"You just have to be yourself, even if it's different from others."
In June 2022, a patient with facial paralysis with distorted facial features posted such a sentence on the platform of Douyin short video, which is an encouragement to himself and an encouragement to others.
Who would have thought that the boy with a strange expression and difficult walking in the video was once a student of Beijing Sports School, a national first-class athlete, and was invited by Tsinghua University to be a model.......
With a height of 188, eight-pack abs, and a strong body, all the good external conditions were exchanged for his hard work and sweat, but he didn't know that just when he was looking forward to a better life in the future, bad news suddenly struck.
In only 7 years, he has undergone 3 craniotomys, and the originally sunny and cheerful and confident big boy has become what he is now like a ghost, although he is suffering from illness every day, he is still positive and optimistic about life, and he also shares his life on the short video platform, he is - Wu Zhonghua.
The struggle is endless
Cherish your life in the moment, because you don't know which will come first, tomorrow or the unexpected!
"Glial brain tumor" - the general symptoms are increased intracranial pressure, headache, vomiting, papilledema, which leads to hemiplegia, hemiplegia, aphasia, hemianopia, unsteady walking, epilepsy, and frequent recurrence.
In November 2014, Wu Zhonghua, who was a sophomore, always felt unwell, had frequent headaches, and couldn't eat.
But after resting for a while, the symptoms did not reduce, but became more serious, so he had no choice but to go to the hospital for examination, but unexpectedly learned a bad news.
Wu Zhonghua looked at the results on the checklist incredulously, obviously he knew every word, but he couldn't accept it when they were combined, he sat in the corridor of the hospital in a daze, and the doctor's words repeatedly appeared in his mind.
"You have been diagnosed with a glial brain tumor, which is already quite serious, and you need to be hospitalized as soon as possible to prepare for surgery."
He was still in the gym with his friends yesterday, excited about the growing muscles and cheering for every limit he broke through, and today he was diagnosed with the disease.
Life is really incomprehensible, I love to exercise so much, have a positive and optimistic attitude, and often encourage the people around me to cherish their bodies, but I fell ill first.
When people are vulnerable, they always think of their families, and Wu Zhonghua is no exception, thinking of his old grandfather and grandfather, and his parents who are busy running around, he can't help but wet his eyes.
The source in this article comes from official media, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!
When he was a child, he became a left-behind child in the village, and although his parents were not around, the older generation gave him enough love and did not make him feel that there was anything wrong with him.
What he was happiest about was that when his grandfather came back every night, he would bring him a bag of treasures from outside, but in fact, they were all picked up when he was collecting scrap, but they became treasures in his eyes.
Until he went to school, the beauty and tranquility in his eyes were punctured by his classmates, who laughed at him for not having parents, laughing at his poor family, laughing at him for not having new clothes to wear, and the master could only pick up garbage.
Wu Zhonghua slowly realized that he was a left-behind child, but he still did not complain that his parents were not by his side, but proved himself by studying hard.
When he was in high school, he unexpectedly discovered that he was very talented in sports, so he focused on sports, not only to strengthen his body, but also to improve his chances of entering college.
In 2013, after 12 years of hard study, Wu Zhonghua finally entered his ideal university, Beijing Sport University, and began a beautiful and youthful college time.
Seven years of battling illness
After entering the university, Wu Zhonghua did not slack off, but worked harder to carry out physical exercise, after all, in the university full of talents, there are too many excellent people, and he can only keep up with the pace of the times if he does not work hard and forge ahead.
With excellent external conditions, as well as a cheerful and sunny personality, many advertisers will find him to cooperate, what wedding shop models, and print advertising, etc., as long as he has time, he will go.
Wu Zhonghua was once invited by Tsinghua University to work as a model, and since then, he has become famous in the alumni circle.
However, he has always been very firm in his goals, and at the age of having nothing, how can he give the girl enough responsibility and security, so he rejected his peach blossoms one by one.
In addition to strengthening his body, he also obtained a senior fitness trainer certificate and a nutritionist certificate, and actively participated in various activities held in the school, never giving up any opportunity to improve his ability.
