「生命鬥士Lindsay Ess的故事(三)：完美結局」- Lindsay Ess' Story: Rebuilding

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Hour after hour, day after day, the therapy continues. The dark pigment in her new hands is fading away. Excess skin and fat has been removed.
一個小時又一個小時過去，日復一日，治療持續進行。在她新手中的黑色素正在消褪。多餘的皮膚和脂肪已被移除。

So you're kind of on schedule for it working.
所以在讓它運作上妳算是有照計畫在走。

I am ahead of schedule.
我還超前計畫。

And what does that mean?
而那表示什麼？

I have more muscle in my hands and my fingers than other people have had, at almost fourteen month.
我在我的手和手指頭有比起其他人在將近十四個月的時候，曾經有的肌肉還多。

So when we went down to Richmond a few weeks ago to catch up, it was the end of our story.
所以當我們幾周前前往里奇蒙與她見面時，就是我們故事的尾聲了。

But these are your hands now. They feel like your hands to you.
但這些現在是妳的手了。它們對妳來說感覺像是妳的手。

I feel like they're a gift. And they are always gonna be a gift. I mean...you can say that they are mine. But (and they are mine)...but they are still a gift.
我覺得仿佛它們是一份禮物。而它們永遠都會是一份禮物。我是指...你可以說它們是我的。但(而它們的確是我的)...但它們仍然是一份禮物。

One small sign of success: her intrinsic muscle's working (those little muscles that let her contract and relax her fingers).
一個成功的小跡象：她的內部肌肉群有在運作(那些讓她收縮、放鬆手指頭的小肌肉)。

If you feel right here, it's hard. It's a muscle. And then if you will let my pinky go too. I can move these two in at the same time. You see? So it creates a... See this? That's a muscle. And this is a muscle, which is intrinsic.
如果你感受一下這邊，它很硬。這是一塊肌肉。而然後如果你也放開我的小指。我可以同時挪動這兩隻。你看到了嗎？所以它產生一個...看到這個了嗎？那是一塊肌肉。而這是一塊肌肉，那是內部的。

What can you do with your hands now?
妳現在可以用妳的雙手做什麼事？

Before I could brush my teeth, but it was difficult. Now I can brush my teeth, and it's easy. I can't do the doorknob quite yet. I can pick up stuff from the ground.
在之前我可以刷牙，但那是很困難的。現在我可以刷牙，而且它很簡單。我還不太能轉動門把。我可以把東西從地板上撿起來。

And one other thing: Remember that small thing that Lindsay said three years ago that she aspired to do for herself?
還有另一件事：還記得三年前 Lindsay所說的那件她渴望能為自己做的小事嗎？

Can't wait to brush my own hair.
等不及要梳我自己的頭髮了。

Here it is!
這就是了!

So I can brush my hair.
所以我可以梳我的頭髮。

A small thing and a big thing in one stroke. For Nightline, I'm John Donovan in Richmond Virginia.
一件小事同時也是件大事，一舉完成。這是Nightline，我是John Donovan，在維吉尼亞州的里奇蒙市。

For the next eighteen months to two years, Lindsay will do two hours of therapy, five times a week. She said she wants to go back to school with the goal of helping wounded veterans.
在之後的十八個月至兩年間，Lindsay會進行一週五次，每次兩小時的復健治療。她說她想要以幫助受傷老兵為目的回到學校。