بعد‏ ‏سنوات‏ ‏من‏ ‏العلاج‏:‏
ناثان في‏ ‏كامل‏ ‏الوعي‏ ‏والإدراك‏...‏ ويحتاج‏ ‏للاندماج‏ ‏في‏ ‏المجتمع
مشاجرة‏ ‏عابرة‏ ‏أوقفت‏ ‏كل‏ ‏مشاريع‏ ‏حياته
بالإيمان‏ ‏والصبر‏ ‏نجا‏ ‏من‏ ‏فخ‏ ‏الإحباط
في‏ ‏نوفمبر‏ ‏عام‏2003 ‏بدأت‏ ‏رحلتنا‏ ‏مع‏ ‏الصديقناثان‏ ‏فيليب‏ ‏عزميالذي‏ ‏اختبره‏ ‏الرب‏ ‏بتجربة‏ ‏تحتاج‏ ‏إلي‏ ‏صبر‏ ‏كبير‏ ‏وإيمان‏ ‏حقيقي‏...‏ولد‏ ‏ناثان‏ ‏في‏ ‏قرية‏ ‏دير‏ ‏النغاميش‏ ‏بمركز‏ ‏دار‏ ‏السلام‏ ‏بمحافظة‏ ‏سوهاج‏ ‏بصعيد‏ ‏مصر‏,‏وهو‏ ‏مقيم‏ ‏منذ‏ ‏سنوات‏ ‏طويلة‏ ‏بالقاهرة‏...‏ناثانشاب‏ ‏هادئ‏-32 ‏عاما‏-‏حصل‏ ‏علي‏ ‏دبلوم‏ ‏المعهد‏ ‏العالي‏ ‏لعلوم‏ ‏الكمبيوتر‏.‏وكنت‏ ‏حياته‏ ‏تسير‏ ‏بشكل‏ ‏عادي‏-‏مثل‏ ‏كل‏ ‏الشباب‏-‏يحاول‏ ‏الحصول‏ ‏علي‏ ‏أية‏ ‏فرصة‏ ‏عمل‏ ‏لكي‏ ‏يساعد‏ ‏والده‏ ‏الذي‏ ‏تجاوز‏ ‏السبعين‏ ‏عاما‏.‏ويواظب‏ ‏علي‏ ‏حضور‏ ‏القداسات‏ ‏والاجتماعات‏ ‏الروحية‏...‏كانت‏ ‏حياته‏ ‏تسير‏ ‏علي‏ ‏هذا‏ ‏الخط‏ ‏بدون‏ ‏قلق‏ ‏أوهم‏ ‏بل‏ ‏ببساطة‏ ‏ووداعة‏ ‏قلب‏.‏
لكن‏ ‏في‏ ‏عام‏2001 ‏مرناثانبحادث‏ ‏قاس‏ ‏قلبحياته‏ ‏رأسا‏ ‏علي‏ ‏عقب‏ ‏ودخل‏ ‏في‏ ‏معاناة‏ ‏المرض‏ ‏وجبروت‏ ‏الألم‏ ‏أثناء‏ ‏مشاجرة‏ ‏مع‏ ‏أحد‏ ‏الأقارب‏.‏أرادناثانأن‏ ‏يدافع‏ ‏عن‏ ‏الطرف‏ ‏الضعيف‏ ‏في‏ ‏هذه‏ ‏المشاجرة‏ ‏فوقف‏ ‏في‏ ‏المنتصف‏ ‏ليحتجز‏ ‏الخطر‏ ‏عن‏ ‏الجانب‏ ‏الضعيف‏ ‏وكانت‏ ‏النتيجة‏ ‏انغراس‏ ‏سكينة‏ ‏في‏ ‏رقبته‏ ‏وعلي‏ ‏الفور‏ ‏انتقلناثانإلي‏ ‏مستشفي‏ ‏المطرية‏ ‏التعليمي‏ ‏في‏17‏أكتوبر‏2001 ‏وهو‏ ‏في‏ ‏حالة‏ ‏غيبوبة‏ ‏كاملة‏ ‏إثر‏ ‏إصابة‏ ‏نافذة‏ ‏بجسم‏ ‏حاد‏ ‏بالشريان‏ ‏الأيمن‏ ‏للرقبة‏ ‏بالجانب‏ ‏الأيسر‏,‏دخل‏ ‏علي‏ ‏أثرها‏ ‏إلي‏ ‏غرفة‏ ‏العمليات‏ ‏فورا‏ ‏لإجراء‏ ‏عملية‏ ‏لإيقاف‏ ‏النزيف‏ ‏الدموي‏ ‏وبعد‏ ‏الانتهاء‏ ‏من‏ ‏العملية‏ ‏دخل‏ ‏غرفة‏ ‏العناية‏ ‏المركزة‏ ‏وهو‏ ‏في‏ ‏حالة‏ ‏غيبوبة‏ ‏كاملة‏,‏تتوقع‏ ‏أسرته‏ ‏وفاته‏ ‏في‏ ‏أية‏ ‏لحظة‏ ‏ولا‏ ‏يوجد‏ ‏بينهم‏ ‏أحد‏ ‏يمتلك‏ ‏الأمل‏ ‏في‏ ‏نجاةناثانمن‏ ‏هذه‏ ‏الضربة‏ ‏القاتلة‏ ‏التي‏ ‏جاءته‏ ‏علي‏ ‏غير‏ ‏موعد‏.‏
