守护凯拉跑赢多发性硬化症

守护凯拉跑赢多发性硬化症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,当泰伯中学田径运动会上的发令枪枪声响起，来自温斯顿-塞勒姆市的高四学生凯拉?蒙哥马利出发了。她跑得很快。这位18岁的跑步运动员创造过纪录，赢过州冠军。下星期，她将奔赴纽约参加国家级比赛。当然了，全州还有很多有能力的年轻运动员，那么我们为什么要讲凯拉呢？因为她患有多发性硬化症，简称MS，这种疾病会造成神经损伤，并干扰她脑部、脊髓和腿部之间的神经通路。 然而，尽管凯拉一跑步腿就会完全麻木，但她继续跑下去。进入高中以后，凯拉就跟随教练帕特里克?克伦威尔训练。14岁时，她在一场足球赛中摔倒。教练当时认为很平常。但凯拉告诉我，她不久之后就察觉到一些不寻常的状况。凯拉?蒙哥马利：摔倒的时候，我摔到了尾椎骨，于是起初大家以为我是神经受压。而我开始察觉到腿部失去了感觉，脊椎有一种奇怪的刺痛感。帕特里克?克伦威尔：她最初抱怨那种刺痛感。你知道，她说她跑步的时候就会这样。而他们说，你知道，我们的腿在比赛中会失去一点点感觉，这只是该项运动的特点之一，你必须习惯它。但你知道，她说，“不对，我一整天都感到麻痹。你知道，从走廊走到课室的时候，我的腿没有知觉”。到了那时，我说，好吧，这就不寻常了，于是她开始出入诊所。蒙哥马利：然后我们进行了很多测试，他们逐渐把范围缩小。克伦威尔：当她向我说出“我被诊断患上MS”这个惊人的消息时，她非常……非常镇静。说实话，我马上产生一种不适感。你知道，一开始，我不知道她还能不能待在我们队里。蒙哥马利：我知道我的家人听到这个诊断后十分伤心，我真的觉得自己应该为了他们坚强起来，起码表面上要镇定，不让他们知道我也很害怕。所以，我真的下定决心要正常生活下去。随后，那种决心逐渐壮大一一我不希望只是看起来正常，我还要试着克服这个病。克伦威尔：说实话，她甚至不给我机会有什么反应。她说，“我想跑步，我想跑得很快，我不希望你阻止我。”这远不止跑得快，这是一次旅程，希望让凯拉跑赢MS的旅程。蒙哥马利：当……比赛开始，我能感觉到一切。我能感觉到我的腿在动，我能感觉到痛楚的开始。抵达第一个英里标志牌之后，我的腿已经失去了大部分知觉。动量是让我的腿继续跑动的因素。我一停下来，腿就会垮掉。克伦