Single Dad Works 17 Hours a Day to Give Son Chance to Walk Again — Story of the Day

After eight hours of teaching his students at school, a man would head to a nearby warehouse for his second job. The single father wanted to save money for his son’s surgery so he could walk again but had no idea how his life would soon take an unexpected turn.

“I have bad news for you, Mr. Damien,” the doctor said. “Unfortunately, your wife is in a coma at the moment, and Maddox cannot walk on his own.”

Damien, a 34-year-old loving husband and father, shook his head after hearing the update from the doctor. His wife and son, Maddox, had met an accident a day ago on their way to school and were currently in the hospital in critical condition.

“I will do what it takes to save my family,” Damien told the doctor.

“Well, Damien. We will try our best to bring your wife out of her coma, but let me be honest: Her treatment will be expensive,” the doctor replied. “And you know Maddox needs spinal surgery to walk again.”

“Don’t worry about that, doc. Please start my wife’s treatment as soon as possible,” Damien rose to his feet inside the doctor’s room. “I’ll pay for the treatment by tonight.”

While driving home from the hospital, Damien began thinking about his savings. His teaching job didn’t allow him to save a lot of money, but whatever he had in his bank account right now was enough for his wife’s treatment.

Later that day, Damien paid for his wife’s treatment before the doctors began the procedure. He had exhausted all his savings for her treatment while his son was still in the hospital. The doctors said Maddox had lost his ability to walk, and the chances of seeing him on his feet again were slim.

“I’m sorry, Mr. Damien,” the doctors said to him the next day. “We couldn’t save your wife.”

Damien felt his heart pound while his knees began to lose strength. He sat on one of the chairs in the hospital waiting area and buried his face in his hands. “Mr. Damien? Are you okay?” a nurse asked.

The heartbroken man forced a smile on his face while looking at the nurse, who had no idea he had just lost the woman he loved the most. How am I going to tell this to Maddox? he wondered while heading towards his son’s room in the hospital.

Maddox was sleeping peacefully when Damien entered his room, so he decided not to wake him up. However, looking at him made Damien realize he couldn’t lose his son or deprive him of his chance at walking again.

I won’t let you go, Maddox. You will walk again. Damien thought to himself and promised that he would get his son back on his feet. The only obstacle in his way was the money he had to pay for Maddox’s spinal surgery.

A few days after his wife’s funeral, Damien turned on his laptop and began...