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　　心靈雞湯英文故事篇一

　　美國(guó)母親堅(jiān)持生下無(wú)腦兒 只為相陪幾小時(shí)!

　　Abbey Ahern, 34, who lives in Oklahoma, was devastated when she was told at her 19-week scan that her daughter had the terminal illness anencephaly which meant she would not live beyond a few hours.

　　居住在美國(guó)俄克拉荷馬州、今年34歲的艾比·阿埃倫在懷孕19周的時(shí)候，在被告知腹中的女兒被診斷出患有先天無(wú)腦畸形絕癥、意味著僅能存活幾個(gè)小時(shí)的時(shí)候，她徹底崩潰了。

　　According to the National Institutes of Health, the defect means the baby has an underdeveloped brain and incomplete skull.

　　美國(guó)國(guó)立衛(wèi)生研究院表示，該缺陷意味著嬰兒的大腦和頭骨都無(wú)法發(fā)育完全。

　　Approximately one in 10,000 babies in the US are born with anencephaly, most of which result in miscarriage.

　　該缺陷在美國(guó)的患病幾率是一萬(wàn)分之一，大多數(shù)都會(huì)導(dǎo)致流產(chǎn)。

　　As a result, Abbey and her pilot husband Robert, also 34, decided to have a live birth so that they could spend time with their daughter and donate her organs - making Annie the first infant newborn donor in the state.

　　艾比和她34歲的飛行員丈夫羅伯特最終決定將女兒生下來(lái)，這樣他們可以陪伴女兒僅能存活的幾個(gè)小時(shí)，同時(shí)，他們也決定捐獻(xiàn)女兒的器官，這也是該州新生兒捐贈(zèng)器官的第一例。

　　Afterwards they asked the doctor for the gender of their unborn child and decided to name her on the spot. They named her easily: Annie, which means, "grace."

　　他們向醫(yī)生詢問(wèn)了這未出世孩子的性別，并給她取了名字。他們給她取名安妮，寓意著“恩典”。

　　Abbey told: 'Carrying a terminally-ill baby to term was by far the most difficult thing I have ever done... For us, even in the midst of our terrible heartbreak we were able to see so much beauty.'

　　艾比告訴記者：“生下這個(gè)患有絕癥的孩子是迄今為止我做過(guò)的最困難的事情。對(duì)我們來(lái)說(shuō)，雖然會(huì)感到心碎，但我們也看到了女兒的美麗。”

　　The family spent just 14 hours and 58 minutes with Annie before she passed away.

　　全家人在安妮夭折前僅與她相處了14個(gè)小時(shí)58分鐘。

　　Her organs were not viable for transplant because her oxygen levels were too low - which Abbey said was 'disappointing' - but they were able to donate her heart valves and some of her organs could be used for research.

　　最終，安妮的器官因?yàn)檠鹾刻投鵁o(wú)法移植，艾比表示這太“遺憾”了，但他們能夠捐贈(zèng)她的心臟瓣膜，她的一些器官也可以用于研究。

　　She said: 'Annie's story is one of hope. I think it shows people that in the midst of tragedy, there can be beauty.

　　艾比說(shuō)：“安妮的故事象征著希望。我認(rèn)為它表明人們?cè)诒瘎≈腥匀豢梢钥吹矫赖拇嬖凇?rdquo;