Ethnic Vietnamese teen mothers young sister during blood cancer battle
Tuesday, June 16, 2015, 16:41 GMT+7
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| Ho Thi Tin (left) always stands by her little sister, Ho Thi Lan Tuyet, who is combating her blood cancer, and tries every trick she can think of to relieve Tuyet’s pain and stop her from sobbing. |
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| Living far away from home, Ho Thi Tin acts as both mother and sister to Ho Thi Lan Tuyet (left), and does all the chores herself, including doing the laundry, giving Tuyet showers and spoonfeeding her. |
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| Once every month, Tin takes Tuyet (left) to the rooftop, where she cuts her hair and both do a good crying. |
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| During her bouts of pain, Tuyet usually lies on her chest, while her dedicated sister keeps sitting nearby all day, telling her stories to ease her agony. |
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| Tuyet is in excruciating agony as a nurse injects her, which is one of the little girl’s most painful routines over the past year. |
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| Pain is over for now. It's fun time! The two sisters are pictured singing with other patients and doctors at the Hue Central Hospital’s Pediatrics Center. |
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| The two sisters laugh at a park, putting aside their agony and hard work. |
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| Tin studies at her small desk every night next to her sister’s bed. |
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| With one of her daily routines involving nurses taking blood, Tuyet often role-plays as a doctor taking her sister’s blood as a game. |
