Although they were told that the disease has no cure, he and his wife did not give up hope. They brought their child to famous doctors all over the island, and even tried some absurd prescriptions such as eating toads and bathing in pig-skin water.
雖說是「無藥可醫的怪病」，夫妻兩人仍不放棄，帶著孩子北、中、南四處尋訪名醫，甚至連一些荒誕不經的偏方，如：吃癩蛤蟆、洗豬皮水…… 等，都嘗試過。