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在台北火車站後一棟老舊大樓裡,有一間寂靜的病房,這裡的病人不會哭、不會笑,更不會喊疼,他們在生命仍未結束之前,提早關上了和世界握手的門,註定終生沈睡。他們有一個共同的名字「植物人」。

 

卡在生死之間的灰色地帶,植物人和家屬總有無窮悲苦磨難,然而,即使上帝開了一場殘酷的玩笑,還是派來了天使,

 

一位七十歲的老人—曹慶。

他奉獻二十年心力安養植物人,成立創世社會福利基金會,陪伴四百多個沈睡的生命,在寧靜中走過數千個黎明黃昏。

 

曹慶和多數外省老先生一樣,有著顛沛流離的前半生;但虔信基督的他,曾在年輕時向天父許願 :「要做別人不做的社會福利工作。」

最後,他選定以植物人為奉獻對象。

 

民國六十九年,他從台糖退休,帶著退休金告別妻女,背著大背包,裡頭裝著幾十份北方乾糧「侉餅」開始「全省走透透」。

逢人就問:「你知道哪裡有植物人嗎?」、「我想從事植物人安養工作,你願意贊助嗎?」

 

孤身獨行的曹慶用五年的時間,詢問了一萬多名陌生人,他被罵過「瘋子」、「騙子」,被人趕過、被狗咬過。

最後,總算有七百多位善心人,在曹慶的「贊助人名單」留下了姓名和連絡地址。

有了這份名單,曹慶開始實現自己向上帝許的願,他到處去拜訪貧困的植物人家庭。

 

在台北,他發現被棄置在幽暗、腐臭角落的植物人;在台中,他看到全身長滿褥瘡的植物人,傷口鑽出十多條又肥又大的蛆;還有一次在花蓮, 他看到一個植物人瘦的只剩一把枯骨,躺在糞便與餿水中,

讓曹慶再也忍不住紅了眼眶, 誓言要為他們找回為一個「人」的尊嚴。

 

曹慶同時到衛生部門「拜託」政府幫助清寒植物人家庭,也到企業財團去尋求財力支援,但執著的身影卻始終落寞!

他總在華麗卻冷漠的會客室裡被草草打發。

有一次,曹慶見到一位位高權重的大人物, 就在他滿懷希望的時候。

「兄弟,我從不做沒把握的事!」

曹慶回憶,那一剎那,他堅持多年的熱情徹底被擊潰,走出辦公室,站在亮晃晃的台北街頭,他揮著拳頭咆哮痛哭,詛咒全世界的無情無義,最後頹然倒在路邊緣像一個洩氣的皮球。

 

然後,他突然想起七歲那年在學堂裡讀過的故事「兩個和尚」:

古時四川有一個窮和尚和一個富和尚都想到南海取經,富和尚因為擔心錢不夠、體力不夠和路途遙遠,一輩子未能成行,窮和尚卻只帶了一只缽,靠著雙腿和決心,數年之後帶回南海萬卷經書.

一瞬間,曹慶笑了,告訴自己「就當個窮和尚吧!」。

 

不久之後,七十五年十一月,他租了房子成立創世紀植物人安養院.

再親自到三重,從五樓背下創世免費收容的首位植物人林麗美,一個父親中風而母親癌症的年輕女孩;而那時創世沒有任何設施,林麗美的床還是路邊撿來的,舊櫥也是,曹慶自己則打地舖。

 

事隔十四年,曹慶還記得,正當安養院開張的前兩天,空蕩的房子裡什麼也沒有,

幫他管錢的一位女孩拿著存摺,你一百多萬元的退休金只剩下一萬!

