However, good times don't last long. This year during the New Year celebration, Youxian Meidi pajamas, Li Fei's illness relapsed. She was forced to leave the Yan Garden that she had just become familiar with and was hospitalized again, starting chemotherapy once more.
A thick stack of medical cards bears witness to the struggles of this young woman, Li Fei (view her Weibo here), against her illness.
While in the hospital, she wrote a "Cancer Diary" to document her emotional journey. Every day, she could only tap on the window of the transplant cabin to get her parents to pick up the intercom by the window. Sometimes, she would go online, listen to music, or send text messages to classmates.
At 3 PM yesterday, while the sun was shining brightly outside, Li Fei lay alone in the dimly lit and tightly sealed sterile transplant cabin at the Northern Hospital, resting with her eyes closed as she waited to receive an autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplant.
"In a few days, they will tell me how much money we need to pay for the next stage. I am actually quite afraid." This middle-aged man, nearing fifty, has turned his hair white with worry over his daughter and still blames himself for not being able to provide her with a better living environment.
This female graduate student from Peking University, after being diagnosed with malignant lymphoma, kept a daily journal and blog in the hospital, documenting her "journey full of self-challenge and redemption." Li Fei communicated with her father via an intercom. Photo taken by reporter Lin Hui.
Her father, Li Haiyan, said that they are from Xincai County, Zhumadian City, Henan Province. In 2004, their daughter, who ranked first in the county, was admitted to the China Youth Political College. In 2009, after reviewing for a year for postgraduate entrance exams, Li Fei was admitted to Peking University's Department of Sociology. However, 12 days after learning about her admission, she fell ill, and a month later, she was diagnosed with malignant lymphoma.
"White blood cells dropped to 200, platelets dropped to 9000, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness, nosebleeds, abdominal pain, fever, weakness, suffering, oral ulcers making it impossible to eat... I never want to endure such suffering again. If I can just get through this, I will definitely be healthy in the future!" Every day, Li Fei would recount her own pain while encouraging herself.
From the first hospitalization, Li Fei's parents sold all their assets but still accumulated debts exceeding 100,000 yuan. This time, the costs were even higher.
At Zhengzhou University's First Affiliated Hospital, Li Fei underwent more than a year of treatment. As the chemotherapy progressed, the tumor eventually disappeared. After taking a year off from school, Li Fei finally arrived at the campus she had longed for—Peking University.
Because she cannot leave the sterile environment, Li Fei felt very lonely in the transplant cabin.
From the first hospitalization, Li Fei began recording her feelings, naming it "Cancer Diary." Initially written in notebooks, she now also writes on Weibo.
Currently, each day’s treatment expenses add up to more than 3000 yuan, far exceeding what this not-so-wealthy family can afford.
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Article written by reporter Xu Tian.
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