One time, in the middle of the night, he chewed open his IV drip tube, startling his daughter who was by his side. The image of his daughter rushing to the nursing station for help warned him, "I mustn't be so selfish." He gave up the idea of suicide for the sake of his three young children whose mother had left them.
有一次半夜又咬斷點滴管，驚醒旁邊還在讀幼稚園的女兒，小女兒倉惶跑向護理站求救的身影驚醒了他：「我不能這麼自私」，為了 3 個年幼、媽媽已經出走的孩子，他打消求死的念頭。