It was found that the "big white" who came to sample was actually the daughter The 80-year-old father watched for a long time and refused to leave

Source: Xi'an Daily

As a medical worker, when he learned that the Shaanxi Provincial Rehabilitation Hospital had set up a nucleic acid sampling team, Song Wei did not hesitate to sign up. After the emergence of this round of epidemic, she and her colleagues ran in more than a dozen communities, worked continuously for more than 20 days, and completed tens of thousands of nucleic acid collections. On this day, she was sent to her own community to do nucleic acid sampling. Seeing his 80-year-old father lining up, Song Wei smiled and said hello, asking if his father could recognize himself. Knowing that the "big white" sampled in front of him was his beloved little daughter, after completing the sampling, Song Wei's father stood far away and kept watching his daughter reluctant to go home. Seeing Song Wei looking at himself, his father said with trembling hands, "You must protect yourself." At that moment, Song Wei said that he couldn't bear it anymore.

Since the beginning of nucleic acid sampling work, it is common to rotate day and night, often before dawn to start preparations, fully armed to go to various community collection points, often for more than 10 consecutive hours without eating, drinking, sleepless. Sometimes medical staff also have to take nucleic acid samples on people with limited mobility, and everyone in groups carrying large bags and small bags, wearing airtight protective clothing and thick masks, climbing up and down in residential buildings, and at the end of the day, tired legs are shaking. No matter how tired Song Wei never cried, when she saw her father standing far away, tears began to swirl in her eyes. Song Wei, who was about to shed tears, waved his hand with his father, reassured his father, and threw himself into work again.

From early morning to late at night, groups of sampling team members raced against time against time. Song Wei said that what everyone is fighting for is the hope of defeating the virus and the security of the people. Sometimes I am afraid that I will fall down before the task is completed, and after a few hours, my arms cannot be lifted, and my feet have become numb, but I hear the residents of the community saying "thank you" in a loud voice, and take the warm baby sent by the children and the warm water bottle brought by the mother... At that moment, Song Wei felt that no matter how hard and tired he was, it was worth it. She said that the seemingly simple work of collecting nucleic acids has a great mission, her work is recognized and respected, and her father must be proud.

■ Reporter Ma Xiang