In October 2013, a very bloody scene was staged in a farmer's home in Baoding City, Hebei Province.
I saw an old man lying on the bed, revealing a blackened leg, exuding a foul smell, and if you look closely, a considerable part of the flesh and blood on this leg have rotted, and even some places show white bones, which makes people shudder.
What's even more numbing to the scalp is that in the places where the bones are exposed, you can even see a few tiny maggots wriggling.
The old man first wrapped a towel around the tickle, bit it, and then picked up a small fruit knife and a hacksaw, gritted his teeth, stared, and sawed off this leg!
Why did this old man's leg become like this? Why didn't he go to the hospital for treatment?
The source in this article is from "Justice.com", January 20, 2014, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!
01. Suffering from a strange disease
The old man's name is Zheng Yanliang, who has lived in Baoding, Hebei Province all his life, and is a very simple rural person.
On October 4, 2011, Zheng Yanliang felt abdominal pain while doing farm work and went to a nearby hospital for a check-up, which turned out to be appendicitis.
Fortunately, it was not a minor illness, Zheng Yanliang went home after an appendectomy, and originally thought that his life could go on step by step, but who knows, Zheng Yanliang's body began to undergo some unexpected changes.
At first, it was just a pain in my lower abdomen, and then I felt that my buttocks hurt too, and I thought I was tired from work, and I would be fine after a few days of rest.
Unexpectedly, after lying at home for two days, Zheng Yanliang felt that his legs began to hurt, and the situation became more and more serious.
This frightened him and hurriedly went to the hospital for a check-up.
Because the condition is relatively rare, Zheng Yanliang went to several major hospitals to find out what disease he had, which is a disease called large-scale embolism of the arteries in both legs for unknown reasons.
Zheng Yanliang had never heard of this disease, and felt that the name was so long, it must be a serious disease, so he trembled and asked the doctor what to do about this disease.
As a result, the doctor's answer made Zheng Yanliang stupid.
It turns out that this disease is very rare, there is no radical cure, now there are only two treatments, one is amputation, which can save life, but the cost is high, a series of such as surgery costs plus hospitalization fees need at least one million, the other way is conservative treatment, no amputation, but there is a risk of disease expansion, and people will be gone.
Zheng Yanliang touched the crumpled hundreds of yuan in his pocket, if the money in this house is used to treat the disease, how can he live in the future, even if he is cured, the money will be spent, if it is not cured, won't this money be spent?
In the hospital, Zheng Yanliang sat alone on the cold bench and thought about it for a long time, and finally made a decision: he died.
02. Deterioration of condition
In this way, despite the opposition of his family, Zheng Yanliang stubbornly returned home.
Before leaving, the doctor reminded him that if he chose not to be treated, he might only have three months to live.
Zheng Yanliang's heart suddenly cooled down, but he still didn't change his mind, lying at home, thinking about what to do with the future.
But the condition is still getting worse day by day, Zheng Yanliang's leg has severe pain every day, even in his sleep, Zheng Yanliang can be woken up by pain, and he can't sleep well night after night.
Zheng Yanliang thought, three months, soon passed.
But he greatly underestimated his condition.
Within a few days, Zheng Yanliang noticed some purple spots on his legs, and he was startled.
He had seen this kind of spot before, but he had only seen it on the body of a dead person, just like a corpse spot, and now that it had grown on his body, Zheng Yanliang felt that he must have lived to the end.
After a few more days, the purple spots on his legs grew bigger and bigger, and even began to turn black, and in some places there were even signs of decay, and even had a terrible smell, just like the rotten smell of the meat he bought.
Zheng Yanliang didn't dare to tell his family, he touched his legs and shed tears every night, but he had nothing to do, who let himself have no money?
It wasn't until Zheng Yanliang's leg was rotten so badly that his wife noticed the abnormality, and at this time, some parts of his leg were rotten, revealing a bone, which was very scary.
When his wife saw it, she couldn't help crying bitterly, saying that she would go to the hospital to cure the leg, but Zheng Yanliang disagreed.
Don't you want to save some money for your children?
Zheng Yanliang stubbornly refused treatment, but the severe pain in his leg never stopped, until one day, when his wife was changing the sheets, she found maggots on the bed!
