"Auntie, how do you feel today, is it much better than yesterday?" A nurse in a white hazmat suit, goggles and a mask is sticking needles to an aunt lying in a hospital bed.

Although the mask covered most of her face, there was still a smile in her eyes under the goggles, warming everyone present.

Her name is Guo Jia, she is a member of the medical team in Hubei Province, she has been here for more than 30 days, and the happiest thing every day is to see the patients under her care improve day by day.

Guo Jia's parents are both health care workers, but she never thought that she would work as a health care worker when she grew up.

When I was a child, the most common thing I did was to do homework at home alone, watch TV alone, eat alone, be in a daze alone, and other classmates would go to the playground with their parents during the holidays, or go to the border city for a trip or outing, and she didn't dare to go out to play, she just hoped that her parents could have time to have a meal with her.

But just the time of a meal is also a luxury for Guo Jia.

When she was very young, she lived with her grandparents, and at that time she was also very envious of the children around her, always thinking: Why are other children accompanied by their parents, but she only has grandparents?

When he grew up, through the words and chats of the people around him, Guo Jia knew the reason why his parents were busy, because they were medical workers.

But knowing is knowing, but not understanding.

Guo Jia longs for the company of his parents, but this lack of companionship is getting bigger and bigger as time goes by, it seems that every day, they are very busy, sometimes they are obviously on vacation, but because of a phone call from the hospital, they hurried back to work again.

At that time, Guo Jia always thought: Why do people get sick? If only everyone in this world wouldn't get sick, if they didn't get sick, Mom and Dad wouldn't be so busy.

This wish faded little by little as Guo Jia grew older as he grew older, until it disappeared, because Guo Jia knew that people would get sick and life was fragile, so Mom and Dad would be so busy, because they were busy saving lives, and they were doing a great thing.

She is proud and proud to have such a great mom and dad.

However, Guo Jia does not plan to engage in such a job by herself, maybe because of childhood regrets, or maybe because she has heard too much and seen too much, she has been exposed to it since she was a child, and she can always hear her parents talk about curing diseases and saving people during the few times when they eat at home.

At the beginning, Guo Jia only felt fun, novelty, she had raised flowers and plants, raised small animals, and experienced death and parting, but in the mouth of her parents, she could always hear "miracles", whenever this time, she felt that medical staff was really a sacred job, but after listening more, she knew that there were many helplessness in addition to miracles, when you tried your best to keep it, the freshness of life gradually dissipated where you could see, just like the flowering period has arrived, no matter how you save it, there is no way to stop the withering of flowers.

Some flowers even have to wither early for various reasons when they should be in full bloom.

This kind of helplessness is deeply rooted in the heart of every medical staff, it is heavy, depressing, and cannot be changed.

Therefore, when her parents asked Guo Jia what kind of work she wanted to do, although she hadn't thought about it yet, the first thing she ruled out was medical workers.

This answer seems to be expected by the parents, they are not surprised, and some just have full support and trust in their daughter.

"No matter what major you choose, we have your back."

But Guo Jia finally chose this profession and became a medical worker like his parents.

The reason is simple, because the SARS epidemic in 2003 once again deepened her understanding of medical workers.

That year, other things have gradually blurred in her memory, but the worries and fears of every day can not be forgotten, because that year, her parents entered the "red zone" together to participate in the treatment of patients.

At that time, the network was not as convenient as it is now, mobile phones were not popular, there was no WeChat, no video chat, and if you wanted to know about the recent situation of your parents, you could only make a phone call occasionally, hurriedly say a few greetings, and hang up before you had time to care.

She always said silently: "I haven't been to the amusement park with you yet, you must be well, don't get sick!" ”

She didn't want to cry, but tears always came out of her eyes, and she seemed to be crying all her life that year.

She collected all the news about SARS, looked at those medical workers who insisted on fighting on the front line, and looked at their stubborn appearance of being tired but unwilling to give up, Guo Jia had a deeper understanding of medical workers.

On the volunteer form after the college entrance examination, Guo Jia did not hesitate to fill in the medical college, at this moment, she firmly believes that she also wants to be a medical worker and pass on the will of her parents.

She still remembers the scene when her parents came home, when she was sitting on the sofa watching TV and eating fruit at the same time, the door suddenly opened, and two familiar and slightly unfamiliar faces came in, Guo Jia was stunned, her mind was blank for a second, and then there were unstoppable tears, the apple in her mouth had not been chewed yet, and the feeling of tears, snot and saliva falling together was really memorable.

Guo Jia remembers that the first thing she said to her parents after a long absence was: "How can you carry me to do such a dangerous thing, how can you be so good!" ”

She was greeted by her father's hearty laughter and her mother's promise: "It's a good day, why don't we go to the playground." ”

This day was full of laughter, this day her long-standing expectations were realized, this day, she seemed to have eaten all the sweet ...... in the world

It is not easy for medical workers, it is something that Guo Jia has known since she was a child, but what she didn't expect was that it would be so hard, not much to say about the heavy schoolwork, the focus is on practice, as a nurse, giving injections to patients is the most basic, in order to do a good job in this basic skill, Guo Jia and his classmates continue to practice, first prick their own hands, and then prick each other, the back of everyone's hands has been "scarred", but they don't feel bitter, because they know that this kind of suffering will one day become a reward.

