A few days ago, while browsing a short video, the author happened to see the recent situation of the well-known ALS patient Cai Lei. Cai Lei was really shocked. In the video, Cai Lei talked about his near-death experience many times, saying that each time was a relief to himself. He even thought: "finally relieved, do not have to suffer."
In fact, in an interview earlier, Cai Lei said that his life was coming to an end. Cai Lei said that even if he wanted to leave, he did not want to leave in his pajamas, let alone go to the hospital, because the current level of medical treatment could not cure his illness at all. once the situation deteriorates, he won't live for a few days.
It is hard to imagine that a person under the age of 50 should be so calm and calm when talking about death. In fact, such calmness is realized by Cai Lei again and again on the line of life and death, and only he knows the bitterness and tears in it.
If Cai Lei didn't suffer from ALS, his life would be more wonderful than anyone else.
Cai Lei was born in Shangqiu, Henan Province in 1978. When he was young, he was extremely smart. When Cai Lei was in school, he almost always came first in exams, and he was always the first to hand in every exam. Later, Cai Lei was admitted to the Central University of Finance and Economics. After graduation, he entered the tax industry, worked as an executive in Samsung, Vanke, JD.com and other companies, and was one of the founders of domestic electronic invoices.
Cai Lei seems to be racing against time all his life. In his opinion, wasting time is an unreasonable thing. However, such a vigorous and aggressive person has been diagnosed with ALS. It was in 2019 that Cai Lei first discovered his physical problems. It was in 2019 that his muscles began to beat and his whole body was weak. At first, Cai Lei thought that he had worked too long hours and needed a rest. As a result, he went to the hospital for examination. Was diagnosed with ALS.
In the ward, the doctor looked at Cai Lei's case and unfortunately gave Cai Lei's final survival period, about 2-5 years. For Cai Lei, who was in his early 40s, it was a bolt from the blue. He had just got married. There was a baby born a few months in the family, and ALS was hereditary. Cai Lei looked at his son, who was babbling in bed, and was determined to stick to it. Conquer the worldwide medical problem of ALS.
In the same year, Cai Lei resigned as vice president of JD.com, emptied all his savings to set up an online mutual aid platform and a pharmaceutical company, and began to specialize in the treatment of ALS. During that period, Cai Lei was the busiest and most collapsing day. Cai Lei saw that hopes were dashed again and again, and Cai Lei's condition was deteriorating. In the most serious case, it was difficult even to breathe. He once teased himself: I don't know how many times I have been suffocated by phlegm in my throat
Also suffering with Cai Lei is his wife Duan Rui, who is also a talented woman who graduated from Peking University and fell in love with Cai Lei for many years. Shortly after marriage, her husband was diagnosed with ALS. Cai Lei was discouraged and even suggested a divorce, but Duan Rui did not agree. The two studied ALS literature at home together to encourage patients with the same disease to live. In order to treat the disease, Cai Lei even opened a live broadcast and made money with goods. The wife watched quietly to prevent her husband from having an accident.
Cai Lei once wrote a book, called "Believe," in the live broadcast, he let his wife read the content, when talking about his own account of the aftermath, Cai Lei frankly said: "As long as I live a day, I will not stay in bed, because you can only be on the ventilator in the hospital, even get out of bed can not do, that is too painful, I live a day, will continue to do research, I believe I will overcome this problem, if I can not solve, at least for future generations accumulated experience."
In addition, Cai Lei also called on people with the same illness as himself to donate their bodies to contribute to scientific research. At present, Cai Lei has signed a body donation agreement, which he regards as the last blow to the disease in his life.
For Cai Lei, his greatest wish in life is to eat, drink, walk and sleep like ordinary people. We do expect extravagant things such as eating, drinking, walking and sleeping, but he does not give up. Instead, he uses his life to explore the possibility of solving problems. Such a person is a real man.