Pregnant with three babies, Ms. Pham Thi Thu (Bach Hai village, Nga Son commune, Thanh Hoa province) was once advised by a doctor to reduce one pregnancy to ensure safety for both mother and children. However, because she could not bear to give up any child, she decided to keep all three. By the 29th week of pregnancy, she suddenly gave birth prematurely, one baby did not survive. The other two babies are still being actively treated, while the family has fallen into poverty due to treatment costs.
The pain of a mother carrying triplets
After getting married, Ms. Pham Thi Thu received great joy when she became triplet. The moment she knew that the three living germs were growing in her body, the young mother was both happy and faced countless worries when this was a high-risk multiple pregnancy case. Right from the 10th week of pregnancy, doctors advised to reduce one pregnancy to ensure safety for both mother and child. However, looking at the ultrasound images showed that all three children were developing healthy, the instinct of a mother does not allow her to give up any child. She was determined to keep all three.
The first months went smoothly, but from the 4th month, the risk of premature birth began to appear. Ms. Thu had to be hospitalized for many days to monitor and treat to keep the pregnancy. All efforts of doctors and family focused on each week of pregnancy, but by the 29th week, labor struck, and three babies were born.
After giving birth, Ms. Thu's children were transferred to Hanoi Children's Hospital for intensive treatment, but one of the three babies did not survive.
After two weeks of treatment at the provincial hospital, Ms. Thu was allowed to go to Hanoi to take care of her child, at this time, she learned that a baby had been lost. While sharing with reporters, Ms. Thu cried: "The family hid it from me because they were afraid I couldn't stand it, when I accidentally heard the doctor say that a baby was not cured, I was heartbroken and couldn't stand it. But now I still have to be strong and resilient to take care of my two children.
Due to premature birth, one of the two patients is facing a series of complex and dangerous diseases such as neonatal respiratory failure syndrome, blood clotting disorders, anemia, jaundice, sepsis, kidney failure and opportunistic fungal infections. Doctors at Hanoi Children's Hospital are closely monitoring every hour to maintain the lives of the babies.
Exhausted family, father goes to work abroad and cannot return
Ms. Thu and her husband got married when they did not have a stable job, and their savings were almost zero. The small house they are living in is also thanks to both paternal and maternal relatives borrowing money everywhere to build temporarily.
During the time Ms. Thu had to stay in the hospital to preserve her pregnancy, her husband was forced to quit his construction work to be on duty to take care of his wife, causing the family's income to be almost gone. Faced with the increasing pressure of drug costs and the desire to have conditions to take care of their children later, the family continued to borrow a sum of money for him to go abroad to work as a hired laborer.
However, only about two weeks after her husband went to work abroad, Ms. Thu suddenly went into labor and gave birth prematurely. Because the expenses for going abroad were all borrowed money, and the work had just started, he did not have enough conditions to return. Ms. Thu's husband only knew how to suppress the pain and continue working in a foreign land with the hope of having money to send back soon so that his wife and children could overcome the difficult period.
Currently, all the expensive treatment costs of the two babies, along with living expenses at the hospital, depend on the help of relatives on both sides.
Sharing about the family's deadlock, Ms. Thu choked up: "My family was already in difficulty, and now it is even more exhausted. The grandmothers of the children are old and unable to work. From the time I was hospitalized to keep the pregnancy until now, all expenses have to be borrowed, even having to ask the family to stand out to borrow money from the bank for help.
Talking to Lao Dong Newspaper, Mr. Nguyen Van Duong - Head of Bach Hai village, Nga Son commune, Thanh Hoa province - said that Ms. Pham Thi Thu's family is in difficult circumstances in the locality. Her father-in-law died early, her mother-in-law is old, and the family's economy mainly relies on freelance labor. However, the family always complies well with regulations and fully participates in village and hamlet activities. Mr. Duong expressed his wish that philanthropists would join hands to support Ms. Thu's family to have more conditions to take care of their two children being treated at the hospital, overcoming this particularly difficult period.
Two premature babies being treated at Hanoi Children's Hospital are in great need of the joint efforts and sharing of philanthropists. Every support from readers at this time will add hope so that they have the opportunity to continue treatment, overcome illness and soon return to their families' arms.
All help for life situation LD26171 please send to Tam Long Vang Charity Social Fund - 51 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem Ward, Hanoi City. 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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