“In Sickness & In Health, For Richer & For Poorer”: Story Of Heba’s Unconditional Love For Her Husband

The amazing story of Heba Alsayed’s unconditional love for her sick husband is definitely a perfect definition of selflessness.

Marriage is all about selflessness; it’s about being able to consistently seek the best interest of the other person.

In these trying times when marriage vows are made and trashed like torn pieces of clothing, when no one mends again but discards at the 1st sign of trouble, when marriages are fast becoming a ground for competition rather than for completion; it is lifting to find someone who still believes well enough in the institution of marriage to make sacrifices for the one whom she vowed to be with “in sickness & in health, for richer & for poorer.”

According to sources, Heba’s husband, Khaled Alsayed has Kidney Failure, Hepatitis B & C, and an enlarged liver and required dialysis 3 times a week.

For the past 5 years, he has not been able to move, so Heba has taken it upon herself to carry her husband on her back and shoulders, long enough to get to where they could find a cab to the hospital. Upkeep money? Absolutely out of the way as Heba provides all that the family needs from a meagre business, and despite sustaining injuries to her spine from carrying her sick husband, the supportive wife insists she has no choice but to care for her husband. In her words,

”I don’t carry anything heavy. I carry my husband”.