Pfupisa nyaya yacho:  Mumwe mukomana ane makore masere okuberekwa wokuLayton, Utah, akamhanya makiromita 33 kwamasvondo mashomanene bedzi asati aitwa oparesheni yake yechina yetumor muuropi yakaipa. Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward anongoda kumhanya. Kunyange asati aonekwa aine bundu muuropi risingawanzowaniki - rinozivikanwa seTeratoma yakakura - muna October 2014, murume wechiduku uyu akanga atova kumhanya hafu yemarathoni nokuda kwezvipo, achitounganidza $1,700 muna September nokuda kweshamwari dzake mbiri dzinorwara neSpinal Muscular Atrophy. Kunyange zvazvo kuongororwa kwake kwaireva nguva yakawanda muchipatara, kazhinji kazhinji kuti aite rudzi rwakati rwokuvhiyiwa, bundu racho harina kuita chinhu chokudzivisa Lota kupinda munhandare. Kutaura idi, vose vari vaviri iye nachiremba wake vanoti zvamazvirokwazvo zvakamubetsera mukurapa kwake. 'Ndawana izvi!' Lota Ward ane makore masere akanga atomhanyira hafu yemarathoni anoverengeka asati aonekwa ane bundu muuropi, uye achiri kupfuurira kumhanya pasinei nokuonekwa kwake. Munguva pfupi yapfuura, Lota akaita chisarudzo chokuedza kumhanya muAntelope Island Buffalo Run yegore negore yechi10 kunze kweSalt Lake City, achibatsirwa nababa vake vanofarira kumhanya. Nhangemutange yamakiromita 80 yakanga iri denho hurusa yomukomana ane makore masere okukura, asi akairwisa somunhu ane unyanzvi akarovedzwa, achipedza makiromita 33 - akareba kupfuura nhangemutange yakazara yemarathon - tsoka dzake dzairwadza dzisati dzamumanikidzira kurega. 'Ndinoda kumhanya nemhaka yokuti kunondibetsera zvikuru munguva dzakaoma,' Lota akaudza Runner's World. 'Hazviiti kuti ndinzwe ndichitya kuenda kunovhiyiwa uropi.' Ari kupora: Lota akavhiyiwa uropi kechina musi weChitatu, April 1, uye nepo mhuri yaWard ichiramba ine tariro, kurwisana hakusati kwapera. 'Ndinofarira kumhanya nokuti kunondibatsira zvikuru munguva dzakaoma': Chido chaLota chakava chinhu chinomusimbisa mukutarisana nezvirwere zvepfungwa zvinoverengeka. Nokukurumidza pashure pokunge awana chirwere chacho muna October apfuura, Lota akavhiyiwa uropi kaviri kokutanga kuti abatsire kubvisa mvura yomumusana uye kubvisa imwe tumarara. Zvisinei, nemhaka yengozi yesitiroko, vanachiremba havana kukwanisa kupedza yokupedzisira. Lota gare gare akaenda kunoona vanachiremba nokuda kwokunzverwa kwake kwemwedzi mitatu uye akapiwa mashoko anoparadza: iyo...
Lotatoa 'Lota' Ward akaonekwa aine bundu muuropi muna Gumiguru 2014. Kubvira ipapo akaitwa maoparesheni mana muuropi. Nguva pfupi asati avhiyiwa, Lota akamhanya munhangemutange yegumi yegore negore yeAntelope Island Buffalo Run kunze kweSalt Lake City, Utah.