Touching story of how a devoted husband, 84, has taken care of his paralysed wife for 56 YEARS

Everlasting love: Touching story of how a devoted husband,
84, has taken care of his paralysed wife for 56 YEARS

sometimes, the most ordinary people are capable of
achieving the greatest love.
A humble husband from a small Chinese village has
demonstrated the true meaning of dedication after taking
care of his bed-ridden wife for 56 years.
Du Yuanfa, a farmer living in the village of Sunjiayu in east
China's Shandong Province, quit his job as a coal miner to
look after his wife Zhou Yu'ai day and night after she
became paralysed in 1959, reported the People's Daily
Online .
Du, 84, and Zhou, 76, had been married for just five months
when Zhou was struck by a mysterious disease at the age
of 20 and lost the ability to move her body.
At the time, Du was working in a coal mine in the nearby
Tai'an city.
He was informed of the tragic news in a letter sent by his
family, which contained a brief message: 'Your wife is sick
and bed-bound.'
Du immediately took a long leave from work and returned
home. There, he saw his new wife lying in bed, incapable of
doing the most basic things for herself.
He said Zhou's whole body was stiff and she could not
turn. She wasn't able to hold objects in her hands and had
to be spoon-fed meals.

Determined to have his wife cured, Du put her in a
wheelchair and took her to numerous hospitals for
consultations.
The diagnoses was unanimous: Zhou lost the ability to
reproduce and would be bed-ridden for the rest of her life.
Du said many of his friends told him to annul his marriage
and start a new life, but the devoted man refused.
He told his wife: 'Don't worry. I will care for you forever.'
Afterwards, Du quit his job in order to look after his sick
wife full-time.
The couple live in a stone-built home with simple furnishing.
Du does everything personally, from boiling the traditional
Chinese medicine to changing his wife's bed pan.
Du is always on the hunt for possible cures for his wife too.
Whenever he hears of a herbal recipe, he will go into the
mountains to find the ingredients; making sure he tastes the
medicine before giving it to his wife - in case it is
poisonous.
His dedication has moved his neighbours in the same
village, who often come with life necessities, groceries and
medicines for his wife.
The local authorities have also listed the couple as the
recipients of charity offers.
Day and night, Du has cleaned, fed and massaged his wife,
and the incredible love lasted for nearly six decades.

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