The mother choked: It’s over and the baby hasn’t been hospitalized yet

The slippery and muddy dirt road after recent rains led us to Chu Thi Thu’s family in Trai Ca village (Tan Quang commune, Luc Ngan district, Bac Giang province). The little house of four widows and mothers lies deep in the village smoking hun.

Wiping away tears, Thu raggedly recounted about his family’s miserable life. My daughter Thuong is born as normal as the other children in the neighborhood, but since she was born, she has been raised forever and her son has remained atrophied.

Due to their difficult family circumstances, Ms. Thu and her husband work day and night to earn food for their children, so they do not take them to visit them. Until the year Thuong was 4 years old, the fever persisted and could not go away, her skin was yellow like turmeric. At that time, Thu and her husband took their children to the infirmary in a panic, when the doctor instructed them to move to the provincial hospital and then returned to Hanoi.

In Hanoi, the doctor concluded that Thuong suffers from hemolytic anemia and has to go to the hospital every month for blood transfusions and treatment.

Since then, the journey to heal the children of Ms. Thu and her husband has been extremely arduous and hard. One month, Thuong was hospitalized for more than 20 days, and Ms. Thu and her husband had to take turns going to the hospital to care for their children.

People at home have to work while working to earn money to support their 2 older and older children, and they have to manage to provide supplies for 2 people in the hospital.

In the midst of danger, having to run and cure her children in the hospital, while having to take care of the lives of other children at home, a disaster suddenly struck Thu’s family. On New Year’s Day, a car accident robbed the man who supported the family, pushed Thu’s mother and daughter into a life of extreme difficulty.

Speaking about her husband’s death on Tet 29, 2018, Thu still remembers the last time she met her husband. That day, her husband went to get some money to cut the lawn, so he ran to the market to buy Tet for the children, unfortunately he had an accident.

The accident took the man out of the family, and the party that caused the accident was also poor, so they did not compensate his family beyond the funeral allowance.

“His father is gone, he still has to go to the hospital, I don’t know how to do it alone. Sometimes I want to give up when I am distressed, but looking at the 3 children, especially thinking about the Disability, not Can …”, said then, the Ms. Thu raised her hand to cover her face, trying to hide her tears.

The previous loan to take the girl to the hospital for medical treatment has not been paid, her husband dies suddenly, the burden of life falls on the thin shoulders of the widow. In addition to the moment he followed her to the hospital and returned to her hometown, Ms. Thu was hired by anyone to do it.

This woman does not do any work, even heavy work is for men only, she is also quick to accept the job. She once worked very hard as a construction worker for back cartilage, but because she needed money to treat her children, she ignored even her own health.

Also due to overexertion, once while spraying pesticides, Ms. Thu fainted in the field and people took her to the hospital.

The doctor said that due to being overworked, lacking nutrition, his weak body caused him hypocalcemia, vestibular disorder.

His illness is full of body, so he can no longer do his heavy lifting. When Thuong was sent home from the hospital, she went outside to ask to wash dishes at the restaurant. But then the Covid-19 translation broke out and she lost her job. Now, she asked to go gather grass and cultivate the garden, but she was weak, so she had to rest for a few days every day.

Speaking with Ms. Nguyen Thi Trang, President of the Tan Quang Commune Red Cross Association, Ms. Trang commented that Ms. Thu’s current situation is especially difficult in the locality. Ms. Thuong, who has a dangerous illness, has to go to the hospital frequently. Unfortunately, Thu’s husband passed away, many difficulties accumulate. Over here, I also sincerely hope that you read the Dan Tri newspaper and that donors come together to help Thu’s family, helping Thuong have funds to continue treating the disease.

“From the day his father died, for Thuong to go to the hospital, I had to borrow money again from the Agricultural Bank, the Women’s Union, the Clean Water Fund, borrow from relatives, ask for interest … ok borrow

Her grandchildren should have gone to the hospital today for a blood transfusion, but since she couldn’t borrow money, the date is past and she hasn’t been hospitalized. Her nephew has had a fever since the morning, I’m worried but I don’t know what to do, “Thu said, tears streaming down her blue face as the health of her mother and daughter became weaker and weaker.

Lesson: Huong Hong

Photo, video: Trong Trinh