115-year-old Chengdu woman may be the world's oldest person
Fu Suqing, reportedly born on July 19, 1897, is still in relatively good health despite failing eyesight and vision
A 115-year-old woman from Chengdu city is on track to become the world’s oldest person, one Chinese newspaper claims.
According to the report, the thought of an upcoming birthday did not strike much of a chord in Fu. She has given birth to six children, two of which are still alive. Xu Shuhua, Fu’s younger surviving daughter, told reporters that her mother has never celebrated birthdays, and instead preferred to look forward to her daughters' occasional visits.
Xu added that her mother still had energy, could dress herself and move about well, but nevertheless “spent most of her time sitting or sleeping”.
Fu told reporters that her rapidly deteriorating eyesight and hearing had made her depressed lately. She said in the past she had gone on daily walks in her village, but now she generally did not move much, aside from occasionally picking vegetables, sweeping her house and “going to the toilet”.
Fu described her vision as like a “layer of hazy grey cloth masking her eyes”. She said that for her upcoming birthday, she only wished for someone to remove the “curtain” covering her eyes and give her a chance to leisurely walk around her village once more.