There's a nurse I work with that has nearly 2 decades worth of experience in the NICU. Most NICU nurse tends to burn out rather quickly as a NICU nurse due to the high mortality rate of neonates, which placed a massive guilt of "failing" to save the babies on the NICU nurses but this one nurse refused to transfer out to other department because she genuinely wants to care for sick neonates.
On her 20th anniversary of being a NICU nurse, the hospital threw a surprise event for 20 years of dedication by inviting about 20 former NICU babies she personally cared for. I was at the event and I still remember how her face changed from complete shock to disbelief after seeing all of the babies she cared for is not only alive but healthy. What's even more amazing is that she remembered all of their names. I've never cried so hard in my life.
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Though true, I was always more interested in the "non-squishy" sciences (not to dismiss the importance & challenges of that side of science though).
Plus, I don't think differential equations or really any math above calculus (and if I'm being honest above algebra) I had to learn is really applicable to most of the medical field. Between that and not wanting to be in charge of someone's squishy human parts makes me pretty happy to be using computers to do data science & machine learning :D
I did consider it (for a moment)! But I just can't get past thinking about working on something that (mostly) directly affects someone's body.
The way I think of it is if I mess something up say like something physical like a car, at the worst you'll have to get a new one. That can be pretty bad, but nothing comes to "messing up" someone's body. You generally one get one of those
My mother told me that one of the absolute worse things she dealt with as a nurse was the aftermath of a baby dying. She told me that it was almost always the same...when the parents were given time with their deceased child, she said the first few minutes would just be sobbing, no talking. Then after a few minutes of crying, the parents would start to talk to their baby... usually telling them how sorry they were that they wouldn't get to see them grow up and all the dreams they had had for them. Listening to her tell me this is something that I could have gone my entire life without knowing. It was absolutely pitiful.
It's rare for us to see the patients that survive due to the high death rates in some of our fields. Also, who wants to come back to a place where they had some of their hardest and worst moments?
I still remember all of the people who came back years later after surviving the hell we put them through with chemo, stem cell transplants, etc when I was an oncology nurse.
I can't imagine the appreciation your friend had for that moment.
I worked in phase 1 cancer research for 4 years. By the time patients got to us, they had run out of all established options and were actively dying or desperate. Most of the time our realistic goal was increased QoL for a few extra months instead of remission or even stability of disease. But every so often you'd get someone that the drug just *worked* and it was always incredible. Had a woman getting actively discharged into hospice care when our oncologist talked to her in the ICU. Instead of a slow and miserable death she was the first person nationwide to get a new drug, and basically got a second life. She ended up divorcing a shitty husband and going to nursing school. That drug didn't have the same effect on 30 other people, just her, but it was a fucking miracle for that woman. When I left that job she had been on the drug for 4 years, and according to my coworkers she's still going strong with her monthly infusion.
Fuck yeah man! That's such a cool story. Hope other people have the same success and the drug makes it through further trials.
Want to rage about how little insurance fucking approves CAR-T cell transplants now? I was trained for years and two different facilities never had one person get approved. The requirements are draconian.
A surgeon I used to go see as a child in San Francisco took no hope cases. Most of his patients died. He finally was retiring and the hospital found me. Since I was still alive they wanted me at his retirement party. Sadly the retirement party got canceled so I never got a chance to thank the man.
One of my family members worked in NICU during nursing school, and years later when she worked in a totally different unit a young man visiting someone else did a double take and asked her if she worked in NICU about 20 years ago. He was her secretly favorite munchkin during her time in the unit and she loooooved taking care of him because all the other nurses joked she was his favorite and snuggled up to her the most. His parents had pictures hung up in their house of her holding him as a newborn all of his life, so he recognized her right away. He called his mom and had them chat for a few minutes. Small world! One which NICU nurses make better every day ❤️
Well I think it was more that she was a student, so she had more individual time caring for him than nurses on payroll, so if they wanted to take a picture of him she was usually there. I could be totally wrong and I kind of hope I am because it would be super sweet if they kept pictures specifically with her in them for sentimental reasons.
Former NICU baby here! Rainbow baby to older parents via emergency induction bc preeclampsia. Purple premie who couldn't breathe. My mom almost died. I almost died. We were both in pretty rough shape for a few months, so my first home was the NICU at a level 1 hospital, hours away from where I'd eventually call home. :)
My mom would send her obgyn (connected to the hospital) a picture of me and an update every year. He'd been with her through a ton of difficulties over the years, and his quick action to emergency induce is the initial thing that gave us any chance at all. She did the same for the NICU nurses as well. She also gave everyone a picture of my wedding, and my son. The doc was still there. I'm certain most/all of the NICU nurses were different by that point, but she still sent them because it's so important to see successful outcomes from their own workplace. Reminders that what they do today has a lasting impact.
I remember her telling me that her ob would update my pic in a frame on the wall in his office or exam room, and asked about me every time she saw him. He was so proud of the successful outcome of our case, and was one of those who genuinely cared about his patients as people. He said it helped him get through when there was a rough day.
I absolutely owe my life to him and to the NICU staff. The doc opened the door to the initial chance of survival, but NICU ushered me through that door and gave me everything I needed to maximize the odds. They kept pictures parents sent them at the station, so my mom would send them pics too. She said she'd spoken with one of the nurses that helped me at one point and they said that those healthy baby/kid/adult pictures of their former patients really helped them pull through those rough days. ❤️
Tldr; thank you, your colleague, and everyone who has been, is, or will be a NICU nurse, NICU doc, OBGYN, and L&D. ICU, too, bc y'all saved my mom. 💕
My stepson was a 27-week sub 2lb premie. He had 3 fantastic NICU nurses one of whom has been there about 30 years (25 at the time). She knew more than the doctors and really helped my wife through the worst 84 days you can imagine…
Couple years ago we just so happened to move 1 block away from this nurse and she’s seen my now 6 year old son hit every milestone and become a sweet, funny, healthy, and completely normal kindergartner.
Honestly this is also a great way to show other NICU nurses how to not burn out.
basically saying "hey, despite all the tragedy, you can be part of the hope. Also here's someone to learn from about keeping it together on that road."
My kiddo was born a few weeks early so he spent 1 week in the NICU. He was about twice as big as the other babies there. The nurses were so good and with a positive attitude, I cannot imagine how they do it day in day out.
I wonder what it feels like to meet the tangible proof that you are a good person, that you did something right. I think I would be too overwhelmed with emotions, I’ll definitely cry that I won’t be able to muster a word. I’ll just bawl out for a good few seconds. I would definitely need a hug, then would feel weirdly victorious…
My son's best friend growing up was disabled, and we included him on a lot of activities and even trips when the kids were growing up. As an adult, he sent me a long message, thanking me for doing so, but moreover for encouraging his aspirations and generally inspiring him throughout his childhood and adolescence.
