Even though I tried to control myself, I could not read the last line of the petition filled with painful thoughts about the unfortunate life and love for her little daughter of Ms. Le Thi Hue (born in 1983, residing in Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province).
Having stage 4 breast cancer, Ms. Hue turned from a beautiful woman into an emaciated patient, weighing less than 40 kg, with a swollen body (Photo: Huong Hong).
Emaciated and exhausted, Ms. Hue lay motionless on the hospital bed of Internal Medicine Department 5, Tan Trieu K Hospital. The 40-year-old woman’s face was swollen, her skin was pale and flabby, and many dark spots had appeared… The cancer had reached the metastatic stage, it had devastated this woman’s body terribly, but still could not erase all the delicate features of her youth.
Putting her hands on the hospital bed, she struggled to sit up and whispered: "These past few days, I've been in so much pain that I can't stand up. There's no money at home, so I didn't intend to go to the hospital. But the teachers at school kept encouraging me and pooled money to bring me here...".
Pausing for a moment to catch her breath, Ms. Hue continued telling us about her unfortunate life. Through her story, it seemed that this woman, only 40 years old, had experienced all the suffering and bitterness in life.
Originally from Nam Dinh province, Ms. Hue lost her father at the age of 15. Feeling sorry for her mother who had to work hard to raise 3 children, Ms. Hue tried to overcome all difficulties to both study and earn a living. With great effort, the poor village girl became a physical education teacher at an elementary school in Bao Thang district, Lao Cai province.
Having a serious illness and not receiving proper treatment, Ms. Hue's health quickly deteriorated (Photo: Huong Hong).
In 2008, Ms. Hue got married, and in 2009, she gave birth to a daughter, Nguyen Le Anh Thu. It seemed that happiness had smiled on the young teacher who had suffered many disadvantages, but the joy was "short-lived", life's difficulties gave rise to irreconcilable conflicts, and only 3 years after the wedding, the couple went their separate ways.
Overcoming the shock of marriage, in 2011 the single mother took her little daughter back to live with her mother. In addition to her job at the elementary school, Ms. Hue took on other jobs such as sewing, packing goods..., hoping to have a little extra money to cover her living expenses.
Being naturally beautiful, even though there were many men in the area pursuing her, the single woman remained steadfast in her choice. She tried to work hard, hoping to give all the best to her beloved daughter and to show filial piety to her elderly mother.
But once again, misfortune struck this woman, pushing her to the brink of pain. In mid-2019, Ms. Hue felt chest pain, had difficulty breathing, lost weight, and went to the doctor, where the results showed that she had breast cancer.
For a long time, the elementary school gym teacher held on to her life with traditional medicine packages (Photo: Huong Hong).
Ms. Hue choked up as she recounted that when her breast cancer was discovered, it was already at a very advanced stage, with cancer cells metastasizing to many parts of her body. The pain was so intense that it tore her flesh and skin, and at times, Ms. Hue thought: I don't know how much longer I have left in this world!
After nearly half a year of "hospital as home" her condition temporarily improved and Ms. Hue returned to her normal work. But shortly after, the pain flared up again, forcing Ms. Hue to be hospitalized again.
Alone and without money, when the pain eased a little, Ms. Hue asked to be discharged from the hospital and return home. Falling into misery, for a long time the poor single woman held on to her life with herbal medicine packages.
Suffering from a serious illness and not receiving proper treatment, from a beautiful woman, the terrible disease turned Ms. Hue into an emaciated patient, her body shriveled to less than 40 kg. Her condition became more and more serious, if she did not continue to go to the hospital for treatment, Ms. Hue's life would only be counted by the days.
The disease was in a serious stage, requiring the use of many expensive medicines, so the debt on Ms. Hue's shoulders was a huge number (Photo: Huong Hong).
"Many times I think that her fate is like that, I don't need to hold on anymore. But thinking about the day when Anh Thu no longer has a mother, I can't bear it. She's still too young, how can she live alone!...", Ms. Hue choked up.
Pained at the thought of her little daughter becoming an orphan, at the end of 2021, Ms. Hue asked relatives to borrow up to 190 million VND to go to the hospital to continue to hold on to life.
The money she brought was just a drop in the bucket, the cancer she was suffering from must have reached a serious stage. She had to use special medicines with extremely expensive prices. So after only a few months, the debt she had to shoulder was already a huge number. Unable to find money anywhere, she had to return home, embracing the pain and accepting the cruelty of fate.
Many times it seemed like death had "called her name", but her little daughter's calls for her mother brought her back.
Speaking to Dan Tri reporter, Dr. Dong Chi Kien, Department of Internal Medicine 5, said that patient Le Thi Hue was diagnosed with stage 4 breast cancer with multiple bone metastases and symptoms. Due to the condition of bone damage in many locations requiring pain relief, the patient was prescribed chemotherapy, followed by maintenance with endocrine drugs and drugs to slow down the bone destruction process, with a long-term treatment costing about 50 million VND/month.
"It is known that Ms. Hue is a single mother raising a young child in a very difficult situation. Her treatment will have to be prolonged, and her family lives far away, making travel expensive... That is why the patient cannot follow the standard treatment regimen and only uses part of the prescription as prescribed, making treatment very difficult.
We hope that Dan Tri readers and philanthropists will join hands to help her ease her difficulties and give her a chance to live and be a support for her daughter," Dr. Kien urged.
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1: Ms. Le Thi Hue
Address: Phu Long 2 Residential Group, Pho Lu Town, Bao Thang District, Lao Cai Province.
Phone: 0986301000
Ms. Hue is currently being treated at Tan Trieu K Hospital.
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