Young mother falls into deadlock
One afternoon in April, we came to a cramped level-4 house in Huong An ward (Hue City). On the thin carpet spread in the middle of the floor, a nearly 3-year-old boy lay motionless. His bright face, round eyes and fair skin made anyone who saw him feel heartbroken. Few people would have thought that child is fighting every day with seizures due to congenital brain defects.
Around where the baby was lying, there were no toys or candies like children of the same age, only medicine and oxygen tanks to support breathing.
That is the son of Ms. Nguyen Thi Thuy. Looking at her son, the young mother choked up and recounted the tearful journey of the two mothers and sons.
In 2010, she went to Ho Chi Minh City to learn tailoring and then met Mr. Ha Van B. (born 1993). Three years later, the two got married. Wishing to have children, she discovered she had polycystic ovary syndrome, and her health was weak, so pregnancy was difficult.
For 10 years, the couple borrowed everywhere to treat infertility but failed. In 2021, she became pregnant naturally. In 2023, baby Ha Van D. was born in the overwhelming happiness of the whole family.
However, when she was only 15 days old, she was diagnosed with congenital heart disease. After more than 3 months of treatment, doctors continued to discover that she had congenital brain defects, reduced calloused product.
Since then, the hospital has become a familiar residence for the two mothers and children. While the child was in critical condition, the husband left, cut off contact, leaving behind a debt of about 80 million VND.
At that time, I just knew how to cry. My child was in severe pain, I couldn't go to work, I had nowhere to rely on. The paternal family also didn't accept him. Sometimes it was too deadlocked, I used to think negatively," Ms. Thuy said in tears.
The fragile hope of a mother
After the incident, Ms. Thuy took her child back to rely on her biological parents and younger sister and her husband.
To have money to buy medicine and milk for her children, she takes advantage of the time when her grandmother takes care of her grandchildren to go to work as a hired laborer. Her job is washing dishes at a restaurant from late at night to early morning, earning about 150 thousand VND per day, not enough for medical expenses.
Looking at her child lying silently, she choked up: "I just hope one day I can hear my child call'mother'. Looking at people bringing bags to school makes me feel sorry for my child. During the day he lies like this, but every night he has convulsions, epilepsy, I live in fear.
When Ms. Thuy has to stay at home to take care of her children, the economic burden falls on her grandfather Nguyen Van Phung (69 years old). During the day, he takes care of his grandchildren, and at night he pedals a cyclo until late at night to earn money to buy milk.
Mr. Phung slowly said: "The family is inherently difficult. I thought my daughter had a stable husband and children, but unexpectedly I encountered this situation. I only feel sorry for my daughter's hardship, and sorry for my grandchild who was born and stayed in the hospital more than at home.
Currently, baby D.'s health is increasingly deteriorating due to respiratory failure and severe pneumonia. He is not conscious, only lives on milk and medication.
Every time he is in pain, he grinds his teeth until his milky teeth and gums are bleeding. His eyes are also gradually blurred, with the risk of losing vision. The family said that if signs of scalp bulging appear, he will have to undergo surgery to maintain his life.
In the empty poor house, daily medicine money is already an overwhelming burden. The dream of saving her child of the single mother is therefore still just a faint hope.
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