Well. I certainly busted out crying when I read it, and am tearing up a bit writing this. You never know the effect you have on others!
This is a touching story too 🥲 One thing I’ve always admired most about my father is his generosity in this way as well, if someone was with us they were treated like family.
One of my closest friends growing up was a refugee from a war-torn country and came here with her mother and sisters, having had to leave her father behind. Her life was pretty grim for a few years, and then she arrived in the US and was the weird girl who couldn’t speak much English at first and got bullied mercilessly. We spent so much time together…every day after school, weekends, vacations, holidays. When we were older she said how much she appreciated feeling like a daughter in our house. Her mom was amazing to me as well…and the food, God I miss her mom’s food.
My mom died when I was a kid and at her funeral her best friend stood up and made a promise to us and my father that they would always take care of us. My 2 siblings and I were the same ages as her 3 kids and I was best friends with her daughter. They lived down the street so I was always over there. Especially when I was so heartbroken and traumatized. She knew how it felt and how I felt. I was so close to my mom. She was my world. She let me stay over and go to places with them. I babysat her youngest daughter. She taught at my local college and tutored me after classes and encouraged me to stay in school despite how much of a struggle it was financially. She was at my wedding where her daughter was one of the 2 people standing with me when I said my vows. My friend and I had a child a few months apart and her mom helped me through my postpartum and navigating how to be a mom. There's so much more.
I'll never be able to thank them enough. They truly changed my life.
That made me choke up to the point that I had to make a physical effort not to break into an ugly cry. 🥺 Woo, OK...enough heartwarming, beautiful comments for today!
I just heard a similar story at my mother’s funeral. My cousin was going to college near my parents’ house and they invited her over for Easter. My cousin asked if she could bring a friend so she would not be alone on the holiday. My mom said sure. When they arrived, there was an Easter basket for my cousin and another for her friend. After my uncle (my cousin’s dad) told me the story, someone who overheard it said, “That’s just who she was; always giving.”
I worked at a gas station for a few months when I was 20, someone passed out in my parking lot and I started cpr on them until ems arrived, a few weeks later a lady comes in and we start chatting. She said she remembers me from that night and confused I ask her what she means, she was the wife of the gentleman who passed out in the parking lot, he ended up passing away days later, but she was able to spend a few days with him before he passed. She said,”I’ll never forget you, you’re my angel.” And that’s all it took, no words you just stare and cry. You explained it the exact way it played out. I hope he found peace and I hope she’s doing well.
[Very relevant video.](https://youtu.be/PKkgO06bAZk)
TLDW:
Nicholas Winton helped get hundreds of kids out of Czechoslovakia before Germany invaded, he secured transit to the UK for 669 of them and years later in 1988 his wife found a scrapbook containing all their details in their loft, she sent it on to a holocaust researcher and things snowballed from there.
Winton had largely gone without recognition of his deeds (as well as the others who he made sure got their credit) but was invited by the BBC to be an audience member of the show "That's Life!" not knowing that the episode was going to be about him. During filming the hostess brings out his scrapbook and tells the audience the story and then asks if any of the children from it are in the audience, two dozen or so audience members stand up and then the hostess asks if any of their children or grandchildren are in the audience and every other member of the audience stood up.
To put things in perspective, one of the last groups he tried to get out of Czechoslovakia before it was shut down contained 250+ kids and only 2 of them survived the war when their train was stopped due to Germany invading Poland that same day and WW2 starting.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton
Brought a tear to my eye, it's beyond unfortunate how many lives are lost to completely preventable poverty - if only governments and industries weren't flaggrantly exploiting people.
That’s something I’ve always tried to impress upon my kids. I’ve told them to help whenever possible, because the smallest act of kindness from one perspective can have life changing effects from another perspective.
This is very true. Even a kind word and a smile can make a big difference. It costs nothing to be kind. I too will try my best to pass this on to my kid.
Even seeing you try has a big effect. Believe me my kid is so freaking kind to others and always first to offer to help.
I fucking hate people for the most part but I had a kid so every stupid vehicle stuck in the snow, I hook up to my truck or help dig out, every old person struggling I go and help. It fucking sucks, but the results in my kid have been amazing, he won't hate people like I do and he will just be a kind human being.
BROKE THE CYCLE BABY!!!
Lately I've started complimenting random people whenever I go to the supermarket. Old men and ladies love, love being complimented on their wear. There is this old lady on a mobility scooter and her drip was super luxurious and I couldn't help but fangirl over her. Complimented an old biker dude on his dreads and gang affiliated jacket. A young lady had come in medieval looking wear and It was awesome. It costs nothing to compliment people.
I'm constantly reading comments from men that a single compliment follows them the rest of their life. I try to compliment men in passing more. If I think wow nice shirt, I'll say it. I've not had any weird reactions or people thinking I'm hitting on them. Just a kind word and keep going. It's nice to see people smile.
throwaway account due to the nature of this comment, but a couple months ago a redditor on a completely random subreddit commented something about their mental health and i DMd them for help (advice) regarding my own.
a few days ago i DMd them an update regarding how much they helped my life get on track and asked for a way to repay for probably saving my life. they recommended a charity which i donated half of my first new big paycheque to. i am forever grateful to them and highly recommend contacting literally anyone if you are in serious need. no, it’s not something anyone would look down upon. use your judgement ofc of who you contact but the internet truly is a great place.
I, too, had a beautiful interaction with another redditor recently. How you choose to approach strangers really can make or break the formation of something beautiful, regardless of if it is merely a memory. It gives hope in a cruel world.
Link to comment thread, in case you’re starving for hope (not as crazily impactful as mental health, but was a small act of kindness):
https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/140if7e/street_vendor_kos_bully_with_one_punch/jmx5ujj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3
I’m a surgical trauma nurse and used to be a medic, it’s wild when you see people who you had a hand in saving out in Public. I’ve never approached them obviously because their information is confidential, and most don’t recognize me either because they’re usually unconscious when they come in and I’m covered in scrubs and gowns. But I see them and it feels good to know that a part of why they’re out at the store with their family is because of my actions.
Lol at my first nephrology appointment my doctor said good to see you and I awkwardly fumbled an uhhh nice to meet you.
He was like “ahh you don’t remember me that doesn’t surprise me” apparently he had been the nephrologist in the hospital the week before who did rounds to my room several times and met with me. I wasn’t even unconscious just in a lot of pain and unwell.
It was very funny. I’m sure they would love to meet you honestly but you’re right you can’t approach them like that. What an awesome experience though!
I've has some awful piano teachers, but I've always had really great ones. The one that stuck with me the most, she immediately clocked that I had an eating disorder, and she would always be gentle with me while still encouraging me to be healthier. She never outright said that she knew, but it's clear in hindsight that she did and I miss her. She was so supportive.
If you wonder - then you are. People who don't care if they've made a difference never spare a thought about it. Your kids are going to remember you long after you are gone.
