On October 13, 2021, inside a hospital in Kunming, Yunnan Province, a woman in her forties stared motionless at the hour hand on the wall.
When the time pointed to 3:30 p.m., the child in front of the woman finally became sleepy and began to sleep quietly with his eyes closed.
The woman put the child on the bench and then ran excitedly into the doctor's office.
The woman screamed excitedly: "Doctor, from two o'clock to three and a half o'clock!" My son was awake for an hour and a half today! ”
There were other patients in the office, and the doctor frowned: "I can understand your excitement, but in the hospital it is still quiet." ”
The woman covered her mouth, her tears flowing uncontrollably: "I am just so excited, he has only been awake for less than an hour a day for these four years." Now it seems like my child is finally saved! ”
Who is this woman? What disease does the child suffer from that will leave him unconscious all day long? What is the situation for women and children today?
"Having children at an advanced age, children carrying the expectations of the whole family"
Yang Xuelan was born in October 1978 in a poor mountain village in Muding County, Chuxiong City, Yunnan Province.
Her family was poor, and the family's life was barely enough to feed herself.
Yang Xuelan's family could not afford to study after she finished junior high school, and she had already gone out to work with her hometown before she became an adult.
Because of the lack of culture, Yang Xuelan can only work some odd jobs, and her monthly salary is less than three thousand yuan.
By the age of thirty, Yang Xuelan's savings did not add up to fifty thousand yuan.
His parents began urging Yang Xuelan to get married as early as his early twenties.
However, due to the really bad conditions at home, several of the relationships that Yang Xuelan talked about ended in failure.
Later, as she grew older, it became more difficult for Yang Xuelan to find the right person to marry.
In 2010, 31-year-old Yang Xuelan met Dong Peijin, who was a year older than himself, after being introduced by his fellow villagers.
Dong Peijin is also a native of Chuxiong, Yunnan.
Dong Peijin had a previous marriage, he and his ex-wife divorced in 2008, and the two have no children.
Although Dong Peijin was divorced, Yang Xuelan did not dislike it.
After the two met, they found that they and each other were very talkative, and after several dates, the two established a relationship.
After the Start of Construction during the Spring Festival in 2011, Yang Xuelan and Dong Peijin received the certificate.
Although his parents suggested that Yang Xuelan and Dong Peijin's wedding should be done in a simple way, Yang Xuelan still held a banquet in his hometown.
After the two got married, Yang Xuelan followed Dong Peijin to his hometown, which was also in a mountain village.
After Yang Xuelan and Dong Peijin got married, the two renovated the house in their hometown and built a new house.
The two lived in their hometown for half a year, and then the two came to Sichuan to work together.
After getting married, couples have always expected to have a child of their own.
But as Yang Xuelan grew older, there was no response in her stomach.
In order to be able to get pregnant, Yang Xuelan and Dong Peijin also went to the hospital for examination.
At the end of 2015, Yang Xuelan always felt that her body was uncomfortable, and she was always very tired when working.
At first, Yang Xuelan did not pay attention to it, she just felt that she had not slept well recently.
But on the night of December 18, Dong Peijin hugged Yang Xuelan to sleep.
Dong Peijin said: "Have you eaten too much in the winter recently?" How do you feel like you've gained some weight in your stomach? ”
In winter, they were all dressed thickly, and Dong Peijin usually did not notice the change in Yang Xuelan's body shape.
Yang Xuelan explained that she didn't have much appetite lately and didn't eat much.
Halfway through the conversation, Yang Xuelan was suddenly stunned, and she told Dong Peijin: "I can't be pregnant, right?" ”
The next day, the two took leave to go to the hospital near their home for examination, and the doctor told the couple that Yang Xuelan was two months pregnant.
At this time, Yang Xuelan was 37 years old, an elderly pregnant woman, and the doctor told the couple to be careful.
Dong Peijin was very happy about the arrival of the child, and he did not allow Yang Xuelan to work anymore.
Dong Peijin then worked alone at the construction site, and every day he had to prepare three meals for Yang Xuelan at home.
In the Spring Festival of 2016, Yang Xuelan at this time has safely spent the most dangerous first three months.
The two returned from Sichuan to their hometown in Chuxiong, Yunnan for the Spring Festival.
The family was very surprised by the news that Yang Xuelan was pregnant.
During the Spring Festival, even the Chinese New Year's Eve family did not allow Yang Xuelan to help, for fear that she would be tired and hurt the child in her belly.
After the Spring Festival, Yang Xuelan stayed in his hometown, and her husband Dong Peijin returned to work in other places alone.
On July 21, 2016, Yang Xuelan gave birth to a little boy of 7 pounds and 2 pairs in Chuxiong Modern Maternity Hospital.
The couple named the child Dong Jiyang and the nickname Yang Yang.
Dong Jiyang was well-behaved, and after he was born, Yang Xuelan's relatives were praising Yang Yang as a blessed boy.
Yang Xuelan is also particularly proud of her son, and she fantasizes about every moment she accompanies her child's growth.
Although the family is just an ordinary rural family, raising a child is not a simple thing for Yang Xuelan's family.
