The miserable family situation of a man with 2 cancers at the same time
His father passed away from cancer, his mother is old and sick, his wife had a stroke, his daughter died in a traffic accident, his daughter-in-law left home because she was too poor... all the burdens of the family fell on Nguyen Dinh Son's shoulders. However, recently, Son was also diagnosed with esophageal cancer.
In recent days, people in Minh Tho hamlet, Hoa Son commune, Do Luong district (Nghe An) have joined hands to visit the family of Mr. Nguyen Dinh Son - Ms. Pham Thi Thanh, one of the most miserable families in Hoa Son commune.
Mr. Son is 49 years old this year, the pillar of the family where almost the whole family is sick. For several years, Mr. Son's small house has been poor and has been facing continuous misfortune: His father, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khoa, died of cancer. His mother, Mrs. Thai Thi Ky, is 80 years old this year, suffering from various diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure, and difficulty walking. Ms. Thanh, Mr. Son's wife, suffered from a stroke, although she survived the critical stage, but has difficulty moving and has severe sequelae. His younger sister, Nguyen Thi Van Anh, has kidney disease and has to undergo dialysis every week in Vinh city.
Previously, on the occasion of Tet 2018, Mr. Son's daughter, Nguyen Thi Anh, also died in a traffic accident while on her way from Thanh Hoa to visit her parents. Also during this time, due to the difficult circumstances of her husband's family, Mr. Son's daughter-in-law left home, leaving her 6-month-old baby with her grandparents...
Disasters continuously befall the small house, making a strong, hard-working man like Mr. Son want to collapse at times. He worked hard at all kinds of jobs, from construction worker, rice harvester, rubber peeler,... doing whatever he was hired to do, but still could not afford the medical expenses for his family members.
Since the beginning of 2024, Mr. Son has been feeling pain and fatigue but did not dare tell anyone and continued to work as a construction worker. In early July 2024, when he felt severe pain, had difficulty breathing, and could not bear it, he asked someone to take him to the hospital for examination. At the hospital, he was stunned when the doctor diagnosed him with cancer.
Mr. Son was transferred to Nghe An Oncology Hospital for re-examination. Here, after tests, the doctor confirmed that he had esophageal cancer. There were two cancerous tumors on his esophagus, including esophageal cancer in the upper third, stage 1, and esophageal cancer in the lower third, stage II. He was admitted to Department of Internal Medicine 1 for radiation therapy, chemotherapy, etc.
Since Mr. Son was diagnosed with a serious illness, the small family in Minh Tho hamlet has been in even more trouble. Ms. Thanh, despite suffering from the after-effects of a stroke, still had to go to Vinh city to take care of her husband. Mr. Son's son took over for his father to work, but due to his poor health, he also worked one day and took another day off. Although his mother was sick, she did not dare to go to the hospital...
To have money to take her husband to the hospital, Ms. Thanh had to sell more than 1 ton of rice and mortgage her land book to borrow 50 million VND from the commune's People's Credit Fund. Before that, he had to borrow money from relatives every time his wife and mother went to the hospital. Up to now, both old and new debts have amounted to hundreds of millions of VND.
Doctor Thai Dinh Hieu - Department of Internal Medicine 1, Nghe An Oncology Hospital said that Mr. Son's current condition is quite complicated, having to undergo many rounds of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The treatment course is long, the prognosis is quite poor because there are 2 cancerous tumors in the esophagus, while the patient's health is not good. During the chemotherapy and radiotherapy process, the patient also developed bone marrow failure, requiring multiple blood transfusions...
Mr. Nguyen Cao Dong - Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Hoa Son commune said: In recent years, Mr. Son and Ms. Thanh's family have been in trouble continuously. Mr. Son's father, Mr. Nguyen Dinh Khoa, used to join the army and fight in the battlefields of the South. Before passing away from cancer, he was a war invalid. After Mr. Son got cancer, his brothers and neighbors also donated, some 10,000 VND, some 20,000 VND, some a kilo of rice, a kilo of peanuts to contribute more for Mr. Son to go to the hospital for radiation therapy. "Mr. Son's situation is extremely difficult, I hope the community and society will join hands to help his family overcome this adversity", Mr. Nguyen Cao Dong confided.
Please send any assistance to: Ms. Pham Thi Thanh - Minh Tho hamlet, Hoa Son commune, Do Luong district, Nghe An province. Account number: 3603205695076 - Agribank. Account holder: Pham Thi Thanh.