With a firm belief, Guo Jia entered the hospital for internship after graduation and became a real nurse, the workplace is different from the school, the work here is far more onerous than the schoolwork, because of the busy, Guo Jia often misses meals, looking at the busy figures of colleagues in the department, Guo Jia really understands his parents.

When the new crown epidemic broke out in 2020, the hospital issued a notice to set up a medical team to aid Hubei, Guo Jia was the first to sign up, she didn't actually think about anything else, she just felt that this was the duty of a medical staff, and she should go, so she went.

After signing up, she suddenly thought of her parents who entered the "red zone" in the year of SARS, and at that time, were her parents in the same mood as her at this time?

Guo Jia called home and told him his decision, and there was silence on the other end of the phone, and then his father's voice: "Okay, then we will wait for you at home, you have to protect yourself." ”

Mom said, "When you come back, Mom will make you sweet and sour tenderloin." ”

At the end of January, Guo Jia followed the medical team to the infectious disease ward, and she was mainly responsible for the overall care of ordinary patients.

After really entering the "battlefield", Guo Jia began to feel afraid, in the face of unknown viruses and high risk of infection, she would also be worried, especially the mentality of the patients has become low and negative, and some do not even have the slightest hope, as if the whole world is bleak.

Under this kind of high pressure, Guo Jia only felt depressed in her heart, but she didn't have too much time to think about it, she didn't come here to feel negative, just like her vow when she was a doctor: I will use my best strength to protect my life!

They put on layers of protective clothing, wear protective masks, some breathing difficulties can only endure, inconvenient mobility can not relax, under layers of strict protection, in order to facilitate the distinction, everyone wrote their names, slowly, in addition to the name, there are also words to encourage the patient to encourage themselves, as well as the belief and determination to win.

When she first entered Wuhan, Guo Jia felt dead silence, everywhere was quiet, only the cold wind was bleak, and now, she believes, the sun will eventually rise and the dark clouds will eventually fade.

The fragility of life is more profoundly displayed in front of them here, they try their best to snatch life from the hands of death, some succeed, but some can only regret, every time death comes, their frustration will increase, every time they regain another life, they will cheer in their hearts, and the belief in victory will become stronger.

In this way, their persistence won hope, because the new crown pneumonia has left fewer and fewer lives, fewer and fewer new patients, the number of cured patients is gradually increasing, and the patients who have been cured have hardly returned to the warehouse......

After hearing the news, Guo Jia wanted to complain, but he didn't say it after all, and his worry only turned into a sentence: "Then you have to pay attention to safety, and when I go back, make me sweet and sour tenderloin." ”

Dad said, "Sweet and sour tenderloin has to find your mother, let's play chess." ”

Health care workers are hard, but this kind of hard work is not worth mentioning in their eyes.

Guo Jia said: "Sometimes it feels like the dormitory is just a decoration, and no one has ever gone back. ”

How can I have time to go back, I am tired and take a simple rest in the duty room, and continue to work when I wake up, sometimes in order to save time, we try to drink less water and eat less, because it takes a long time to put on and take off a protective suit, and it takes a lot of steps to go through a long time.

Some people even put on adult diapers directly in order to save this time.

"Actually, it's not hard to think about it now, it's sure to be tired, but there are also interesting things." Guo Jia said.

Once she heard someone calling her name, she hurriedly ran over after changing the patient's fluid, but found that another "Guo Jia" had appeared, and it turned out that there were also nurses named this in the new batch of medical teams to aid Hubei, but she was the Jia of the award, and she was the Jia of the beauty.

The three people present at the time were stunned for a moment, and then greeted each other with a smile, and the head nurse also said, "Sister and sister finally met today." ”

After that, in order to distinguish each other, everyone wrote their nicknames, or code names, next to their names.

The medical staff in the hospital are from all over the world, everyone's language is different, of course, there are many husband and wife sisters, once, there was a nurse sister who pulled a ventilator to another ward, and met another doctor pulling a ventilator over, the two nodded and greeted, and when they walked in and saw the names on their bodies, they found that they were husband and wife.

The nurse sister said: "I really didn't expect it at all, and I felt that this encounter was a very wonderful thing, is it because we have a deep fate between husband and wife, so we can meet in this situation." ”

After the nurse sister finished speaking, everyone laughed at first, but when they laughed and laughed, they suddenly felt the urge to cry.

In the severely affected area, medical workers face danger and have to contact patients of various degrees every day, and the risk of infection is naturally much higher than that of ordinary people.

At this time, the infected comrades-in-arms self-isolated, but the work still could not be stopped.

Guo Jia said: "We are also ordinary people, we will also be afraid and worried, in this case, our mentality will also change, but we are nurses, we have our own responsibilities, we have to care for not only the patient's body, but also their psychology, so we can only put ourselves aside, devote ourselves to the work, don't think about anything else, just think about it, everyone will be good." ”

In order to improve the mentality of patients, talented medical staff take the initiative to lead everyone to dance, which can not only move the body, but also make the mood happy, Guo Jia is famous for her uncoordinated limbs, so she likes to chat with patients, chat about family life, close the relationship between each other, and increase patients' trust in themselves.

The higher the trust, the better cooperation with the treatment.

"People are like this, after getting along for a long time and getting acquainted with each other, they are happy to say and do anything." After Guo Jia finished speaking, he stretched out his hand to open the curtains, and the sunlight instantly shone into the ward.

"Auntie, look, the sun is out."