At three o'clock in the morning, in a remote alley in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province, everyone fell asleep.
Suddenly, a burst of children's cries rang out, and the little boy, who was only one and a half years old, was crying loudly while banging his head against the wall.
A woman in her twenties put her hand on the child's head in time, and she got up from the bed with a tired face and held the child patiently.
However, as if he could not understand his mother's words, the baby cried and hit the hard thing with his head.
Looking at the crying child, the young mother also blushed, and she carefully stroked the child's head, comforting him over and over again.
Gradually, the child was quiet again under the comfort of the mother, and the mother was relieved.
She quietly picked up her phone and glanced at the time, three o'clock in the morning, only thirty minutes after the child had cried last time.
What's going on here?
Couples after the 90s ushered in the crystallization of love
Li Fan and her husband Tan Jinguo were both born in a remote mountain village in Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province.
Li Fan was born in 1996, Tan Jinguo was born in 1993, the two are three years apart, green plum bamboo horse, grew up together since childhood.
After graduating from junior high school, Li Fan and Tan Jinguo successively went to the town to work.
Tan Jinguo works as a construction worker on the construction site, and Li Fan works as a cashier in a supermarket.
Because they come from one place, the two often eat together and support each other.
Gradually, the feelings between the two changed, from friendship to love, and they became a couple.
Their parents were very supportive when they learned of the relationship.
Later, Tan Jinguo and Li Fan both reached the age of marriage, and at the urging of their parents, the two naturally married.
In 2018, shortly after the two got married, they discussed going to work in other places together. In this way, they left Chuxiong and went to Kunming.
In this strange city, the two people are dependent on each other, and their feelings are getting better and better.
The two of them are not highly educated and have no skills, so the salary is not particularly high, but they live happily.
Less than a year after going out to work, Li Fan found out that she was pregnant.
After Tan Jinguo learned this news, his heart was very excited.
Because he had to work and couldn't take care of his wife, he advised her to go home and raise a baby.
However, Li Fan felt that it was about to be the New Year, and he could still raise a fetus while working in Kunming.
After the husband's vacation, the two went home together.
Tan Jinguo thought about it for half a day and decided to respect his wife's opinion and let her have a baby in Kunming.
Two months later, Li Fan and Tan Jinguo returned to Chuxiong's hometown together and shared the news with their families.
The elders on both sides were particularly happy when they knew about it, and they urged Li Fan to stay in Chuxiong and give birth.
Originally, Li Fan and Tan Jinguo also had this plan, so they agreed to it and stayed at home according to the wishes of the elders.
Originally, Tan Jinguo could go out to work, but he was reluctant to have his wife and unborn children, so he also stayed in Chuxiong.
After that, Tan Jinguo earned money to support his family at the construction site in Chuxiong Prefecture, and returned to his hometown during the holidays to visit his wife and unborn children.
Li Fan lives with her in-laws, who grew up watching her and treats her as her own daughter, which is particularly good for her.
Of course, Li Fan did not idle when she installed the fetus at home, and she learned various methods of taking care of children with her mother-in-law.
When he is in good spirits, Li Fan will also knit sweaters for unborn children, hoping that he can wear them after he is born.
Sometimes, she would follow her husband into the city for a few days, change the environment, relax, and then go home.
Both husband and wife are looking forward to the arrival of this child, although they are novice parents, but the obstetric examination that should be done has not been left behind.
Every time he did the obstetric examination, Li Fan was particularly nervous, always afraid of what was wrong with the child.
But fortunately, after each examination, the doctor will tell her that the child is normal, which also reassures Li Fan a lot.
As the delivery date approached day by day, Li Fan and Tan Jinguo's mood became more and more nervous.
Tan Jinguo even took a month's leave with his boss to accompany his wife, who was about to give birth.
Eight days after birth, it was detected that it was Tang Bao
On July 15, 2019, Li Fan's due date arrived, and li Fan was admitted to the hospital accompanied by her husband and mother-in-law.
On July 19, 2019, Li Fan had obvious precursors to childbirth, and she was pushed into the delivery room by the doctor.
Soon after, a baby's cry resounded through the delivery room of the Chuxiong Prefecture Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
Tan Jinguo, who was anxiously waiting outside the delivery room, cried with joy after being told that "mother and child were safe", and sat on a stool in the corridor and cried uncontrollably.
