1 00:00:04,160 --> 00:00:09,000 Speaker 1: Hello, friends, Welcome to Story Behind Podcast. This is the 2 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: show for people who love hearing a good story and 3 00:00:12,240 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: who believe the world could use more positivity. We're the 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:18,919 Speaker 1: team behind God Updates and God Too, and we hope 5 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,919 Speaker 1: these weekly short stories will brighten your day. 6 00:00:27,080 --> 00:00:29,360 Speaker 2: Family grows from one child to five with the birth 7 00:00:29,440 --> 00:00:34,040 Speaker 2: of Quadruplet Girls written by MICHAELA. Godoni, read by July Provost. 8 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,720 Speaker 2: Adriana Luna and her fiancee Anthony Lerma weren't expecting any 9 00:00:38,720 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: babies at all when they discovered they were going to 10 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 2: have four. They were parents who a two year old boy. 11 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,640 Speaker 2: When luna Gate birth took quadruplets, they never expected them, 12 00:00:46,760 --> 00:00:49,239 Speaker 2: but the four identical baby girls are a true blessing. 13 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 2: The little bundles were born at twenty nine weeks on 14 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:57,280 Speaker 2: Valentine's Day twenty twenty six. The couple named their babies Amora, Anala, 15 00:00:57,400 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 2: Ariya and Azara. Two babies are home from the hospital, 16 00:01:00,720 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 2: while two remain in the niek. You I was actually 17 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 2: one and done with my toddler, but they just came 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 2: and they're a miracle because they weren't supposed to be 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,800 Speaker 2: here at all, said Adriana, and she told Anthony about 20 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:15,640 Speaker 2: the pregnancy. He thought she was joking. Adriana added, multiples 21 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:17,720 Speaker 2: does not run in my family, so this is something 22 00:01:17,760 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: new and at the same time, I was excited but 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 2: also worried because pregnancies with multiples are always high risk. 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:25,319 Speaker 2: When she found out she was pregnant, she had just 25 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 2: begun nursing college in Corpus Christi, Texas. Though she's now 26 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,000 Speaker 2: stay at home mom to five, she knows nursing is 27 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,000 Speaker 2: still in her future and believes nothing can get in 28 00:01:33,000 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 2: the way of that. The baby's need you doctor. Doctor 29 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:39,679 Speaker 2: Miguel Dillton said the odds of having four identical babies 30 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,399 Speaker 2: are one in eleven million. When it was time for 31 00:01:42,440 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 2: Adriana to have the babies, his team was ready for them. 32 00:01:45,800 --> 00:01:48,320 Speaker 2: They were on standby from the very beginning because we 33 00:01:48,360 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: don't know when they're going to be born, and I 34 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: think it's always a challenge to be predicting because the 35 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 2: care is totally different. He said. Adriana will not be 36 00:01:57,720 --> 00:02:00,440 Speaker 2: able to work as she's intended. The parents say they 37 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: will need financial help to raise their babies and son, 38 00:02:03,200 --> 00:02:05,800 Speaker 2: and have a GoFundMe page. They said, while we are 39 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,120 Speaker 2: beyond grateful for these four blessings. This has also been 40 00:02:09,160 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: brought sudden emotional, physical, and financial challenges. Caring for quadruplets 41 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:18,880 Speaker 2: means quadrupled the diapers, formula, medical care, and daily essentials, 42 00:02:18,919 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 2: on top of adjusting the life as new parents for 43 00:02:21,680 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 2: newborns at one, it's a remarkable thing that these precious 44 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 2: babies were born, are all identical and are on their 45 00:02:28,440 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 2: way to recovery. Thank God that their parents chose life 46 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:46,480 Speaker 2: for them. Diagnosed with leukemia, this team still completed a 47 00:02:46,480 --> 00:02:49,880 Speaker 2: full marathon from the hospital. Written by MICHAELA. Godona read 48 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:53,280 Speaker 2: by Jully Provost. Wesley Aarro is in one to let 49 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: hospital walls or chemotherapy stop him from accomplishing his dreams. 