NgoNovemba 19, 1997, umndeni kaBobby noKenny McCoy (umndeni kaMcCaughey) wehla emaphepheni ephambili ezincwadi zezindaba - lo mbhangqwana wayenabantwana abayisikhombisa!
Ukubonakala kwabafana abane namantombazane amathathu kwaba isimangaliso sangempela sezokwelapha. Kuze kube yilolu phuzu, kungakaze kwenzeke, zonke iziyisikhombisa ze-septulet, okungukuthi okuthiwa imbewu, azange zisinde.
Ingabe umangale ukuthi abakwaMcKogi bahlala kanjani abazali abanabantwana abaningi? Yebo, kulula kakhulu ... Ngemuva kokuzalwa kwentombazane yokuqala kaMikaela, lo mbhangqwana awuzange uthole enye ingane isikhathi eside. Kwabe sekusiza i-IVF, kodwa hhayi ngebhonasi kabili noma kathathu, njengoba kwenzeka manje, kodwa kasikhombisa. Yebo, uBobby usemukele yonke imibungu eyisikhombisa, nangenxa yezinkolelo zenkolo, abashade besikhathi esizayo bayenqabeka ukuyeka omunye wabo, bengayinaki izinsongo zezempilo kanye nokubikezela okungenakulingiswa odokotela.
Esithombeni: McCaugy's Seven-Kenny, Alexis, Natalie, Kelsey, Nathan, Brandon noJoel.
Ukugcwaliswa komhlaba wonke emndenini wakwaMcKogi kwenzeke amasonto angu-9 ngaphambi kwesimiso. Ngenhlanhla, zonke izingane ezisanda kuzalwa zasinda, ngesisindo esingaba ngu-1 kg, kodwa ababili - umfana ogama lakhe linguNathan nentombazane u-Alexis - babhekene nokuphazamiseka okudumazayo - ukukhubazeka kwengqondo. Khona-ke lezi zinsana zaqhutshwa ngokushesha, ukuze esikhathini esizayo zikwazi ukuhamba zodwa, futhi uNathan cishe wakwazi ukunqoba lesi sifo, kodwa u-Alexis usahamba ngokusizwa ngabahamba ngezinyawo.
Yiqiniso, umndeni omkhulu owaziwayo emhlabeni wonke wawungashiywanga wedwa ukubhekana nobunzima - babesekelwa ngenkuthalo ngezinhlangano ezihlukahlukene zokusiza futhi basekela izindlu zokulala eziyisikhombisa kanye nethuba lokuba bonke abantwana badle mahhala futhi bafunde ekolishi ngenkathi bekhula.
Njengoba kungenzeka ukuthi ucabanga ukuthi, izingane eziyisikhombisa zeBobby kanye neKenny zihlale zikhona kumakhamera wekhamera wezintatheli. Mayelana ne-septu eyingqayizivele manje ebhaliswe emaphephandabeni, umndeni uhlangana noMongameli uGeorge W. Bush futhi ...
futhi wavakashela umbukiso we-Oprah Winfrey. Kodwa ... ekhumbula isiphetho esibuhlungu sikaDion oneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, okuphila kwakhe kwacekelwa phansi yizindaba ezithandwayo, abaqashi bakaMcCaugy banquma ukuyeka unomphela impilo yomphakathi ngemuva kokuba izingane zinezineminyaka engu-10 ubudala. Okuhlukile kwenziwa kuphela kumzila we-Dateline NBC - bavunyelwe ukudubula isiqephu esisodwa ngonyaka ngefilimu ekhethekile.
Kakade maduzane, uKenny, Jr., Alexis, Natalie, Kelsey, Nathan, Brandon noJoel bazogubha usuku lwabo lokugcina - bazoba neminyaka engu-20 ubudala. Futhi awufuni ukwazi ukuthi banjani manje?
Kenneth McCogi - umakhi ozayo!
