Recently, a mother of a child with cerebral palsy posted a video about her experience of taking her child 2,000 kilometers from Guiyang to Qingdao for medical treatment alone. It received widespread attention from netizens. Many strangers left messages asking to donate money to her, help her take care of the child, provide accommodation, help with transportation, etc. , which moved her very much.
On February 21, a reporter from the Yangtze Evening News Ziniu Headline contacted the mother Liu Xiaoyan and learned that she gave birth to twin daughters three years ago. The eldest daughter died and donated her corneas. The younger daughter suffered from cerebral palsy due to hypoxia and was later diagnosed. Infantile spasms.
Because the child's father is a member of the rescue team and needs to travel to various places to participate in rescue operations, she often takes her child out to seek medical treatment alone.
Currently, Liu Xiaoyan has allowed her children to receive rehabilitation training in a hospital in Qingdao, and many local people have provided help to them.
She said: "These kindnesses from strangers made me feel the warmth of the world when I was exhausted physically and mentally."
Pictures and videos of Ziniu News reporter Chen Yong and intern Gao Lei/provided by the interviewee
Mother’s self-portrait video of taking her daughter thousands of miles to seek medical attention moved the entire internet
"How much courage does it take for a person to take his daughter with cerebral palsy to seek medical treatment in Qingdao, 2,000 kilometers away?" In the Douyin account @Qiqi's Super Mom, the reporter saw Liu Xiaoyan smiling and showing how she had gone through so much trouble to hold her The process of my daughter Qiqi going to seek medical treatment.
The video was less than a minute long and received 11,000 likes and 2,510 comments.
The reporter noticed that most of the messages came from local netizens in Qingdao. Some said they could provide private cars to help with transportation, some said they could provide free accommodation, and some well-wishers wanted to donate...
Liu Xiaoyan said that the video was taken on February 16. At nine o'clock in the morning that day, she took a flight from Guiyang to Qingdao. She held her child all the way and had to drag heavy luggage. She was too tired, so she took the video and sent it. on a personal account.
"It feels a bit whiny. In the video, I actually smile more bitterly and feel helpless." Liu Xiaoyan said that this is the third year she has taken her daughter to seek medical treatment outside the hospital, and her family is already heavily in debt.
Her husband was unable to accompany her mother and daughter to Qingdao this time. Liu Xiaoyan said: "Air tickets during the Spring Festival are too expensive. For families like ours who are seriously ill, we can save whatever we can." On the day the video was released, she received many heart-warming messages. .
Liu Xiaoyan finished reading it and was very moved, "I cried while watching it."
Netizens’ practical help makes families in trouble feel warm
This rehabilitation treatment in Qingdao will take a year. Liu Xiaoyan told reporters that many netizens provided them with real help during the few days they were hospitalized.
"On the afternoon of February 17, a couple who ran a stationery store came to the hospital. When they saw Qiqi's appearance, they were so sad that they shed tears." Liu Xiaoyan said that she was feeding her daughter at the time, and the kind couple listened. She said that she had to feed her food one bite at a time for an hour, saying it was "too difficult." "Before leaving, the mother hugged me and forced Qiqi into a red envelope with 500 yuan in it." The next day, again A young man came to the hospital and found Liu Xiaoyan. "He was quite shy. He didn't say a word, so he gave me a red envelope and then left." Liu Xiaoyan said regretfully, without having time to ask the other person's name.
In addition to those who came to the scene to provide help, there were also many netizens who left messages for Liu Xiaoyan asking for her address, and then placed orders in the same city to send clothes and milk powder to Qiqi.
Because Liu Xiaoyan’s short video account has a phone number, many people donated directly to her Alipay, which has exceeded 10,000 yuan.
Liu Xiaoyan told reporters that since her daughter fell ill, she had spent 1 million yuan as of November last year, most of which was borrowed.
"I met so many warm-hearted netizens at this time, and they really helped us in times of need! Their help gave us a lot of buffering time." Liu Xiaoyan said that she was very busy with raising children and could not reply to all the netizens' messages one by one. She also hoped that through Yangzi The Ziniu headline of the Evening News expressed its gratitude to netizens.
The eldest daughter died 5 days after she was born and donated her cornea to help others see the world.
Liu Xiaoyan's hometown is in Hubei and she is 36 years old this year.
In 2007, she met her husband, who worked in the National Tunnel Emergency Rescue Team, and two years later they got married and settled in Guiyang.
At that time, Liu Xiaoyan particularly admired her husband, "He looked very handsome in uniform, and I thought the rescue work he was engaged in was sacred."
Life after marriage was very sweet. In 2011, the couple gave birth to their eldest son, and the family lived happily.
In 2021, Liu Xiaoyan became pregnant again, this time giving birth to twin girls.
Just when they were looking forward to their new life, an accident happened.
"In the third trimester of pregnancy, the twins were diagnosed with twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome. The condition progressed very rapidly, and I was forced to choose a premature caesarean section." Liu Xiaoyan was very sad. "The eldest daughter died five days after she was born, and the younger daughter was also in the incubator. A grade four cerebral hemorrhage occurred.”
Liu Xiaoyan said that after her eldest daughter died unfortunately, her husband proposed to donate her corneas. She did not agree at the time, but Qiqi's father persuaded her: "If my daughter's corneas were donated to others, they would be able to see the world, how wonderful it would be." ! Isn’t this just another way to live for our daughter?” Liu Xiaoyan was moved by her husband’s words. Although she felt very sad, she felt that doing so could leave her with some hope.
In August 2021, after her youngest daughter Qiqi came out of the incubator, Liu Xiaoyan took her for rehabilitation treatment in a hospital in Chongqing.
Qiqi could sit up when she was nine months old, but was later diagnosed with infantile spasms, a rare disease.
Liu Xiaoyan's husband works in the National Tunnel Emergency Rescue Team, and the rescue scope extends to Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan. Once a geological disaster occurs, he needs to rush to the scene immediately to participate in the rescue.
He usually trains at his unit and can only go home on weekends. On average, he spends two to three months out of town every year.
Due to the special nature of her husband's job, Liu Xiaoyan spent most of the past three years taking her daughter to seek medical treatment alone, and she went to Beijing alone 7 times.
Overcome difficulties, change yourself and try to find a way out for your daughter
Liu Xiaoyan quit her job to take her daughter to see a doctor. Her husband’s income alone could not support her daughter’s huge treatment expenses.
Liu Xiaoyan said that she started learning short video production for the sake of her children, hoping to supplement her livelihood by bringing goods.
"It will take a long, long time for my daughter to recover. I have to make changes and find a way out for her." Liu Xiaoyan told reporters that the video was inspired by the mothers of other patients. She first tried oral broadcasting and wrote down her own experience. , and then make a video.
She said that she was an introvert and could not speak at all in front of the camera at first, but as a mother, she decided to take the risk. Unexpectedly, her short video account attracted a lot of attention, "I received help from others, and in the future We must also deliver more positive energy.”
Liu Xiaoyan told reporters that after several surgeries, her daughter's disease has been brought under control. Infantile spasms, a rare disease, was included in the medical insurance list in October last year. The burden of subsequent drug costs has been reduced a lot, and her life is improving.
"If you feel anxious now and can't stand it anymore, you might as well take a look at my experience." This is Liu Xiaoyan's most popular video on the short video platform. She uses her own experience to speak out and encourage people who are in trouble. , "Let us work hard together to survive the current difficulties together."