Teen Works Hard to Pay For Bedridden Mom’s Surgery, One Day Finds Needed Sum on Home’s Porch – Story of the Day

A teen stops hanging out with his friends and works extra hard to afford his bedridden mother’s surgery. To his utter surprise, he finds the needed sum on his front porch one day.

How far can a mother go for her child? We all know what the answer is, don’t we? The question is, how far can a son go for his mother?

Henry, 17, would do anything to see his mother, Lydia, leading a normal life again. She was confined to bed after suffering a spinal injury at the chemical factory where she worked and needed surgery to be able to walk again.

It all happened a few months ago when Lydia didn’t return home on time, and Henry got a call from her colleague that she was hospitalized. From then on, Henry put his own life and wishes on the back burner and only cared for his mother…

Henry’s father had died years ago, forcing him to become the man of the house at a young age, and his extended family didn’t care about him or Lydia.

Unfortunately, Lydia’s savings were nearly depleted by hospital bills immediately following the accident. The medical insurance wasn’t enough to cover the cost of the surgery, so Henry had to step in.

For some time, he washed dishes at a local restaurant, then realized the pay wasn’t enough to buy the medicines, let alone cover the surgery, so he left the job. Later, he found one at a grocery as a part-timer that paid him $12/hr, which wasn’t a bad deal, so he continued with it.

“You don’t need to worry, alright, mom? I’ll try my best, and we’ll get through this!” he used to tell Lydia every night after helping her to bed.

For as long as he could remember, Henry had done everything he could for Lydia, from helping her move around the house in her wheelchair, to cooking and cleaning, to even helping her wash up. They couldn’t afford a caretaker, so he became one for her.

When he was at school, their next-door neighbor, Addison, an elderly widowed woman who gossiped about the entire neighborhood, would help Lydia.

After seeing how hard Henry worked for his mother, Addison wanted to help him financially, but she knew the boy wouldn’t take her help right away, so she came up with an idea.

“Oh boy, I need someone to mow that lawn of mine! It’s been such a task for me. Not that I can’t do that, but my Parkinson’s has been bothering me lately,” she said.

“And how can I help you, Mrs. Green?”

“You’re a smart boy, aren’t you?” she smiled. “How about I pay you for it? You can make some money and help me.”

“Not a bad idea, but can we keep it to ourselves? Mom’s been a little worried I’ll drop out of school if I keep working all the time.”

“Oh yes, yes…I don’t even know what...