ولكن‏ ‏السماء‏ ‏كان‏ ‏لها‏ ‏رأي‏ ‏آخر‏ ‏حيث‏ ‏تم‏ ‏عمل‏ ‏أشعة‏ ‏مقطعية‏ ‏علي‏ ‏المخ‏ ‏أثبتت‏ ‏وجود‏ 6‏جلطات‏ ‏بالمخ‏ ‏والجذع‏ ‏المخي‏ ‏والمخيخ‏ ‏نتج‏ ‏عنها‏ ‏شلل‏ ‏حركي‏ ‏رباعي‏ ‏بالأطراف‏ ‏مع‏ ‏التأثير‏ ‏علي‏ ‏الجانب‏ ‏الأيسر‏ ‏وعدم‏ ‏القدرة‏ ‏علي‏ ‏الكلام‏ ‏والإدراك‏ ‏وتم‏ ‏التعامل‏ ‏الطبي‏ ‏والعلاجي‏ ‏مع‏ ‏الحالة‏ ‏من‏ ‏ناحية‏ ‏المخ‏ ‏والأعصاب‏ ‏وبتكرار‏ ‏العلاج‏ ‏الدوائي‏ ‏بالمستشفي‏ ‏بدأت‏ ‏الحالة‏ ‏في‏ ‏الاستقرار‏ ‏تدريجيا‏ ‏وبدأناثانفي‏ ‏استعادة‏ ‏وعيه‏ ‏بصورة‏ ‏متدرجة‏.‏
عندما‏ ‏استقرت‏ ‏حالةناثانخرج‏ ‏من‏ ‏العناية‏ ‏المركزة‏ ‏إلي‏ ‏قسم‏ ‏المخ‏ ‏والأعصاب‏ ‏واستمر‏ ‏علي‏ ‏العلاج‏ ‏الطبي‏ ‏والطبيعي‏,‏وبعد‏ ‏فترة‏ ‏من‏ ‏العلاج‏ ‏تم‏ ‏عمل‏ ‏أشعة‏ ‏مقطعية‏ ‏أخري‏ ‏كشفت‏ ‏عن‏ ‏اختفاء‏ ‏ثلاث‏ ‏جلطات‏ ‏ووجود‏ ‏جلطتين‏ ‏بالمخيخ‏ ‏والجلطة‏ ‏السادسة‏ ‏كانت‏ ‏قد‏ ‏بدأت‏ ‏في‏ ‏التحسن‏,‏وبدأ‏ ‏المريض‏ ‏في‏ ‏الحركة‏ ‏بمساعدة‏ ‏أحد‏ ‏الأفراد‏ ‏ثم‏ ‏بمفرده‏ ‏مع‏ ‏وجودخذلبالجانب‏ ‏الأيسر‏ ‏من‏ ‏الجسم‏ ‏وعدم‏ ‏القدرة‏ ‏علي‏ ‏الكلام‏,‏بينما‏ ‏بدأ‏ ‏الإدراك‏ ‏والانتباه‏ ‏في‏ ‏التحسن‏.‏
قال‏ ‏الدكتور‏ ‏مجدي‏ ‏خلف‏ ‏مسعود‏ ‏استشاري‏ ‏المخ‏ ‏والأعصاب‏ ‏بمستشفي‏ ‏العذراء‏ ‏بالزيتون‏ ‏إنه‏ ‏بعد‏ ‏مرور‏ ‏نحو‏ ‏شهرين‏ ‏خرجناثانمن‏ ‏المستشفي‏ ‏مع‏ ‏استمرار‏ ‏العلاج‏ ‏الطبي‏ ‏والطبيعي‏ ‏المكثف‏ ‏وطوال‏ ‏هذه‏ ‏الرحلة‏ ‏المؤلمة‏,‏كان‏ ‏الدكتور‏ ‏مجدي‏ ‏متابعا‏ ‏لحالةناثانورافقه‏ ‏حتي‏ ‏استقرت‏ ‏الحالة‏ ‏تماما‏ ‏وبدأ‏ ‏المريض‏ ‏في‏ ‏الحركة‏ ‏بمفرده‏ ‏وتحسن‏ ‏الخذلبالجانب‏ ‏الأيسر‏ ‏بنسبة‏ ‏أكثر‏ ‏من‏80% ‏وصلت‏ ‏الأسبوع‏ ‏الماضي‏ ‏إلي‏100%,‏حيث‏ ‏كان‏ ‏موعد‏ ‏متابعة‏ ‏ناثانالشهرية‏ ‏مع‏ ‏الدكتورمجدي‏ ‏خلف‏.‏
مرت‏ ‏فترة‏ ‏طويلة‏ ‏لم‏ ‏نر‏ ‏فيهاناثانوعندما‏ ‏التقيناه‏ ‏أدركنا‏ ‏علي‏ ‏الفور‏ ‏مدي‏ ‏التغيير‏ ‏الذي‏ ‏لحق‏ ‏به‏,‏فصديقناناثانالآن‏ ‏في‏ ‏كامل‏ ‏الوعي‏ ‏والإدراك‏ ‏والانتباه‏ ‏وحركة‏ ‏أصابع‏ ‏اليد‏ ‏والبلع‏ ‏كانت‏ ‏من‏ ‏أكبر‏ ‏المشاكل‏ ‏التي‏ ‏تواجهه‏ ‏ولكن‏ ‏مع‏ ‏الاستمرار‏ ‏في‏ ‏العلاج‏ ‏الدوائي‏ ‏وتكثيف‏ ‏العلاج‏ ‏الطبيعي‏ ‏تم‏ ‏تحسن‏ ‏كبير‏ ‏في‏ ‏حالته‏.‏