UKenny Jr., noma kunalokho - omdala kunabo bonke abafowethu nodadewethu, wazalwa kuphela ngo-1, 474 kg. Manje le nsizwa enhle isivele iyinhlangano yomnyango wokwakha ekolishi lendawo e-Des Moines. U-Kenny wathatha ithuba lokuthola imfundo mahhala, futhi wavuma ukuthi akazange athukuthele kakhulu ngokuhlukana kwakhe nomndeni wakhe: "Ngiyakholwa ngokweqiniso ukuthi kuyoba ngcono kithi sonke uma sihamba ngezindlela ezahlukene ekuphileni!"
U-Alexis May unguthisha we-kindergarten ozayo!
Futhi le ntombazane enhle yazalwa ngaphambi kokudadewabo bonke. NgoNovemba 19, 1997 walinganisa amagremu angu-1219 kuphela, futhi ngokushesha wasinda ekusebenzeni (kwabe sekutholwa ukuthi u-cerebral palsy). Futhi naphezu kokuthi namuhla u-Alexis akakwazi ukuhamba ngokuzimela, esikoleni esiphakeme wakwazi ukuvakashela isikhulu sesibili sabadlali abathandekayo. Ngendlela, u-Alexis uzofunda ekolishi elifanayo noKennenn, kodwa kwelinye ikhono. Umsebenzi wakhe njengentombazane ubona nje njengomfundisi wezingane zasenkulisa.
UKelsey Ann ungumculi odumile ozayo!
Ubani owayengacabanga ukuthi ingane, enesisindo esingama-907 amagremu emva kokuzalwa kuyoba izwi elinamandla nelihle? Ngendlela, uKelsey waqala ukuhlabelela ngokoqobo kusukela kwabanqunu futhi waqhubeka ebhinceni lamantombazane esikoleni saseCarlisle. Namuhla, omncinyane kunazo zonke odadewabo kaMcCogi ufunda eNyuvesi yaseHannibal-Lagrange (ekufundiseni okwazinikezwa ngesikhathi sokuzalwa), kodwa esikhathini esizayo ubona njengenkanyezi kuphela esiteshini somculo!
UNatalie Sue - uthisha wesikhathi esizayo samabanga aphansi!
UNatalie ungumlingani odade bakaMcKogi. Lapho ezalwa, isisindo sakhe sasingama-977 amagremu kuphela. Ngandlela-thile, emva kokuphothula iziqu, wayekuloluhlu lwabafundi abangu-15% abaphothule kakhulu ekilasini! Namuhla, uNatalie wathatha isibonelelo se-University of Hannibal-Lagrange futhi uyajabula ukuthola umsebenzi wethisha wesikole samabanga aphansi.
UNathan Roy yilona isazi esizayo!
Wazalwa njengesihlanu kwabangu-7, uNathan wayelinganisa ngo-1.145 kg kuphela. Wayengowesibili umntwana, otholakala enesifo sokukhubazeka kwesibindi futhi waba nokuhlinzwa. Ngonyaka ka-2005, lo mfana waba nomunye ukwelashwa okuhlinzayo emgogodleni ukuhamba namhlanje ngaphandle kosizo lomuntu. Ngendlela, uNathan uvame ukuzibona eYunivesithi yaseHannibal-Lagrange nodadewabo, njengoba efunda khona e-Faculty of Informatics!
UBrandon James ungumfana!
UBrandon wazalelwa owesithupha ngokulandelana, futhi walinganisa ukuzalwa kuka-970 amagremu. Ngemuva kwesikole, nguye kuphela owake waqhubeka nokufunda futhi wangena empini. Manje uBrandon usebenza esitokisini.
UJoel Stephen ungumqambi ozayo!
UJoel Stephen wayejabule ngokubonakala kwakhe ekukhanyeni kwabazali bakhe kamuva. Khona-ke izinyane lalinganisa amagremu angu-975, futhi manje naye ungumfundi eYunivesithi yaseHannibal-Lagrange, futhi amakhompiyutha namanje asithandwa kakhulu ekuphileni kwakhe!
Namuhla, uBonnie noKenny McCaugee badabukile ngokubheka izingane zabo zishiya isidleke semindeni yabo. Kodwa lapho ebuzwa ukuthi bakwazi kanjani ukuphakamisa abayisikhombisa abakhulu kangaka, baphendula ngehlaya:
"Indlela engcono kakhulu ukuthola nje kuphela ngesikhathi!"