Just when he was full of hope and ready to go to the next level in his studies, he unexpectedly learned the bad news of his illness, which was a fatal blow to a sports student.
After thinking about it, Wu Zhonghua decided to tell his parents the news of his illness, after all, they were the ones who gave birth to him, and they had the right to know, and the high cost of surgery was not something he could afford.
When his parents learned the news of their son's illness, his mother fainted directly, and then rushed to Beijing overnight to take care of their sick son.
They regret it very much, for so many years of negligence in their son, is it because God will let their healthy son fall ill in order to punish them, every time they think of this, Wu's mother will always hide her face and cry.
In December 2014, Wu Zhonghua underwent the first craniotomy, the risk is very high, it is very likely that he will never get off the operating table again, Wu's parents sat in front of the door of the operating room, praying for their son's safety, fortunately the operation was very successful, but when he got out of bed and walked, he found that his body was not as flexible as before, and his hands and feet were unconsciously twitching, uncontrollable.
I thought it was because I was bedridden for too long, but I was told that it was the sequelae of surgery, in order to be able to restore his previous physical condition, he desperately did rehabilitation exercises, and finally his health improved, and in the third month after the operation, he returned to the campus he loved.
In addition to studying every day, he would carry out proper training, and after a series of re-examinations, his body had healed, but just two years later, the bomb in his head exploded one by one.
In 2016, Wu Zhonghua collapsed for the second time, and this time the family could no longer make up the cost of the operation, and the classmates in the school organized a fundraising activity for him after learning about his situation and made up the cost of the operation.
When he felt the warmth and help of his classmates, he had another hope for life, but the sequelae of the second operation were more serious, even simple walking was uncontrollable, his left ear could not hear, and his eyesight also decreased.
Even so, he has never given up on himself, actively carrying out rehabilitation training, in addition to his own positive and optimistic attitude, there is also concern for his family, the gray hair on his parents' heads, the elderly grandparents at home, etc., he still has a lot of things that have not been realized, and he can't give up easily.
After Wu Zhonghua recovered, he returned to campus, completed his studies on time, and found a job as he wished.
Just when he thought he had completely defeated the disease, life played a joke on him again, and the glial brain tumor recurred.
Wu Zhonghua was fed up with this repeated and endless illness, and every time he would actively go to treatment and actively do rehabilitation exercises, but every time he thought he had defeated the disease, he relapsed again.
The already poor family could no longer afford the high cost of surgery, and he wanted to end his life, but when he saw the gray hair on both sides of his parents, he hesitated.
Finally, after 2 years of conservative treatment, he had to undergo a third craniotomy, and the severe sequelae after the operation made him completely turn into a weirdo with a crooked mouth and slanted eyes, and a limp when walking.
Nirvana reborn
After Wu Zhonghua's third craniotomy, no matter how hard he tried to carry out rehabilitation training, he could no longer return to his previous state, and his life has changed from a handsome guy with a strong body, self-confidence and sunshine to a person with a strange expression, difficulty walking, and physical defects.
One after another fatal blows, he once lost the courage to live, and every time he was actively treated and struggled to do rehabilitation exercises, but the situation got worse and worse every time, and he didn't want to hold on any longer.
After his parents noticed his abnormality, they always observed him, for fear that he would not be able to think about it, and he would often find his mother crying secretly, and his heart softened when he looked at his mother's thin and trembling shoulders.
In June 2022, he decided to use Douyin to record his life against the disease, and at the same time, he also wanted to use his own experience to encourage more people to face the difficulties in life positively.
Now he has 510,000 fans, and he will also receive some small advertisements on the Internet to maintain his medical expenses, and fans will often cheer for him in the comment area.
From 2014 to 2024, this short decade has become Wu Zhonghua's most difficult time, turning him from a sunny and handsome big boy into a weirdo who can't take care of himself.
If you are not sure which surprise or accident will come first, then cherish the present and live every minute and every second of the present.
Resources:
1. Wu Zhonghua's personal Douyin account