On February 9, Chinese New Year's Eve, at Peking University First Hospital, Wang Yu, chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics, held a carefully prepared New Year gift and shuttled between the lively orthopedic wards to celebrate the New Year with the patients and medical staff.
At the same time, in a corner of Jilin Snow Township, "Folding Man" Zhang Bo (pseudonym) ushered in the first New Year after straightening his body, "It's been almost 30 years, and I can finally step on the blue sky and the earth again!" ”
In the Year of the Dragon, Wang Yu and Zhang Bo have a common wish: I hope that all the "folding people" in the world will no longer suffer and be reborn!
After falling ill, he "fell from the sky to the earth", and at first suspected that the doctor was **.
At the age of 20, Zhang Bo from Jiutai, Changchun, Jilin Province, suffered from severe ankylosing spondylitis, and his upper body gradually folded forward until his face was close to his legs, almost "folded in half". Because he was face down, Zhang Bo had to hold a small mirror, like a car rearview mirror, to help him see the road.
In Zhang Bo's words, he is like Marshal Tianpeng in "Journey to the West", falling from the sky to the ground, the double pain of body and mind is indescribable, and he has hardly experienced what it is like to "stand up to the sky" as an adult.
In August 2021, Wang Yu, chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics of Peking University First Hospital, went to Jilin to visit Zhang Bo's home for on-site treatment. Diagram of respondents.
Flat wood with wheels and a small motor, a specially modified "small tram" is not only a walking tool for Zhang Bo to measure the village, but also a "rice bowl" for him to make a living.
Wang Yu, chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics of Peking University First Hospital, is an expert in the field of "folding people", and many rare cases of body folding in the world have started a new life after Wang Yu**. In July 2021, under the leadership of the ** meeting, Wang Yu and Zhang Bo met for the first time in ***, "I understand his general situation, although it is extremely difficult, but it is still expected to straighten up again through **." ”
My illness has been incurable for so many years, he's a**, right? Not only did Zhang Bo mutter, but the people in the village didn't believe that the "body that had been folded for more than ten years" could be straightened again.
In August, Wang Yu went to Jilin to come to Zhang Bo's home for on-the-spot treatment, and Wang Yu was shocked by the impoverished family in front of him, his seventy-year-old parents who had lost their labor force, and Zhang Bo, who was tenacious enough to make a living. "I seem to have been born to suffer", Zhang Bo's subconscious words made Wang Yu feel very uncomfortable, "In the face of the successful experience of many folding people in surgery, I will do my best to help him." ”
The small tram was honorably "retired", and Zhang Bo in the Year of the Dragon drove a real electric tricycle.
Zhang Bo's high degree of folding and the difficulty of the operation are among the highest among the previous folding people, and he suffers from tuberculosis, poor lung function, coupled with years of severe malnutrition, which makes the already ultra-difficult operation even more difficult.
After the rigorous discussion and planning of Wang Yu's team, Zhang Bo tailored his own "upright plan": hip dissection, two lumbar orthopedics, one joint replacement for each of the bilateral hip joints, and thoracic spine orthopedics. Six surgeries in three years, Wang Yu always inadvertently exhorted Zhang Bo, relieved him and relieved his worries, and also bought milk and milk powder to supplement Zhang Bo's nutrition, so Wang Yu became "the most grateful person in this life" in Zhang Bo's mouth.
In November 2023, Zhang Bo (left) took a group photo with Wang Yu (right), chief physician of the Department of Orthopedics, Peking University First Hospital, after his last surgery. Diagram of respondents.
In November 2023, with the successful completion of the last thoracic spine surgery, Zhang Bo's body was completely opened, and at the same time, his life finally changed at the age of 50, and he once again experienced the feeling of "standing on the sky" with his feet on the earth and the blue sky above his head.
Zhang Bo, who can now walk upright normally, no longer needs a special "small tram", "I'll let it retire!" Years ago, I bought an electric tricycle, and tomorrow on the first day of the Lunar New Year, I will take my parents to a relative's house to celebrate the New Year, and when the weather is warmer, I will turn on the electric tricycle to go out to walk the dog, blow the wind, and climb the mountain.
The Year of the Dragon is the first year that I have once again 'stood up to the sky', and the rest will be a good day! ”