曹慶沒說什麼,只找出那張寫滿七百個姓名地址的贊助人名單,開始寫信:「還記得嗎?您曾承諾願意贊助植物人安養,現在,時候到了,您是否願意實踐諾言?」

 

一封一封,全是曹慶虔誠熱切的親筆筆跡。七百多封信寄出後,奇蹟似的,小額捐款不斷寄來。

一個月後,義工統計創世第一個月的支出合計十三萬元,而當月收到的捐款剛好是十三萬元,

 

第二個月支出十八萬元,捐款收入就是十八萬元,第三個月支出廿三萬,捐款竟也是廿三萬元。多年執著播下的種子,從此開始萌芽。

 

但曹慶並未就此停手,早年因為缺乏人手和經費, 他還身兼雜役和看護;林麗美入院的第一天,曹慶親自幫她洗澡處理穢物 ;因為看護害怕幫植物人洗澡的感覺。

 

為了治療植物人常見的褥瘡,曹慶更翻遍醫書土法煉鋼,先用棉花棒清除腐肉,把碘酒滴滿碗大的傷口,再拿吹風機對著傷口吹,讓碘酒快速滲入乾燥,那時病房裡就常見到曹慶拿著吹風機的身影,而一個個沈睡的植物人也在暖風中長出了肉,紅潤的雙頰。

 

十四年來,曹慶沒有向任何植物人家屬收過一毛錢,他只要求家屬每個月奉獻三天到安養院當義工,碰到不聞不問的家屬,他也多半算了。

 

還曾有兩位植物人的年輕妻子,每個月帶著幼兒到創世,曹慶因不忍心他們埋葬後半生,便主動開具「丈夫終生無復原希望」的證明,建議她們離婚,由創世扛下未來的照顧責任, 讓她們另覓伴侶,再也不必到病床邊垂淚相伴。

 

安養工作上了軌道,九年前,曹慶又開始關心街頭的流浪漢。

那時,六十多歲的他先到萬華街頭考察,白天陪著流浪漢遊蕩、翻垃圾桶,夜裡則在街頭拿硬紙板當床。

 

八十年的除夕夜,曹慶更拜託十多位朋友自製便當捐給遊民當年夜飯,當他帶著便當到萬華龍山寺前發放,親眼看到一位年近八十的老先生顫抖雙手拼命似地啃著雞腿時,曹慶又哭了,他當下決心要挑起照顧遊民的責任。

 

這些年來,創世天天為遊民發便當,提供生活日常品,農曆年前辦尾牙,並設立專為遊民服務的街友平安站。

 

帶著植物人和遊民走過十多載的風雨艱辛,如今創世已從當年只有一張舊衣櫥當床的窘境,發展到在全台有六家安養院,收容過四百多位清寒植物人,並照顧五百多位遊民,近年又開辦失智老人收容、老人益智中心服務。

 

更讓曹慶驕傲的是從當年的七百人開始,創世至今共收到三十一萬人次的捐款…而且每一筆錢全來自平凡的小老百姓,創世沒有向任何大財團拿過分毫。

 

曹慶呢今年已七十多歲的他,頭髮全白,皺紋多了,但不變的是..即使頂著基金「董事長」的頭銜,他仍是穿著地攤買的布鞋,以及一件袖口磨破的舊夾克,夜裡就睡在病房樓上的小臥室,平時到醫院拿藥,為了省錢,更堅持要散步走去。

 

曹慶的辦公室裡,還有一張簡陋凌亂的國畫工具檯, 他最愛用棉花棒沾墨汁畫畫(當年為植物人塗碘酒治褥瘡後養成的習慣) ! 畫好的作品裱框義賣換了錢,再給植物人添病床。

奉獻對他來說,早已是生命的全部。二十年前如此,二十年後亦然。

 

春暖花開,但創世的植物人還在沈睡,如果你有機會拜訪創世的病房,不要忘記去看看牆角有一張保存完整、功成身退的舊衣櫥,還有董事長陳舊的辦公桌墊下,有一張泛黃的紙片,上頭寫著:「蜀之僻,有二僧,其一貧,其一富」。

 

看完這篇故事,相信大家一定都有滿滿的感動在心中。如果可以讓更多人知道,就可以讓他們得到更多的幫助!

 

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