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Iwasworkingintheintensivecareunitofourlocalchildren’shospital, asoneofOlga’’thelpbutthinkhowfrightenedthislittlegirlmustfeelwithallthosescarytubes, , shewasincrediblybeautifulandsmilingbackatmewithbigbrowneyes.
Whenhermotherarrivedearlythenextmorning, shesaidtome, “.I’llstayhere, nearOlga, withhersisterandbrother, soshecangetthemedicalhelpsheneedstostayalive.” Aswetalked, IdiscoveredthatOlga’smotherwastheonlyoneinherhouseholdwhospokeEnglish.
’thaveanyoneelsetohelpthemsetuphousekeeping, Ivolunteered.
AsIattemptedtohelpgetanapartmentforOlga’, “It’’smotherisn’tworking, andherfatherdoesn’tevenliveinthiscountry.”
AfterItoldthisstorytosomeofmynursefriends, , butadded, “’tsellpapersanymore.”
That’swhenBecky, ourdeterminedangel, , , , shesaid, “Oh, bytheway, Ihavecancer, butI’mundertreatment.”
Despitehercondition, , , howcouldthiswomandosomuchwhenshehadsuchdifficultiesofherown?
, Beckywouldgohomefromwork, startdinner, checkonthechildrenandthencallOlga’’t, Beckywouldbringherhome.
InApril2000, , andoneisselectedtorepresenthisorherstateinthenationalcompetetitioninWashington, , , butshealsohelpedothersfighttheirownbattleswithcancer.
In1998, ’toptimistic, , shecontinuestoshareherexperiences， .
Beckyislivingproofthatthehumanspiritcanberemarkable, , kind-heartedwoman.
