守護(hù)凱拉跑贏多發(fā)性硬化癥

守護(hù)凱拉跑贏多發(fā)性硬化癥WhenthestartinggunsoundsatMountTaborHighSchool1)trackmeets,senior注1KaylaMontgomeryfromWinston-Salemtakesoff.Sheisfast.The18-year-oldrunnersetsrecords,winsstate2)titles,andnextweek,she’sheadedtonationalsinNewYork.Ofcourse,therearelotsoftalentedyoungathletesoutthere.SowhyarewetalkingaboutKayla?Becauseshehasmultiplesclerosis注2orMS,adiseasethatcausesnervedamageand3)interferencein4)communicationbetweenherbrain,5)spinalcordandlegs.Butshe’skeptrunningdespitethefactthatonceshegetsgoing，herlegsgototallynumb.Kaylahasbeentrainingwithhercoach,PatrickCromwell,sinceshefirststartedhighschool.Whenshewas14-years-old，shefellduringasoccergame.Pretty6)routine,hethought.ButasKaylatoldme,soonafter, shenoticedsomethingelse.KaylaMontgomery:WhenIfell, Ifellonmy7)tailbone,sowe8)originallythoughtthatIhada9)pinchednerve.AndIstartedtonoticealackoffeelinginmylegsanda10)weird11)tingling12)sensationinmyspine.Youknow,shesaysthisiswhathappenswhenIrun.Andtheysaid,well,youknow,wealllosealittlefeelinginourlegsduringarace.Thisisjustpartofthesportandyou’regonnahavetogetusedit.Youknow,shesaid, “No,I’mnumballday.Youknow,Ican’tfeelmylegswalkingtoclassinthe13)hallways.”That’swhen,youknow,Isaid, OK,thisisdifferent.Andherdoctorvisitsbegan.Montgomery:Andthenwegotalotoftestsdone,andtheystartedtonarrowitdown.Cromwell:Whenshehitmewiththenewsof, “I’vebeen14)diagnosedwithMS,”shewasso???socalmaboutit.AndIhonestlyjustbecamesicktomystomach.And，youknow,atfirst,Ididn’tknowifshe’deverevenbeonourteamagain.Montgomery:Iknewthatmyfamilywasprettyupsetaboutthe15)diagnosis,andIreallyfeltlikeIneededtobestrongforthem，keepatoughfaceonandnotletthemknowthatIwasscaredtoo.SoIwasreallydeterminedtocarryonwithmynormallife.Andlater,thatdeterminationkindofgrewintomorethanjusttryingtobeseenasnormalandtotryandovercomethisdisease.respond,honestly.Shesaid, “Iwanttorun,Iwanttorunfast,andIdon’twantyoutoholdback."Thiswasmorethanjustrunningfast.ThiswasajourneyandtryingtokeepKaylaonestepaheadofMS.Montgomery:Whena…theracefirststarts,Ifeeleverything.IcanfeelmylegsmovingandIcanfeelthestartofpain.Andafterreachingthefirstmile17)marker,I’vestartedtolosemostfeelinginmylegs.The18)momentumiskindofwhatkeepsmylegsmoving.AndonceIstop,theyjustkindoffallofffromunderneathme.Cromwell:WeneedtoemploytheCatchKayla19)Committeeandwithonelaptogo,I???Irunacrossthetrackandthenjustgetreadytocatchher.Doug???DougBinderof,the20)premiernationalhighschoolrunningsite,hedescribeditas,youknow,she’saplanecominginwithout21)landinggear.Andwecatchherjust?justtoprotecther，honestly.Wedon’twantherto22)braceforafalland，youknow,breakanarmora23)collarboneorsomething.Sothat’swherethecatchisimportant.Montgomery:Iactuallyfellatlastyear