On Father's Day, he cooked breakfast for his father

It is often said father’s love is as tall and majestic as a mountain and as wide and deep as ocean. Father is accustomed to spend all his life to support his children in a quiet way.

Last Sunday is Father's Day. Children expressed their love for their father in various ways, having dinner and enjoying the scenery with their father…Mr. Yu, 40, expressed his love for his father in his own way. He cooked breakfast for his father on the special day.

Mr. Yu is a fire protection engineer. He lived away from his parents ever since he got married. His family and busy work have gradually drifted him away from his parents. It was until March 2016 when his father was diagnosed with liver cancer did he realized that he neglected his parents. Recently, his father has been receiving treatment in Fuda Cancer Hospital. His father underwent operation on June 17, 2016 and was transferred from ICU to his ward on the next day. As father’s day was approaching, Mr. Yu was considering showing his love to his father in a special way.

In the morning of June 18, Mr. Yu, who seldom cooks, decided to cook a breakfast for his father. Considering that his father was not having good appetite after the operation, he decided to cook porridge fruit salad as breakfast for his father.

He carefully selected several kinds of fruits, including his father’s favorite orange and grapes and then he bought rice and salad dressing in the supermarket. After purchased all food ingredients, he started preparing breakfast in the self-service kitchen at the hospital.

With the porridge cooking in the pot, Mr. Yu started to prepare the salad. Soon, a side dish of salad was done. Mr. Yu seemed to be a little bit nervous to cook breakfast for his father for the first time. As his father was eating the porridge, Mr. Yu started to shell an egg. He immediately helped his father clean with a piece of tissue at the sight of food debris at the corner of his mouth. The simple gesture was a pure display of love. Then, he passed his father the salad. Seeing his father eaten up all the food he prepared, Mr. YU was very happy. 

Mr. Yu said his father was a senior engineer engaged in water supply and drainage and also a big fan of basketball and badminton. In March 4, 2016, his 68-year-old father did examinations at a local hospital due to discomfort in neck and was found to have metastases in cervical vertebrae 5 and cervical vertebrae 6. On March 9, he underwent metastasectomy of cervical vertebrae 5 and cervical vertebrae 6. Postoperative CT scan showed multiple tumors in liver. To seek further treatment, Mr. Yu came to Fuda Cancer Hospital, Guangzhou with his father. His father’s condition gradually improved after underwent NanoKnife and cryosurgery on liver tumors. The thing he felt the most after his father’s cancer diagnosis is that children might neglect their parents, especially after getting married and what we should do is to spend more time with our parents as much as possible.

The father was delighted with the breakfast and care delivered by his son. He said, “My son is really nice. He has been paying my medical bill from the very beginning and I’m even more surprised that he cooked breakfast for me.”

Mr. Yu said behind the camera, “Dad, we will always be with you on the journey of fighting against cancer. We hope you can recover as soon as possible as we still have a promising future to look forward to.”