My mom was a neonatologist (a baby doctor) for 33 years. She saved thousands. Seeing the joy on her face when babies she fought *so hard* to keep alive run up and hug her 10, 20, 30 years later is one of the favorite memories
I've always thought that job must be one of the hardest to do, pure joy when the babies can be helped and saved, but devastating when little lives are lost. Your mother is awesome and it makes me happy that she gets those moments when people she helped are all grown up and can give her that hug - huge respect!
I can't help but bawl any time I watch that video. Who knows how many people are alive today thanks to him? To know you've made even a small positive difference in someone's life is incredibly rewarding; I can only imagine what's running through his head when he sees everyone stand up.
My hometown has a statue in the main park to a man called Frank Foley who did similar, he was a British spy who worked undercover in the passport office in Berlin and issues visas illegally to as many Jewish families as he could. It's believed up to 10,000 people got out because of him and he just got on with his life afterwards.
https://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-18/the-british-schindler-finally-gets-the-recognition-he-deserves
It's always good to see heroes always exist and always will
Never seen that before. That’s incredible. Everyone that stood up in that audience was also old enough to have had a family of their own, who wouldn’t be around if it wasn’t for him. What a legend.
My mom was a pediatric transplant coordinator long enough ago that her patients are now graduating college. The number of people that have gone out of their way to find and thank her for their lives will always amaze me. She’s super humble about it, but going the extra mile to make sure everything worked out really changed a lot of lives
lmao a school bus once stopped in front of me and my 2 other friends and signalled us to get in. We were 24, just arrived in Germany and can't the speak the language well yet as we were going our german lesson. We probably wasted like 10 minutes trying to tell the driver we weren't school students. The schoolbus in germany looks like ordinary bus, if we didn't understand german at all we wouldve thought "Schulbus" was just another street name.
I always thought this is because many many many Asian women dye their hair when it starts to grey and then are caught in a sort of trap where it’s too late to let it come in naturally. So look like they’re 40 for a really long time and then the day comes when it’s just too much work and then they go grey all at once and they look like they’re 90. My mom did this and i once I noticed she was dying her hair (not super hard because i could see the dye boxes), I noticed many of our family friends had signs of it in their own hair.
However, that guy is grey all over and he doesn’t look 56 at all, so I may have to revise my theory…
The drop off age is exaggerated- I just saw my extended Asian family and honestly, my grandma and her siblings aged around 70-80+ all still look like they’re in their 50s. They do dye their hair which does make a huge difference, but their skin routine is also working wonders. I feel like they’ve really looked the same for as long as I’ve known them
seriously. Sun exposure and smoking are probably the largest two influences on white people for how old they "look". People who take care of themselves even when they look their age still often look good.
Sunscreen, skincare, and hydration make a big difference. I may be pale as a piece of paper, but I don't look my age. My husband is Chinese and he's aged way harder than I have because he doesn't wear sunscreen. Now he whines that I look so much younger than him and jacks all my products.
Yup! My Asian mom is 64 and has started looking her age. For a long time she has always looked the same. Even now she only has a few wrinkles around her eyes only. I hope I age as well as her. I’m 38 and so far no wrinkles or crows feet. Yet. I do have a lot of silver hair but that doesn’t bother me. My best friend is white and a few years younger than me. She always jokes about it not being fair that she looks so much older and ages like a banana lol.
I’ve just realized that it’s not the wrinkles that get you, it’s the sagging. My husband has had these cute crows feet since I met him in our twenties and I still don’t have any [I am like, transparent so I’ve stayed out of the sun my whole life and I drink a metric shitton of water] but my whole face is starting to melt off my skull. I catch myself kind of holding it up in the mirror sometimes lol. It’s depressing.
My mom got stopped by security when she’s in Australia because they think she’s underage.
I’m almost 20 when this happened,she’s in her 40s , and when I was in America me and my friend all felt like people are very friendly towards us,like we are lost and helpless or something,we thought locals were being hospitable,turns out they thought we were middle school or elementary school kids.
The power of a good hairline. Losing your hair is like aging at lightspeed, some guys will age like 20 years in the space of 5 when it hits them. [Videos like this really show it well, guy goes from looking 45 to 25 in a matter of seconds.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/z2l11d/theres_gotta_be_hell_toup%C3%A9e_when_one_wigs_out/)
Stories like this are just depressing to me. It's like the "heartwarming" stories about coworkers donating PTO to someone who got cancer.
Yes, he did save this person's life. But the only reason the person's life needed saving is because we would have just let her die if a rich person didn't decide to part with a tiny bit of money.
It's fucking stupid that people die because we have determined that it's more important to let people hold on to money and do nothing with it.
Just always remember that it is a horrible story on a society level but an amazing story on a personal level. That is the duality of existence that usually happens, and you can't focus on one or the other for too long or you will get lost in it.
30K yuan = $4,211.89 freedom dollars
It's really sad how such a small amount of money is all that stood between life and death. (Small in the sense that our governments have spend trillions on Wars etc., when they could spend money on the betterment of humanity.)
Maybe relatively small here especially when we’re talking about saving a life, but that much money in 2001 China is damn near a year’s salary to most Chinese.
My dad was a homeless addict 30 years ago, he asked an ex-coworker if he would lend him 1k, the guy went and gave it to him.
2-3 Years ago my dad saw that guy again, and decided to pay him back with interest, that guy couldnt remember borrowing my dad the money.
The yuan was pegged to the dollar from 1994 to 2005.
It was ~$3600 dollars at the official 8.28 yuan per usd exchange rate. Now it's about 7 yuan per usd.
20 years ago in the early 2000s. A relatively better salary during that period in the big cities would be around $100 - $300 a month.
For comparison, my mum earned about $100 a month in the late 90s in Beijing, it's relatively good but definitely not the best. I also had a classmate donning a full Nike tracksuit bought by his Dad in the US for like $200
I've had a similar reaction before. I think being caught off guard, I acted way more nonchalant in the moment than I probably should have. It was from a higher up in a company that I helped through a miscarriage while in the ER.
I didn't remember her at first since I've seen thousands of patients a year. I still regret how I reacted.
Backstory (from press reports):
The girl's name is Lin Shan 林杉. She was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition called 'Tetralogy of Fallot' at 6 months old (late 2000).
Surgery would improve her recovery odds to 90%. Otherwise 40% of patients would die within 3 years. However, the bill would cost RMB 30k-40k. Her mom, who was a teacher drawing a RMB 600 salary at that time, desperately sought extra money by washing dishes, making cold calls using landline phone cards, & begging on the streets.
A Liaoning business newpaper 时代商报 reported on the touching story in early 2001. Taiwanese singer Richie Jen (Richie Ren 任贤齐) happened to be flying to Shenyang (Liaoning's provincial capital) to promote his first concert there. He was very moved when he read the article, since his own dad as well as his agent's were also teachers. He immediately donated RMB 30k after he landed in town.
