Zhang Zhongren on the left and Zhang Zhongyi on the right
On November 8, 2014, Taiwan Qingqing Farm welcomed the wedding of a couple.
The guests looked at the groomsmen who were busy before and after, and all of them looked sideways. He braced a pair of crutches and struggled through the entire venue.
Everyone understood that he was happy for his brother. While the crowd was moved, they could not help but feel sorry for him.
"My brother is getting married, but my brother doesn't even have a shadow of his girlfriend."
Zhang Zhongren was also a little lonely in his heart, but he quickly "cleaned up" his mood. At least, one of their brothers could enter the palace of marriage like a normal person.
And he, although he failed to meet love, gained affection and the care of countless people. He was content and grateful, after all, he and his brother had so difficulty surviving.
In 1979, a pair of abandoned babies was found in the Hospital Affiliated to the National Taiwan University School of Medicine.
Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi
In general, children who are abandoned by their parents are most likely to have health problems. But the twin brothers are more special.
Because they are not just twins, but also twins with three legs and ischioschia.
The world often describes brotherhood as "brothers and sisters", but these two children are the real "brothers and sisters" of this time.
The "entanglement" of the body makes them look at each other every day, and when they open their eyes, they see each other.
Two children under three years of age, realizing they had been abandoned by their families. The instinct to survive makes them extra meek and well-behaved when facing the medical staff in the hospital.
The dean named them Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi, hoping that they would stick to Zhongyiren in the future.
The nurses who took care of them often lamented privately: "It's a pity that two children are so obedient and lovely!" ”
Yes, it's a pity.
In the 1970s, the global level of medical care was not too developed, so the survival rate of ordinary conjoined babies was extremely low.
The best way to keep conjoined babies alive and grow up is to perform separation surgery for conjoined babies.
However, although there were many surgical precedents in the world at that time, only one of the final surgeries was successful.
In other words, in the medical context at that time, the birth of a pair of conjoined babies meant their "death".
The hospital's job is to save lives, and they can't watch their two children die early.
However, the risk rate of separation surgery is extremely high, and no doctor can pat the chest to ensure the success of the operation.
If not saved, the two children will die. Save, two children will not necessarily live.
And now the two children are abandoned by their parents, which is a real abandoned baby. Once the operation ultimately fails, public opinion will surely "come" like a tide.
Looking at the poor brothers, the staff of the hospital attached to the National Taiwan University School of Medicine was helpless and fell into a dilemma.
The older the two children, the more time cannot withstand the "delay". In the end, NTU President Chen Weizhao made a decision.
Do, immediately rescue Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi, and perform "separation surgery". ”
As soon as this news came out, countless people were shocked by Chen Weizhao's boldness.
At that time, the "Lianhe Bao" publicized this news, and countless Taiwanese people learned about Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi.
In order to save the two poor children, enthusiastic people called the hospital one after another, asking the hospital to save the two children.
The voice of the people, placed in the hospital, is another kind of "pressure". The inside of the hospital is more panicked than the sounds of the outside world.
After all, there was no precedent for separation surgery in hospitals before. Once the operation failed, not only the reputation of the hospital was damaged, but also two "fresh" lives were directly buried.
Chen Weizhao made up his mind, he knew that if he continued to delay, Xiao Zhongren and Xiao Zhongyi would only have "one dead end."
"Colleagues, this is not an issue we should consider, now that these two children have been abandoned by their parents, in terms of the average life expectancy of conjoined babies, if we do not come to this operation, these two children may not last more than two years and then die."
In the end, under the close attention of all parties, Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi were pushed into the operating room.
Near the time of the operation, the two young children were not unaware. They vaguely understood that this would be a turning point in their fate, and whether they could survive successfully or not was all about this operation.
Listening to the various comforting voices around him, Zhang Zhongren firmly hugged his brother Zhang Zhongyi. Physical reasons make them more intimate than ordinary brothers, and at the moment they are truly "dependent on each other".
Zhang Zhongyi's wedding scene
"Don't be afraid, brother."
Zhang Zhongyi listened to his brother's whispered reassurance, and his heart was no longer so flustered. As usual, he clung to his brother.
Lying on the operating table, the two brothers gradually fell into "sleep" under the action of anesthesia.
As young, they have only one simple and fervent desire: "They want to live, just like any other healthy little child." ”
Compared with ignorant children, the hospital has entered a highly "fighting" state.
