儿科医生分享绝症儿童临终遗言感动全网络

When a palliative paediatrician in South Africa saw too many negative stories appear on his Twitter feed, he decided to share some positive, inspiring thoughts of the terminally ill children in his care.

当南非一位姑息治疗的儿科医生看到他的推特上出现了太多负面的故事之后，他决定分享一些他照顾的绝症患儿的积极，鼓舞人心的故事。

Alastair McAlpine, from Cape Town, tweeted: "I asked some of my terminal paediatric palliative care patients what they had enjoyed in life, and what gave it meaning. Kids can be so wise, y’know. Here are some of the responses."

来自开普敦的Alastair McAlpine在推特上写道：“我问过我的一些终端儿科姑息治疗患者，他们在生活中享受过什么，什么赋予了它意义，孩子们可以如此明智。他们是这么回答的。 ”

Dr McAlpine told the BBC he wanted to write something uplifting, and was overwhelmed when he saw hundreds of responses to his tweet, which has been liked more than 10,000 times.

McAlpine医生告诉BBC，他想写一些令人振奋的东西，而且当他看到他的推特上收到数以百计的回复，超过一万次的点赞后，特别感动。

None of the children, aged between four and nine, said that they wished they had watched more television, or spent more time on Facebook.

这些四至九岁的孩子没有一个说他们希望看更多的电视，或者花更多时间在脸书上。

Animals played a huge part in their lives as they enjoyed talking about their pets. Dr McAlpine tweeted examples: "I love Rufus, his funny bark makes me laugh; I love when Ginny snuggles up to me at night and purrs; I was happiest riding Jake on the beach."

当他们喜欢谈论他们的宠物，动物在他们的生活中起了很大的作用。 McAlpine医生在推特上分享了一些例子：“我喜欢Rufus，他有趣的吠声让我发笑，我喜欢Ginny在夜晚依偎在我身边，咕噜咕噜叫;我最快乐的 时光是在海滩上骑Jake。”

"When it came to kids dying, it seemed we weren’t prepared for what to do. The best part of my job now is that I get to meet these extraordinary children and families. I walk a special road with them," he says.

“当小孩快死了的时候，我们似乎还没准备好做什么，现在我的工作最好的部分就是去见这些特别的孩子和家庭，我和他们共同走了一条特殊的路。 ”他说。

After a child’s death, parents often continue a relationship with their child’s doctor, which Dr McAlpine says is a "huge compliment."

“孩子死后，父母经常与孩子的医生继续保持联系，McAlpine医生说这是一个‘巨大的赞美’。”

From his online thread, the children also worry about their parents as one of his tweets read: "Hope mum will be OK; Dad mustn’t worry, he’ll see me again soon."

他分享的帖子显示，孩子们也担心他们的父母，他的一条推文写道：“希望妈妈会好的，爸爸一定不要担心，他会很快再见到我的。”