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His obsessive focus deepened, helping him learn to appreciate life’s precious moments and understand that bad things happen to good people.
他對(duì)工作的執(zhí)著加深了，這幫助他學(xué)會(huì)了珍惜生命中的珍貴時(shí)刻，懂得了壞事會(huì)發(fā)生在好人身上。
“I know people far more worthy of miracles than I am who haven’t gotten them,” he says.
他說(shuō)：“我認(rèn)識(shí)比我更值得發(fā)生奇跡的人，那些還沒有奇跡發(fā)生的人。”
David founded a support group for grieving college students at Georgetown called Students of AMF —
大衛(wèi)在喬治城為悲痛的大學(xué)生建立了一個(gè)叫AMF的學(xué)生的互助小組，
an acronym for Ailing Mothers and Fathers, as well as his mother’s initials.
這是生病的父母的首字母縮寫，也是他母親姓名的首字母縮寫。
(Reader’s Digest wrote about his group in May 2008.)
(《讀者文摘》在2008年5月報(bào)道了他的團(tuán)隊(duì)。)
David went on to earn a master’s degree at the University of Oxford,
大衛(wèi)繼續(xù)在牛津大學(xué)獲得了碩士學(xué)位，
where he learned how to conduct scientific research so that he could fight the disease that took his mom.
在那里，他學(xué)會(huì)了如何進(jìn)行科學(xué)研究，這樣他就能與奪去他母親的疾病作斗爭(zhēng)。
That relentless focus and scientific rigor would one day save his life.
這種不懈的專注和科學(xué)的嚴(yán)謹(jǐn)某一天會(huì)挽救他的生命。
David entered medical school at the University of Pennsylvania to become a doctor like his father—specifically, an oncologist, in tribute to his late mother.
為了紀(jì)念他已故的母親，大衛(wèi)進(jìn)入了賓夕法尼亞大學(xué)的醫(yī)學(xué)院，成為了一名像他父親一樣的醫(yī)生——確切地說(shuō)，一名腫瘤學(xué)家。
In 2010, during his third year, he got very sick and was hospitalized for five months.
2010年，在他第三年的時(shí)候，他得了重病，住院5個(gè)月。
Something was attacking his liver, kidneys, and other organs and shutting them down.
當(dāng)時(shí)有東西正在攻擊他的肝臟、腎臟和其他器官并使它們停止運(yùn)轉(zhuǎn)。
The diagnosis was idiopathic multi-centric Castleman disease.
他被診斷為特發(fā)性多中心淋巴結(jié)增生癥。
First described in 1954, Castleman presents partly like an autoimmune condition and partly like cancer.
淋巴結(jié)增生癥首次出現(xiàn)于1954年，部分表現(xiàn)為自身免疫性疾病，部分表現(xiàn)為癌癥。
It’s about as rare as ALS; there are around 7,000 new cases each year in the United States.
它和肌萎縮側(cè)索硬化癥一樣罕見；美國(guó)每年大約有7000例新病例。
The disease causes certain immune-signaling molecules, called cytokines, to go into overdrive.
這種疾病會(huì)導(dǎo)致某些叫做細(xì)胞因子的免疫信號(hào)分子超負(fù)荷工作。
It’s as if they’re calling in fighter jets for all-out attacks on home territory.
這就好像他們正在召集戰(zhàn)斗機(jī)對(duì)本國(guó)領(lǐng)土進(jìn)行全面攻擊。
In his hospital bed, David felt nauseated and weak.
大衛(wèi)躺在醫(yī)院的病床上，感到惡心和虛弱。
His organs were failing, and he noticed curious red spots on his skin.
他的器官在衰竭，他注意到他的皮膚上有奇怪的紅斑。
He asked each new doctor who came in his room what the “blood moles” meant.
他問每一個(gè)走進(jìn)他房間的新醫(yī)生“血痣”是什么意思。
But his doctors, focused on saving his life, weren’t interested in them.
但他的醫(yī)生專注于挽救他的生命，對(duì)這些紅斑不感興趣。
