Chapter 1135

This is the story of Anne Hillman.

She is 11 years old this year. Because of the genetic problem of the metabolic system, she can't defecate and sweat normally, which leads to a series of complications in the body system. Therefore, she must go in and out of the hospital for a long time, and complete the metabolism through corresponding treatment, otherwise it may cause unimaginable consequences.

With the current medical conditions and scientific research results, it is still an incurable disease.

Although it will not affect daily life, we must go to the hospital regularly to report, and then we must pay attention to our daily diet all the time. Any mistake may have an incalculable follow-up impact, or even lead to potential life danger if we are not careful.

From a positive point of view, this is not an incurable disease that directly leads to death. As long as she can pay attention at any time, Annie can grow up smoothly, study, work, start a business, get married and travel around the world. She can complete it as long as she wants; From a negative point of view, it is a disease that accompanies all one's life. No negligence is allowed. Every minute and every second must be taken care of.

From the first day of birth, this was Anne's life, like a Pea Princess living in a glass house.

In Annie's life, everything is arranged, not the original intention, but only so, in order to survive, this is the only choice.

She can enjoy freedom. She can attend the "one person concert", she can attend the Grammy Awards ceremony, and she can leave the hospital regularly to reunite with her family; But all this freedom must be shackled, from diet, from work and rest, from injection therapy, and even from death threat.

Sometimes, she can't even tell whether it's freedom or cage. Perhaps, she is too young to understand the true meaning of freedom and life, but who can say that she has really seen through everything?

Everyone thinks that Annie is only eleven years old and knows nothing, just like a canary in a birdcage; But those bright eyes, in the world of Mount Sinai Hospital, witnessed too much complexity and profundity, not darkness, but complexity.

In the past year, the world began to change dramatically, and everything came in a flash.

First Alex rich's heart transplant, then Heather Cross's death, and then the fragmentation of the family.

After ten years of dedication and protection, the silymans finally couldn't hold on any longer and began to fall apart. Annie's father could not bear the heavy burden and finally chose to divorce; And the part of alimony also needs to be decided by the court, which cannot be solved in the short term——

It's said that Anne's father has cheated both mentally and physically. Now he has moved out of siliman's original apartment and lived with a third party. After that, he has never visited Anne in the hospital. So he completely disappeared from Annie's life.

Anne's mother, joss, is in a dilemma because of the departure of the family support.

For Jos, she needs to deal with her husband's cheating and abandonment, but she doesn't even have time to break her heart and collapse. She has to face the current mess immediately. Even if her ex husband is willing to pay alimony, their family's past situation is still a drop in the bucket, which is not enough to pay for Anne's expensive hospitalization expenses.

All along, Jos didn't give up her job. But now, she has to find another part-time job besides her daily work. Only in this way can she barely get through the present difficulties; It's a difficult task, absolutely difficult, but joss still sticks to it. She finds a night job and only sleeps three hours a day, carrying all the heavy burdens.

The problem is that now Jos has to work 20 hours a day, and the commuting time may take one or two hours. She doesn't even have time to wash and take care of herself, let alone go to the hospital to accompany Anne.

Gradually, Annie fell into a situation of no relatives.

Annie is a sensible child. She has never cried or complained. She just hides quietly in the activity room, reads books and enters a world of her own.

After discharged from hospital, Alex gradually began to walk on the right track of life. For a long time, he did not return to the hospital for further consultation; As usual, he would come to the hospital to visit his mother and father every three or five days, and gradually disappeared; Now even Lan Li, who comes to the hospital to help, has no news at all - even the media can't see the news of Lan Li.

So

After the words, Anita did not need to continue to say, Langley could not help but whisper, "I... I..." he did not know, he never knew.

He could blame joss for not making contact; He can also blame Anita for not sending an email; He can also blame Nathan for not caring about things here, but these are excuses, terrible excuses. At the end of the day, he was immersed in his own world, completely forgetting himself, and then completely forgetting Mount Sinai Hospital. It's his fault, at least in part.