After a while, the child was the first to be carried out, and Tan Jinguo looked at his son's wrinkled little face and felt particularly cute.
Both husband and wife were immersed in the joy of having this little life, and they looked at the sleeping child with great joy in their hearts.
After a while, Tan Jinguo took out a brand-new Xinhua dictionary from the bag he was carrying.
This dictionary was bought by him in a car to a bookstore near the school in order to give his son a nice name.
Li Fan, who had just finished giving birth, was still a little tired, but after seeing her husband take out the dictionary, she immediately came to her senses.
The two men held the dictionary and read it page by page, trying to give the child the best name.
They chose a lot of nice and meaningful names, but they felt that each one was good, and for a moment, they couldn't make up their minds.
After a long period of discussion, the couple has always decided to name the child Tan Lihai.
The name contains the surnames of the two parents, implying that he is the crystallization of his parents' love, and also reflects the love of his parents for him.
At the same time, they also hope that children can have a broad mind like the sea and become a kind and tolerant person.
The couple held the child and felt that the future days would surely become happier and happier.
However, the day did not go according to people's wishes, Tan Lihai was just two days after birth, he was checked by the doctor to have a high jaundice index.
This news made the hearts of both husband and wife be tugged, because if the jaundice is serious, it may affect the baby's intellectual development.
But fortunately, the doctor found it early and received blue light irradiation treatment in the hospital in time to make the baby's jaundice subside.
Because Li Fan was a normal child, she had planned to be discharged from the hospital on the third day after giving birth, but because of the baby's matter, she stayed in the hospital for some time.
The child, who was just two days old, was carried into the neonatal ward by the doctor and could no longer be with his parents.
Because the immunity of newborns is low, parents are prone to bring germs and bacteria into them, causing cross-infection.
Therefore, Li Fan and Tan Jinguo have no way to visit the child in the neonatal ward, and can only look at the child's photos every day and miss him.
Although they knew that the doctors and nurses in the hospital were very responsible, they still couldn't help but worry that Xiaohai was not well taken care of.
In addition, they are also worried about whether the baby will be uncomfortable when receiving blue light exposure treatment, and whether he will miss the embrace of his parents.
These problems make the parents who have just taken office eat badly, sleep and sleep, and look forward to the child's early recovery every day.
Their fears didn't last long, and five days later, they received another bad news.
Li Fan's body recovered well, and at this time she had been discharged from the hospital and returned home.
At that time, she was holding her mobile phone to look at Xiaohai's photos, but suddenly received a call from the Maternal and Child Health Hospital.
The doctor told Li Fan that Xiaohai suffered from Down syndrome, the so-called "Tang Bao", and the couple should be mentally prepared.
This news made Li Fan and Tan Jinguo very devastated, because they had done Tang Si, and the doctor told them that everything was normal.
Now, the child is born, and the doctor tells them that the child has Down syndrome, which makes it very difficult for them to accept.
Down syndrome is a disease caused by genetic aberrations, and babies with Down syndrome are usually mentally retarded.
Li Fan, who has not yet been born, despite the persuasion of his family, came to the door of the neonatal ward of the hospital with her husband to check the child's situation.
But there was a cold gate between her and the child, and no matter how much she pleaded, she could not see her son.
In desperation, she could only shed tears and begged the doctor to take good care of the child.
After that, she lingered at the door of the neonatal unit, reluctant to walk away.
Later, her husband Tan Jinguo, worried about her health, took her home with a strong attitude and let her go home to recuperate.
To be a mother is strong, to give up oneself in order to save one's son
After a week of blue light irradiation treatment, Xiaohai's jaundice subsided, and Li Fan finally saw his son again.
Looking at the child's big eyes, Li Fan could not imagine that his child was a Tang Bao.
Therefore, unwilling to accept the reality, she just left the moon and took her child to the local First People's Hospital for examination.
After careful diagnosis, the doctor still ruthlessly broke the only fluke in Li Fan's heart.
The reality is so cruel that it will not change the status quo because Li Fan prays day and night.
Li Fan hugged the poor child, squatted on the ground and cried bitterly, and could not get out of his sadness for a long time.
Originally, when Li Fan was confinement, he did not rest well because of his emotional fluctuations.