But Yang Xuelan and his wife are full of energy, and the whole family has unlimited expectations for the future.
"A one-year-old foams at the mouth"
In order to take care of Yang Yang, Yang Xuelan gave up going out to work, and she has been working as a farmer at home.
At noon on September 13, 2017, Yang Xuelan cooked on the fire in the kitchen as usual.
Yang Yang was alone on the baby bench in the hall, and Yang Xuelan was just able to see Yang Yang through the door when cooking.
Yang Xuelan had just put her lunch into the bowl, and she suddenly glimpsed Something was wrong with Yang Yang with the afterglow!
Yang Xuelan panicked and put the bowl on the table, and then immediately ran to Yang Yang.
Yang Yang's whole body couldn't stop convulsing at this time, and Yang Xuelan couldn't make Yang Yang stop no matter how he controlled it.
After about half a minute, Yang Yang actually began to spit white foam!
Yang Xuelan was frightened, and she rushed out of the house with Yang Yang in her arms.
Just at this time, the neighbor rode by on a tricycle, and the kind neighbor took Yang Xuelan to the clinic in the town.
The clinic reluctantly made Yang Yang stop convulsing and foaming at the mouth.
The doctor at the clinic suggested that Yang Xuelan go to the big hospital for a comprehensive examination.
Subsequently, Yang Xuelan took his son Yang Yang to Kunming Children's Hospital.
Watching the well-behaved son sit quietly on the hospital bed, the doctor took various instruments to examine the child.
Yang Xuelan's heart was like playing countless face drums at the same time, and he was nervous.
When the doctor handed the confirmation certificate to Yang Xuelan, the illness with black characters on a white background stabbed Yang Xuelan's heart.
"Brain hypoplasia, motor neurodevelopmental delay, epilepsy..."
Yang Xuelan could not accept this result, and her eyes were full of tears.
Yang Xuelan grabbed the doctor's arm and kept pleading: "Doctor, you told me that all the above lies to me... Right? ”
Although the doctor could not bear it, he still told Yang Xuelan: "The diagnosis certificate will not be wrong." ”
Yang Xuelan could not accept this result, and her hand slid down the doctor's cuff.
After that, Yang Xuelan fell to the ground weakly, and for a time, the hospital corridor was filled with Yang Xuelan's cries.
Even if he is desperate, Yang Xuelan cannot let the child know.
After crying, Yang Xuelan quickly dried her tears and went through the hospitalization procedures for the child.
However, after half a month of hospitalization, the doctor told Yang Xuelan that Yang Yang's condition could only be controlled by going home and taking medicine.
Yang Xuelan had to take the child home from home.
Yang Yang, who was in Yang Xuelan's arms, slept very quietly, and Yang Xuelan could not control her tears along the way.
Tears dripped down on Yang Yang's cheeks, Yang Yang did not wake up, he smashed the bar and smashed the mouth to fall back to sleep.
Yang Xuelan looked at the sleepy Yang Yang, she was not willing to give up her son like this!
"Son is sleepy and awake for an hour a day"
After returning home, Yang Yang has been learning not to speak.
Moreover, Yang Yang's epilepsy symptoms became more and more serious, often straightening his legs, tilting his head back, and staring at the sky with his eyes dead.
Every time he saw Yang Yang's appearance when he was ill, Yang Xuelan felt like a knife in his heart.
She swore that even if she fought for her own life in this life, she would cure her child.
In a small mountain village, there is a little thing in the family that will spread throughout the village in a short time.
Since knowing Yang Yang's side, many people have come to Yang Xuelan to help.
In August 2018, someone told Yang Xuelan that he heard that massage is conducive to the recovery of epilepsy patients.
Yang Xuelan went to the village doctor to learn the massage techniques, three times a day, one time for about an hour.
In order to let Yang Yang open his mouth, Yang Xuelan bought a lot of learning cards for children online.
Yang Xuelan taught the child to pronounce the card over and over again until his mouth was dry.
However, the miracle did not happen, and Yang Yang's condition never improved.
Because the drugs prescribed by the hospital have the side effect of drowsiness, since taking the medicine, Yang Yang has less and less time to wake up every day.
He even appeared unconscious, no matter day or night, Yang Yang always closed his eyes.
Yang Xuelan tried to wake Up Yang Yang, but Yang Yang opened his eyes for a moment at most, and then passed out again.
Yang Yang is awake for about an hour every day, and even daily eating, urinating and defecating can only be solved by Yang Xuelan in coma.
Falling asleep does not prevent Yang Yang from falling ill.
Yang Xuelan found that even in the sleep state, Yang Yang would still have seizures at any time.
If Yang Xuelan is not around Yang Yang, Yang Yang can even fall out of bed with a seizure.
After that, Yang Xuelan did not dare to leave the child for half a step, even if he slept at night, he had to use a rope to bind himself and his son.
"Seek medical treatment everywhere and never give up"
After Yang Yang's illness, Yang Xuelan never gave up his dream of treating Yang Yang.
She added a lot of parent groups of children with epilepsy, in which Yang Xuelan knew a lot of hospitals that treat epilepsy.
