Zhang Xiulan, a Beijing resident in her 40s

Life for me is running between hospital and home. It's been that way since Oct 31, the day my 66-year-old mother was hit by a minivan.

It happened at about 3 pm in Beijing's Shijingshan district, close to the West Fifth Ring Road. She had been sitting on a curb, taking a rest, when the van run her over, causing multiple fractures of her left leg.