In order to ensure the success of this operation, all the senior doctors of the Affiliated Hospital of National Taiwan University School of Medicine joined the "battle". After various discussions and deliberations, an extremely detailed and complete medical plan was finally arranged for the operation.
On the day of the operation, in addition to the chief surgeon, even the assistant who delivered the forceps was served by the director of the hospital.
The red light in the operating room was lit, and the doctor was "fighting" inside. People outside are also always on high alert, waiting day and night for the final result.
Time passed minute by minute, and everyone's heart went up to the throat eye. Just wait for the surgical door to open and inform a final "verdict".
Finally, twelve hours later.
The medical team led by Chen Weizhao ended the "battle", looked at each other, and their eyes were full of relief and joy.
"The operation was successful!"
This news was like a pair of "wings" inserted, and it quickly spread throughout the world. It has to be said that this is a milestone "victory" for the entire medical community.
Since then, the world's conjoined infant separation surgery has a second successful case. In the whole of Asia, there is the first successful case.
Such success directly "updated" the history of the medical community and greatly enriched Chen Weizhao's resume.
"Participated in the segregation of conjoined babies Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi."
This sentence is worth thousands of praises and praises.
Compared with the joy and excitement of outsiders, the Zhang Zhongren brothers, as parties, have only one clearest and strongest understanding: they survived.
Zhang Zhongyi's wedding scene
Even if they each "get" only one leg and become disabled. But to survive is already the greatest luck.
Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi remained in the hospital after the operation. Listen to the nurse sisters who take care of them, they are helping them find their parents.
Although they are twins, the older brother is more mature than the younger brother.
Zhang Zhongren did not have much joy when he heard his parents. When he was tormented by illness, when he died nine times in the operating room, how he longed to have his parents by his side.
But no.
Zhang Zhongren grabbed his brother's small hand and said, "Only their brothers depend on each other for their lives." ”
Outsiders don't know what he thinks, they just have to find parents who abandoned them for the two children. Soon their biological parents had news.
Zhang Zhongyi and the child
It turned out that the parents divorced not long after abandoning their two children, and now both of them refuse to raise the children.
In desperation, the affiliated hospital of the National Taiwan University School of Medicine had to temporarily "take in" Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi.
In Zhang Zhongren's memory, the three years in the hospital were the most painful but also the happiest time of his childhood.
Although it is necessary to cooperate with the doctor to complete various examinations and rehabilitation training every day, the gentle care of the doctor, the careful care of the nurse, and the visits of countless well-wishers... All of them made Zhang Zhongren feel that he and his brother had not been completely abandoned.
In this world, there are still people who are willing to love them. And they should also cherish and be more grateful for every day they try to survive.
Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi were young
As the two people get older, they reach the age of school. In order to make it easier for them to study and live, the hospital sent them to a welfare home.
Whenever it comes to the New Year's festival, the person who takes care of them will arrange for the two children to return to their parents' homes to see. One is to maintain family affection, and the other is to make the two children less lonely.
Look at the younger brother with a small mouth and a reluctant face.
Zhang Zhongren walked over to him and touched his little head: "What's wrong?" ”
"I don't want to go, other children have homes to go back to, but we don't. I hate them and don't want to go back to that home. ”
Zhang Zhongren said in his heart that he did not want to go back, that so-called home was frank, and it had no relationship with the two brothers for a long time.
They and each other are just "strangers" who are somewhat related by blood.
Zhang Zhongren's funeral
Over time, welfare homes and hospitals stopped forcing them to go to their parents' homes.
Zhang Zhongren and his brother are more and more dependent on each other, when he goes to school, he always holds his brother's hand, and the two people have one leg each and "support" each other to walk.
Because of physical reasons, they have no way to urinate normally, so they hang a urine bag around their waist. When it was time to go to the hospital to change the urine bag, the two brothers still walked together.
The difficulties and convictions of life, two people always share with each other and rely on each other.
Gradually, their lives were on the right track. Zhang Zhongren has long been accustomed to a one-legged life, except for the troubles of becoming a "celebrity".
Since that operation, they have been closely watched by the media in Taiwan and even in various countries. It can be said that they grew up under the "spotlight" of the media.
So when you're walking outside, someone will recognize them.
"Ah, are you loyal or loyal?"
Whenever this time comes, Zhang Zhongren will always smile and reply: "I am my brother Zhongren!" ”
Zhang Zhongyi
Although everyone greets them out of concern, over time, it is inevitable that they will feel troubled.
