Preface
"I don't know which day is the last day", when Duan Rui, the wife of Cai Lei, vice president of JD.com, said this sentence, she knew how "desperate" she had been over the years.
Obviously, when she first got married, she felt that the future days were full of hope, but she didn't think that in less than a year, her husband was diagnosed with ALS.
In order to take care of Cai Lei and her children, she gave up her proud job, and she never dared to stop herself for many years of marriage, and the high cost of treating her illness was even more unbearable for the family.
Fortunately, she took Cai Lei and her small team to open the live broadcast room to bring goods, which could also alleviate the lack of economy, but when she heard that Cai Lei's physical function was declining faster and faster, she couldn't help but collapse.
Maybe netizens see her in the live broadcast room, always softly and with a smile, but it is hard to imagine how much despair her life is full of behind the camera......
Had to face the brutal truth
On March 26 this year, Duan Rui and Cai Lei were interviewed by reporters, and it was only then that the public really realized the severity of Cai Lei's condition.
Although Cai Lei's state has not improved, facing the camera, Duan Rui still maintains a calm appearance, telling netizens that Cai Lei's physical function is declining rapidly, and now he is no longer even able to walk.
When Duan Rui said these words, she looked "light and light" on the surface, but in fact, her heart was already "full of holes", and she didn't dare to stop for a moment since Cai Lei was diagnosed all these years.
She also had times when she felt tired and hopeless, but when she saw Cai Lei's appearance, she knew that she absolutely couldn't stop, if she even gave up, then who else could persevere?
Do you still remember when Dong Yuhui asked Duan Rui, have you had heartbreak moments over the years? How should those moments come over, Duan Rui said with red eyes, "My heart can be broken, but my hands can't stop." ”
The two of them have always maintained a kind of contradictory sobriety in their lives, while they know that donating to medical care is the most likely thing to be ineffective, and on the other hand, they keep donating money for that "possibility".
Just like Duan Rui told Cai Lei, no matter which project 100 million yuan is invested in, it will be a huge amount of money, but this money invested in research diseases is like a small stone thrown into the water, and it may not be able to make a splash.
And when the reporter asked what was the reason for opening the live broadcast in the first place, Duan Rui also bluntly said that it was because of "lack of money". Perhaps many people think that Cai Lei, as the former vice president of JD.com, is "short of money".
But the reality is often the most cruel, ALS is not cured by paying a sum of money or paying a huge sum of money at one time, it needs to constantly "throw money" into it, in order to barely make the body deteriorate slowly.
From live broadcast in 2022 to the present, the income source of live broadcast has become more and more "large" in their lives, and if they do not broadcast live, it is very likely that they will not even be able to maintain their current state.
But even in this case, Cai Lei still keeps donating money, he is indeed for himself, but at the same time, he is also for this group. Cai Lei's body function is declining rapidly, and sometimes it becomes difficult to raise his head again after lowering his head.
But these are all "not terrible" for him, what he is most afraid of is that he will not be able to speak one day, he is worried that he will not be able to give Duan Rui a little comfort if he can't speak, and he will also give Duan Rui a very heavy blow.
The two most "sorry" women
Since he was diagnosed with ALS and his body showed obvious symptoms, it was not him who collapsed the most, but his mother.
In Cai Lei's mother's life, it always seems to be full of "misfortune", when Cai Lei was only 21 years old, Cai Lei's father died of cancer.
The whole family tried their best to keep it, but it was only two years from the diagnosis to the death, and Cai Lei's mother was hit by this at that time, but she still had two children.
She knew that she could not show "vulnerability" in front of her children, so she swallowed all the bitterness in her stomach. Of course, Cai Lei also knows in his heart that his mother has paid for them for many years.
So he worked hard, and at a young age, he became the vice president of JD.com, when he felt that he could give his mother a good life.
He suddenly felt that something was wrong with his body, but because he was busy with work, he never went for a check-up, but when he searched for symptoms like himself on the Internet, the news on the Internet made his heart cold, and every symptom of his could correspond to ALS.
Although he was comforted at the beginning to "scare himself", the increasingly serious situation still had to make him "recognize the reality", when he went to the hospital to check and confirmed that it was ALS, Cai Lei and Duan Rui had already been mentally prepared, but they felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
But Cai Lei's mother couldn't stand the blow anymore, her husband left early, and now her son also suffered from a "terminal illness", in this case, she still struggled with psychological pain and suffered from depression.
During the most serious period, Cai Lei's mother couldn't even eat or sleep, she didn't want to tell her son, because her son had suffered enough, so she endured it silently.
It wasn't until Cai Lei went home that he found that his mother's depression was already very serious and he could only rely on drugs to maintain a normal life, Cai Lei felt very guilty but also powerless, accidents happened too often in their family, and he often felt distressed when he thought of his mother and wife Duan Rui, and only blamed himself for being "sorry" for them......
Duan Rui's persistence is Cai Lei's gratification, and it is also the greatest distress
As for Duan Rui, in fact, not long after the two of them got married, Cai Lei was diagnosed with ALS, and Duan Rui was already pregnant at that time, but Cai Lei knew that he might have "little hope".
He still didn't want to "drag" Duan Rui, and asked Duan Rui if we should separate, after all, the two of them met on a blind date, but when they met for the second time, Cai Lei felt that Duan Rui was a good person, and sent her a "marriage application".
didn't expect this situation to occur when he just got married, he probably thought in his heart that on the basis of not having such deep feelings, it would be better for Duan Rui to be separated now.
But he didn't expect Duan Rui to firmly reject him, although Duan Rui felt that Cai Lei was too old, 11 years older than him, and he never thought of getting married at first sight.
But since Duan Rui later chose Cai Lei, he had already expressed his intention to get married, not to mention that they already had children between them, even if they didn't have children, she couldn't "abandon" Cai Lei because of his illness.
Duan Rui is also a top student, and she is also a doctor herself, so she knows Cai Lei's situation best, she has been by Cai Lei's side for 6 years and 5 years, her heart is broken, but her hands can't stop.
In the interview, she is always smiling, and she also admits that she doesn't cry in front of people, but sometimes she feels too tired, too hard but still doesn't get good news, she will also collapse, she only dares to hide and cry secretly for a while.
Cai Lei saw all her hard work in his eyes and hurt in his heart, he didn't know how to comfort Duan Rui, and he didn't want to always say empty words.
So he always praised Duan Rui, and when Duan Rui said that their live broadcast data was getting better and better, Cai Lei would directly tell Duan Rui that she was very powerful.
epilogue
Perhaps, as Duan Rui said, they sometimes think pessimistically that "I don't know when it will be the last day", but they have to cheer up themselves countless times to make themselves believe in the future.
Their "icebreaker station" will always stick to the first post, so that netizens can see their daily status.
They are trying to believe in the future, and at the same time, the public also believes that their efforts will not be wasted over the years, and as long as they persevere, they will definitely wait for the good news to come.
The information in this article is from:
The Paper "ALS Warrior Cai Lei: In the Face of Death, Shoot the Last Bullet"
Phoenix Satellite TV "Even if you leave, you have to continue to fight ALS". Dialogue with Cai Lei
Phoenix.com2024.03.26 Interview Program "Journey"
and other official media news reports, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!