وإن‏ ‏كانت‏ ‏هناك‏ ‏مشكلة‏ ‏أخري‏ ‏تواجه‏ ‏ناثانتتمثل‏ ‏في‏ ‏تأخر‏ ‏جوانب‏ ‏الكلام‏ ‏والاندماج‏ ‏في‏ ‏المجتمع‏,‏إذ‏ ‏يقضي‏ ‏معظم‏ ‏وقتهنائماعلي‏ ‏الرغم‏ ‏من‏ ‏قدرته‏ ‏الآن‏ ‏علي‏ ‏الخروج‏ ‏بمفرده‏ ‏والتجول‏ ‏والعودة‏ ‏إلي‏ ‏منزله‏ ‏دون‏ ‏مساعدة‏ ‏لانتظامه‏ ‏في‏ ‏العلاج‏ ‏الدوائي‏ ‏الذي‏ ‏يقدمهصندوق‏ ‏الخيرله‏ ‏بشكل‏ ‏شهري‏ ‏منذ‏4‏سنوات‏.‏
ويري‏ ‏الدكتور‏ ‏مجدي‏ ‏خلف‏ ‏أنناثانقادر‏ ‏علي‏ ‏أن‏ ‏يقوم‏ ‏بعمل‏ ‏بسيط‏ ‏لا‏ ‏يحتاج‏ ‏إلي‏ ‏مجهود‏ ‏بدني‏,‏فإذا‏ ‏حصل‏ ‏علي‏ ‏هذا‏ ‏العمل‏ ‏سوف‏ ‏يكون‏ ‏جيدا‏ ‏حتي‏ ‏يستعيد‏ ‏التواصل‏ ‏مع‏ ‏الآخرين‏ ‏مما‏ ‏يساعد‏ ‏في‏ ‏إعادة‏ ‏تأهيله‏ ‏وعودته‏ ‏إلي‏ ‏حالته‏ ‏الطبيعية‏ ‏بصورة‏ ‏كاملة‏.‏
‏**‏رحلتنا‏ ‏معناثانمازالت‏ ‏مستمرة‏ ‏وذلك‏ ‏بتوفير‏ ‏الدواء‏ ‏والعلاج‏ ‏الطبيعي‏ ‏له‏ ‏ونحن‏ ‏نجد‏ ‏في‏ ‏شخصه‏ ‏مثالا‏ ‏رائعا‏ ‏علي‏ ‏احتمال‏ ‏التجربة‏ ‏في‏ ‏صبر‏ ‏وإيمان‏ ‏من‏ ‏شاب‏ ‏توقفت‏ ‏حياته‏ ‏وأصبح‏ ‏شبه‏ ‏عاجز‏ ‏لكنه‏ ‏لم‏ ‏يستسلم‏ ‏لليأس‏ ‏والإحباط‏ ‏فهو‏ ‏إذا‏ ‏كان‏ ‏غير‏ ‏قادر‏ ‏علي‏ ‏الكلام‏ ‏لكنه‏ ‏قادر‏ ‏علي‏ ‏الابتسامة‏ ‏ومن‏ ‏هذه‏ ‏القدرة‏ ‏استطاع‏ ‏أن‏ ‏يخلق‏ ‏لغة‏ ‏حوار‏ ‏خاصة‏ ‏به‏ ‏تتكون‏ ‏فقط‏ ‏من‏ ‏الابتسامة‏...‏يصلي‏ ‏بها‏ ‏ويتحاور‏ ‏مع‏ ‏من‏ ‏يقابلهم‏ ‏بها‏...‏وهي‏ ‏طريقة‏ ‏جميلة‏ ‏للدخول‏ ‏إلي‏ ‏القلوب‏...‏وهذا‏ ‏الصبر‏ ‏والإيمان‏ ‏نتعلم‏ ‏منه‏ ‏الثقة‏ ‏التي‏ ‏اكتسبها‏ ‏هذا‏ ‏الإنسان‏ ‏من‏ ‏خلال‏ ‏تجربته‏ ‏المريرة‏ ‏وأنه‏ ‏سوف‏ ‏يأتي‏ ‏اليوم‏ ‏الذي‏ ‏يشفي‏ ‏فيه‏ ‏من‏ ‏باقي‏ ‏آلامه‏ ‏فالرب‏ ‏قريب‏ ‏لمن‏ ‏يدعوه‏.‏
روبير‏ ‏الفارس
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صندوق‏ ‏الخير
محب‏ ‏لمارمينا‏ ‏والبابا‏ ‏كيرلس‏ ‏السادس‏ ‏قدم‏500‏جنيه‏...‏والصديق‏ ‏هاني‏ ‏لطيف‏ ‏قدم‏ 1000‏جنيه‏...‏وعلي‏ ‏روح‏ ‏المرحوم‏ ‏لطفي‏ ‏جاءنا‏100‏جنيه‏...‏ومن‏ ‏يدك‏ ‏يارب‏ ‏وأعطيناك‏ ‏جاءنا‏400‏جنيه‏...‏ومن‏ ‏يدك‏ ‏يارب‏ ‏وأعطيناك‏ ‏جاءنا‏ ‏أيضا‏250‏جنيها‏...‏وفاعل‏ ‏خير‏ ‏قدم‏150‏جنيها‏...‏والسيدة‏ ‏فايزة‏ ‏فهيم‏ ‏قدمت‏100‏جنيه‏...‏والصديق‏ ‏نادر‏ ‏قدم‏ 50‏جنيها‏.‏

