Usuku lweHlabathi lokuNikela ngeGazi, ngomhla we-14 kuJuni
Xa ndandineminyaka eli-18 ubudala, ndaqalisa ukunikela ngegazi. Ngandlel’ ithile, ekukhuleni kwam ndandinombono wokuba ukunikela ngegazi yinto eyenziwa ngumntu wonke xa emdala ngokwaneleyo. Noko ke, ndathi ndakuqalisa ukunikela, ndakhawuleza ndabona ukuba “wonke umntu” akalitofeli igazi. Ngelixa kuyinyani ukuba abanye abantu abavumelekanga ngokwezonyango ukuba banikele, abanye abaninzi abanikeli kuba bengazange bacinge ngako.
NgoMhla woMnikeli ngeGazi lweHlabathi, ndikucela umngeni ukuba ucinge ngako.
Cinga ngokunikela ngegazi kwaye, ukuba kunokwenzeka, unikele.
Ngokutsho kweRed Cross, rhoqo kwimizuzwana emibini kukho umntu odinga igazi e-US. Loo mfuneko inkulu yegazi yinto onokucinga ngayo.
Umbutho woMnqamlezo oBomvu ukwathi iyunithi enye yegazi inokunceda ukonga ukuya kutsho kubantu abathathu. Kodwa ngamanye amaxesha iiyunithi ezininzi zegazi ziyafuneka ukunceda umntu omnye. Ndifunde ingxelo mva nje malunga nentombazana eyafunyaniswa ukuba inesifo se-sickle cell ekuzalweni kwayo. Utofelwa iiseli ezibomvu rhoqo emva kweeveki ezintandathu ukuze angabi nazintlungu. Ndaphinda ndafunda ngebhinqa elonzakele kakhulu kwingozi yemoto. Wayenomonzakalo izihlandlo ezininzi nto leyo ebangele utyando oluninzi. Kwafuneka iiyunithi ezilikhulu zegazi ngexesha elifutshane kakhulu; ngabantu abamalunga ne-100 abathe banegalelo ekusindeni kwakhe, kwaye baye bafaka isandla bengazi ukuba ikamva liza kunceda ngantoni. Cinga ngokunceda umntu ukuba angabi nazintlungu ngexesha lokugula okunganyangekiyo okanye ukuthintela intsapho ekuphulukaneni nomntu omthandayo. Ligazi esele lilindile esibhedlele elinyanga ezi meko zikaxakeka zobuqu; cinga ngaloo nto.
Cinga ngesibakala sokuba igazi neeplatelets azinakwenziwa; zinokuvela kuphela kubaxhasi. Kuye kwakho inkqubela eninzi gqitha kunyango lwezamayeza olusebenzisa izincedisi-ntliziyo, amalungu angengowamvelo, namalungu angengowamvelo kodwa akukho nto inokuthabatha indawo yegazi. Igazi linikezelwa kuphela ngesisa somnikeli kwaye zonke iindidi zegazi ziyafuneka ngalo lonke ixesha.
Ngaba ubusazi ukuba kusenokubakho iinkcukacha ezithile ngegazi lakho ngaphandle kodidi lwegazi? Ezi nkcukacha zisenokukwenza ulungelelanise ngakumbi ukunceda kwiindidi ezithile zotofelo-gazi. Ngokomzekelo, iintsana ezisanda kuzalwa zinokutofelwa igazi elingenalo i-cytomegalovirus (CMV). Uninzi lwabantu luye lwachanabeka kule ntsholongwane kwasebuntwaneni ngoko ke ukuchonga abo bangenayo i-CMV kubalulekile ekunyangeni iintsana ezinenkqubo yokhuselo lomzimba olutsha okanye abantu abanamajoni omzimba ahlwempuzekileyo. Ngokufanayo, ukwenza umdlalo ongcono kakhulu kubantu abanesifo se-sickle cell badinga igazi kunye ne-antigens ezithile (iimolekyuli zeprotheni) kumphezulu weeseli ezibomvu zegazi. Umntu omnye kwabathathu abanesidima esiNtsundu saseAfrika kunye neBlack Caribbean enolu hlobo lwegazi olufunekayo oluhambelana nezigulana ze-sickle cell. Cinga ngendlela elibaluleke ngayo igazi lakho kumntu onesidingo esikhethekileyo. Okukhona bebaninzi abantu abanikelayo, kokukhona kukho unikezelo oluninzi ekunokukhethwa kubo, kwaye ke abanikeli abaninzi banokuchongwa ukunceda ukukhathalela iimfuno ezizodwa.
Unokucinga kwakhona malunga nokunikela ngegazi kwinzuzo kuwe. Ukunikela kufana nokujongwa simahla kwempilo yakho - uxinzelelo lwegazi lakho, ukubetha kwentliziyo, kunye nobushushu ziyathathwa, kwaye isibalo sakho sentsimbi kunye necholesterol ziyahlolwa. Ufumana amava obushushu obufudumeleyo ngokwenza okulungileyo. Ikunika into eyahlukileyo ukuthetha xa ubuzwa ukuba ubuphezu kwantoni mva nje. Unokongeza "ukusindisa ubomi" kuluhlu lwezinto eziphunyeziweyo zosuku. Umzimba wakho uzalisa oko ukuphayo; iiseli zakho ezibomvu zegazi zitshintshwa malunga neeveki ezintandathu ukuze ukwazi ukunikela ngaphandle kokuhlala ungenayo. Ndibona ukunikela ngegazi njengeyona nkonzo ilula yoluntu ongayenza. Ungqendeva esitulweni ngelixa umntu omnye okanye ababini bexabana ngengalo yakho kwaye wonwabele i-snack. Cinga ngendlela intwana yexesha lakho elinokuthi liguqule libe yiminyaka yobomi bomnye umntu.
Kwiminyaka eliqela eyadlulayo, ndaphuma kwiofisi kagqirha wabantwana ukuya kufumana inqaku kwifestile yemoto yam. Ibhinqa elashiya eli phetshana laliphawule isincamathelisi kwifestile yasemva endandikhwele kuyo esasithetha ngomnikelo wegazi. Inqaku lalifundeka ngolu hlobo: “(Ndibone isincamathelisi sakho somnikeli ngegazi) Unyana wam oneminyaka emithandathu ngoku wahlangulwa kwiminyaka emithathu edlulileyo. namhlanje ngumntu onikela ngegazi. Uqale ibanga lokuqala namhlanje, enkosi kubantu abafana nawe. Ngentliziyo yam yonke - Ndiyabonga nina kwaye wanga uThixo angakusikelela kakhulu.”
Emva kweminyaka emithathu lo mama wayesaziva ifuthe legazi elisindisa ubomi kunyana wakhe kwaye umbulelo wawunamandla ngokwaneleyo ukumkhuthaza ukuba abhalele umntu angamaziyo inqaku. Bendinombulelo kwaye ndisenombulelo ngokuba ngumamkeli welo nqaku. Ndicinga ngalo mama nonyana, kwaye ndicinga ngobomi bokwenyani obuchatshazelwa kukunikela ngegazi. Ndiyathemba ukuba nawe ucinga ngayo . . . kunye negazi.
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