It's spring again: Stronger after the pandemic

Zhou Guohong

"My most glorious time is when my body is the weakest rather than in the spotlight."

Zhou Guohong, a nurse from Anhui province, was known by many people when she was fighting the COVID-19 pandemic in Wuhan. She asked her colleague to write a sentence on the back of her protective suit: "Chen Yanran of Hefei No 45 Middle School, study hard."

Chen Yanran is her daughter. Her dream university is Wuhan University. When Zhou packed her suitcase before heading to Wuhan, her daughter was scared to tears. She told her daughter that Wuhan is sick and they need to treat it.

On March 27, Zhou and her colleagues finished their mission and returned to Anhui. Besides flowers and applause, she also got a diagnosis of thyroid cancer.

"I have won my fight in Wuhan, now I will start my fight with cancer," Zhou wrote in her diary. On May 8, she underwent an operation, which left a 30-centimeter scar from her ear to neck. "If this is my catastrophe in life, I hope I can live life to the fullest as a survivor," she wrote. On Sept 1, she returned to her work after radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

Now she has more hope for life. She wants to see her daughter enter Wuhan University and travel with her family.

Her daughter said to her: "Madam Zhou Guohong, please fight hard against the disease and stay alive."