DEFIANCE, Ohio (WTVG) – For more than 20 years, VIP nails have been a staple in the Defiance center. The beauty salon is best known for its owners, husband and wife, Victor and Mylinh Pham.
“They complement each other, they’re great for each other,” said Konnie Meyer, a VIP client and friend of the Pham family. “They are each other’s yin and yang, I think you would say.”
“Their love story is incredible, I dream of a love story like that,” said Katrina King, a VIP client and friend of the Pham family. “If I can’t have a love like Victor and Mylinh, I don’t want to love at all.”
Victor and Mylinh met in California after Victor left his home in Vietnam with nothing but the clothes on his back. Now the two have a life together here in Defiance, where they say that they spend every day devoted to faith and love for each other.
“My wife means the whole world to me. God and Jesus first, then my wife, ”said Victor Pham. “She is my number one human being.”
On Christmas Eve, while spending time with his family, Mylinh started to get sick with a headache. Mylinh passed out on the bathroom floor and didn’t wake up, suffering from a double brain aneurysm.
“I was just crying and screaming,” said Victor. “I didn’t know what to do, my wife does everything for me, everything.”
Mylinh was flown to the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor, where she continues to fight for her life.
Today marks Mylinh and Victor’s 16th wedding anniversary.
“He’s celebrating his birthday the best he can,” said Konnie Meyer. “Right now he feels the strength of God behind him and feels that he has to do something.”
Victor decided that something would be a 140-kilometer hike, walking from Defiance to Ann Arbor.
“I’m thinking a lot about my wife,” said Victor. “Like she’s in a hospital, she’s in a coma.”
Victor is only allowed to spend an hour in the hospital with his wife due to COVID’s restrictions. Victor says he is walking to make his time count, praying for his wife’s recovery every step of the way.
“Anyone who knows them knows that Victor loves Lynn. Victor loves Lynn more than life itself, ”said Katrina King. “He has faith that she will get over it, and we all will.”
Victor started his walk to see his wife on Friday morning at 8 am. Victor has no time for when he will arrive at the hospital on foot. Victor has the support of his family and friends who offer him places to spend the night, food and sources of heat throughout his trip.
“I know that God will bring my wife,” said Victor. “She will wake up, she will come home, not to have a normal life, but my wife and I will have an incredible life.”
Mylinh remains in a coma and is attached to a tracheal tube with half of her skull removed by doctors to relieve the pressure and swelling around her brain. A Go Fund Me account was created for Mylinh’s medical expenses. Victor is asking for prayers from the community more than anything else.
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