50 00:02:56,680 --> 00:03:01,160 Speaker 2: The Massachusetts teen completed a marathon at a hospitals battling leukemia, 51 00:03:01,160 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 2: and the whole medical facility had his back. The fifteen 52 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 2: year old displayed incredible determination and perseverance. Wesley was diagnosed 53 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:10,280 Speaker 2: with leukemia in January after he bumped his elbow and 54 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:13,040 Speaker 2: the swally didn't go down. He recalled the initial trip 55 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:15,160 Speaker 2: to the hospital. My dad came into the room, and 56 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,120 Speaker 2: as soon as he came in, I knew something definitely 57 00:03:17,160 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 2: was not right. He was teary eyed and crying, and 58 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 2: he told me I was diagnosed with cancer and it 59 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:23,440 Speaker 2: was going to be more of a marathon and not 60 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:25,800 Speaker 2: a sprint and a long journey. I broke down for 61 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 2: two days, knowing how much I'll have to go through 62 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 2: in a year or more. The teen had always played 63 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:35,200 Speaker 2: athletic and had been playing dozens of sports throughout his life. 64 00:03:35,280 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: His dream is to become a professional baseball player. Though 65 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,480 Speaker 2: Wesley has had days where he just wants to lay 66 00:03:40,520 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 2: in bed, his dad has helped motivate him to get 67 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 2: up and play ball or work out and keep things normal. 68 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 2: When you do stuff and finish, when you complete the 69 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: day and you have a good day, it's like you 70 00:03:50,080 --> 00:03:52,280 Speaker 2: won the day. Every day you should try to win 71 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:54,520 Speaker 2: the day. Wesley says he has spent two months in 72 00:03:54,520 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 2: the hospital this year and gets plenty of visits from 73 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: friends of Pamiley. He credits them for support and is 74 00:03:58,920 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 2: glad he has friends he can call at twelve am. 75 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,640 Speaker 2: It was actually his physical therapist who put the idea 76 00:04:03,720 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 2: in his head to participate in a version of the 77 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,320 Speaker 2: Boston Marathon. She told him five hundred and fifty two 78 00:04:08,360 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 2: laps around his pod is the equivalent of a marathon's 79 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 2: twenty six point two miles. She told him it takes 80 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 2: most patients months to complete and they need rest after 81 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: twenty five or thirty laps. When Wesley heard that, he thought, 82 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,640 Speaker 2: not me. He did one hundred and thirty laps on 83 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:24,839 Speaker 2: the first day and completed the marathon in six days. 84 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 2: When he had just ten maps left. Friends, family, and 85 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 2: hospital stabs started to gather when he finished his final lap. 86 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 2: They held the hospital tape for him to walk through 87 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 2: and played music. He also did a second marathon in 88 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 2: just four days and hopes to compete in the real 89 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,760 Speaker 2: Boston Marathon. When he's out of the hospital, Wesley will 90 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:43,840 Speaker 2: undergo a bone marrow transplant, which is being donated by 91 00:04:43,839 --> 00:04:47,240 Speaker 2: his sister. He received support from many people, including doctors 92 00:04:47,240 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 2: and many GoFundMe donors. He even has the hatchtag Wes Strong. 93 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:52,760 Speaker 2: If I had no support system, I don't know if 94 00:04:52,760 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 2: I would be doing this right now. They just keep 95 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,719 Speaker 2: me going, said Wesley. Honestly, I don't wish this on anyone. 96 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,200 Speaker 2: This is terrible, but it has happened to me, so oh, 97 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:02,480 Speaker 2: I have to go through it anyway. I can't change 98 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:04,480 Speaker 2: the past. So now we just got to beat it 99 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 2: and go on to the future. God gave this to 100 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,520 Speaker 2: me because he knew I could beat it. Wesley's can 101 00:05:09,560 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 2: do attitude is just incredible. He got cancer at such 102 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 2: a young age, and no one would blame him if 103 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 2: he moped and felt sorry for himself, but instead he's 104 00:05:16,240 --> 00:05:25,440 Speaker 2: choosing hope and courage. Way to go, Esleie. 105 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,960 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for listening to Story Behind podcast. 106 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,800 Speaker 1: We're really glad you joined us for this week's story. 107 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: To see photos and videos that may have been referenced 108 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:38,839 Speaker 1: in this episode, check out the links and the show notes, 109 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:42,320 Speaker 1: and if you enjoyed what you heard today, subscribe to 110 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:45,920 Speaker 1: our podcast and please tell a friend about us. 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