Boy fights hemolytic anemia for more than 12 years

(Baonghean.vn) - Luong Huu Quyet (born in 2000) is a Thai ethnic in Chau Hanh commune (Quy Chau). He was diagnosed with hemolytic anemia when he was 4 years old. While his mother was still in shock and pain, his father had already turned his back and left. The misfortune piled up on the shoulders of both mother and son because of his illness, he had to rely on the blood bank at the hospital for the rest of his life.

For more than 10 years now, from the Provincial Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital to the National Children's Hospital, the mother and son have had to go back and forth countless times to maintain Quyet's life. The hospital's treatment regimen is blood transfusion and iron removal, on average once a month, each time at least a week and more than 10 days, the mother and son have to help each other to the hospital.

Because they have to go to the hospital often, the mother and daughter mainly eat instant noodles. Every day they only buy one 20,000 VND meal to eat together...

Just entering kindergarten age, Luong Huu Quyet had to go to the hospital regularly for treatment, now he is a 12th grade student but his condition has not improved but is at risk of getting worse. The burden of worries is heavier on his mother's shoulders. Quyet's spleen is larger than normal so the doctor advised him to have surgery, but after consulting the price of the surgery many times, both mother and son had to swallow their tears and pack up to go home.

Every time she took her child to the hospital, Quyet's mother had to save money on transportation by taking her child nearly 200 km on an old motorbike. When her child was sick and tired, she had to go and rest, because the transportation for the two of them cost more than 500,000 VND. When she went to the hospital, money was scarce, so Quyet's mother and son often had to eat instant noodles, each day buying and eating only one meal worth 20,000 VND.

Recalling the days of fighting illness with her son, Ms. Luong Thi Tam - Quyet's mother shared: Growing up, she met and fell in love with a man from Nghi Kieu (Nghi Loc), thinking that life would be happy and peaceful when her son was born. But when she discovered that her son had a serious illness, the heartless man left, leaving behind the pain of illness and the burden of life for her and her son.

Every time he is hospitalized, Quyet has to receive at least 3 bags of blood.

The small house in Ta Lanh village, Chau Hanh commune, Quy Chau district now has only a mother and her child and a 90-year-old grandmother, sad and lonely because of the absence of the breadwinner. Quyet's mother is only over 40 years old but no longer dares to think about her own happiness, all day worrying about carrying goods on the street to save money to take her child to the hospital. The village also sympathizes and supports her so that she has time to take her child to school and a little more money to buy food for the child, but with the people in Chau Hanh mountainous commune, where over 60% of households are still poor, the support is limited.

Despite his persistent illness, Quyet was very studious. From primary to high school, he was a "special" student who was known and cared for by teachers and the school's Board of Directors. There were school years when he had to miss too much school to get medical treatment, but the school still created exceptional conditions for Quyet to go to class and make up for his mistakes. Thanks to his efforts, Quyet achieved excellent and advanced results in many years of school. The bicycle for poor students overcoming difficulties of Chau Hanh Secondary School encouraged Quyet to make more efforts in studying. Knowing the difficult circumstances of his family, when he was not sick, Quyet helped his grandmother take care of pigs and chickens, and found food to save for when he and his mother went to the hospital.

Quyet's voice left an impression at the charity concert at Nghe An Oncology Hospital in March 2016.

Quyet is also the school's "artist" because of his warm voice, especially songs about mothers. In early March, during a charity concert organized by Hoa Sen Security Group at Nghe An Oncology Hospital, Quyet's voice left an impression on the concert, many artists and patients cried. Mr. Tran Quang Trung - Director of Oncology Hospital promised to sponsor Quyet's spleen surgery.

Although the surgery was funded, Quyet's health is not stable at the moment so it cannot be performed. At the Hematology and Blood Disease Department of the Provincial Hematology Center, Quyet still has to go to the hospital regularly from home and when he returns home, he asks his mother to take him to school to continue studying.

Previously, Quyet and her mother received the allowance for single mothers raising disabled children, but it was cut off after only a few years. Currently, Ms. Luong Thi Tam has submitted her application to the commune and hopes that her superiors will approve the allowance for single mothers raising disabled children so that she can have more money to pay for her child's medical treatment.

Quyet's situation really needs the help and sharing of the community and philanthropists to help him overcome his illness.

Ha Linh