After Xiaohai was diagnosed, she was even more sad and blamed herself. Heavy mental pressure finally crushed this weak woman.
One day, Li Fan had just changed Xiaohai's diaper, and she suddenly felt dizzy and fell to the ground.
Her family promptly sent her to the hospital for treatment, and after Li Fan woke up, she was told that she was suffering from dizziness.
Such a double blow almost made Li Fan mentally collapse, but thinking of the child who was still in his infancy, Li Fan regained his strength.
She looked at her husband, who had been standing at the bedside, and told him with a smile: "I'm fine, save the child first." ”
After that, Li Fan ignored her husband's obstruction and left the hospital without receiving further treatment.
Because she knew that the child's rehabilitation required a large amount of money, which had put the family's life in a difficult situation.
If you go to the treatment yourself, the child's treatment fee will be much less.
As a mother, Li Fan did not hesitate at all, leaving all his hopes to his children.
When Xiaohai was three months old, the hospital informed Li Fan that he could undergo rehabilitation.
Li Fan's in-laws are in the countryside, a long distance from the hospital, and it takes half a day to travel by car.
So Li Fan rented a small room in a remote alley in Chuxiong Prefecture for himself and his children.
Although this rental house is far from the hospital, as long as he gets up early, Li Fan can arrive at the rehabilitation center on time every day.
In fact, there is a direct bus from the rental house to the hospital, but she walks every day to save money.
Every day, she had to carry her son for more than an hour, finish the treatment in the afternoon, and then carry him back like this.
Because of overwork, Li Fan's dizziness will occur from time to time, and sometimes, when she walks on the road, she will feel the golden light in her eyes and cold sweat on her head.
But she knew she couldn't fall, and once she did, what would the child do?
As Xiaohai grew up, his condition became more and more serious, and he would wake up crying every night after sleeping for a while.
Sometimes, because it was so painful, he would even hit the wall with his head.
Every time Xiao Hai cried, Li Fan would wake up at the first time and hold his son to comfort him over and over again.
Almost every night, Li Fan woke up more than a dozen times, and when Xiaohai's illness was at its worst, she slept no more than three hours a day.
Such day and night work made Li Fan's dizziness more and more serious.
Sometimes, she would often fall into a coma without symptoms, and when she woke up again, she would see Xiao Hai sitting dirty on the ground, like a little beggar.
Whenever he saw such a scene, Li Fan always cried uncontrollably.
The in-laws are old and have no way to take care of the children, and her husband Tan Jinguo works on the construction site day and night in order to make money, and he can't help Li Fan.
She could only bear everything alone in silence, silently comforting the crying child.
Social care, caring people help
On December 6, 2021, a reporter from Chuxiong Daily heard the story of Li Fan's family and came to understand their recent situation.
At that time, Li Fan was holding Xiao Hai, who was more than two years old, and Xiao Hai was fiddling intently with the toy in his hands.
Li Fan told reporters that after two years of treatment, Xiaohai's condition has improved a lot.
Now Xiao Hai was not only able to say some simple words, but also walk a few steps on his own.
Li Fan also said that with the help of hospital doctors, she applied for a disability allowance for Xiaohai a year ago, alleviating the pressure on funds.
After hearing about Xiaohai's illness and the situation of Li Fan's family, the charity organization in Chuxiong Prefecture organized fundraising in various places to raise funds for Xiaohai.
With everyone's help, they raised 200,000 yuan for Xiaohai as a preliminary treatment fee.
Not only that, after hearing about Li Fan's condition, the Chuxiong Prefecture Volunteer Association also took the initiative to donate money to Li Fan, hoping that she could cure dizziness.
After Li Fan got the money, she couldn't stop thanking them for their kindness, but she still wanted to leave the money to her son.
The head of the volunteer association persuaded Li Fan that the money was specially used to treat her illness, and only by raising her body well could she better take care of her children.
Therefore, accompanied by the person in charge, Li Fan received treatment in the hospital and cured his dizziness.
Every week after that, volunteers and caring people will visit Li Fan's rented house to visit their mother and son.
They will also help Li Fan take care of Xiaohai so that she can rest.
Li Fan firmly believes that with the help of caring people from all walks of life, Xiaohai will be able to grow up healthy and happy like a normal child.
I wish this strong mother good health, and I also wish Xiaohai can return to normal as soon as possible.
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