Paul Richard Alexander byl mu\u017e, kter\u00fd porazil osud. Jako d\u00edt\u011b se nakazil d\u011btskou obrnou, ochrnul od krku dol\u016f a i p\u0159esto, \u017ee mu l\u00e9ka\u0159i ned\u00e1vali nad\u011bji na p\u0159e\u017eit\u00ed, d\u00fdchal je\u0161t\u011b dal\u0161\u00edch 72 let. A\u010dkoliv cel\u00fd \u017eivot str\u00e1vil v za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed zvan\u00e9m \u017eelezn\u00e9 pl\u00edce, vystudoval vysokou \u0161kolu, stal se pr\u00e1vn\u00edkem, spisovatelem a sv\u00fdm pozitivn\u00edm p\u0159\u00edstupem k \u017eivotu inspiroval tis\u00edce lid\u00ed po cel\u00e9m sv\u011bt\u011b.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paul Alexander zem\u0159el v pond\u011bl\u00ed 11. b\u0159ezna v Dallask\u00e9 nemocnici. Bylo mu 78 let. P\u0159\u00ed\u010dina smrti nen\u00ed jasn\u00e1, ale jeho bratr Philip Alexander prozradil stanici CNN, \u017ee ho ned\u00e1vno hospitalizovali s koronavirem. \u201eByl to prost\u011b br\u00e1cha. Stejn\u00fd jako ka\u017ed\u00fd jin\u00fd. Miluj\u00edc\u00ed, rady d\u00e1vaj\u00edc\u00ed, k\u00e1raj\u00edc\u00ed kdy\u017e bylo pot\u0159eba a tak\u00e9 v\u00e1s kolikr\u00e1t tak \u0161tval\u2026 Miloval dobr\u00e9 j\u00eddlo, v\u00edno, \u017eeny, dlouh\u00e9 rozhovory a sm\u00edch. Bude n\u00e1m tolik chyb\u011bt,\u201c napsal v \u00fater\u00fd na Facebooku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alexander se nenechal porazit nemoc\u00ed a i p\u0159es to, \u017ee jeho \u017eivot z\u00e1visel na za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed, bez kter\u00e9ho v\u011bt\u0161inu \u010dasu nemohl d\u00fdchat, dos\u00e1hl sv\u00fdch sn\u016f. V posledn\u00edch letech tak\u00e9 z\u00edskal velk\u00e9 publikum na soci\u00e1ln\u00edch s\u00edt\u00edch, uvedla agentura AP. \u201eM\u016fj p\u0159\u00edb\u011bh je d\u016fkazem toho, \u017ee va\u0161e minulost ani va\u0161e posti\u017een\u00ed nemus\u00ed definovat va\u0161i budoucnost. Opravdu m\u016f\u017eete dok\u00e1zat cokoliv. Jen mus\u00edte m\u00edt jasn\u00fd c\u00edl a tvrd\u011b pracovat,\u201c \u0159ekl v jednom ze sv\u00fdch vide\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jak to v\u0161echno za\u010dalo<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Do \u0161esti let \u017eil Alexander jako norm\u00e1ln\u00ed chlapec. Pob\u00edhal se dv\u011bma bratry Nickem a Philem po venkov\u011b u Dallasu a vyv\u00e1d\u011bl skopi\u010diny jako ka\u017ed\u00e9 d\u00edt\u011b. Jednoho de\u0161tiv\u00e9ho dne v roce 1952 se ale dom\u016f vr\u00e1til s bolest\u00ed krku, hlavy a s hore\u010dkou. Paulova matka Doris Alexanderov\u00e1 ho poslala do postele. A doktor j\u00ed jen potvrdil, a\u0165 ho v n\u00ed nech\u00e1 a nikam s n\u00edm nejezd\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeho stav se ale b\u011bhem p\u00e1r dn\u00ed rapidn\u011b zhor\u0161il. Kdy\u017e u\u017e nedok\u00e1zal mluvit ani polykat, rodina ho odvezla do nemocnice v Dallasu. P\u0159ijal je p\u0159epracovan\u00fd doktor, kter\u00fd chlapci diagnostikoval d\u011btskou obrnu. Vysoce infek\u010dn\u00ed nemoc, kter\u00e1 \u00fato\u010d\u00ed na nervovou soustavu a v t\u00e9 dob\u011b Americe zp\u016fsobila obrovsk\u00e9 p\u0159et\u00ed\u017een\u00ed nemocnic. L\u00e9ka\u0159 rodinu varoval, a\u0165 \u010dekaj\u00ed nejhor\u0161\u00ed. \u017de u\u017e mu nen\u00ed pomoci.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Na\u0161t\u011bst\u00ed na chlapce narazil druh\u00fd l\u00e9ka\u0159, kter\u00fd Paulovi no\u017eem otev\u0159el pr\u016fdu\u0161nici aby mohl d\u00fdchat a vy\u010distil mu ucpan\u00e9 pl\u00edce. Zachr\u00e1nil mu t\u00edm \u017eivot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alexander se nakazil b\u011bhem posledn\u00ed epidemie obrny ve Spojen\u00fdch st\u00e1tech americk\u00fdch, kdy onemocn\u011blo okolo 58 tis\u00edc lid\u00ed, p\u0159ev\u00e1\u017en\u011b d\u011bt\u00ed. Asi 21 tis\u00edc ob\u011bt\u00ed z\u016fstalo posti\u017een\u00fdch a v\u00edce ne\u017e 3 tis\u00edce jich zem\u0159elo, informoval den\u00edk The Telegraph.