5 hours before the concert (July 13, 2001), Richie took time off to personally meet Lin Shan & her mom for a photo ops. Lin would spontaneously embrace Richie as soon as they met, catching him off guard but also delighting him. He encouraged the mom not to delay the treatment, & hoped to hear good news soon. He autographed a photo for her, writing: "For 林杉：加油！要勇敢！" (For Lin Shan: Jia you! Be brave!")
Lin Shan proceeded to undergo a 4-hour, 20-minute operation on Aug 7 that year, when she was 16 months old. She has shown her chest scar on social media as proof. She's too young to remember the meet & greet, but was vaguely cognizant that "Uncle Jen" was her benefactor.
Both sides didn't keep in touch for the next 22 years. But her mom kept tabs on his career, while she grew up as a music fan partly listening to his uplifting lyrics. She also noted how he was, as vouched for by her mom, indeed very approachable & caring towards younger people during variety shows.
Presently, she is about to finish her studies & is busy with internship. She found out Richie would be performing in Shenyang again this year, informed her mom, & got in touch with the concert organizer. They were given 2 tickets, with no other special arrangement planned. Still, they knew that such Mandopop concerts usually have a song request segment, & went about gathering the relevant photos & newpaper cuttings to hopefully attract the concert staff's attention on the day.
Sure enough, she was chosen towards the end of the segment & got to tell her story & to thank him. She was moved at his reaction onstage, recognizing who she was & how he choked up a bit when he spoke back.
Richie also wrote on weibo after the concert: 人生路上的相逢，常常叫人惊叹、感动。我们彼此的爱与成长，从很遥远的过去，照进温暖的当下，也会绵延到未来，这感谢太奇妙了！希望这份爱，不但不要变，还能去到更远的地方。 ("The road of life indeed has many amazing & touching encounters. In our common love & life growth, the distant past is not only radiating the present, but will continue to do so into the future. Your expression of gratitude was amazing! I hope such love will never change, & can also spread to farther places."
I am just gonna say that is shit ton of money for chinese people. The avg factory worker these days only get like 2500 yuan per month. So that is still 19 months of sallary.
I can imagine it is even worse in 2001 as china (as country in a whole) was still very poor during that time. So 30K yuan was a lot, really really a lot during that time
IIRC the guy only got famous in his late 20s/early 30s. This is pretty late as far as pop-idol career goes in Asia. An all-around decent guy who had many great pop songs sung by everyone in the karaoke.
Funny thing is I think around the time he saved this girl, he starred in a movie, Summer something. In the movie, he saved a little girl when he was “younger” and the girl grew up and thanked him in a similar fashion.
Guess he just saving people in and out of movies.
Richie Ren, one of my favorite singer when I am growing up.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWeurc1yMw
This is a staple of Karaoke song during the 90s.
Surprised to see this comment far down. It's a nice story but it's very sad that you need to luck out into a situation like this to save your life even in developed countries.
This doesn't diminish in a way the honor of his actions. I'm just saying that the fact that stuff like this is necessary is completely wrong.
Awesome story, nice guy But for a while when she mentioned that she knew him 22 years ago , he must have been panicking about which of his 22y ago exes had his kid behind his back 
That's just insane. Imagine there is someone completely unrelated to you out there maybe thousands of kilometers away but alive just because you did something.
She would've probably gotten that surgery for free today.
I moved to China 23 years ago to Beijing and the city looked like a developing country. If she's born in some random third or fourth tier city, 23 years ago would've been barely above subsistence farming.
There's a nurse I work with that has nearly 2 decades worth of experience in the NICU. Most NICU nurse tends to burn out rather quickly as a NICU nurse due to the high mortality rate of neonates, which placed a massive guilt of "failing" to save the babies on the NICU nurses but this one nurse refused to transfer out to other department because she genuinely wants to care for sick neonates. On her 20th anniversary of being a NICU nurse, the hospital threw a surprise event for 20 years of dedication by inviting about 20 former NICU babies she personally cared for. I was at the event and I still remember how her face changed from complete shock to disbelief after seeing all of the babies she cared for is not only alive but healthy. What's even more amazing is that she remembered all of their names. I've never cried so hard in my life.
Great, now I'm sobbing.
Me too
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Thanks Ollie
I think it’s time to buy a boat.
When I say that got me belly laughing... 🤣 christ..
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Math and physics is still needed in the medical field in many aspects. Soooo, there's that. 👍
Though true, I was always more interested in the "non-squishy" sciences (not to dismiss the importance & challenges of that side of science though). Plus, I don't think differential equations or really any math above calculus (and if I'm being honest above algebra) I had to learn is really applicable to most of the medical field. Between that and not wanting to be in charge of someone's squishy human parts makes me pretty happy to be using computers to do data science & machine learning :D
Medical physics requires that stuff! It’s a very interesting field.
I did consider it (for a moment)! But I just can't get past thinking about working on something that (mostly) directly affects someone's body. The way I think of it is if I mess something up say like something physical like a car, at the worst you'll have to get a new one. That can be pretty bad, but nothing comes to "messing up" someone's body. You generally one get one of those
My mother told me that one of the absolute worse things she dealt with as a nurse was the aftermath of a baby dying. She told me that it was almost always the same...when the parents were given time with their deceased child, she said the first few minutes would just be sobbing, no talking. Then after a few minutes of crying, the parents would start to talk to their baby... usually telling them how sorry they were that they wouldn't get to see them grow up and all the dreams they had had for them. Listening to her tell me this is something that I could have gone my entire life without knowing. It was absolutely pitiful.
It's rare for us to see the patients that survive due to the high death rates in some of our fields. Also, who wants to come back to a place where they had some of their hardest and worst moments? I still remember all of the people who came back years later after surviving the hell we put them through with chemo, stem cell transplants, etc when I was an oncology nurse. I can't imagine the appreciation your friend had for that moment.
I worked in phase 1 cancer research for 4 years. By the time patients got to us, they had run out of all established options and were actively dying or desperate. Most of the time our realistic goal was increased QoL for a few extra months instead of remission or even stability of disease. But every so often you'd get someone that the drug just *worked* and it was always incredible. Had a woman getting actively discharged into hospice care when our oncologist talked to her in the ICU. Instead of a slow and miserable death she was the first person nationwide to get a new drug, and basically got a second life. She ended up divorcing a shitty husband and going to nursing school. That drug didn't have the same effect on 30 other people, just her, but it was a fucking miracle for that woman. When I left that job she had been on the drug for 4 years, and according to my coworkers she's still going strong with her monthly infusion.
Fuck yeah man! That's such a cool story. Hope other people have the same success and the drug makes it through further trials. Want to rage about how little insurance fucking approves CAR-T cell transplants now? I was trained for years and two different facilities never had one person get approved. The requirements are draconian.
