身患癌症晚期的五歲女孩嫁給了自己最好的朋友

最新 07-15

嫁給最喜歡的男孩子

擁有一場浪漫的婚禮，

應該是每個女生都曾有過的甜蜜夢想。

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5歲小女孩Eileidh Paterson也不例外。

但不幸的是，

這個可愛的小天使卻身患癌症，

很可能不久於人世。

為了給她創造更多美好的回憶，

她的父母和熱心人一起

幫助她實現了最大的夢想：

嫁給她好的朋友。

讓我們一起來祝福這對可愛的「新人」

Five year old girl with terminal cancer gets 『married』 to best friend

Many people dream of getting married, but for one terminally ill girl, it really was her dying wish.

許多人都夢想著結婚，但對於一個身患絕症的女孩來說，這確實是她的遺願。

Five-year-old Eileidh Paterson from Forres, Scotland, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare childhood cancer that develops in nerve tissues, at the age of two.

來自蘇格蘭福雷斯的5歲女孩Eileidh Paterson在2歲時被診斷為患有成神經細胞瘤，這是一種罕見的兒童癌症，會在神經組織中蔓延擴散。

Under 100 children in the UK are affected each year according to the NHS, and the cause is unknown. Neuroblastoma makes up about eight per cent of the total number of children』s cancers, according to Macmillan cancer support.

根據英國國民健康保險制度數據，英國每年有100名兒童受到此病影響，得病原因尚不清楚。麥克米倫癌症基金會表示，成神經細胞瘤大約佔兒童癌症總數的8%。

When Eileidh and her family discovered her cancer was terminal, she set about writing a list of everything she wanted to do.

當Eileidh和她的家人發現她已經癌症晚期時，她開始寫一份清單，列出她想做的事情。

「When we were told in February that any treatment now would just prolong her life and that ultimately she wouldn』t survive, we decided to make a bucket list of things she would love to do and make as many memories as possible,」 Eileidh』s mother, Gail Paterson, told CBS News.

「我們在2月份被告知這一消息，任何治療都只能暫時延長她的生命，最終她還是無法存活，我們決定為她做一個遺願清單，列出她想做的事情，並儘可能多地為她創造更多的回憶，」Eileidh的母親蓋爾.帕特森告訴CBS新聞。

A trip to Disneyland Paris, painting her bedroom pink and visiting the zoo all feature, but perhaps the sweetest of all was Eileidh』s top wish: to marry her best friend, six-year-old Harrison Grier.

去巴黎迪斯尼樂園、把她的卧室漆成粉色、參觀各式的動物園，但對她來講最甜蜜的事應該是Eileidh的最大心愿：嫁給她最好的朋友，6歲的哈里森.格里爾。

And he was just as keen: 「Harrison has said for over a year that he was going to marry her,」 Paterson said. 「He even 『borrowed』 one of his mum』s rings to give to her.」

小男孩同樣也非常渴望能夠和她結婚，「這一年多哈里森一直說要和她結婚，」帕特森說。「他甚至『借』了他媽媽的戒指給她。」

「The two of them just have this magical bond,」 Harrison』s mother Stephanie Grier said. 「Harrison has always said that he loves her and that he wanted to marry her.」

哈里森的母親斯蒂芬妮.格里爾說：「他們倆之間真的就擁有這種神奇的紐帶。」「哈里森一直說他愛她，他想和她結婚。」

The ceremony took place on June 18 at the Aberdeen Exhibition and Conference Centre, and was organised in just a month by Zara Grant, the managing editor of children』s entertainment company, Love Rara.

結婚典禮於6月18日在阿伯丁展覽和會議中心舉行，由兒童娛樂公司的總編輯扎拉.格蘭特籌辦，僅用了一個月就準備完畢。

Eileidh was walked into the room by her older brother, Callum, to the sound of Disney』s When you wish upon a star.

Eileidh由她的哥哥卡勒姆領入禮堂，伴隨著迪斯尼音樂《當你向星星許願》。

The couple met at the end of the aisle and were declared 「best friends forever,」 surrounded by friends, family, princesses and superheroes.

這對新婚夫婦在走廊的盡頭相遇，伴隨著他們的朋友、家人、公主以及超級英雄們環繞周圍，他們是「永遠的好朋友」。

Instead of rings, Eileidh and Harrison exchanged St Christopher necklaces to signify the journey they』d been on.

沒有婚戒，Eileidh和哈里森交換了聖克里斯多夫項鏈，紀念他們一起度過的快樂時光。

「She was in her absolute element getting to play with other kids and have fun,」 Paterson said.

帕特森說：「她非常喜歡和其他孩子一起玩，並且玩得很開心。」

「When I saw that this was on her list, I had to find a way to make it happen,」 Grant told Inside Edition. 「It was amazing to see the community come together so quickly to donate their time and services to the event.」

「當我看到這件事在她的清單之列時，我必須想辦法實現它，」格蘭特告訴《Inside Edition》，「看到社會大眾如此迅速地團結起來，奉獻他們的時間並為此次活動貢獻力量，這種感覺真的是太神奇了。」

At the ceremony, Grant read a fairy tale of Eileidh』s battle, written by her mother. In the story, Eileidh was a princess who would 「stop at nothing to survive,」 despite the 「evil beast」 (her cancer) trying to defeat her.

在典禮上，格蘭特朗讀了一篇由她母親寫的關於Eileidh之戰的童話故事。在故事中，Eileidh是一位公主，她會「不惜一切代價的生存」，儘管「邪惡的野獸」（她的癌症）試圖擊敗她。

「It took her hair but it couldn』t take her smile,」 Paterson wrote.

「它只能帶走她的頭髮，但帶不走她的笑容，」帕特森寫道。

Around 30 people attended the wedding and more than 200 joined them to celebrate at the party.

大約有30人參加了婚禮，超過200人參加了慶祝活動。

「These are going to be lasting memories,」 Paterson said.

「這些將是永恆的記憶，」帕特森說。

「I cried a little bit, but managed to stop myself,」 Grier added. 「It was such a beautiful day.」

「我哭了一小會兒，但還是抑制住自己，」格里爾補充說。「那一天太美好了。」

「Anything we can do to make her life that little bit easier, comfier and most importantly magical, then we owe that to her,」 Paterson said. 「She most certainly deserves it. Eileidh is the bravest little girl in the world and is definitely a superhero.」

「凡是能使她感覺輕鬆、舒服的以及對她來講極其重要的事情，我們都應該為她實現，」帕特森說，「她應該得到它們。Eileidh是世界上最勇敢的女孩，絕對是超級英雄。」

Paterson is raising awareness and funds for her daughter through a GoFundMe campaign. You can follow her journey on Facebook.

帕特森正通過GoFundMe活動，為女兒提高知名度並籌集資助基金。你可以在Facebook上關注她的情況。

terminal cancer：癌症晚期

diagnose：[ da??gn??z; - n??z] vt. 診斷；斷定；vi. 診斷；判斷

neuroblastoma：[,n?robl? stom?; ,nj?robl? stom?] n. [腫瘤] 成神經細胞瘤

ceremony：[ ser?m?n?] n. 典禮，儀式；禮節，禮儀

awareness ：[? we?n?s] n. 意識，認識；明白，知道；n. 人群對品牌或產品的認知

來源：獨立報

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