We came to the old house located deep in a small road in Phu Hoa hamlet, Cai Nhum commune on a hot noon. On the old hammock hanging in front of the house, Mr. Nguyen Van Thu lay tired after a dialysis session just returning from the hospital.
The young man, only 24 years old, is now thin, pale, and his hands clearly show signs of needles after many months of periodic blood filtration. Looking at him lying silently on the hammock, few would think that this young man used to be the main breadwinner, struggling as a worker to help his poor parents.
Mr. Thu's family does not have production land, life has long depended on hired labor. Previously, he went to Ho Chi Minh City to work as a worker. After a period of prolonged body pain and fatigue, he went for examination and was diagnosed with end-stage chronic kidney failure.
Ms. Thach Thi Sa Ray - Mr. Thu's mother - choked up and recounted that on the day she received the disease results, the whole family was almost devastated. In addition to stage 5 kidney failure, Mr. Thu also suffered from severe anemia, high blood pressure, peripheral atherosclerosis and many other dangerous complications.
For more than a year, the hospital has become a place Mr. Thu visits more than his house. 3 times a week, he has to go to the hospital for dialysis to maintain his life. The treatment cost alone is nearly 2.5 million VND per month, not including travel, medicine and living expenses, making the family even more impoverished.
Sitting next to her son on the old hammock, Mrs. Sa Ray continuously wiped away tears. The mother said that the family only knew how to work as a hired laborer to earn whatever money to pay for medicine for her son. The family did not dare to think about transplanting a kidney for her son because the cost was too high.
Due to his very weak health, every time he goes for dialysis, he needs relatives to pick him up. One day, just after hemodialysis, he was so tired that he couldn't get on the car himself. "Sometimes he felt aching all over his body, couldn't eat or drink, lay all night unable to sleep," Mr. Thu said with a broken voice.
Speaking about his biggest wish at this time, Mr. Thu choked up: "I just want to get well so I can go to work to earn money to help my parents. My parents are too hard for me, now I just hope I still have the strength to pay filial piety to my parents.
Mr. 8 Hai - a neighbor near his house - said that everyone in the neighborhood feels sorry for Mr. Thu's situation. According to him, the young man used to be very diligent, knew how to take care of his family, but since the day he got sick, life has almost been completely turned upside down.
Mr. Huynh Van Phuong - Head of Phu Hoa hamlet, Cai Nhum commune - said that Mr. Thu's family situation is considered difficult in the locality. Since the onset of the disease, the family has lost their main labor, while prolonged treatment costs make life even more difficult.
In the middle of a poor, desolate house in the middle of the fields, the youth of Mr. Nguyen Van Thu is fighting against illness and the worry of food and clothing every day. The journey to save the life of the 24-year-old boy at this time urgently needs sharing and help from the community and philanthropists from near and far.
All help for life situation LD26132 please send to Tam Long Vang Charity Social Fund - 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi. Account number (STK) 113000000758 at Vietinbank Hoan Kiem Branch, Hanoi; Account number: 0021000303088 - at Vietcombank Hanoi Branch; Account number: 12410001122556 - at BIDV Hoan Kiem Branch.
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Or contact directly Mr. Nguyen Van Thu, Cai Nhum commune, Vinh Long province. Phone number: 0778. 746. 815
