He Hoa Hooikaika Ma'amau
I ka pau ʻana o kāna hoʻomaʻamaʻa Orangetheory, nānā ʻo Katherine Wallace i kāna mau hopena, e like me nā mea ʻē aʻe. Akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hiki i kāna hoa hoʻoikaika kino. Hauʻoli ʻo Blaze i ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hamo liʻiliʻi ma ka ihu a i ʻole ka ʻili ma hope o nā pepeiao.
A laila, ʻo kāna hoa kāne ʻo Blaze, he ʻīlio. He ʻīlio lawelawe Golden Doodle ʻelua makahiki. ʻOiai ʻaʻole ʻae ʻo Orangetheory i nā holoholona i loko o ke keena, hiki i nā lālā e koi ana i nā ʻīlio lawelawe hōʻoia ke lawe iā lākou i ka papa.
ʻOiai makemake ʻo ia e lilo i kanaka ʻē aʻe e loaʻa ana kāna Splat Points, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Katherine, 26, ma kāna mau hale ʻo Farmington Hills a me Birmingham, Michigan, ʻo "ke kaikamahine me ka ʻīlio." Akā ʻaʻole ʻo Blaze he ʻīlio nani wale. Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻia ʻo ia e kōkua i ka hoʻopakele ʻana i ke ola o Katherine ma ka ʻike ʻana i ka wā e hāʻule nui ai ke kō koko koko.
"Hāʻawi mai nā kaʻi āpau iaʻu i ka wili ma ka hopena no laila aia ʻo ia ma ka papahele ma hope oʻu," wahi a Katherine. "E kū aʻe ʻo ia a holo kokoke i ka wili me ka ʻole o ka hehi ʻana a nānā mai ʻo ia iaʻu.
Ua loaʻa iā Katherine ka maʻi maʻi type 1 mai kona mau makahiki 9. ʻO ka maʻi, kahi e hoʻopuka liʻiliʻi ai ka pancreas i ka insulin, ʻaʻohe lāʻau lapaʻau. Akā ʻo Katherine e hana me ka wiwo ʻole, me ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka nānā ʻana i kona pae kō koko. He mea koʻikoʻi ka makaʻala i ka pale ʻana i ka hopu ʻia e nā hāʻule pōʻino o nā pae glucose.
"Ua makaʻala mai ʻo Blaze iaʻu i koʻu wā ma luna o ka wili aʻu e hāʻule nei," wahi āna. "A i ʻole i kekahi manawa i koʻu wā e holo ana, piʻi mai ʻo ia a paʻi mai iaʻu. He mea ʻala ia. He mea kupanaha loa hiki iā ia ke ʻike i nā pilau ma Orangetheory. Aia ma mua o 20 mau kino hou e hoʻopuka ana i nā mea ʻala, a ua kikoʻī ʻo ia noʻu."
Inā loaʻa ʻo Katherine i kahi maʻi, ʻike ke koʻokoʻo i ka mālama ʻana iā Blaze ʻoiai e mālama ʻia ʻo ia e nā paramedic. ʻO ka mea pōmaikaʻi, ʻaʻole i hiki i kēia manawa.
Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Katherine i kona ola a pau, akā ua haʻalele ka maʻi maʻi a me ka maʻi pneumonia ma Iulai 2018 i kona hanu a me ka ikaika.
"Ua manaʻo wau ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana hou," wahi āna.
Akā, i ka manawa i mālama ʻia ai ka ʻAhahui Diabetes ʻAmelika, kahi i hana manawaleʻa ai ʻo Katherine, i kahi ʻohi kālā ma kahi Orangetheory Fitness, manaʻo ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo i ka papa. Ua lawe ʻo Katherine lāua ʻo Blaze i kā lāua papa Orangetheory mua i ʻApelila.
"Ua hoʻopaʻa wau iā ia," wahi āna, "a i kēia manawa hiki iaʻu ke hana i kahi papa holoʻokoʻa me ka hoʻomaha ʻole." ʻOiaʻiʻo, i kēia manawa, hana ʻo ia i ʻeono a ʻoi aku paha manawa o ka pule (ʻae, i kēlā me kēia pule).
