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．爱丁斯希望他能在十一月，当溜马作客沙加缅度拜访国王队的时候，有机会能够看 到他的偶像席伯在场上奋战的样子。 But Lee, 12, is not expected to live that long. 但是小李，一名年仅十二岁的小朋友，恐怕活不到那个时候。 Diagnosed with stage four leukemia six months ago, Lee has been told he might only have a couple of weeks left to live. 当六个月前被诊断出罹患血癌第四期的时候，小李被告知自己仅剩几个礼拜可以活。 So Hibbert has planned a special surprise. Later this week, he is flying to Sacramento to meet Lee. 所以席伯打算给他个小惊喜。这个周末，他将飞往沙加缅度去见这位小粉丝。 "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. 「当我听到他有个遗愿的时候，我知道我不能只有寄给他一些礼物，或者是只以Skype和他 说ㄧ些话。」 "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." 「通常当溜马在医院举办活动的时候，我感到很不自在，因为看到小朋友处在这样的状况 时，我心里也感到很难受。当我听到关於小李的消息时，我明白自己应该要克服这种心理 状态，为他做些什麽。」 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? 小李到目前为止都在加州过他的生活，而席伯在2008年被溜马选中之前却一直是在首府长 大的。那究竟小李怎麽会仰慕席伯呢？ "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." 「自从他回到乔治城（位於首府）後，小李一直在跟随着他的动态，」爱丁斯的法定监护 人维克多．贝克表示。「小李喜欢所有NBA的球员，但是在席伯身上有某种特质是他所喜爱 的。我在这之前，我甚至不知道他认识席伯。」 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. 去年当学期开始时，贝克以为小李只不过是有某种「着凉或者感冒的症状」。他们买了些 成药回来，但是小李的情形并没有好转的迹象。 So the Bakers -- after many late nights -- took Lee to the hospital. A doctor told them Lee showed signs of being anemic. 所以过了几晚後，贝克带着小李去了医院。一位医生告诉他们，小李有贫血的症状。 "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." 「他们说他有ㄧ些血液失调的状况，」贝克表示。「当他被诊断出来有血癌的时候，他 们为他输了血。这是一种七号染色体缺失所产生的急性白血病，让他必须要有骨髓移植， 否则无法抵抗血癌。他必须要接受移植才能够有机会存活。」 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. 纽约干细胞协会指出，相较於白人有70%的机率，非裔美人仅有17%的机率可以找匹配的骨 髓移植者。 Sacramento mayor and former NBA player Kevin Johnson went to visit Lee at his home. 沙加缅度的市长，同时也是前NBA球员凯文．强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. 「这些小孩在类似的情形下被迫长大。而血癌是所有癌症中最严重的，」一位血源的顾问 ，贾马．米勒表示。他同时也是贝克的朋友。而与席伯之间的联系也是由他负责牵线的。 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. 在六月的时候，小李本有机会接受骨髓移植，但最後却以极度的失望坐收——当发现骨髓 不合的时候。 "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." 「医生为他做了细胞疗法检测来确认他肺部的情形，但是情况却越来越糟，因为感染正在 扩散。」贝克表示。「最後他们表示将不再让小李接受下一次的化疗，因为他的免疫系统 已经承受太大的压力，恐怕没办法熬过这关。」 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. 小李上周从从加州大学的医疗中心搬去了医疗收容所。家人在城市内头东奔西跑，希望能 举办一个野炊大会，一个让所有人都能分享欢笑与眼泪的活动。 "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." 「这状况非常令人痛心，因为你不希望看到任何一位小孩经历这种事情，」贝克表示。 「他才只有12岁，是个乖宝宝，并且拥有光明的未来。这对任何人来说都太难熬了，我 们非常希望时间能回到二月以前。」 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. 席伯知道他的探访并没办法挽救小李的生命。他仅仅希望小李能够享受和他相处的这段愉 悦时光，并尽可能地打起精神来。 Hibbert also plans to have his mouth swabbed to see if he's a bone marrow match. 席伯同时也打算接受口腔内膜检测来看看是否他是个合适的骨髓捐赠者。 "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." 「我有两名家人同业样死於癌症，」席伯表示。「这让人很难受。说实在地，我不知道该 和小李说些什麽。我只希望作好自己。如果能够让他露出真挚的笑容那就再好不过了。」 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 这是个遗憾的消息，虽然可以在此赞扬席伯的人品，但这不是一个合适的机会。 等到席伯探望完之後，除非奇蹟出现，否则这名小孩大概也差不多准备撒手人寰了。 总而言之，给这名小朋友献上祝福，并恭喜他能在生命结束前完成他小小的遗愿。 --

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