{"id":8065,"date":"2023-12-19T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-19T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/?p=8065"},"modified":"2023-12-19T08:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-19T13:00:00","slug":"this-is-my-why-with-james-harrison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/es\/this-is-my-why-with-james-harrison\/","title":{"rendered":"This Is My Why con James Harrison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Muchas veces las personas que no tienen que enfrentarse a una enfermedad de por vida o a una enfermedad rara no entienden por qu\u00e9 hay tanta pasi\u00f3n en torno a la causa o al apoyo a esa enfermedad o dolencia.  Quiero compartir uno de mis porqu\u00e9s.  Este blog llega en un momento dif\u00edcil.  Compartir\u00e9 con ustedes los antecedentes.  El 2 de diciembre, mi familia y yo nos reunimos en Nashville para celebrar a un miembro de la familia que aprob\u00f3 su examen para convertirse en una enfermera registrada en su primer intento.  Tengo una foto abajo que muestra la 4\u00aa Generaci\u00f3n de la familia, junto con mis 2 Guerreros de C\u00e9lulas Falciformes.  Tuvimos un tiempo incre\u00edble, una celebraci\u00f3n incre\u00edble.  Bueno, en menos de una semana, como en la foto de abajo, mi hija tuvo que recibir dos unidades de sangre porque estaba teniendo un ataque de dolor de c\u00e9lulas falciformes.  El ataque de dolor se desencaden\u00f3 porque ten\u00eda una doble infecci\u00f3n de o\u00eddo.  Una doble infecci\u00f3n de o\u00eddo puede ser una enfermedad normal durante el cambio de tiempo.  Lo que es normal para alguien sin anemia falciforme, como una infecci\u00f3n de o\u00eddo, es un riesgo para alguien con anemia falciforme.  Hay cosas que las personas con c\u00e9lulas sangu\u00edneas normales dan por sentadas.  Aunque una persona con c\u00e9lulas sangu\u00edneas normales tendr\u00e1 que seguir trabajando para superar la enfermedad, una persona con anemia falciforme siempre tendr\u00e1 que preguntarse si esta simple enfermedad desencadenar\u00e1 una crisis drepanoc\u00edtica o un ataque de dolor, que multiplica la enfermedad.  Un simple resfriado, una infecci\u00f3n de o\u00eddo o un virus pueden convertirse en una neumon\u00eda o una crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En menos de una semana, mi guerrera de la drepanocitosis tuvo que ser hospitalizada y recibir varias unidades de sangre debido a la incertidumbre y la imprevisibilidad de c\u00f3mo respond\u00eda su cuerpo a la infecci\u00f3n de o\u00eddo.  Esta incertidumbre tambi\u00e9n es muy frustrante para un guerrero drepanoc\u00edtico y su red.  No hay sentimiento m\u00e1s impotente que ver sufrir a un ser querido y no poder hacer nada para aliviar el dolor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Esta sensaci\u00f3n de impotencia es lo que me motiv\u00f3 en un principio a empezar a entrenar para la media marat\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Una vez m\u00e1s, \u00a1\u00a1\u00a1Est\u00e1 en marcha!!!  Voy a por mis objetivos con un infierno ardiente dentro de m\u00ed .... aumentar los donantes, espec\u00edficamente los donantes diversos, aumentar la conciencia de la enfermedad de c\u00e9lulas falciformes, y 10.000 donantes son los objetivos ... \u00a1\u00a1\u00a1Un pap\u00e1 puede!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8066\" src=\"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture1.jpg 1149w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"767\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"8067\" src=\"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture2-767x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture2-767x1024.jpg 767w, https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture2-768x1025.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicblood.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Picture2.jpg 1044w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 100vw, 767px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a lot of times that people who do not have to deal with a life-long illness or rare disease do not understand why there is so much passion around the cause or supporting that illness or disease.\u00a0 I want to share one of my whys.\u00a0 This blog comes at a challenging time.\u00a0 I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-one-dad-can"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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