A man who lived up to his filial piety responsibilities, from the Front Page Sections, translated…
Li-Yuan Chen from Kaohsiung who was awarded the national filial piety award today looked at his father who’s sound asleep with focus, “something’s not quite right, we need to get him to the doctor.” He’d peeled the peel off of a banana, handed it to his mother, wanted her to eat more, so she doesn’t have cramps in her legs; taking care of his own parents, he’d, put in so much thoughts.
The fifty-three year-old Li-Yuan Chen was originally an information engineer, his parents fell due to illness, and, he’d, quit his job and focused on caring for them on his own; for six years on end, without a word of complaint.
“I’m the eldest son! Caring for my parents, is my responsibility!”, he has two younger brothers and two younger sisters, and his third youngest brother and he were still single; he’d taken care of his own parents, and not forced the responsibilities onto his younger siblings.
Six years ago, Chen’s father had a myocardio infarction, and had pleural effusion, and diabetes, was a frequent at the hospitals; and her mother was diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma, had one of her lungs removed, undergone a dozen times of electrotherapy and chemotherapy, was tortured.
Chen headed to the hospital to look after them, his parents were under critical condition, he’d not slept for three days two nights; some suggested that he hired a nurse’s aide, but he didn’t take their words for it.
“Taking care of my own parents myself, I’d known what they’re experiencing”, he said, that the nurse’s aides may not remember all the situations, and in the nights, the nurse’s aides wouldn’t necessarily wake up with his parents, taking care of them by himself, he’d felt, more secure and safer.
His father is eighty-five years old, his mother, eighty, after they’d fallen ill, their physical health deteriorated, became demented and couldn’t steady themselves on their own feet; he’d assist his parents to move about, and, when the weather permits, he would wheel his father out on his wheelchair to get some fresh air, or help his mother outside, so she can get some sun.
Chen said, not holding anything back, that the pressures of the economics as well as the psychological stresses were, enormous, and when he felt overwhelmed, he’d asked his younger siblings to take over temporarily for a day or two, so he can make his way to the seaside, to the mountains, to breathe; and his siblings helped chipped in with the household economics too.
Quitting his job and caring for his ailing parents, did he have any regrets? He’d stated, that as the parents raised their young with no regrets, and now, the children are older, and it’s their turns to care for the parents, why would there be any complaints?
So, this, is the amazing deed of a fitting son, he’d taken care of his parents who became ill, and, it must’ve been hard, as the primary caretaker of two elderlies who was losing their basic living skills, but, he’d had no complaints, because his parents were kind to him, took care of him when he was growing up, and now they’re old, it’s his turn, to take care of them…