The amazing strengths of a mother, getting through her cancer treatment, for the sake of her children here, translated…
As I’d met Jiao, she’d just, moved into the community, is an ordinary housewife, her husband’s job, stable, with great pay, she has a pair of children in their middle school years, back then, she had her hair long, with that smile that showed how happy she is in her life.
The next time I saw Jiao, it was, at the bus stop, her long hair was gone, she had a hat on, was on the way to the hospital. She’d told me that she’d divorced her husband, became a single mother now, and not a while ago, she was diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer, she’s undergoing treatment right now. Triple negative breast cancer is the worst kind of breast cancer, has the highest chance of metastasizing, relapse, and death. But, what actually made Jiao turned cold was that when her ex learned about how ill she was, he’d not asked about how their kids were doing, only told her plainly, “You take care, and I will still send you the checks regularly.”, her ex’s attitude said it all, it’d not given her the chance to ask him to care for her two sons. And, in order to NOT make her own two children into orphans, she can only, undergo a series of treatment options.
And so, being timid, seeing insects and she’d screamed like hell, Jiao started, becoming brave, fighting, battling her illness. The side effects from her chemo caused her to lose ALL her appetite, she’d start throwing up when she’d had any food, and her daughter can only cried, to the noodles she’d made herself. As she was throwing up, she’d found, that her son too, was throwing up, turns out, her son heard, that chemo cost a lot, and, had gone to a cleaning agency to work as a weeding and skilled worker who sprayed the chemical agents to kill those weeds, and, the scent from the chemotherapy caused him to get nauseated, and he was still throwing up when he got home from the hospital. After Jiao learned of this, she’d held her children tightly, the three of them didn’t cry, just promised, to be there for one another, no matter what. Jiao promised her kids that she will work hard, to keep her foods down, so she’d have enough strength to get through her chemo sessions, and in the end, all the other patients were stressed out about not having any appetite at all, while Jiao ate too much that she’d started having indigestions.
Later on, I’d often bumped into Jiao when I’d gone out for my strolls, her shaved head now had a little bit of hair, and as she worked out, the chemicals would come out from her sweating, causing her body to itch all over, but, for the sake of her own health, as well as her children, she’d taken it all in. Seeing how Jiao was, putting up with the discomforts of her body, there was nothing I can do, but to accompany her, walked along with her, heard she tell of the trials in her life to me.
Finally, the first five years had gone by without much troubles, and now, she’s, walking towards her second five-years. Jiao’s daughter is in college now, and her son, started working already, as he’d arrived home from work, he’d helped Jiao out around the house, it appeared, that he’d become, quite a fitting, young househusband, Jiao worked at the supermarkets. Every time I saw her, I couldn’t help but feel the awes, how strong the mother was, how brave she’d’ been, for the sake of love!
Because this mother was all that her kids had, and, she’d made up her mind, that she will see them get older, and that, was the primary driving force behind how she was able to get through the treatment of her own cancer, and that just shows, how strong the bond between this mother and her kids are.