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Alexanderovi za\u010dal nov\u00fd \u017eivot<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Chlapec se v nemocnici probudil do nov\u00e9 a krut\u00e9 reality. Jeho t\u011blo bylo uv\u011bzn\u011bn\u00e9 v \u017eelezn\u00e9m v\u00e1lci, nemohl se h\u00fdbat a nedok\u00e1zal mluvit. Kdy\u017e se rozhl\u00e9dl kolem sebe, vid\u011bl des\u00edtky stejn\u00fdch za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed s na\u0159\u00edkaj\u00edc\u00edmi d\u011btmi. Brzy si tak\u00e9 uv\u011bdomil, \u017ee seznamovat se se sv\u00fdmi sousedy nen\u00ed dobr\u00fd n\u00e1pad. \u201eKdykoliv jsem se s n\u011bk\u00fdm skamar\u00e1dil, zem\u0159el,\u201c vzpom\u00ednal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rychle zjistil, \u017ee za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed, ve kter\u00e9m se probral, mu pomoc\u00ed podtlaku nutilo stahovat a roztahovat pl\u00edce. Imitovalo tak d\u00fdch\u00e1n\u00ed, kter\u00e9 jeho t\u011blo kv\u016fli ochrnut\u00ed nezvl\u00e1dalo samo. \u0158\u00edkalo se mu \u017eelezn\u00e9 pl\u00edce. V USA se na n\u011b krom\u011b n\u011bj spol\u00e9halo dal\u0161\u00edch 1200 d\u011bt\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00e9ka\u0159i to s n\u00edm vzdali i podruh\u00e9<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Po roce a p\u016fl dokto\u0159i chlapce pustili dom\u016f. \u201e\u0158ekli n\u00e1m, \u017ee nep\u0159e\u017eije. N\u011bkolikr\u00e1t se dokonce stalo, \u017ee p\u0159estala jet elekt\u0159ina a museli jsme za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed pumpovat ru\u010dn\u011b,\u201d vzpom\u00ednala Alexanderov\u00e1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I tehdy se ale na\u0161li lid\u00e9, kte\u0159\u00ed v chlapce v\u011b\u0159ili. Jeho fyzioterapeutka mu sl\u00edbila, \u017ee pokud se nau\u010d\u00ed na dobu t\u0159\u00ed minut polykat a zadr\u017eovat v krku vzduch, po\u0159\u00edd\u00ed mu \u0161t\u011bn\u011b. Alexander mal\u00e9 \u0161t\u011bn\u011b o rok pozd\u011bji pojmenoval Zrzek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
D\u00edky tomu, \u017ee se nau\u010dil takzvan\u00e9 glosofarynge\u00e1ln\u00ed d\u00fdch\u00e1n\u00ed, kter\u00e9mu \u0159\u00edkal \u017eab\u00ed d\u00fdch\u00e1n\u00ed, mohl pozd\u011bji v \u017eivot\u011b bez \u017eelezn\u00fdch plic d\u00fdchat i cel\u00e9 hodiny v kuse. Vydr\u017eel bez nich dokonce takovou dobu, \u017ee v dosp\u011blosti i l\u00e9tal na dovolenou do zahrani\u010d\u00ed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
T\u0159i minuty d\u00fdch\u00e1n\u00ed byly prvn\u00edm krokem ke svobod\u011b<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeho \u017eivot nabral na v\u011bt\u0161\u00ed normalit\u011b. Sice bez \u017eelezn\u00fdch plic nemohl sp\u00e1t, ale p\u0159es den ho p\u0159\u00e1tel\u00e9 brali na vych\u00e1zky, do kina nebo na ve\u010de\u0159i. Doma zvl\u00e1dl vystudovat i st\u0159edn\u00ed \u0161kolu. T\u00edm ale neskon\u010dil. \u201eCht\u011bl jsem dok\u00e1zat v\u011bci, kter\u00e9 mi v\u0161ichni \u0159\u00edkali, \u017ee nezvl\u00e1dnu. Cht\u011bl jsem si plnit sny,\u201c prohl\u00e1sil Alexander.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vystudoval proto pr\u00e1va na Texask\u00e9 univerzit\u011b v Austinu a za\u010dal pracovat jako pr\u00e1vn\u00edk. \u201eA byl jsem kur\u0148a dobrej,\u201c dodal s vtipem. D\u00edky speci\u00e1ln\u00edmu voz\u00edku se dokonce \u00fa\u010dastnil i soudn\u00edch l\u00ed\u010den\u00ed. Pom\u00e1hal mu t\u00fdm asistent\u016f a s\u00e1m si v\u011bci zapisoval pomoc\u00ed pera, kter\u00e9 dr\u017eel \u00fasty. Mohl tak ps\u00e1t nejen na po\u010d\u00edta\u010di, ale pou\u017e\u00edvat i mobil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stal se z n\u011bj i spisovatel<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Stejn\u00fdm zp\u016fsobem, jako si psal pozn\u00e1mky, napsal i sv\u00e9 pam\u011bti. Ty dokon\u010dil po p\u011bti letech v roce 2020. K naps\u00e1n\u00ed autobiografie ho postr\u010dila jeho partnerka a o\u0161et\u0159ovatelka Kathy Gainesov\u00e1. Knihu pojmenoval T\u0159i minuty pro psa: M\u016fj \u017eivot v \u017eelezn\u00fdch plic\u00edch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Na \u017eelezn\u00e9 pl\u00edce se dnes u\u017e spol\u00e9h\u00e1 jen 76let\u00e1 Martha Lillardov\u00e1 z Oklahomy. D\u00edky vakc\u00edn\u00e1m, kter\u00e9 v\u011bdci poprv\u00e9 vyvinuli v roce 1955, d\u011btsk\u00e1 obrna prakticky vymizela a toto za\u0159\u00edzen\u00ed nahradily modern\u00ed ventil\u00e1tory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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