Their child is twelve years old this year and is in the first year of middle school. The child is very sensible and has been helping mom take care of dad since young. The first thing the child does after coming home from school is ask, "How's dad today?" The second thing is to do homework. Chen Jianguo said, his biggest regret in life is not being unable to stand, but not being able to take the child out to play. When the child was born, he was in the ICU, covered in tubes, unable to even turn his head. Later, when the child could walk and call him "dad," he could only watch from the wheelchair.
The last paragraph of the email was written like this:
"Professor Yang, I know there are many people applying to be volunteers, I'm not special compared to anyone else. But I still want to tell you my story, not because I am more pitiable, but because I want you to know, if one day I could stand up, the first thing I'd like to do is take my wife and child out to see the world..."
