[情報] 席伯將帶給一名特別的粉絲小驚喜

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Pacers' Roy Hibbert plans a surprise visit for a special fan

Lee Eddins had hoped he would be able to watch his idol, center Roy Hibbert,
play in person when the Indiana Pacers visit Sacramento, Calif., for a game
against the Kings in late November.

小李．愛丁斯希望他能在十一月，當溜馬作客沙加緬度拜訪國王隊的時候，有機會能夠看
到他的偶像席伯在場上奮戰的樣子。

But Lee, 12, is not expected to live that long.

但是小李，一名年僅十二歲的小朋友，恐怕活不到那個時候。

Diagnosed with stage four leukemia six months ago, Lee has been told he might
only have a couple of weeks left to live.

當六個月前被診斷出罹患血癌第四期的時候，小李被告知自己僅剩幾個禮拜可以活。

So Hibbert has planned a special surprise. Later this week, he is flying to
Sacramento to meet Lee.

所以席伯打算給他個小驚喜。這個周末，他將飛往沙加緬度去見這位小粉絲。

"Once I heard he had a dying wish, I knew I had to do something more than
send him presents and Skype with him on the computer," Hibbert said.

「當我聽到他有個遺願的時候，我知道我不能只有寄給他一些禮物，或者是只以Skype和他
說ㄧ些話。」

"I'm usually uncomfortable going to hospitals when the Pacers do events
because it's pretty tough to see kids in that situation. Once I heard about
(Lee), I realized I had to get over it and do it for him."

「通常當溜馬在醫院舉辦活動的時候，我感到很不自在，因為看到小朋友處在這樣的狀況
時，我心裡也感到很難受。當我聽到關於小李的消息時，我明白自己應該要克服這種心理
狀態，為他做些什麼。」

Lee has spent his entire young life in California. Hibbert grew up in the
Washington D.C. area before joining the Pacers out of Georgetown in 2008. So
where did Lee's admiration for Hibbert come from?

小李到目前為止都在加州過他的生活，而席伯在2008年被溜馬選中之前卻一直是在首府長
大的。那究竟小李怎麼會仰慕席伯呢？

"Lee's followed Roy since he was back at Georgetown," Eddins legal guardian
Victor Baker said. "Lee likes players from all over the NBA, but there's
something about Roy that he liked. I didn't even know he had heard of Roy
Hibbert before."

「自從他回到喬治城（位於首府）後，小李一直在跟隨著他的動態，」愛丁斯的法定監護
人維克多．貝克表示。「小李喜歡所有NBA的球員，但是在席伯身上有某種特質是他所喜愛
的。我在這之前，我甚至不知道他認識席伯。」

Lee had what Baker thought were typical "cold or flu symptoms" at the start
of the last school year. They bought some over-the-counter medication but
Lee's symptoms didn't improve.

去年當學期開始時，貝克以為小李只不過是有某種「著涼或者感冒的症狀」。他們買了些
成藥回來，但是小李的情形並沒有好轉的跡象。

So the Bakers -- after many late nights -- took Lee to the hospital. A doctor
told them Lee showed signs of being anemic.

所以過了幾晚後，貝克帶著小李去了醫院。一位醫生告訴他們，小李有貧血的症狀。

"They said he had some kind of blood disorder," Baker said. "They gave him a
blood transfusion and that's when he was diagnosed with leukemia. It's the
monosomy 7 acute myeloid leukemia, which made him have to have a bone marrow
transplant because chemotherapy wouldn't be enough to combat the leukemia. He
needed the transplant in order to have a chance to survive."

「他們說他有ㄧ些血液失調的狀況，」貝克表示。「當他被診斷出來有血癌的時候，他
們為他輸了血。這是一種七號染色體缺失所產生的急性白血病，讓他必須要有骨髓移植，
否則無法抵抗血癌。他必須要接受移植才能夠有機會存活。」

African-Americans have less than a 17 percent chance to find a match compared
to 70 percent for Caucasians, according to the New York Stem Cell Foundation.

紐約幹細胞協會指出，相較於白人有70%的機率，非裔美人僅有17%的機率可以找匹配的骨
髓移植者。

Sacramento mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson went to visit Lee at his
home.

沙加緬度的市長，同時也是前NBA球員凱文．強森也到了小李的家去探望他。

"These kids are forced to grow up so fast when something like this happens.
The leukemia Lee has is one of the most serious types of cancer that you can
have," said Jamahl Miller, who is on the advisory board for blood source in
Sacramento, Calif., and a friend of Baker. It was Miller who started the line
of communcation that ultimately led to Hibbert.

「這些小孩在類似的情形下被迫長大。而血癌是所有癌症中最嚴重的，」一位血源的顧問
，賈馬．米勒表示。他同時也是貝克的朋友。而與席伯之間的聯繫也是由他負責牽線的。

Lee finally had the transplant in June. But what he thought would be a happy
time turned out to be a major disappointment because the bone marrow didn't
take.

在六月的時候，小李本有機會接受骨髓移植，但最後卻以極度的失望坐收——當發現骨髓
不合的時候。

"The doctors did a CT scan to see how his lung was doing, but it was getting
worse because the infection was spreading more," Baker said. "The doctors
finally decided they didn't want to put him through another round of chemo
because it would pretty much suppress his immune system and they didn't feel
like he would be able to handle it."

「醫生為他做了細胞療法檢測來確認他肺部的情形，但是情況卻越來越糟，因為感染正在
擴散。」貝克表示。「最後他們表示將不再讓小李接受下一次的化療，因為他的免疫系統
已經承受太大的壓力，恐怕沒辦法熬過這關。」

Lee moved from the UC Davis Medical Center to hospice care last week. Family
members flew in from around the country last week for a cookout where lots of
laughs and tears were shared.

小李上周從從加州大學的醫療中心搬去了醫療收容所。家人在城市內頭東奔西跑，希望能
舉辦一個野炊大會，一個讓所有人都能分享歡笑與眼淚的活動。

"It's tough because you don't want to see any kid go through anything such as
this," Baker said. "He's just 12 years old. He's a good kid who had a future
ahead of him. It's tough on everybody. We were thrust into this back in
February."

「這狀況非常令人痛心，因為你不希望看到任何一位小孩經歷這種事情，」貝克表示。
「他才只有12歲，是個乖寶寶，並且擁有光明的未來。這對任何人來說都太難熬了，我
們非常希望時間能回到二月以前。」


Hibbert knows his visit with Lee won't save the boy's life. He simply wants
to enjoy the time they will share and try to lift Lee's spirits as much as
possible.

席伯知道他的探訪並沒辦法挽救小李的生命。他僅僅希望小李能夠享受和他相處的這段愉
悅時光，並盡可能地打起精神來。

Hibbert also plans to have his mouth swabbed to see if he's a bone marrow
match.

席伯同時也打算接受口腔內膜檢測來看看是否他是個合適的骨髓捐贈者。

"I've had two family members die of cancer," Hibbert said. "It's tough. I
seriously don't know what I'm going to say to Lee. I'm just going to be
myself. If I can get a smile out of him that will be great."

「我有兩名家人同業樣死於癌症，」席伯表示。「這讓人很難受。說實在地，我不知道該
和小李說些什麼。我只希望作好自己。如果能夠讓他露出真摯的笑容那就再好不過了。」

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    這是個遺憾的消息，雖然可以在此讚揚席伯的人品，但這不是一個合適的機會。

    等到席伯探望完之後，除非奇蹟出現，否則這名小孩大概也差不多準備撒手人寰了。
總而言之，給這名小朋友獻上祝福，並恭喜他能在生命結束前完成他小小的遺願。

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