by: Ning Peng
Tr by: Yiren
A Polish Canadian boy, his name is Pauly. His life could have nothing to do with me. He was a patient of a doctor whom I interviewed. This got me a chance coming across him. He stayed in my memory ever since then. And now, he is the hero in my story.
He could be a mountain motor bike champion of the world if he wasn’t caught in that tragic accident, which overturned and changed his life completely.
Pauly likes motor bike since he was a little boy. He had become famous in the youth mountain bike circle when he was 16 years old, carnival in one’s life. He fell off the bike in an Altitude training. The bike that he l oved so much hit on his back heavily. Time seemed stopped at that moment, which brought him onto a long journey fighting for his life.
Young Pauly was only one step away from the world mountain field motor champion.
What a misery! He lost signs of life on the accident site. However, he was lucky being saved, but with a death notice from the doctor. High paraplegia! He would never be able to stand up and walk. He would never need any shoes. The eyes of his father are desperate. The doctor could feel his pain. But, OK then. Stand up with the chance of 2-3 percent, which, in fact, was still a death notice. Everyone knew that it was the doctor’s kind, white lie.
“I want to walk!”
Having lied in bed for three months, Pauly had no sensation below his chest at all. His life, which just started off, had become hopeless.
But he and his family are strong. After some time of misery, Pauly said to his father, “I want to walk no matter in what way. With my hands or with crutches, I want to walk!” Tears in eyes, his father nodded firmly and said, “I support you, my son. Beginning from now on, I will be with you 7/24 until you recover.” It’s easy to say but difficult to accomplish. For two years, they tried every means they could. For some time, Pauly had to be tied up in order to remain standing. He kept that posture even when he slept and ate. Doctors worried about him and asked him to stop the useless effort.
However, after two years, he stood up! It was true that he could move his steps on his own! His first step was so surprising and inspiring that it’s as exciting as winning a world championship. One step, two steps. Beginning that day, his medical team, friends, family and all the people who knew him started calling him Miracle Boy!
The big, long scar from the accident deprived him of his beloved motor bike. But Pauly, with his tenacious efforts, created his new life.
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“I want sports!”
As an athlete who had long been trained, Pauly said when he could start walking slowly, “I want sports!” He was clear in his mind that mountain bike matches had become history deep in his memory.
Thinking over and over, Pauly chose wheelchair basketball. He chose to use his hands because he knew his legs and feet wouldn’t be as flexible as before even though he could walk. Thus, he started participating in wheelchair matches
He made it a miracle again. Last weekend, his team won the champion of the Ontario wheelchair basketball match. According to his father, he had been chosen by the Canadian wheelchair basketball team. Maybe soon in the future, he would be the world wheelchair basketball champion.
Having won prizes in numerous mountain field bike competitions, Pauly is now working towards the world championship of wheelchair basketball.
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“I want my life!”
I haven’t met with Pauly yet when I talked with his father. His doctor was helping him with his rehab recovery with acupuncture and Qigong therapy of the traditional Chinese medicine.
His father told me all the stories above. I saw tears in his father’s eyes while he was talking.
At the beginning, I didn’t know that Pauly was only 19 years old. Nobody told me. But when I asked and got know, I felt my heart got a heavy hit. I couldn’t help tearing. I am a mother. Although he is not my son and I have never met him yet, I could hear my heart breaking into pieces. But at the same time, I am proud of him although tears kept coming out of my sad eyes.
I was a bit afraid of seeing this boy because I didn’t know how to face him.
The door of the acupuncture treatment room opened. A handsome Mr. Sunshine walked out with a backpack.
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Was it Pauly? I could not believe my eyes. Was this the boy for whom the doctor once gave a death notice? But I have to believe that it was Pauly, the boy who stood up in a short period of time of only two years!
If nobody had ever told me, he would appear to me like any other Canadian boys, brilliant and handsome. And like everyone else, he could be chasing after the fashions and movie stars.
If nobody had ever told me, I would never know that more than 10 cm of his back bones were kept in place with stainless steel studs, and that he had to sleep in certain position otherwise his life would be endangered.
If nobody had ever told me, I would never know that he had suffered the desperation of death. His father told me that Pauly had decided to believe that everything happened in this world has a reason. He had chosen to accept the fact and accept the challenge of life. No matter now and in the future, he says, “I want my own life!”
Dong Liu, Pauly’s therapist of traditional Chinese medicine, said, “Precisely speaking, I have said only three sentences during the whole treatment process: ‘I am so proud of you’, ‘you will be fine’, and ‘I will pray for you ’.”
Now, I don’t know what else I can put down here, just like I don’t know what I can say to Pauly. What I can do is tearing all the time. With the sensational tears, I applause for him and for the traditional Chinese acupuncture. And this is all for this Canadian boy whom I came across only once.
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