The younger brother Zhang Zhongyi often complained to his brother: "I still hope that everyone can treat me as a normal person." ”
Spitting back, the two people are still grateful for the society's concern for them.
Because if it were not for the enthusiasm of countless strangers, the two brothers would not have had a chance to survive. They will try to get better, both for themselves and for the sake of countless people who care about them.
After graduation, the two brothers, Zhang Zhongren and Zhang Zhongyi, came to a lottery shop.
After several years of painstaking operation, the lottery shop's business is not very good. In desperation, they had to close the store.
In order to survive, the two went to work for Taiwan's Environmental Protection Bureau. It was a welfare job in Taiwan Province, specializing in providing financial assistance to socially disadvantaged groups, and the brothers' lives were stabilized.
After his life was stable, his younger brother Zhang Zhongyi also ushered in his own emotional life.
Because he was in and out of the hospital for many years, he met a female nurse named Jiang Wenyan by chance.
The two men slowly came together.
In Jiang Wenyan's view, although Zhang Zhongyi is physically disabled, he is not worse than a normal person. He is kind and warm, but also strong and optimistic.
In the days with Zhang Zhongyi, she felt very happy.
At first, the family was opposed to their being together, but as the contact increased, they realized the shining point in Zhang Zhongyi. I also saw the deep feelings of the two children, and gradually, I no longer objected.
Later, Jiang Wenyan's mother fell seriously ill and was hospitalized.
Zhang Zhongyi, as Jiang Wenyan's boyfriend, visits every day. Whether it was windy or rainy, he came on crutches, and not a single day had set.
Jiang Wenyan's mother was deeply touched by this, and she felt that her daughter was still lucky, because although the person she liked had a physical disability, her character was rarely outstanding.
Unfortunately, after various treatments, Jiang Wenyan's mother was ultimately unable to overcome the disease. On her deathbed, the family rushed over.
Mother Jiang made a circle around the room, and her eyes fell on her daughter. The only thing she can't let go of in this world is this daughter.
Fortunately, the daughter has now met another cherished person.
"Loyalty—"
Zhang Zhongyi hurriedly sat down beside Mother Jiang and tightly held her outstretched hand.
Mother Jiang smiled happily and pulled Zhang Zhongyi and Jiang Wenyan in front of her: "Zhongyi, after I leave, I hope you can take good care of Wenyan for me." ”
Zhang Zhongyi was busy.
Mother Jiang heard that there was nothing to be uneasy about, and she closed her eyes and left.
After dealing with the aftermath of Jiang Wenyan's mother, Zhang Zhongyi and Jiang Wenyan, a young couple, decided to get married.
"Will you regret it?" Zhang Zhongyi asked her.
Although the two people have walked hand in hand for eleven o'clock, the feelings are getting deeper and deeper day by day. But now that he really wanted to enter marriage, he hesitated. Not for himself, but for Jiang Wenyan. He was afraid she would regret it in the future.
Jiang Wenyan knew his heart knot and gently hugged him.
"No one in this world is perfect, you've worked hard. And I'm working with you. ”
At this point, Zhang Zhongyi was no longer worried.
After the good news spread, all walks of life sent blessings, and the happiest of them was his brother Zhang Zhongren.
On the wedding day, Zhang Zhongren served as the best man for the wedding.
The wedding banquet was full of friends, and even Chen Weizhao, the former president of National Taiwan University, who had the operation for them, was also present to congratulate them.
In the face of past benefactors and relatives and friends, Zhang Zhongren seemed even more excited than his brother, the groom. In his speech, he couldn't help but sigh how he hadn't found his other half yet.
This sentence is half self-deprecating and half joking. The guests who learned of his experience were both amused and sighed.
Yeah, though survived. Zhang Zhongren still has regrets about his life after all.
Not long after his younger brother Zhang Zhongyi got married, he and his wife had a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses. Although the pressure of life has increased sharply, the joy of becoming a new father has overcome all the troubles.
It only makes him sad that in 2019, his brother died of a sudden cerebral hemorrhage. The brother who had shared his legs with him finally left him one step ahead.
Zhang Zhongyi is still grateful, he still has a wife and children, at least he is not without relatives in this world.
Thinking of his brother, he knew that his brother was also grateful, and their life expectancy had been several decades longer than initially expected.
Although their births were bumpy, physically handicapped. But I have come to this world, seen four times and four scenes, and experienced sorrow and joy.
Although it is still regrettable, there is nothing to complain about!