Xiong Yuheng (center) and her grandmother are carefully taking care of her paralyzed father, Xiong Kui. Chief Reporter Huang Ping took the photo.
According to the chief reporter Huang Ping, a 70-year-old woman has been taking care of her paralyzed son for 20 years while also raising her granddaughter. Now that the old woman is frail due to old age, who will continue to take care of the paralyzed man? Yesterday, after hearing the news, the filial granddaughter quit her job in the main city and returned to her hometown, planning to take over from her grandmother and take care of her father's daily life.
The man became paralyzed, his wife divorced and remarried
This paralyzed man is named Xiong Kui, 46 years old, living at No. 124 Songnan Road, Songzao Coal Mine, Chongqing Energy Group. Yesterday, a relevant person in charge of the mine introduced that on October 1989, Xiong Kui was injured at work and became paralyzed from the waist down, and at that time, his daughter Xiong Yuheng was only seven and a half months old. Two years later, his wife left their daughter behind and divorced him, remarrying. Since then, Xiong Kui's mother, Luo Zhaomei, has taken on the heavy responsibility of taking care of both her son and granddaughter. Now, Luo Zhaomei is already 70 years old. They live in an old-fashioned apartment with two bedrooms and one living room, covering just over 40 square meters. Yesterday, I visited their home for an interview.
Luo Zhaomei, tears welling up, told the reporter that after her daughter-in-law remarried, she shed countless tears facing her bedridden son and her crying granddaughter, sighing at the unfairness of fate. Every day, she would tirelessly spin around like a top - bathing her son, handling his chamber pot, feeding her granddaughter milk powder, changing diapers. She said the most difficult part was carrying her son to the toilet every day, and when he couldn't defecate, she had to insert glycerin suppositories into his anus and then wear plastic gloves to manually remove the feces.
Xiong Kui stays at home all day, sometimes inevitably feeling irritable. To alleviate her son's worries, Luo Zhaomei bought osmanthus, orchids, and roses, planting them in pots and jars on the balcony outside the window for Xiong Kui to admire.
Filial daughter quits job to return home and take care of her father
Now, 20 years have passed, and the once tiny granddaughter Xiong Yuheng has grown into a graceful young woman. Yesterday, after just quitting her job in the main city and returning to her hometown, Xiong Yuheng choked back tears as she told the reporter that over these years, her grandmother has meticulously cared for both her father and herself without ever complaining. In her eyes, her grandmother is the great benefactor who saved both her and her father. She said that in July 2010, after graduating from university, she worked at a company in Shiqiaopu, High-tech Zone, earning more than 1500 yuan per month. A few days ago, her grandmother called her and said that with the weather starting to get cold, some of her old illnesses were acting up again, and she was worried that she might not be able to continue caring for her father. "Hearing my grandmother's words, I cried," Xiong Yuheng said. After a few days of consideration, she eventually quit her job and returned to her hometown, planning to take over from her grandmother and shoulder the heavy burden of taking care of her father.