Anita opened her mouth and tried to comfort Langley, but she couldn't make a sound. "Before her birthday, she asked me to say..." Anita's voice choked for a moment. "She said, why didn't Heather come to her birthday party? I... "Anita shrugged, and the words disappeared between her lips and teeth.

Lanli looked up and gave Anita a a light smile.

Anita took a deep breath, showed her smile again, patted the back of lanli's hand, "we all have to learn to leave. There are so many volunteers coming and going, but you are the only one left. So don't blame yourself too much. We are all working hard, but we are not the saviors. "

Anita obviously understood Langley's mood. After experiencing Heather, she is now faced with Anne's story.

In life, everyone has their own story, and every life has their own troubles and frustrations. No one is their Savior. All they can do is to do their best to give each other a warm hug, and then pluck up the courage to continue to step forward.

Lenley nodded with a smile. "I know." He can't save everyone, and he doesn't intend to save everyone, but at least more people can get help through the heather cross foundation, which is a way for him to give back to society“ Anita, you can contact Jos, ask her to prepare the information, and then apply to the heather cross foundation to see if you can get help. "

"Can she apply, too? I think only patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis can Anita showed a look of surprise.

Lan Li nodded his head and said, "because the initial harvest of donations far exceeded expectations, we set up a special program to help minor patients, hoping to make a modest contribution. Now, I don't have the right to complete the audit, but I entrust it to professionals; But as far as I know, Annie should meet the requirements and be able to apply for help. "

Anita suddenly realized, "OK, OK." I couldn't say a word, but nodded in agreement. "In fact, Ellie had mentioned before that she wanted to help joss. But Jos doesn't want to drag Ellie down. After all, the cross family's financial situation is not good. Derek has donated most of their income to the foundation. So, if necessary, she would rather borrow money from the bank, but the house they live in now involves divorce. "

Ellie and Derek, Heather's parents.

Although Heather has left, they still do not give up hope. Instead, they become volunteers, actively helping the operation and promotion of heather cross foundation, hoping to help more people. Because they have experienced the pain of separation, they know more about the needs of others.

The heather cross foundation, for many people, may be just a gimmick of the "ice bucket challenge."; But for more people, it is a straw to save families and lives.

Lanli is not the Savior. He has no way to help everyone, but at least he can leave a ray of hope through the foundation to support those who are in deep trouble to continue to struggle.

Between speaking, Lan Li felt a force coming from her left hand, which was supported on the bed. She firmly grasped her wrist and turned to look at her. Then she saw Annie, who had just woken up. Half asleep, Annie immediately grasped Lan Li's wrist, widened her eyes and said timidly, "LAN Li?"

And the voice of loss and gain smote upon the breast.

"Well." Lan Li nodded with a smile? Did you sleep well? Do you dream? "

"I had a dream..." Annie just said it, then she closed her mouth tightly and shook her head. "No, I didn't dream." Looking back to her dream, she was like a koala, lying on lanli's chest and crying. It was too bad for her to say.

Lan Li also did not pursue, gently with the index finger point Anne's nose, "how, need to drink a glass of water?" After she had just cried, Anne hardly sweated, so that now her cheeks are too red, which makes people worried.

Lanli throws her eyes at Anita, but Anita is handy. "Now it's time to take the medicine. I'll get the water." Then, Anita also winked at Lan Li, with a "I'm not a light bulb" expression, which really made people laugh and cry.

Annie didn't seem to notice it. She just firmly grasped Lan Li's left hand, and cast her eyes in the dark, for fear that her eyes would flash a little, and Lan Li would turn into a cloud of smoke and disappear.

Lan Li was dumbfounded, adjusted her posture, put her little hand in her palm, "this is reality, not a dream. Don't worry, I'm back in New York. It's a pity that it's raining outside all the time today, otherwise I'll take you out to see a movie. "

Annie didn't speak, but she just laughed shyly and shook her head. Her eyes still fell on Lan Li.