"Maikaʻi nā studio," wahi āna. "Inā pono wau e haʻalele i ka papa, e hōʻoia koʻu mau kumu aʻo ua maikaʻi au. Ke koi mau nei lākou iaʻu i koʻu mau palena. Makemake lākou iaʻu e hoʻoikaika i kaʻu PR (moʻolelo pilikino) a hiki i kaʻu mau pahuhopu. ʻO nā lā ʻē aʻe, e hoʻokuʻu mai lākou iaʻu e hele a hele wale i ka mana. Kākoʻo lākou iaʻu i nā mea āpau. "
A laila, ʻaʻole ia he mea kūʻokoʻa iā Katherine, wahi a Caitlin Donato, ka luna o ka Template Design Team ma Orangetheory's Global Support Center.
“Workouts are designed to ensure people of all fitness levels walk out after a class feeling successful,” said Caitlin. If coaches notice a member hesitating or struggling, they can offer options for every movement. Plus, extensive ongoing training allows fitness coaches to offer a personal trainer feeling in a group fitness setting.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kā Katherine lāua ʻo Blaze e holo ma Orangetheory, hele wale lāua i nā papa i aʻo ʻia e hoʻokahi kaʻi. I kēia manawa he mea kaulana ʻo Katherine. ʻAʻole ʻike nā lālā ʻē aʻe e hānai iā Blaze - ma hope o nā mea āpau, ke hana nei ʻo ia. Akā aia kāna mau punahele, e ʻimi ana i kahi ala e kū ai me lākou i ka wā o ka papa. A ʻoi aku ka nui o nā lālā e hoʻāʻo e hoʻohālikelike i kā lākou papa manawa me kā Kathrine.
"Nīnau mau wau, 'Ua maikaʻi ʻoe me nā ʻīlio?' A ua ʻōlelo lākou a pau, 'Auē, ua kali au iā ʻoe e hele mai i koʻu papa,'” wahi āna. "Maikaʻi nā mea a pau; ua makemake lākou a pau iā ia ma laila. "
I ka manawa i hoʻoholo ai ʻo Katherine e pono ʻo ia i ʻīlio lawelawe, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo ia i nā pamu insulin a me nā mea nānā mau. ʻAʻohe mea i kōkua. Loaʻa iā ia ka mea i kapa ʻia ʻo ka hypoglycemia unawareness, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole ʻo ia i makaʻala i ka helu haʻahaʻa o ke kō koko e nā hōʻailona maʻamau o ka noʻonoʻo, haʻalulu, ka wela a me ka wikiwiki o ka naʻau.
"Ua noho hoʻokahi wau a ua loaʻa ka maʻi maʻi," wahi āna. "ʻAʻole au i ʻike he pilikia koʻu no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona. E ala wau ma ka papahele me ke koko ma koʻu mau maka."
ʻOiai ʻo Blaze e aʻo ʻia ana ma kahi hale hana ma Idaho, ua hoʻouna ʻo Katherine i kāna mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa i nā laʻana o kona kohu i ka wā maʻamau, haʻahaʻa a kiʻekiʻe ke kō koko. Ua aʻo ʻo Blaze e honi i ka mea ʻaʻole i ka laulā maʻamau. I kēia manawa he hui ʻo ia a me Katherine, ua hele ʻo ia mai ʻekolu a ʻeono mau maʻi i ka mahina a i ʻekolu wale nō i nā mahina he 18 i hala.
"He ola hou loa ia," wahi āna. "Aia wau i kahi moku'āina kahi aʻu e hilinaʻi nei inā hiki mai kekahi mea, aia wau i nā wāwae maikaʻi."
"Ua hālāwai au i kekahi o kaʻu mau hoaaloha maikaʻi loa ma o Orangetheory a ua kōkua nui lākou iaʻu i nā mea he nui," wahi āna. "Kupaianaha nā kaʻi a me nā limahana. Hoʻoluhi a paʻakikī nā kānaka a pau."