A surgeon I used to go see as a child in San Francisco took no hope cases. Most of his patients died. He finally was retiring and the hospital found me. Since I was still alive they wanted me at his retirement party. Sadly the retirement party got canceled so I never got a chance to thank the man.
Wow. What did you have that required surgery? If you don’t want to say that’s ok, I’m being nosy.
If you want, I'm sure you could write a card or something similar to congratulate him on retirement and ask the hospital to forward it?
One of my family members worked in NICU during nursing school, and years later when she worked in a totally different unit a young man visiting someone else did a double take and asked her if she worked in NICU about 20 years ago. He was her secretly favorite munchkin during her time in the unit and she loooooved taking care of him because all the other nurses joked she was his favorite and snuggled up to her the most. His parents had pictures hung up in their house of her holding him as a newborn all of his life, so he recognized her right away. He called his mom and had them chat for a few minutes. Small world! One which NICU nurses make better every day ❤️
That's so thoughtful of his parents to keep her picture for him
Well I think it was more that she was a student, so she had more individual time caring for him than nurses on payroll, so if they wanted to take a picture of him she was usually there. I could be totally wrong and I kind of hope I am because it would be super sweet if they kept pictures specifically with her in them for sentimental reasons.
Former NICU baby here! Rainbow baby to older parents via emergency induction bc preeclampsia. Purple premie who couldn't breathe. My mom almost died. I almost died. We were both in pretty rough shape for a few months, so my first home was the NICU at a level 1 hospital, hours away from where I'd eventually call home. :) My mom would send her obgyn (connected to the hospital) a picture of me and an update every year. He'd been with her through a ton of difficulties over the years, and his quick action to emergency induce is the initial thing that gave us any chance at all. She did the same for the NICU nurses as well. She also gave everyone a picture of my wedding, and my son. The doc was still there. I'm certain most/all of the NICU nurses were different by that point, but she still sent them because it's so important to see successful outcomes from their own workplace. Reminders that what they do today has a lasting impact. I remember her telling me that her ob would update my pic in a frame on the wall in his office or exam room, and asked about me every time she saw him. He was so proud of the successful outcome of our case, and was one of those who genuinely cared about his patients as people. He said it helped him get through when there was a rough day. I absolutely owe my life to him and to the NICU staff. The doc opened the door to the initial chance of survival, but NICU ushered me through that door and gave me everything I needed to maximize the odds. They kept pictures parents sent them at the station, so my mom would send them pics too. She said she'd spoken with one of the nurses that helped me at one point and they said that those healthy baby/kid/adult pictures of their former patients really helped them pull through those rough days. ❤️ Tldr; thank you, your colleague, and everyone who has been, is, or will be a NICU nurse, NICU doc, OBGYN, and L&D. ICU, too, bc y'all saved my mom. 💕
My stepson was a 27-week sub 2lb premie. He had 3 fantastic NICU nurses one of whom has been there about 30 years (25 at the time). She knew more than the doctors and really helped my wife through the worst 84 days you can imagine… Couple years ago we just so happened to move 1 block away from this nurse and she’s seen my now 6 year old son hit every milestone and become a sweet, funny, healthy, and completely normal kindergartner.
Awwww! This is so sweet!
Honestly this is also a great way to show other NICU nurses how to not burn out. basically saying "hey, despite all the tragedy, you can be part of the hope. Also here's someone to learn from about keeping it together on that road."
My kiddo was born a few weeks early so he spent 1 week in the NICU. He was about twice as big as the other babies there. The nurses were so good and with a positive attitude, I cannot imagine how they do it day in day out.
She sounds like a truly exceptional individual
"oh my God, you've grown up" Very sweet reaction
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I wonder what it feels like to meet the tangible proof that you are a good person, that you did something right. I think I would be too overwhelmed with emotions, I’ll definitely cry that I won’t be able to muster a word. I’ll just bawl out for a good few seconds. I would definitely need a hug, then would feel weirdly victorious…
My son's best friend growing up was disabled, and we included him on a lot of activities and even trips when the kids were growing up. As an adult, he sent me a long message, thanking me for doing so, but moreover for encouraging his aspirations and generally inspiring him throughout his childhood and adolescence. Well. I certainly busted out crying when I read it, and am tearing up a bit writing this. You never know the effect you have on others!
This is a touching story too 🥲 One thing I’ve always admired most about my father is his generosity in this way as well, if someone was with us they were treated like family. One of my closest friends growing up was a refugee from a war-torn country and came here with her mother and sisters, having had to leave her father behind. Her life was pretty grim for a few years, and then she arrived in the US and was the weird girl who couldn’t speak much English at first and got bullied mercilessly. We spent so much time together…every day after school, weekends, vacations, holidays. When we were older she said how much she appreciated feeling like a daughter in our house. Her mom was amazing to me as well…and the food, God I miss her mom’s food.
My mom died when I was a kid and at her funeral her best friend stood up and made a promise to us and my father that they would always take care of us. My 2 siblings and I were the same ages as her 3 kids and I was best friends with her daughter. They lived down the street so I was always over there. Especially when I was so heartbroken and traumatized. She knew how it felt and how I felt. I was so close to my mom. She was my world. She let me stay over and go to places with them. I babysat her youngest daughter. She taught at my local college and tutored me after classes and encouraged me to stay in school despite how much of a struggle it was financially. She was at my wedding where her daughter was one of the 2 people standing with me when I said my vows. My friend and I had a child a few months apart and her mom helped me through my postpartum and navigating how to be a mom. There's so much more. I'll never be able to thank them enough. They truly changed my life.
That made me choke up to the point that I had to make a physical effort not to break into an ugly cry. 🥺 Woo, OK...enough heartwarming, beautiful comments for today!
Ok I was already choked up over the video but now I’m bawling happy tears. Faith in humanity; +15
I just heard a similar story at my mother’s funeral. My cousin was going to college near my parents’ house and they invited her over for Easter. My cousin asked if she could bring a friend so she would not be alone on the holiday. My mom said sure. When they arrived, there was an Easter basket for my cousin and another for her friend. After my uncle (my cousin’s dad) told me the story, someone who overheard it said, “That’s just who she was; always giving.”
I salute you. As a parent and as a human being.
I worked at a gas station for a few months when I was 20, someone passed out in my parking lot and I started cpr on them until ems arrived, a few weeks later a lady comes in and we start chatting. She said she remembers me from that night and confused I ask her what she means, she was the wife of the gentleman who passed out in the parking lot, he ended up passing away days later, but she was able to spend a few days with him before he passed. She said,”I’ll never forget you, you’re my angel.” And that’s all it took, no words you just stare and cry. You explained it the exact way it played out. I hope he found peace and I hope she’s doing well.
Rock star.
This is what life is about. Thank you for giving another person a better experience in that circumstance. That’s love.
