When 39-year-old male nurse Wang Benxue finally arrived home, his 3-year-old daughter thought he was a stranger. After fighting COVID-19 in Wuhan for 56 days, his hair had turned white.

Wang Benxue heads to Wuhan.  (Photo/Guizhou City News)

On Feb. 4, Wang received the call to assist Wuhan. After making a phone call to his wife and daughter, he immediately left his hospital and headed to the city.

Wang is the only male nurse in the medical team dispatched by the People’s Hospital in Yuping Dong Autonomous County, Tongren, southwest China's Guizhou province.

As an experienced nurse, Wang was responsible for taking care of 21 COVID-19 patients at a Fangcang makeshift hospital designated to receive patients with mild and moderate symptoms.

Wang Benxue (1st from left) and his patients (Photo/Guizhou City News)

In addition to that, he also offered counseling services to the patients, boosting their spirits to help them defeat the virus. The workload was so heavy and stressful that Wang’s hair began to turn white.

Wang said he missed his daughter very much while he was in Wuhan. “She is very clingy with me and we have never been apart for that long. On the day I left, she asked me on the phone when would I come back,” Wang said.

Wang Benxue returns to his home. (Photo/Guizhou City News)

It took a few minutes after they were reunited for the daughter to finally recognize her father. The little girl put her hands around her father’s shoulders, touched his hair gently, and asked, “What happened to your hair, Daddy?”