’s24)crosscountrystatemeetandkindofjustlaidthereforasecondanddidn’treallyfeellikegettingup.But???acompetitorpassedme,andtherewasabaseballfencecloseby,soI25)grabbedontothatandpulledmyselfbackupandslowlystartedtorunfasteragain.Itwasaprettybigdeal.ItwasthefirsttimeI’deverfallenandgottenbackupfromaracewithoutbeingabletofeelmylegs.Soitwasagreatlessontolearn.Cromwell:She’sexceptionally26)disciplined.IfIsayit’sa45-minuterun,she’ll???she’lldoanextratensecondsaroundthetreeattheendtomakeit45minutes.Butshe’s27)qualifiedforthenational28)championshipsnextFridayinNewYorkCity.She's29)rankedcurrently21stinthecountryinthe3,200meters.She'satan30)elitelevelforhighschoolrunningforsure.Montgomery: Forafewyears,IwasterrifiedthatImightnotbeabletoruntomorroworthenextday.AndIkindofdecidedthatthatwasn’treallyhelpingmeandIwasn’thappylivinglikethat.SoIstoppedfocusingonthe“whatifs”andjustfocusingonwhatI'mabletodonowandmakingsurethatImakethemostofthatandtakethegiftof31)mobilityandjustkindofuseittothegreatestadvantageIcan.KaylaMontgomery.She'sasenioratMountTaborHighSchool.OnFriday,Kaylawillrunthe5,000metersattheNationalIndoorTrackChampionshipsinNewYork.Hercoach，PatrickCromwell,PatrickCromwell,當(dāng)泰伯中學(xué)田徑運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)上的發(fā)令槍槍聲響起，來(lái)自溫斯頓-塞勒姆市的高四學(xué)生凱拉?蒙哥馬利出發(fā)了。她跑得很快。這位18歲的跑步運(yùn)動(dòng)員創(chuàng)造過(guò)紀(jì)錄，贏過(guò)州冠軍。下星期，她將奔赴紐約參加國(guó)家級(jí)比賽。當(dāng)然了，全州還有很多有能力的年輕運(yùn)動(dòng)員，那么我們?yōu)槭裁匆v凱拉呢？因?yàn)樗加卸喟l(fā)性硬化癥，簡(jiǎn)稱MS，這種疾病會(huì)造成神經(jīng)損傷，并干擾她腦部、脊髓和腿部之間的神經(jīng)通路。 然而，盡管凱拉一跑步腿就會(huì)完全麻木，但她繼續(xù)跑下去。進(jìn)入高中以后，凱拉就跟隨教練帕特里克?克倫威爾訓(xùn)練。14歲時(shí)，她在一場(chǎng)足球賽中摔倒。教練當(dāng)時(shí)認(rèn)為很平常。但凱拉告訴我，她不久之后就察覺(jué)到一些不尋常的狀況。凱拉?蒙哥馬利：摔倒的時(shí)候，我摔到了尾椎骨，于是起初大家以為我是神經(jīng)受壓。而我開(kāi)始察覺(jué)到腿部失去了感覺(jué)，脊椎有一種奇怪的刺痛感。帕特里克?克倫威爾：她最初抱怨那種刺痛感。你知道，她說(shuō)她跑步的時(shí)候就會(huì)這樣。而他們說(shuō)，你知道，我們的腿在比賽中會(huì)失去一點(diǎn)點(diǎn)感覺(jué)，這只是該項(xiàng)運(yùn)動(dòng)的特點(diǎn)之一，你必須習(xí)慣它。但你知道，她說(shuō)，“不對(duì)，我一整天都感到麻痹。你知道，從走廊走到課室的時(shí)候，我的腿沒(méi)有知覺(jué)”。到了那時(shí)，我說(shuō)，好吧，這就不尋常了，于是她開(kāi)始出入診所。蒙哥馬利：然后我們進(jìn)行了很多測(cè)試，他們逐漸把范圍縮小?？藗愅枺寒?dāng)她向我說(shuō)出“我被診斷患上MS”這個(gè)驚人的消息時(shí)，她非?！浅ｆ?zhèn)靜。說(shuō)實(shí)話，我馬上產(chǎn)生一種不適感。你知道，一開(kāi)始，我不知道她還能不能待在我們隊(duì)里。蒙哥馬利：我知道我的家人聽(tīng)到這個(gè)診斷后十分傷心，我真的覺(jué)得自己應(yīng)該為了他們堅(jiān)強(qiáng)起來(lái)，起碼表面上要鎮(zhèn)定，不讓他們知道我也很害怕。所以，我真的下定決心要正常生活下去。隨后，那種決心逐漸壯大一一我不希望只是看起來(lái)正常，我還要試著克服這個(gè)病?？藗愅枺赫f(shuō)實(shí)話，她甚至不給我機(jī)會(huì)有什么反應(yīng)。她說(shuō)，“我想跑步，我想跑得很快，我不希望你阻止我?！边@遠(yuǎn)不止跑得快，這是一次旅程，希望讓凱拉跑贏MS的旅程。蒙哥馬利：當(dāng)……比賽開(kāi)始，我能感覺(jué)到一切。我能感覺(jué)到我的腿在動(dòng)，我能感覺(jué)到痛楚的開(kāi)始。抵達(dá)第一個(gè)英里標(biāo)志牌之后，我的腿已經(jīng)失去了大部分知覺(jué)。動(dòng)量是讓我的腿繼續(xù)跑動(dòng)的因素。我一停下來(lái)，腿就會(huì)垮掉?？藗?/p>