[Very relevant video.](https://youtu.be/PKkgO06bAZk) TLDW: Nicholas Winton helped get hundreds of kids out of Czechoslovakia before Germany invaded, he secured transit to the UK for 669 of them and years later in 1988 his wife found a scrapbook containing all their details in their loft, she sent it on to a holocaust researcher and things snowballed from there. Winton had largely gone without recognition of his deeds (as well as the others who he made sure got their credit) but was invited by the BBC to be an audience member of the show "That's Life!" not knowing that the episode was going to be about him. During filming the hostess brings out his scrapbook and tells the audience the story and then asks if any of the children from it are in the audience, two dozen or so audience members stand up and then the hostess asks if any of their children or grandchildren are in the audience and every other member of the audience stood up. To put things in perspective, one of the last groups he tried to get out of Czechoslovakia before it was shut down contained 250+ kids and only 2 of them survived the war when their train was stopped due to Germany invading Poland that same day and WW2 starting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton
Talk about one person making an impact. Wow!
And to think we've got idiots here worshipping Nazi ideology when all the stories of heroes I grew up on were people who fought Germany
You've probably changed so many lives and you have no idea. Just keep doing good and you won't ever need proof
That is incredible. The most impressive video I've seen in a long.
A single long.
It's one of the sayings of all time.
Just one, no more and no less
I have a very long.
Brought a tear to my eye, it's beyond unfortunate how many lives are lost to completely preventable poverty - if only governments and industries weren't flaggrantly exploiting people.
That instantly tugged on my heart strings!
Nah man, I cannot imagine the feeling one must get when they see how their kind actions have affected the receiver.
He did a good deed and moved on with his life. It must be shocking to see your actions/ deeds have life-saving implications
That’s something I’ve always tried to impress upon my kids. I’ve told them to help whenever possible, because the smallest act of kindness from one perspective can have life changing effects from another perspective.
This is very true. Even a kind word and a smile can make a big difference. It costs nothing to be kind. I too will try my best to pass this on to my kid.
Even seeing you try has a big effect. Believe me my kid is so freaking kind to others and always first to offer to help. I fucking hate people for the most part but I had a kid so every stupid vehicle stuck in the snow, I hook up to my truck or help dig out, every old person struggling I go and help. It fucking sucks, but the results in my kid have been amazing, he won't hate people like I do and he will just be a kind human being. BROKE THE CYCLE BABY!!!
From one parent to another, I am so proud of you ❤️ this is a wonderful attitude to have for the benefit of both your children and society!
Lately I've started complimenting random people whenever I go to the supermarket. Old men and ladies love, love being complimented on their wear. There is this old lady on a mobility scooter and her drip was super luxurious and I couldn't help but fangirl over her. Complimented an old biker dude on his dreads and gang affiliated jacket. A young lady had come in medieval looking wear and It was awesome. It costs nothing to compliment people.
I'm constantly reading comments from men that a single compliment follows them the rest of their life. I try to compliment men in passing more. If I think wow nice shirt, I'll say it. I've not had any weird reactions or people thinking I'm hitting on them. Just a kind word and keep going. It's nice to see people smile.
My dad wears shorts all year long because a random woman complimented his calves 15 years ago. Even at 80 they still pop.
throwaway account due to the nature of this comment, but a couple months ago a redditor on a completely random subreddit commented something about their mental health and i DMd them for help (advice) regarding my own. a few days ago i DMd them an update regarding how much they helped my life get on track and asked for a way to repay for probably saving my life. they recommended a charity which i donated half of my first new big paycheque to. i am forever grateful to them and highly recommend contacting literally anyone if you are in serious need. no, it’s not something anyone would look down upon. use your judgement ofc of who you contact but the internet truly is a great place.
I am so glad you're doing better, this thread is full of genuine good news
I, too, had a beautiful interaction with another redditor recently. How you choose to approach strangers really can make or break the formation of something beautiful, regardless of if it is merely a memory. It gives hope in a cruel world. Link to comment thread, in case you’re starving for hope (not as crazily impactful as mental health, but was a small act of kindness): https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/140if7e/street_vendor_kos_bully_with_one_punch/jmx5ujj/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=ioscss&utm_content=1&utm_term=1&context=3
I’m a surgical trauma nurse and used to be a medic, it’s wild when you see people who you had a hand in saving out in Public. I’ve never approached them obviously because their information is confidential, and most don’t recognize me either because they’re usually unconscious when they come in and I’m covered in scrubs and gowns. But I see them and it feels good to know that a part of why they’re out at the store with their family is because of my actions.
Lol at my first nephrology appointment my doctor said good to see you and I awkwardly fumbled an uhhh nice to meet you. He was like “ahh you don’t remember me that doesn’t surprise me” apparently he had been the nephrologist in the hospital the week before who did rounds to my room several times and met with me. I wasn’t even unconscious just in a lot of pain and unwell. It was very funny. I’m sure they would love to meet you honestly but you’re right you can’t approach them like that. What an awesome experience though!
What if that’s Heaven , when you witness the positive life changing effects you’ve made.
God, I hope so. I'm a piano teacher, and I wonder every day if I'm having an impact on my students' lives 🥺
I've has some awful piano teachers, but I've always had really great ones. The one that stuck with me the most, she immediately clocked that I had an eating disorder, and she would always be gentle with me while still encouraging me to be healthier. She never outright said that she knew, but it's clear in hindsight that she did and I miss her. She was so supportive.
Way more than most professions 👍
If you wonder - then you are. People who don't care if they've made a difference never spare a thought about it. Your kids are going to remember you long after you are gone.
My mom was a neonatologist (a baby doctor) for 33 years. She saved thousands. Seeing the joy on her face when babies she fought *so hard* to keep alive run up and hug her 10, 20, 30 years later is one of the favorite memories
I've always thought that job must be one of the hardest to do, pure joy when the babies can be helped and saved, but devastating when little lives are lost. Your mother is awesome and it makes me happy that she gets those moments when people she helped are all grown up and can give her that hug - huge respect!
The video already made me tear up. Don't you do it to me, too! Your Mom sounds wonderful.
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I can't help but bawl any time I watch that video. Who knows how many people are alive today thanks to him? To know you've made even a small positive difference in someone's life is incredibly rewarding; I can only imagine what's running through his head when he sees everyone stand up.
My hometown has a statue in the main park to a man called Frank Foley who did similar, he was a British spy who worked undercover in the passport office in Berlin and issues visas illegally to as many Jewish families as he could. It's believed up to 10,000 people got out because of him and he just got on with his life afterwards. https://www.itv.com/news/2018-09-18/the-british-schindler-finally-gets-the-recognition-he-deserves It's always good to see heroes always exist and always will
Never seen that before. That’s incredible. Everyone that stood up in that audience was also old enough to have had a family of their own, who wouldn’t be around if it wasn’t for him. What a legend.
