Dau Thi Huyen Tram - the great mother

(Baonghean.vn) - On August 31, after more than 2 months of special treatment, baby Tran Gau - son of Lieutenant Dau Thi Huyen Tram was discharged from the hospital to the boundless happiness of his family.

Nghe An Newspaper would like to introduce a reader's story out of admiration for her sacrifice.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thi Kim Tien visits Dau Thi Huyen Tram. Photo: Internet

Indian mythology, the land of Saint Ganga, who was greatly admired by President Ho Chi Minh, has a story that says: For several days and nights of storms, the mother bird could not fly out to find food for her young, so she tore her own flesh for her children to eat...!

In Vietnam, not long ago, of course not a myth, a young, educated wife faced a heartbreaking scene: her husband, a PhD, suddenly had a traffic accident while crossing the street; she immediately asked a familiar doctor to take her husband's sperm, preserve it in a freezer, and one day... she became pregnant!

Mythology, peeling off the “shell” of fantasy is the “core” of real life, projecting the dreams and aspirations of mortal people. The above story is a song about Motherly love, an epic about the great sacrifice of a mother. And that young wife, I read about in the newspaper, overcame her own deep pain, preserving the essence and image of her husband whom she must have loved and cherished very much.

The last days in the hospital bed of the female lieutenant. Photo: Internet

Lieutenant Dau Thi Huyen Tram, working at the Staff Department of Ha Tinh Provincial Police, possesses all of those noble qualities in two aspects: a Mother and a Wife!

Life was formed in her at only 19 weeks, and when she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, the young wife was faced with two choices: Following the doctor's advice, she was to stop the pregnancy for chemotherapy and radiotherapy, so that if she could not be cured, she could prolong her life, as she wished in her last letter, "Letter to my family and my man!": "If there was a miracle, give me another 5 years, or 1,2 years to be a little healthier, I would prepare a few things for the people I love."

And she decided to refuse radiation and chemotherapy to preserve the life inside her. Perhaps, those with conscience and understanding would have the same comment: She put her Child, who was taking shape every day, above all else, forgetting her own life. Everyone in this world cherishes their own life! Her behavior - certainly, for her there was nothing to struggle or choose - was the glorious pinnacle of Motherly Love!

Baby Tran Gau - her son bravely fought to win the life that his mother sacrificed to give. Photo: Internet

Who can share the consciousness, especially the consciousness of the Sister when she decided to keep the little creature growing every week inside her like a fierce race between the death of her body and the life of her child? What is baby Tran Gau - the name of the creature she gave to the world - to Dau Thi Huyen Tram? He is her precious blood, her eternal identity that will forever go on in this world, in this world. And he is also the deposit today and the eternal memory of "my man" as she called her husband in the last letter she left behind.

When I write these lines, my thoughts completely leave out mothers, degenerate women, the debauchery of childbirth and the almost ubiquitous human degradation. I turn to the Light! Ms. Dau Thi Huyen Tram… warms people’s hearts, still believes in this life. Noble dignity, simple sacrifice… are still there! Each of us, we tell ourselves so.

Three hundred delegations came to pay their respects and see her off. Her “man” held her hands tightly, tears streaming down his face, promising his wife’s spirit: “…to raise their children to be good people.”

Ms. Dau Thi Huyen Tram lived with the philosophy of life she wrote in her letter: "Think about it, how long you live is important, how to live properly". Is there a need to pray for the soul of Dau Thi Huyen Tram when her own heart is already the heart of Buddha!? Only 25 years in this world, but she will live forever, live forever not only in her most beloved people, in Tran Gau and the future generations of Bé but also in the people of Ha Tinh and Vietnam.

Meritorious Teacher Le Thai Phong