Ko e Talanoa 'o Mele

Naʻe tupu hake ʻa Mele ʻi East Palo Alto, pea ʻokú ne saiʻia ke sio ki he kakai mei hono koló ʻoku nau fai ʻa e tokangaʻí mo e ngaahi ngāue tokoní ʻi Ravenswood ʻi heʻene hū atu ʻi hono ngaahi matapā ʻo e kiliniká. Ko 'ene sio ki he founga 'oku 'inivesi ai 'a Ravenswood 'i he komiuniti 'oku ne polepole ai. Ko Mele ko e mahaki 'o Ravenswood talu mei he 2016.

Lolotonga e feitama hono faá ʻi he 2022, naʻá ne maʻu ha tokanga mei he Potungāue Moʻui ʻa e Kakai Fefiné ʻi Ravenswood, pea ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi te ne maʻu ha tokanga kimuʻa ʻi he fāʻelé meia Toketā Santana, ʻa ia ko e Tokoni Talēkita ʻo e Moʻui ʻa e Kakai Fefiné. ‘Oku taukei ‘a Toketā Santana ‘i he tokanga‘i ‘o e fā‘elé, ‘a ia ‘oku fai ki he kau mahakí lolotonga mo e hili ‘a e feitamá ke fakapapau‘i ‘oku lele lelei ‘a e feitamá pea ‘oku tupulaki mo‘ui lelei ‘a e pēpeé. Naʻe fiefia ʻaupito ʻa Mele ʻi hono maʻu ʻo e tokanga meia Toketā Santana ʻo ne kole ai ke hoko ʻa Toketā Santana ko ʻene toketā fakafanau tefitó.

ʻI heʻene fakatupulaki ʻene falala kia Toketā Santana, naʻe ongoʻi falala ʻa Mele ʻe ʻoange ʻe Toketā Santana ʻa e tokanga mo e poupou ʻi he kotoa ʻo ʻene feitama hono nimá ʻi he 2023. ʻI he māhina ʻe fā ʻo ʻene feitamá, naʻe fakahā kia Mele ʻokú ne maʻu ʻa e placenta previa, ko ha tuʻunga ʻoku ʻufiʻufi ai ʻe he placenta ʻa e . fakaava ‘a e ngutu ‘o e fa‘eé pea fakafaingata‘a‘ia‘i ai ha fā‘ele anga-maheni. Naʻe lue atu ʻa Toketā Santana ʻi he ʻuhinga mo e ngaahi nunuʻa ʻo e tūkungá. ‘Oku mahino pē na‘e ilifia mo manavasi‘i ‘a Mele ‘i hono fakahā ange ‘e Toketā Santana kia Mele ‘e fiema‘u nai ke ne fai ha tafa faka-sisili (c-section). Ke fakafiemālieʻi ʻa Mele, naʻe fakahā ʻe Toketā Santana ʻa hono tūkunga tonu ʻoku fie maʻu ai ha c-section. “Ko ʻeku foua ha meʻa tatau naʻá ne fakalahi ʻa e founga naʻá ku lava ai ʻo ʻoatu ʻa e tokangaʻí,” ko e lau ia ʻa Toketā Santana ʻi heʻene manatuʻi ʻene ngaahi lea fakafiemālie kia Melé.

‘I Tīsema 2023, na’e fakalalahi ‘a e tu’unga ‘o Mele ‘o a’u ki ha tu’unga fakavavevave ‘o fiema’u ke fakahū vave ki falemahaki – na’e tafe toto ‘a hono pelesenta. Lolotonga ʻene ʻi aí, ʻe telefoni ʻa Toketā Santana kia Mele ke vakaiʻi ia mo vakaiʻi ʻene saati moʻui leleí mei hono ʻōfisí tonu. Naʻá ne fakapapauʻi kia Mele ʻokú ne sai ʻaupito. Naʻe kei nofo pē ʻa Mele ʻi he .