爸爸抱癱瘓女兒跳舞 贏得舞會冠軍大綱

Like many 12-year-old girls, McKenzie Carey loves to dance. And though McKenzie has a rare genetic disease that keeps her in a wheelchair, she has a devoted dance partner in her father, who's waltzed her through many local pageants.

和許多12歲女孩一樣，麥肯齊·凱利熱愛跳舞。儘管麥肯齊因身患罕見的基因疾病而無法離開輪椅，但她忠誠的舞伴——她的父親還是帶她在本地的許多舞蹈比賽上跳起華爾茲。

McKenzie has mitochondrial disease, a debilitating condition that deprives the body of energy and damages cells in the heart, liver, skeletal muscles, respiratory systems and brain.

麥肯齊患有線粒體疾病，這種疾病會讓人喪失大量能量，並損傷心臟、肝臟、骨骼肌、呼吸系統和大腦等部位的細胞，從而使人衰弱。

'Dancing with daddy makes her feel like she’s on top of the world,' her father, Mike Carey, told .

她的父親麥克·凱利告訴：“和爸爸一起跳舞讓她覺得無比幸福。”

'Pageants give her the same opportunity as other children and show people that she can accomplish anything with a little bit of help,' her mother, Tammy Carey, added. 'I just want the judges to look at her, not her wheelchair.'

“舞蹈比賽給了她和其他孩子同樣的機會，讓她能夠在人們面前展示：只要一點點幫助，她就能完成任何事。” 她的母親塔米·凱利補充道，“我只希望裁判們能看她，而不是她的輪椅。”

Ms Carey began entering McKenzie in pageants when she was five but it wasn't until 2010 that her father began joining her onstage.

凱利夫人在麥肯齊5歲的時候開始替她報名參加舞蹈比賽。2010年起，麥肯齊的父親開始和她一起在舞臺上跳舞。

'My wife was sitting in the audience and was so stressed about McKenzie, so I decided to do something a little crazy,' Mr Carey told .

凱利先生告訴：“我太太和觀衆坐在一起，因爲麥肯齊而非常緊張。因此我決定做件有點瘋狂的事。”

'I took McKenzie up on stage and did a wheelie with her wheelchair. Then I spun her around, picked her up and started doing a freestyle dance. The crowd went wild and gave us a standing ovation!'

“我帶着麥肯齊走上舞臺，用她的輪椅做了一個擡頭特技（類似摩托車擡起前輪）。接着我旋轉她，抱起她，跳起自由式舞蹈。觀衆們變得瘋狂起來，爲我們起立鼓掌。”

McKenzie has competed in more than 100 pageants, and won about 20. The family is currently preparing for a national pageant in Nebraska.

麥肯齊參加了100多場舞蹈比賽，贏了大約20場。凱利一家現在正在準備在內布拉斯加州舉行的一場全國比賽。

'If I get one person [inspired], it made the whole song and whole thing worthwhile,' Mr Carey told . 'It’s like an unspoken message. This dance is alike an unspoken testimony and shows bond and love between a father and daughter.'

“如果我能讓一個人感動，那整首歌整件事就是值得的”，凱利先生告訴，“這就像無聲的訊息。這支舞是父女間愛與牽絆的無聲宣言。”

The Careys have set up a GoFundMe page to raise money for McKenzie's medical treatments, and have already seen $86,000 donated to the cause.

凱利一家制做了GoFundMe網頁來爲麥肯齊的治療募捐。目前已收到8萬6千美元的捐贈。

'As a mother of a special needs child, there is nothing I won't do to help improve my daughter's quality of life,' Ms Carey wrote on the fundraising site.

“做爲一名有特殊需要的兒童的母親，爲了改善我女兒的生活質量，沒有什麼是我不能做的，”凱利夫人在募捐網站上寫道。

'She is such an inspiration to everyone she meets.'

“她感動了每一個見到她的人。”