Al-Mahatta (The Station) is a special service that Watani has been providing for its readers for some 30 years now.
Victor Salama, The Station’s supervisor, says the name came to him while he was thinking of a bus station or bus stop. “I thought that each and every one of the readers and journalists in all the governorates stopped and met at the Watani station every Sunday, and as a newspaper with a mission it should look into the problems of its readers,” Mr Salama says. “The Station started out as a news column from different governorates in Egypt. Then, in November 1987, we received a message from a father whose daughter Hanaa’, then five years old, had been suffering from an eye ulcer since she was three and was about to lose her sight. The parent sounded desperate because he could not afford to pay for treatment. Watani published the message, and readers reacted immediately. A woman came to the Watani premises and donated LE20, and over the next few weeks Watani received several donations towards the cost of Hanaa’s treatment. Antoun Sidhom, the founder and owner of Watani, opened an account for donations and was able to publish the good news of Hanna’s recovery.
Since then hundreds of patients unable to pay for surgery or medicine have written in, and our mission has continued. In many cases, Watani has helped buy wheelchairs and hearing aids, crutches and zimmer frames. The Station also offers advice to readers who ask for the names of doctors with experience and good reputation.

Free services
Several doctors have offered free help to Watani readers. In 1992, Emad Fawzi, then 24, had heart problems. The minister of health answered The Station’s call for help and approved GPB12,000 so he could travel to London for treatment. Sir Magdi Yacoub agreed to operate, although he put Farwzi’s chance of survival at no more than 1 per cent. Fawzi remained in intensive care for 28 days, but the operation was successful and he returned to Cairo and to reading the newspaper that had set him on the road to life and health.
Victor Salama, says The Station’s mission has changed his life. One day, he remembers, a reader arrived who said he had just come from the airport and insisted on meeting him immediately. It turned out that the man had flown in from the United States, and before going home in to Alexandria he insisted on delivering $1,000sent by an American reader. Salama added that all donations, even modest ones, were very important, because they were a way of linking readers from all backgrounds and walks of life, and in the end the mission was completed and all parties were content. Through Watani, many readers became active members of their community