After looking for a long time, his wife didn't know where the maggots came from, Zheng Yan's conscience also chuckled, and she lifted her trouser leg at once, almost scaring the whole family to death.
03. Be ruthless to live
In the place where Zhang Yanling's legs rotted, something was wriggling, and when she got closer, it was maggots!
Zheng Yanliang took the fruit knife, was ruthless, and slashed his leg, and a cut was made on his leg, and it was full of maggots twisting his body!
Zheng Yanliang didn't expect that there would be such a thing on his body, and he endured the feeling of numbness on his scalp, he lay on the bed and thought about it for a day, thinking that no matter what, he would have to fight for his future.
So he approached the doctor at the village clinic and expressed his hope that the doctor would help him amputate his leg.
The doctor in the village can still deal with the disease of cold and cough, but when he asked him to amputate his leg, the doctor immediately refused, saying that he didn't dare, what if someone died?
Zheng Yanliang couldn't help it, but he couldn't accept it, he looked at his body, and was eaten by these maggots little by little.
Whether it is life or death, between the lines, Zheng Yanliang was ruthless and determined to do it himself, but he was worried that his wife would not agree, so he deliberately angered his wife and ran away to another house angrily.
In this way, Zheng Yanliang took the prepared tools and sawed off his legs little by little.
He cut off his leg alive, there was no anesthetic, and the pain almost made him faint, but fortunately, Zheng Yanliang survived, but he still lost a few teeth.
But as long as it can save life, what is the value of a few teeth?
Zheng Yanliang felt that it was worth it.
When he called his wife back, she was stupid, and he actually sawed off his leg himself.
Fortunately, because the blood clot in his leg was severe, he didn't bleed much, and his wife immediately called a doctor to bandage him.
The doctor was also frightened enough by him, and shivered to complete the disinfection and bandaging work.
04. Four-sided Assistance
It didn't take long for Zheng Yanliang's deeds of sawing off his sick leg to spread all over the country.
Many media outlets wanted to interview the warrior.
After learning that it was because he had no money for treatment, the village and town immediately gave him a subsidy of several thousand yuan, arranged various insurances for him, and promised that if Zheng Yanliang recovers well in the future, the village and town are willing to help him install a prosthetic leg.
On October 10, 2013, the chief vascular specialist at Shanghai World Medical Center said that his amputation would be very risky, and he and his doctor friends were willing to treat Zheng Yanliang for free and provide medical assistance.
However, Shanghai was too far away, and the next day, Zheng Yanliang was picked up by the Second Hospital of Baoding City.
Zheng Yanliang was reluctant at first, but the hospital knew that he was worried about medical expenses, so they comforted him not to worry about money.
On the afternoon of the day he arrived at the hospital, the hospital set up a medical team to prescribe a medical plan for Zheng Yanliang, and no matter how much it cost, he had to be cured.
The medical expenses that Zheng Yanliang is most concerned about have already been solved before he was admitted to the hospital, and the Qingyun County Government of Baoding City and the Red Cross Society of Baoding City have already paid for him, plus donations from people from all walks of life, the number is as high as more than 300,000!
After systematic treatment, Zheng Yanliang recovered very well, and was discharged from the hospital about a month later, and the hospital also organized a fundraiser for him, and the employees in the hospital donated a total of more than 20,000 yuan, all of which were given to Zheng Yanliang.
And when Zheng Yanliang was discharged from the hospital, the hospital returned all the more than 300,000 yuan donated by people from all walks of life, which was equivalent to not asking for a penny.
Even when Zheng Yanliang went home, the hospital sent a special car to send him back.
05. Helpless warriors
Now Zheng Yanliang has applied for a certificate of disability and is healthy at home, he is very grateful to the people who have helped him, and also gave a pennant to the Second Hospital of Baoding City to express his gratitude.
Zheng Yanliang was a little embarrassed about the leg that he sawed off, he said that he was afraid of being eaten by dogs, and he always had to leave a whole corpse when he died, so he wrapped it in a plastic bag and put it in the broken urn in the yard.
In fact, Zheng Yanliang sawing off his leg was also forced to be helpless, if he had enough money, he would not choose to saw his leg by himself, in the choice of life and death, he could only do this.
He is a warrior and a helpless warrior.