuav tsum tau hla thaum nws nyob hauv tsev kho mob.
Tib yam tuaj yeem muaj tseeb rau txhua tus menyuam hauv tsev kho mob. Cov hlaws ntawm Kev Ua Siab Loj yog ntau dua li lub cim—nws yog ib qho kev cog lus uas pom tau tias tsis muaj lub sijhawm tseem ceeb yuav mus tsis tau pom, tsis muaj kev ua siab loj yuav tsis lees paub, thiab tsis muaj tsev neeg yuav taug txoj kev no ib leeg.
Ua tsaug rau kev ua siab zoo ntawm cov neeg pub dawb thiab kev mob siab rau ntawm cov pab pawg saib xyuas Cardinal Kids, peb tuaj yeem ua kom txhua tus menyuam tau txais kev nkag mus rau lub tsev kho mob muaj siab hlub thiab kev saib xyuas tsis zoo uas lawv xav tau. Yog tias koj xav paub ntxiv txog cov kev pabcuam uas tau muab los ntawm Carolina Caring Cardinal Kids lossis yuav ua li cas txhawb peb lub luag haujlwm ntawm kev pab cov menyuam yaus muaj kev xyiv fab txawm tias lawv muaj mob hnyav, thov mus saib hauv carolinacaring.org/cardinalkids/ lossis hu rau 828.466.0466.
Carolina Caring Cardinal Kids txaus siab los muab BEADS OF COURAGE® Program. Qhov Kev Pab Cuam yog ib qho kev pab cuam ntawm Beads of Courage, Inc. dba Center for Arts in Nursing, nws lub hom phiaj yog los muab cov kev pab cuam Arts-in-Medicine tshiab rau cov me nyuam daws cov mob hnyav, lawv tsev neeg, thiab cov kws kho mob uas saib xyuas lawv. BEADS OF COURAGE® yog lub cim tseem ceeb ntawm kev lag luam sau npe ntawm Beads of Courage, Inc., thiab siv raws li daim ntawv tso cai. Yog xav paub ntxiv txog BEADS OF COURAGE ® , mus saib: www.beadsofcourage.org
