She went to the hospital everyday with her son on her back, hoping that he would recover soon. At 6 o'clock in the morning, a rented house in Liu Zhai Village, Zhengzhou City was lit up. Shang Jinhuan, 38 years old, got up on time. In order to let her son and husband sleep longer, she dressed very quietly. Soon, she would take her son to the hospital in the city for rehabilitation treatment. For this reason, she had quit her job.
After a while, her husband Wu Zhandong also got up to go to work. His job as a driver could bring 1600 yuan income per month to the family. And this money was the only source of income after their 12-year-old son Xiao Long was involved in a car accident in December last year.
"Go out" to see a doctor every day can save 40 yuan bed fee. After tidying up the dishes, it was already 7 o'clock in the morning. Wu Zhandong took the risk of being late and having his salary deducted, borrowing an electric tricycle from a nearby store, "Let her rest." Then he sent his wife to the bus stop of No. 57 bus.
This road is 2 kilometers long. Usually, Shang Jinhuan could only walk this road with her 12-year-old son who was taller than herself on her back, and it had been going on for half a year and two weeks. "Walk and rest. However, not staying in the hospital can save 40 yuan bed fee every day."
At 7:20, the mother and son got on the bus. The son sat on Shang Jinhuan's lap, which should be called "leaning" strictly speaking. Because the son has been unable to exercise for a long time, all the muscles in his body have begun to stiffen, so he cannot stand steadily or sit well.
"Going to the hospital is also for the treatment of this." Shang Jinhuan rubbed her eyes and forced a smile on her face.
Treatment
Every day ahead by more than ten minutes, the son's disease can get better earlier by several days.
At 8:03, Shang Jinhuan carried her son to get off the bus at the station. The hospital starts work at 8:20.
In Shang Jinhuan's view, "every day ahead by more than ten minutes, adding up together, the son's disease can get better earlier by several days." The doctor said that Xiao Long needed to undergo 12 treatments a day to restore his motor ability and communication ability.
At noon 12 o'clock, the morning treatment ended. Shang Jinhuan bought the beef noodles that Xiao Long liked most. After feeding her son, she took the steamed bun brought from home out of her bag and ate it with plain boiled water.
Xiao Long's eyes were closed, knowing that her son was tired, the mother and son curled up on a long chair in the corner of the corridor for a while. Treatment will begin again at 2 p.m.
At 2:30 p.m., the "electric needle" treatment began, which was the project that Shang Jinhuan feared most, because needles two inches long had to be inserted into the child's head. "Each time the child cried in pain inside, and I cried outside."
Future
Buy a tricycle, wait for the son to get better and work to pay back the money.
At 6 p.m., the treatment for the whole day was over, and Shang Jinhuan carried her son onto the bus. On the bus going home, a group of children who had just finished school were playing in the carriage, and Shang Jinhuan thought of the car accident a year ago.
On June 23, 2010, when Shang Jinhuan was riding an electric bike to take Xiao Long to buy a hamburger, they were hit down by a red car at the intersection of Liu Zhai Central Street and Songshan Road, causing brainstem damage to her son, who still could not speak and had no movement in his limbs.
"The court ruled that the owner of the offending car was responsible for 80% of the medical expenses, but they only gave 8000 yuan." Now, the medical expenses have already cost more than 300,000 yuan.
As the sky gradually darkened, more than an hour later, the bus arrived at the station, and Xiao Long had fallen asleep on his mother's back at this time. In fact, Shang Jinhuan also planned for the future in her heart. "In the future, I plan to buy a tricycle, one for taking my son, and the other for going out to work and paying back the borrowed money when my son gets better." (Zhao Zhuo, Wang Yan yan, reporters of Henan Business Daily, intern Duan Rui chao)