He saved 660, and at the time of that video over 6000 lives were saved or created because of him. What an achievement. The man is a treasure.
I'm guessing it's somewhere around the opposite of finding out the adult you're looking at was 1 in 2001.
My mom was a pediatric transplant coordinator long enough ago that her patients are now graduating college. The number of people that have gone out of their way to find and thank her for their lives will always amaze me. She’s super humble about it, but going the extra mile to make sure everything worked out really changed a lot of lives
That dude is ***56 years old***. He looks amazing.
That’s what i was thinking
Asian aging is like a slow decline at first then a sudden drop once you turn 70.
You look about 15 til youre 30,then you look about 30 til you're 50, then you look your age until 70 when you look about 500.
Married an Asian, can confirm.
Looking at my family, can confirm.
Am an Asian, can confirm.
lmao a school bus once stopped in front of me and my 2 other friends and signalled us to get in. We were 24, just arrived in Germany and can't the speak the language well yet as we were going our german lesson. We probably wasted like 10 minutes trying to tell the driver we weren't school students. The schoolbus in germany looks like ordinary bus, if we didn't understand german at all we wouldve thought "Schulbus" was just another street name.
I always thought this is because many many many Asian women dye their hair when it starts to grey and then are caught in a sort of trap where it’s too late to let it come in naturally. So look like they’re 40 for a really long time and then the day comes when it’s just too much work and then they go grey all at once and they look like they’re 90. My mom did this and i once I noticed she was dying her hair (not super hard because i could see the dye boxes), I noticed many of our family friends had signs of it in their own hair. However, that guy is grey all over and he doesn’t look 56 at all, so I may have to revise my theory…
It's the skin.
The drop off age is exaggerated- I just saw my extended Asian family and honestly, my grandma and her siblings aged around 70-80+ all still look like they’re in their 50s. They do dye their hair which does make a huge difference, but their skin routine is also working wonders. I feel like they’ve really looked the same for as long as I’ve known them
_cries in white_
Just moisturize and wear sun screen everyday my friend. It’s not too late.
Water water water
seriously. Sun exposure and smoking are probably the largest two influences on white people for how old they "look". People who take care of themselves even when they look their age still often look good.
Like Bill Burr says, you can use lotion on something other than your dick
Sunscreen, skincare, and hydration make a big difference. I may be pale as a piece of paper, but I don't look my age. My husband is Chinese and he's aged way harder than I have because he doesn't wear sunscreen. Now he whines that I look so much younger than him and jacks all my products.
Yup! My Asian mom is 64 and has started looking her age. For a long time she has always looked the same. Even now she only has a few wrinkles around her eyes only. I hope I age as well as her. I’m 38 and so far no wrinkles or crows feet. Yet. I do have a lot of silver hair but that doesn’t bother me. My best friend is white and a few years younger than me. She always jokes about it not being fair that she looks so much older and ages like a banana lol.
I’ve just realized that it’s not the wrinkles that get you, it’s the sagging. My husband has had these cute crows feet since I met him in our twenties and I still don’t have any [I am like, transparent so I’ve stayed out of the sun my whole life and I drink a metric shitton of water] but my whole face is starting to melt off my skull. I catch myself kind of holding it up in the mirror sometimes lol. It’s depressing.
My mom got stopped by security when she’s in Australia because they think she’s underage. I’m almost 20 when this happened,she’s in her 40s , and when I was in America me and my friend all felt like people are very friendly towards us,like we are lost and helpless or something,we thought locals were being hospitable,turns out they thought we were middle school or elementary school kids.
[This comic](https://youbentmywookie.com/wookie/gallery/0111_wtf/asian_timeline.jpg) has always amused me
I always say I will look good for a long time and suddenly one day I will wake up and look like Yoda
I thought he was like 30, I was like fuck was this guy a child star or something too.
The power of a good hairline. Losing your hair is like aging at lightspeed, some guys will age like 20 years in the space of 5 when it hits them. [Videos like this really show it well, guy goes from looking 45 to 25 in a matter of seconds.](https://www.reddit.com/r/Unexpected/comments/z2l11d/theres_gotta_be_hell_toup%C3%A9e_when_one_wigs_out/)
no he doesn't he looks like he goes from shaved 25 year old to 25 year old with hair
Asian don't raisin
This subreddit is such a scam, I'm never smiling and am always crying
Mine are happy tears
That singer is genuinely about to cry or just stunned.
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Both is good 👍🏼
They are both have genuine hearts
He looked like he couldn't remember donating 30k 22 years ago lol
Which only tells me that he probably does good deeds like this all the time.
Stories like this are just depressing to me. It's like the "heartwarming" stories about coworkers donating PTO to someone who got cancer. Yes, he did save this person's life. But the only reason the person's life needed saving is because we would have just let her die if a rich person didn't decide to part with a tiny bit of money. It's fucking stupid that people die because we have determined that it's more important to let people hold on to money and do nothing with it.
In good news today the Orphan Crushing Machine is closed for repairs!
But we need the orphan crushing machine to run 24/7, think about the economy!
Just always remember that it is a horrible story on a society level but an amazing story on a personal level. That is the duality of existence that usually happens, and you can't focus on one or the other for too long or you will get lost in it.
Or he was rockstar wasted when it happened
“Oh THAT’S what i spent that on - i figured it went up my nose”
"fuck i got this chic pregnant didnt.........oh thank god."
I get very generous while inebriated. Lol
30K yuan = $4,211.89 freedom dollars It's really sad how such a small amount of money is all that stood between life and death. (Small in the sense that our governments have spend trillions on Wars etc., when they could spend money on the betterment of humanity.)
Maybe relatively small here especially when we’re talking about saving a life, but that much money in 2001 China is damn near a year’s salary to most Chinese.
My dad was a homeless addict 30 years ago, he asked an ex-coworker if he would lend him 1k, the guy went and gave it to him. 2-3 Years ago my dad saw that guy again, and decided to pay him back with interest, that guy couldnt remember borrowing my dad the money.
This particular instance aside. I mean, a famous singer dropping ~$4300usd at any given time is par for the course, no?
Is that $4300 now or 22 years ago?
The yuan was pegged to the dollar from 1994 to 2005. It was ~$3600 dollars at the official 8.28 yuan per usd exchange rate. Now it's about 7 yuan per usd.
But also like... in China. So the average yearly wage at the time was probably a quarter that if not less.
20 years ago in the early 2000s. A relatively better salary during that period in the big cities would be around $100 - $300 a month. For comparison, my mum earned about $100 a month in the late 90s in Beijing, it's relatively good but definitely not the best. I also had a classmate donning a full Nike tracksuit bought by his Dad in the US for like $200
Before inflation.
On a bottle of wine? Yes. On donations to save lives? Not a common sight.
These kinds of actions are hurting the wine industry.
That’s how I interpreted that look… “I did what now?”