Less fortunate
The unforgettable stories from The Station illustrate the harvest of love and hope presented by our readers to those less fortunate. We will focus on the weakest: the children and the aged. In this respect it is worth mentioning that the relationship between Watani and our friends, the patients, does not come to an end once the required medication or help is provided; in fact this is where it actually begins, through the follow-up visits by Watani staff.

In 10 October 1989, three siblings with muscle atrophy were living on a fifth floor apartment in the working-class neighbourhood of Ain al-Sira. Their problem was that their father had to carry the three children up and downstairs to school every day. By the help of donations coming to Watani, the family was able to buy an apartment on the ground floor and nearer to the school. Watani made a follow-up visit to ensure that the children were taking their medication and physiotherapy.

Abeer was another child who benefited from The Station’s help. Two months after birth she had an inflammation of the brain tissue. As a result she became fully paralysed, and her legs and knees were deformed. In February 1992, Dr Nabil Naguib Elias agreed to cooperate with Watani and performed three operations to straighten the bones her in her leg. The operations succeeded, and Abeer was able to undergo physiotherapy. About the same time, Emad Saad from Luxor had a tumour in his knee. Watani took Emad to St Mark’s Hospital in Shubra, where he underwent a successful operation to remove the tumour. Emad retuned fully recovered to Luxor.

In January 1993, reader Milad Demian, a polio victim, asked Watani to help with his expenses entailed because of his admission to art school at Cairo University. Watani sent him a monthly sum of money until his graduation.

Needing a bike
In 1994, Rauth Nabil from Qouseya in Assiut wrote asking for a bicycle fitted for the handicapped, since she suffered from bone deformation in the ankle. Watani suggested that it would rather help treat her deformity. Nabil agreed to undergo several operations on her feet, and eventually was fully recovered and she was able to walk properly.

In 2002, we published the story of Nabil Maurice from Minia. Maurice graduated with a degree in commerce but could not find a job, so he was working as a builder to support his family. One day he fell off the scaffolding when he was carrying bricks. His bone marrow was damaged, and he was bedridden. Sympathetic readers are donating a portion of their monthly pensions to the tune of LE 250 a month for life. Watani is still following up Nabil’s medical quest in the hope of a recovery.

Rare parasite
In 2005, Watani took Zakariya Daksh, then 24, to brain and nerve consultant Dr Maged Shawqi at the he Good Shepherd Hospital in Shubra. X-rays revealed a rare kind of parasite in Daksh’s brain that comes from uncooked meat, and which had caused tissue damage. Watani provided the necessary medication for a full recovery.

The case of Nageh Marzouk is one that Watani has been looking after for 14 years now. When Marzouk first came to Watani he was seven years old and looked as pale as a ghost because he was suffering from juvenile diabetes. On that day, he was taken immediately to hospital and went into a coma for more than three hours. He was detained in hospital for 16 days and returned in rather better shape to his village of Bani Mazar in Minia. Marzouk has finished his diploma and is now working.

These are just some of the people who have benefited from The Station and the kindness of strangers.