腿脚不便的人都在努力奔跑 你没有理由不全力冲刺

A Different Kind of Athlete

一位特殊的运动员

(By Jay Lewis)

(杰·刘易斯 )

We found out that Jenny was hearing impaired, when she was four and a half years old. Several surgeries later, when she was seven, we found out that Jenny had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA).

珍妮四岁半时，我们发现她有听力障碍。几次手术之后，在她七岁那年，我们发现她还患有幼年型类风湿性关节炎。

She could not put pressure on the heels of her feet, so she walked on tiptoe, and when the pain became unbearable, I carried her. Jenny was fortunate, though, because she did not suffer the deformities , often associated with JRA.

她的脚后跟不能受力，于是她就踮着脚尖走路，疼得难以忍受时，就由我背着她走。不过，珍妮是幸运的，因为幼年型类风湿性关节炎通常会并发身体畸形，但这种症状并没有出现在她身上。

All through grade school , and on into high school, Jenny suffered, yet never complained. When the pain came, she took her medicine, and I would often wrap her feet in steaming towels, and hold her until the pain eased. But, as soon as she could withstand the pain, Jenny immediately carried on, as though she were pain free.

从小学到高中，珍妮一直饱受病痛的折磨，却从未抱怨过。疼的时候，她就自己吃药，每每这时我就会用热毛巾裹住她的双脚，抱着她，直到她疼痛有所缓解。但是，只要珍妮觉得疼痛可以忍受了，她就会立刻继续之前做的事情，就好像一点儿也不疼似的。

She wore a smile on her face, a song on her lips, and a love and acceptance of others. That was simply amazing. I don't remember her ever voicing self-pity. She ran when she could run. She played when she could play, and she danced when she could dance. And, when she could do none of these things, she took her medicine, and she waited until she could.

她那时总是面带微笑，嘴里哼着歌儿，用爱和包容对待他人。这简直太不可思议了。我印象里从未听到过她自怨自艾。能跑的时候她就跑，能玩的时候她就玩，能跳舞的时候她就跳舞。这些都不能做的时候，她就吃药，然后一直等到她又能接着做这些事儿。

Jenny, a beautiful blonde , with warm brown eyes, was never a cheerleader. She never competed in a sport. She could not even take part in a gym class. She took the same substitute health class four years in a row , just so she could pass with its credit each year. She joined the band.She won a place in The Governor's School for the Arts; yet, no one in the Charleston, South Carolina School System knew what to do with Jenny. The rules were simply not in place to deal with a student, who was both active and handicapped.

珍妮是一个漂亮的金发女孩，有一双令人感到温暖的棕色眼眸，她从未加入过啦啦队。她从未参加过体育比赛，甚至不能上体育课。她连续四年都选修同一门替代课——健康课，有了这门课的学分，她每年就能达到学分要求。她加入了乐队，还成功考入了州长艺术学校，