Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kaledonia, Michigan (CNN) I tūtaki a Ben rāua ko Shelby Offrink i te wānanga. Ehara i te mea tino harikoa - he rōpū ako mō te pāngarau ā-tinana - engari i taea e Penei te huri hei kōrero e tika ana kia korerotia mā te tinihanga. "I whakatūria e ahau he rōpū ako, a, i te mutunga, ka ki atu ahau ki ētahi atu kia kaua e haere mai, kia noho takirua ai maua", te kī a Ben me te ataata. Ka mea a Shelby, "He tangata tinihanga ia". "Ae, i hiahia ahau ki te tutaki ki a ia", e kii ana a Ben, "a koinei te huarahi pai rawa atu i kitea e au". Kia tere ake i ngā tau e waru ki te tau 2014. Ko Ben, e 34, rāua ko Shelby, e 30 tau te pakeke, i marena, e whakatipu ana i a Maeve, e toru tau, me te pēpi Hazel, e toru marama, i Caledonia, i Michigan, i te wā ka hurihuri ohorere te ora. "I whakaaro ahau he sciatica", e kii ana a Shelby mo te mamae o te tuara me te "raru" i akiaki ia ki te haere ki te hohipera. "Engari kaore i taea e au te aro atu ki nga taote o te ER. Na ka hoki ahau i te aonga ake, a ka mea ki a ratou, e kore e taea e au te pupuri i taku inu, a ka mahia e ratou he MRI, a ko reira tonu". I kitea ko te glioblastoma intramedullary, he momo mate pukupuku roro tino kino. He tino onge te putanga o Shelby nā te mea i noho ki tōna tuara, kaua ki tōna roro. "Na kua piri ki roto ki te puku o te roro", te whakamārama a Ben. "Ki te whakaaro koe ki tētahi poraka kikokiko kei roto i te puranga o te spaghetti, e kore e taea e koe te tango atu me te kore e whara i te puranga o te puku o te puku". 75% kua tangohia i te pokanga. Ko te toenga i maimoatia ki te huinga o te chemotherapy o te waha me te radiation. Engari i te ohorere ka kino ake te rua o nga wahi i runga ake i te tuatahi, a me whakawhānui ake te rohe o te radiation. I muri i te maimoatanga kotahi wiki, ka ngaro ohorere te manawanui o Shelby ki ona waewae. Heoi, ka noho tonu te ngoikore. Kāore i roa, ka mate a Shelby i te kopu ki raro. Engari kāore i mutu i tana wairua whawhai, i tana wairua whakawai rānei. I tapaina e Shelby ōna pukupuku, ā, i whakatau ia ki te "whakakore" i a rātau. Ka mea a Ben, "Ka kīia e koe ko 'tumah tumah-nator.' "Pērā ki ta Arnold Schwarzenegger e kī ai mēnā he pukupuku tōna". I a Shelby e whawhai tonu ana, e whakapai ake ana, i Akuhata 2014,...
UPDATE: I hinga a Shelby Offrink i tana pakanga ki te mate pukupuku i te 28 o Pipiri 2015. I kitea a Offrink i te 30 o ona tau he mate pukupuku roro kore e taea te whakahaere. Ko tana tahu, ko Ben, i kitea he mate lymphoma a Hodgkin, i te 15 tau kua pahemo.