导读:他是不幸的,因为患上了这一怪病,可是他又是幸运的,因为得到了千里之外的好心人的帮助。
A schoolboy who lived with his head hanging to one side is finally able to see the world ’straight’ after life-changing surgery.
在接受改变人生的手术之后,这个头部倒向另外一侧的男生终于能够“正面”看世界了。
Mahendra Ahirwar, 13, has a rare condition that made his neck muscles so weak his head hung at a 180-degree angle.
13岁的Mahendra Ahirwar患有一种罕见的疾病,这使得它的颈部肌肉因缺乏承托力而导致其头部倒转180度地垂着。
His crocked neck meant Mahendra was restricted to just sitting as he was unable to stand or walk and needed help to eat and go to the toilet.
他这歪着的颈部意味着Mahendra不能笔直坐着,因为他没法站立或走路,他吃饭和上卫生间都需要帮助。
But Mahendra’s life has been transformed thanks to a stranger, mother-of-two Julie Jones living 4,000 miles away in Liverpool who read his story and raised ?12,000 for an operation to straighten his neck.
然而,多亏了一位陌生人,Mahendra的人生发生了转变,一个居住在4,000英里外的利物浦有着两个孩子的母亲朱莉·琼斯在阅读完关于他的报道之后,筹集了12000英镑来为他做颈部矫正手术。
Now the Mahendra can do the same things other boys his age can - like go to school.
现在,Manhendra能够和其他同龄男孩子做相同的事情了——比如说去上学。
His dad Mukesh, 41, told MailOnline: ’It’s a miracle! He looks great. His neck is straight; and his life is so very different.
他41岁的父亲Mukesh向每日邮报网说道:“这是个奇迹!他看起来很好。他的颈部变直了,他的生活也因此而截然不同。”
’He’s in a good place. It was heart breaking to see him before. We were on the brink of losing him. When his neck was bent he was too shy to speak but now he feels like a normal person and we can see his confidence levels growing. He is very happy now. He says he can feel the difference and he loves it.’
“他很幸运。看到他以前的样子真是令人心碎。我们也在失去他的边缘上。在他的脖子还是弯曲的时候,他很害羞,不敢说话,但是现在他感觉自己像个正常人了,我们能够看到他的自信水平在增加。他现在很开心。他说他感受到了不同,他很喜欢这样。”
Mahendra, from Madhya Pradesh, central India, was born with a normal neck but as he grew older his bones became weak and his neck began to bend.
Mahendra来自于印度中央邦,他出生时颈部正常,但是随着长大,他的骨头变得软弱,颈部也开始弯曲。