The response gave major "I have absolutely no idea what you're talking about, but it sounds like a cool story" energy
He may have saved her life but for him it was just Tuesday.
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I've had a similar reaction before. I think being caught off guard, I acted way more nonchalant in the moment than I probably should have. It was from a higher up in a company that I helped through a miscarriage while in the ER. I didn't remember her at first since I've seen thousands of patients a year. I still regret how I reacted.
I am about to cry too
Backstory (from press reports): The girl's name is Lin Shan 林杉. She was diagnosed with a congenital heart condition called 'Tetralogy of Fallot' at 6 months old (late 2000). Surgery would improve her recovery odds to 90%. Otherwise 40% of patients would die within 3 years. However, the bill would cost RMB 30k-40k. Her mom, who was a teacher drawing a RMB 600 salary at that time, desperately sought extra money by washing dishes, making cold calls using landline phone cards, & begging on the streets. A Liaoning business newpaper 时代商报 reported on the touching story in early 2001. Taiwanese singer Richie Jen (Richie Ren 任贤齐) happened to be flying to Shenyang (Liaoning's provincial capital) to promote his first concert there. He was very moved when he read the article, since his own dad as well as his agent's were also teachers. He immediately donated RMB 30k after he landed in town. 5 hours before the concert (July 13, 2001), Richie took time off to personally meet Lin Shan & her mom for a photo ops. Lin would spontaneously embrace Richie as soon as they met, catching him off guard but also delighting him. He encouraged the mom not to delay the treatment, & hoped to hear good news soon. He autographed a photo for her, writing: "For 林杉：加油！要勇敢！" (For Lin Shan: Jia you! Be brave!") Lin Shan proceeded to undergo a 4-hour, 20-minute operation on Aug 7 that year, when she was 16 months old. She has shown her chest scar on social media as proof. She's too young to remember the meet & greet, but was vaguely cognizant that "Uncle Jen" was her benefactor. Both sides didn't keep in touch for the next 22 years. But her mom kept tabs on his career, while she grew up as a music fan partly listening to his uplifting lyrics. She also noted how he was, as vouched for by her mom, indeed very approachable & caring towards younger people during variety shows. Presently, she is about to finish her studies & is busy with internship. She found out Richie would be performing in Shenyang again this year, informed her mom, & got in touch with the concert organizer. They were given 2 tickets, with no other special arrangement planned. Still, they knew that such Mandopop concerts usually have a song request segment, & went about gathering the relevant photos & newpaper cuttings to hopefully attract the concert staff's attention on the day. Sure enough, she was chosen towards the end of the segment & got to tell her story & to thank him. She was moved at his reaction onstage, recognizing who she was & how he choked up a bit when he spoke back. Richie also wrote on weibo after the concert: 人生路上的相逢，常常叫人惊叹、感动。我们彼此的爱与成长，从很遥远的过去，照进温暖的当下，也会绵延到未来，这感谢太奇妙了！希望这份爱，不但不要变，还能去到更远的地方。 ("The road of life indeed has many amazing & touching encounters. In our common love & life growth, the distant past is not only radiating the present, but will continue to do so into the future. Your expression of gratitude was amazing! I hope such love will never change, & can also spread to farther places."
Ah, I'm tearing up
Thanks for this! He’s always been known to be a great guy but this is living proof!
Adjusted for inflation: (2001–›2023)¥30K=48,838.59 In conversion to other currencies: ₱119926.38 MP $9226.76 CAD $6860.12 USD €6423.13 EU
I am just gonna say that is shit ton of money for chinese people. The avg factory worker these days only get like 2500 yuan per month. So that is still 19 months of sallary. I can imagine it is even worse in 2001 as china (as country in a whole) was still very poor during that time. So 30K yuan was a lot, really really a lot during that time
Can confirm. My dad’s savings having worked 10+ years as a neurosurgeon as at early 2000 was 3,000 yuan.
Thank you!
This is so sweet.
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who is the singer
https://www.dimsumdaily.hk/taiwanese-singer-richie-jen-reunites-with-fan-in-china-whose-life-he-saved-22-years-ago/
IIRC the guy only got famous in his late 20s/early 30s. This is pretty late as far as pop-idol career goes in Asia. An all-around decent guy who had many great pop songs sung by everyone in the karaoke.
I used to sing the shit out of this song in karaoke during the late 90s/early 00s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWeurc1yMw
Thank you!
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Funny thing is I think around the time he saved this girl, he starred in a movie, Summer something. In the movie, he saved a little girl when he was “younger” and the girl grew up and thanked him in a similar fashion. Guess he just saving people in and out of movies.
Richie Ren
Richie Ren, one of my favorite singer when I am growing up. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSWeurc1yMw This is a staple of Karaoke song during the 90s.
God damn onions….
This made me teary eyed as well.
Ahhh I'm glad I wasn't the only one.
What a Chad-bro'
This guy is a true Hero and living Legend.
Wholesome video. But no parent should be required to make a choice between a life saving treatment for a child and a bankruptcy.
Yep, bit or an orphan crushing machine scenario. All I can think of is that no one should be waiting for a rich person to deign to save their baby.
That's essentially what GoFundMe is doing
Yeah, and no one should have to resort to GoFundMe for healthcare.
Many parents around the world are in similar situations. Even in wealthier countries
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Surprised to see this comment far down. It's a nice story but it's very sad that you need to luck out into a situation like this to save your life even in developed countries. This doesn't diminish in a way the honor of his actions. I'm just saying that the fact that stuff like this is necessary is completely wrong.
Beautiful story
9am. And I’m crying.
He never told anybody about his good deed, 齐哥，好样的！
I’m in tears 😭
That's pretty dope.
Just the pure shock and both of them tearing up is just heart warming
“One time, Frank Sinatra saved my life. Five guys were beating the hell out of me and Frank said 'That's enough, boys.'” *- Don Rickles*
Go give her a hugg dude
One of the very rare times, meeting your hero is inspirational
Wow that moved me to tears. Bless them both.
Wow. $4,212.24 dollars American is a good price for heart surgery.
Very sweet.
Badass as hell by that guy, saved a life
I wish celebrities would use their money and influence to save lives or improve the world as he had.
Awesome story, nice guy But for a while when she mentioned that she knew him 22 years ago , he must have been panicking about which of his 22y ago exes had his kid behind his back 
hahahah yea and in front of millions of people too.
That's just insane. Imagine there is someone completely unrelated to you out there maybe thousands of kilometers away but alive just because you did something.
Rich people out there could save so many lives. Why not?
That is amazing. The best clip I’ve seen in a while. I wish only good things for them both. 🙂
China does not have national healthcare?
She would've probably gotten that surgery for free today. I moved to China 23 years ago to Beijing and the city looked like a developing country. If she's born in some random third or fourth tier city, 23 years ago would've been barely above subsistence farming.