She set a rule for herself: In the initial phase of launching the charity fund, she must meet every patient funded by the foundation in person; for every major surgery, she must be present, not as an observer, but as a spiritual supporter; she must see off every patient who recovers and is discharged.
The first patient was a six-year-old boy from a rural area in Henan. At three, he knocked over a hot water bottle, severely burning his face and neck. Due to the family's poverty, he missed the best window for treatment. Now, with a neck contracture, he cannot lift his head, nor can he live or learn normally.
When Carlotta saw him in the ward, the boy was lowering his head, looking at the floor with deformed eyes. His mother stood beside him, with rough hands clenched together and a look of exhaustion and despair intertwined in her eyes.
