Li Yang (pseudonym), a surgeon in a hospital in a city in Hubei Province, always stands on the operating table to treat patients. On the morning of September 19, he lay on the hematopoietic stem cell collection bed of Wuhan Central Hospital, donating hematopoietic stem cells, and relaying life in another way. Since then, Li Yang has become the 540th volunteer donated hematopoietic stem cells in our province and the 8th volunteer in the local area to successfully donate hematopoietic stem cells.
At 7:30 am on September 19, Li Yang just finished breakfast. Although she did not sleep well due to back pain caused by injection of mobilizer last night, Li Yang still sat in the corridor with a relaxed look on his face, chatting and laughing with his wife, waiting to collect blood. Li Yang in front of him was not tall, medium-sized, but spoke very humorously, which made the people present laugh often, and there was no sign of nervousness on his face.
Li Yang, 46 years old this year, is a surgeon. During work, Li Yang often stands on the operating table to perform surgery on patients and suture wounds. Now, this surgeon with nearly 20 years of medical experience needs to treat the disease in a special way. At 8 a.m., after the blood separator was ready, Li Yang lay on the bed and the nurse began to intubate Li Yang's arm. The moment the needle was stuck on Li Yang's arm, he twitched like a conditioned reflex, turning his face to the side, "Don't be nervous, it doesn't hurt." The wife who was accompanying him comforted Li Yang.
8:30, Li Yang's blood flowed into the blood separator through two rubber tubes inserted at the ankle. After filtering and separation through the blood separator, hematopoietic stem cells were collected into plasma bags.
Until the collection of hematopoietic stem cells at noon, Li Yang, who had been lying in bed for 4 hours, sat up. "There is no strange feeling, it's just that I've been lying for a long time and my arms are a little numb." After the task was completed, Li Yang breathed a sigh of relief and jumped out of bed to move his muscles and bones.
In May 2018, Li Yang joined the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank during a blood donation. After the blood donation was over, Li Yang quickly forgot about this matter. Until the end of May this year, he received a call from the local Red Cross Society successfully matched it. Li Yang, who was off duty, was a little excited after receiving the call, "I'm very lucky, it's like I won the grand prize."
did not hesitate at all, and Li Yang immediately agreed to the other party and expressed his willingness to donate. After Li Yang told his wife, who was also a medical worker, he also received support from his wife. "Standing on the operating table is to save people, and donating hematopoietic stem cells is also to save people. They are all saving people. There is no reason not to donate." At the end of June, Li Yang successfully passed the second high-resolution test. At the end of July, Li Yang had another physical examination, and all physical indicators met the donation requirements.
Since the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank has provisions and is confidential to both parties' personal information, Li Yang only knows that the other party is an adult female patient.
At noon, when the collection was about to end, the staff who rushed to retrieve hematopoietic stem cells from a hospital also brought a thank-you letter written by the patient. "Thank you for giving our whole family a glimmer of hope when we were most helpless. It was you who gave us endless strength. You are a lamp in the dark." Li Yang was both happy and moved as he read this letter.
"I hope the patients who are assisted will recover soon and pass on their love in the future. I also hope that more people will join the Chinese bone marrow bank to bring hope to more families." Li Yang said.
Integrated Media Reporter: Hu Yonggang
Correspondent: Zhang Sheng
Editor: Wang Pei
Editor: Wang Shuo
Editor: Liu Yanping
