Neighbors juggle, sing songs and hold hand-stand races on child's front yard to entertain him as he is stuck indoors while undergoing cancer treatment
男孩因接受癌症治疗只能待在家里,邻居们在他的前院玩杂耍、唱歌和手倒立比赛来逗他开心
来源:每日邮报 翻译:世界播
A community have been performing tricks, singing songs and driving trucks past the yard of a house-bound cancer-stricken toddler in an effort to boost his spirits.
邻居们正在表演魔术,唱着歌,开着卡车经过一个被癌症折磨的小孩的院子,试图让他振作起来。
Quinn Waters, three, from Weymouth, Massachusetts, is in isolation after receiving a stem cell transplant earlier in June and a high dose of chemotherapy which wiped out his immune system.
奎因·沃特斯今年3岁,来自马萨诸塞州韦茅斯市。今年6月初,他接受了干细胞移植,并接受了高剂量的化疗,化疗破坏了他的免疫系统。
The three-year-old was diagnosed with medulloblastoma - a form of brain cancer - in April and has been stuck in his home and on a restricted diet as a result of the punishing regime of treatments.
今年4月,这位三岁的小男孩被诊断出患有髓母细胞瘤,这是一种脑癌。由于治疗的艰难过程,他一直呆在家里,限制饮食。
But friends and strangers alike have been stopping by his front window on a daily basis to greet and entertain him in a bid to try and help him enjoy life despite his medical problems.
但无论是朋友还是陌生人,每天都会来到他的前窗和他打招呼,逗他,试图帮助他在有健康问题的情况下享受生活。
Whether it's someone performing a song, a juggling trick or just driving by to honk, Quinn will watch on elatedly by his room's window as the show unravels before his eyes.
无论是有人在表演歌曲,耍杂耍,还是只是开车路过按喇叭,奎因都会兴高采烈地站在他房间的窗户旁,看着他眼前的节目。
Mother Tara Waters, 42, who is a police officer with the Quincy Police Department, said: 'Quinn was diagnosed with brain cancer earlier this year, just a few days after his birthday on February 3.
42岁的母亲塔拉·沃特斯是昆西警察局的一名警官,她说:“奎因今年早些时候被诊断出患有脑癌,就在他2月3日生日的几天后。”
'His restrictions include a low-bacteria diet, so fruit with hard skins that can be thoroughly washed and are grown in US only, no frozen yogurt, no soft drinks from machines, no popcorn, no ice.
“他的限制包括低细菌饮食,即果皮坚硬、可以彻底清洗、只能在美国种植的水果,不能喝冷冻酸奶、机器制作软饮料、爆米花和冰。”
'He does walk freely, however at night he is attached to a feeding tube machine because what he ingests orally is not enough to sustain his weight.
“他可以自由行走,但在晚上,他要依靠喂食器,因为他口服的食物不足以维持体重。”