11-year-old Gains 5kgs in a Month to Save Her Mother
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One of the biggest sacrifices on earth is being a mother. Risks that mothers must take to bring a new life on earth are truly remarkable and for most of us, as their children, we take them for granted.
But Tingting (pseudonym), an 11-year-old girl from Fushun, Liaoning Province, she had to make a huge decision and sacrifice at a tender age to save her mother who was suffering from Leukemia.
At that age and her weight at the time, she was disqualified from donating hematopoietic stem cells (commonly known as "bone marrow") to her mother suffering from Leukemia.
In order to do so, she went on a quest to gain 5kgs in a month to reach the weight that would allow her to be able to donate bone marrow to save her mother. In the process, she also became one of the youngest and lightest person to donate bone marrow in China.
After her donation was approved and transplanted into her mother's body, her mother started getting better day by day. On her recent visit to the hospital where her mother was getting treatment, she was told that her mother is getting well and her vitals have returned to normal. She was pictured giving a piece sign to reporters while her mother watched from inside the hospital.
Background Story
Tingting grew up with her single mother who is now 37 years old. In October last year, after suffering form fever, swellings and gum pains along with other symptoms, her mother was diagnosed with acute Leukemia. The only way to save her life was through hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Tingting's grandfather is already dead, her grandmother is too old and she too is suffering from cerebral thrombosis, and to make matters even worse, her mother had neither brothers nor sisters.
The last hope of finding a matching donor among her immediate relatives fell on Tingting. But the mother strongly disagreed to let her daughter donate to save her. She didn't want Tingting to suffer any pain that is associated with the donation of bone marrow (it's really painful).
The single mother, during this difficult time had contemplated suicide several times, but she stayed strong enduring enormous pain just so she can still be with her daughter but she couldn't stand the idea of her daughter endure the pain and experience of donating to her.
Her daughter kept encouraging her during the time she was going through Chemotherapy which is also a very painful treatment to take.
Hospital's director, Wang Jigang, explained to the mother that with technological advancements and mature hematopoietic stem cell collection process, her daughter's donation will not impact her [daughter's] health and urged her to reconsider her decision.
The mother and daughter discussed and agreed together on the donation when it was proved that they were a match.
There was a catch though, the daughter had to gain weight to reach 45 kgs to be able to reach the weight limit for donation. She spent a month, eating a lot in order to gain 5kgs to reach the required weight.
After that, she went through two painful procedures of extracting her bone marrow, the first one lasted for 4 hours. All this time, doctors said Tingting didn't cry even once, on the contrary, they were the ones who shed tears, moved by the child's bravery, courage and determination to save her mother.
Good Ending~
Half a month after receiving the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, Tingting's mother completed the hematopoietic reconstruction surgery and went out of the hospital.
The surgery went well as planned, and now, thanks to Tingting, the mother is alive and kicking.
Source: 沈阳晚报
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