我早就说了嘛！|英语阅读|英语阅读理解

Those 4 words never sounded so good我从未觉得这几个字如此动听til the June morning直到一个六月的早晨in my mom"s hospital room.在母亲的病房里It began when my mother was admitted to the hospital事情的开始是这样的，我母亲要住院for a really bad infection in her bladder.因为膀胱有严重的感染It was November 21那是11月21日when they called us to her hospital room医院把我们一家人叫到母亲的病房里to tell us my mom had a mass tumor告诉我们，母亲长了一个肿块肿瘤it was big in her stomach在她的胃里，面积很大and it was malignant.是个恶性肿瘤They went over a couple of options他们列出了几种治疗方案but all I heard was MDAnderson & biopsy.我却只听到了癌症中心和活体检查That same night at about 2 a.m.当天夜里，凌晨两点钟的时候my mom got dressed我母亲穿戴整齐called my stepdad叫上我的继父and walked out of that hospital,两人走出了医院she wanted to go home.她想要回家The next morning第二天早上we went to talk to the surgeon我们去找医生谈话to find out what does this mean,去询问母亲昨晚的举动有何用意how long does she have by refusing treatment她这样拒绝治疗，还剩下多少日子& he said 15 days他说，大概半个月maybe less.也可能更少I was so scared我害怕极了I couldn"t accept losing my mom我不能承受失去母亲的痛苦my only parent双亲里我只剩下她了since dad died when I was 5 yrs old.因为我5岁的时候父亲就过世了My stepdad was an ok kinda person我的继父是一个不冷不热的人just not involved with our lives growing.在我们成长过程中，都没有管过我们So 15 days,所以，还有半个月I had这就是我所有的全部to pray, to beg, to cry,我只有这些时间去祈祷，去乞求，去痛哭流涕to spend time with my mom.去与母亲共度I didn"t judge her decision我没有职责她放弃治疗的决定she"s my mom她是我的母亲she has earned the right to decide what she wants.她有权决定自己想要的是什么My siblings didn"t see it that way我的兄弟姐妹们并不这样想but really what can you do.可是你能怎么做呢I asked everyone I came in contact with我对自己能联系上的每一个人都发出了请求if they could say wish good luck for my mom,我问他们能否祝我母亲好运I mean everyone.我说的是所有人The day came and went日子一天天过去and she did sleep a lot她确实睡得很多but my stepdad says she seems ok,但是继父说，她看起来情况还不错when I"d go visit her当我去看望她的时候I would just sit and stare at her我坐在那里，紧紧的盯着她I imagine she probably felt like a specimen under a microscope我想，她大概觉得自己就像是显微镜下面的一个标本because she"d just cough因为，她只不过喝水呛了一下and all heads turned to her glasses of water所有人都看向她手中的水杯in every direction从各个方向看着她my poor mom.我可怜的妈妈Then 7 months later7个月过后she ends up back in hospital她又住进了医院because her bladder is hurting real bad.因为她的膀胱疼的很厉害I remember sitting there我记得自己坐在那里just me and my granddaughter只有我和我的小孙女because she really wanted to visit her G.G.Ma因为她很想看望一下她的曾祖母and I watched her do her crossword puzzle我看着她玩字谜trying to sneak in a picture here and there.设法在这里那里拼出一个图案来The oncologist walks in the room医生走进病房asks my mom how she feeling问我母亲感觉如何she says I feel fine她说，我感觉挺好的can I go home now?今天我能回家了吗The Dr then says医生说i"m sorry实在抱歉but I cannot be your doctor可是，我没法给你看病so I cannot make that decision.所以，我也不能决定你何时出院She looks confused母亲一脸的疑惑I"m stunned我也感到十分惊讶so I asked what did my mom do now?于是问道，我妈妈又做了什么He smiled医生笑了笑and looked my mom straight in her eyes直直的看着母亲的眼睛 he says I"m a cancer doctor他说，我是一个肿瘤医生 since all your tests came back clear你的结果都非常好I cannot be in charge of your care.我不能再掌管你的健康问题了I"m looking at him我定定的看着医生wide eyed big goofy smile双目圆瞪，一脸傻笑and as I turned to see my mom"s reaction我转过头去看母亲的反应she picks up her crossword puzzle母亲拿起我女儿的字谜游戏 says as casual as can be用最随意的语气说"See I told you I wasn"t sick!"“看吧，都跟你说了，我没病！”I could only manage to say我一时百感交集，只能说出话一句"yup you sure did mom."“嗯呐，你确实说过，妈妈”That was 2 and a half years ago这是两年半之前的事情and she"s still mouthier as ever她还和往常一样巧言善辩but I went and thanked everyone我向所有的人都道谢了because I truly witnessed a miracle first hand.因为我真的亲眼见证了一个奇迹