From Kunming to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Beijing and other places, Yang Xuelan carried Yang Yang on his back in hospitals in various cities.
As long as he heard that a patient was recovering in which hospital, Yang Xuelan would hold out a glimmer of hope and take Yang Yang towards it.
Every time, Yang Xuelan will think that he has finally caught the straw of life.
However, due to the fact that Yang Yang's condition was too serious, every time he was disappointed.
In the process of rescue across the country, the savings of Yang Xuelan's family have long been spent.
In recent years, the family has been relying on her husband Dong Peijin to work to earn money, and her husband's salary is not high, and he basically saves nothing except eating and living every month.
Even Yang Yang's monthly epilepsy treatment drug money is difficult to scrape together.
All the valuable things in the family have been sold, and even the house in the old family is now only two adobe houses.
At first, the relatives of the family were willing to lend money to Yang Xuelan's family because of pity.
But later, the relatives of the family hid from Yang Xuelan's family like a plague god.
Every time Yang Xuelan borrowed money, he had not yet spoken, and his relatives had already begun to cry poorly.
Yang Xuelan knew that her family was already in debt, and she could only swallow the suffocation in her heart into her stomach.
In late September 2021, Yang Xuelan heard that there is a hospital in Kunming that has a good treatment for children with epilepsy.
Yang Xuelan borrowed money everywhere and saved enough money to rush from his hometown to Kunming with his children.
She rented a small single room of only a few square meters next to the hospital, desperately trying to treat her child.
The doctors at Kunming Hospital formulated a detailed treatment plan for Yang Yang.
Through acupuncture and guided treatment, Yang Yang's condition has improved greatly.
At this point, the hands and feet of the boy who has been "sleepy" for four years since 2017 can move, and the daily waking time has gradually increased from one hour to three hours.
"No matter how difficult the future is, we must go firmly"
In early December 2021, the doctor told Yang Xuelan that Yang Yang's treatment was very effective.
As long as he persists in the treatment, Yang Yang's waking time will become longer and longer until he is cured.
Yang Xuelan shed tears of excitement when she heard the news, and finally had a good news after the child was ill for four years.
However, the reality is in front of you, Yang Yang's treatment fee in Kunming Hospital is nearly 10,000 yuan per month.
And the epilepsy pills that Yang Yang has been taking are as high as 1,000 yuan per month.
The doctor also suggested yang Xuelan, yang Yang is best to do a comprehensive physical examination every two months.
Through physical examination, the hospital can understand the treatment situation in time and change the direction of treatment.
Yang Xuelan could not give up this physical examination, but the cost of each physical examination was also seven thousand yuan.
Yang Xuelan's family can no longer afford this high cost of treatment, and their family is about to be forced to a dead end.
After being told by the doctor that Yang Yang's condition took effect, in the face of high costs, Yang Xuelan did not think of giving up.
There is a kindergarten near the hospital, and Yang Xuelan can pass by this kindergarten every day when carrying Yang Yang to the hospital.
There are many normal children playing and playing along the way at the entrance of the kindergarten.
Yang Xuelan always cast envious eyes, and she envisioned that she could one day pick up Yang Yang at the entrance of the kindergarten.
She longed for one day, Yang Yang could call out to her mother and run into her arms.
The idea of giving up did not appear for long, and Yang Xuelan left it behind.
Now that Yang Yang's treatment has just been effective, how is Yang Xuelan willing to give up Yang Yang!
Even if the family can no longer come up with the follow-up costs, Yang Xuelan firmly believes that there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain.
Yang Yang's attending doctor learned about the difficulties of Yang Xuelan's family and made a suggestion to Yang Xuelan.
There are still many well-meaning people in today's society, and Yang Xuelan can try to contact charities in society.
With the help of doctors, Yang Xuelan, who has little culture, wrote a family fact sheet.
Yang Xuelan wrote down her family's embarrassing situation and the love she could not give up on her son.
On New Year's Day 2022, volunteers from public welfare organizations who learned about the situation came to Yang Xuelan and her son's rental house in Kunming.
Yang Xuelan faced the volunteers who helped and explained the situation of his family one by one.
Volunteers promised that they would soon put donations to Yang Yang on the agenda.
On January 30, 2022, on the eve of the Spring Festival, Yang Xuelan took Yang Yang's favorite Ultraman toy and played a game of monster fighting with Yang Yang when Yang Yang was awake.
Yang Xuelan took the monster in her hand, and she told Yang Yang: "Illness is like a monster, son, you can also defeat the monster like Ultraman." ”
Yang Yang did not react to Yang Xuelan's words, he looked at the toy in Yang Xuelan's hand and giggled.
Yang Xuelan hugged the child: "Yang Yang, you are the best, let's cheer together." ”
Regardless of whether the road ahead is clear or not, Yang Xuelan, as a mother, will always hold Yang Yang's hand and continue to walk firmly.
For Yang Yang, it is lucky to have such a mother who never gives up on herself.
I hope that fate can take care of their family and let Yang Xuelan keep the clouds open and see the moon.
I believe that one day, Yang Xuelan can hear Yang Yang call her "Mother".
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