alp希望天使(Angel of Hope)

2021年1月9日发(作者：宗泰)
希望天使(Angel of Hope)


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原文载英国版《读者文摘》2003年5月刊(Reader's Digest British Edition, 2003 May)

By Janet Boyle(译注：Xman_99)

Ammie Reddick from East Kilbride, Lanarkshire, was only 18 months old when she had the
accident that has scarred her for life. While her mother's back was turned for a moment, the
inquisitive[好奇的] toddler[初学走路的孩童] reached up to grab the flex[电线] of a hot kettle[壶]
in the family kitchen and poured boiling water over her tiny infant frame[稚嫩的肢体].

Her mother Ruby spun round[转过头来] and, seeing Ammie horribly scalded[烫伤], called an
ambulance[救护车] which rushed her daughter to a nearby hospital. Twenty per cent of Ammie's
body had been burned and all of her burns were third-degree. The doctors could tell immediately
that Ammie's best chance of survival was a specialised burns unit some miles away at Glasgow
Royal[皇家] Infirmary[医院]. There, using tissue taken from unburned areas of Ammie's body,
surgeons[外科医生] performed complex skin grafts[移植] to close her wounds and control her
injuries, an operation that took about six hours. Over the next 16 years, Ammie underwent[经受
(苦难)] 12 more operations to repair her body.

When she started school at Maxwelton Primary at age four, other pupils made cruel comments or
simply wouldn't play with her.
she recalls.

Today, age 17, Ammie can only ever remember being a burned person with scars; pain is a
permanent[持久的] part of her body. She still has to have two further skin grafts[移植]. Yet she is
a confident, outgoing[开朗的] teenager who offers inspiration[鼓舞] and hope to other young
burns victims[受害者].

Ammie's parents Ruby, a funeral director[葬礼承办人], and Gibby, a policeman, have been a
tremendous[极大的] support.
was theirs not mine,应付] with other people's reactions
and constantly reminded me I was valued and 's positive philosophy[积极人生观]
means she is now in demand with burns organisations, helping younger patients build their
self-esteem[自尊] to live with permanent[持久的] scars[伤痕].

She is a member of the Scottish Burned Children's Club, a charity[慈善组织] set up last year.
Says Donald Todd, chairman of the club and a senior burns nurse at Edinburgh's Royal Hospital
for Sick Children, 乐
观的] and outgoing[开朗的] and a perfect role model for them.