"Thank you for giving our family a bright future..." Recently, 27-year-old Sichuan girl Xiao Li received a thank-you letter from Beijing. The letter was written by the parents of a 19-year-old leukemia patient. They thanked Xiao Li for everything he did. The handwritten handwriting filled the letter paper, and the lines were filled with sincere emotional thanks.
Recently, Xiao Li posted on the Internet about donating hematopoietic stem cells to another girl who had never met, and many netizens were moved by her kind actions. "Although I can't know what this girl looks like in my life, she is only 19 years old. In her best years, I hope she can feel everything that normal people have." On the 26th, Xiao Li told the upstream news reporter this when talking about the reasons for donation.
Xiao Li displays the collected hematopoietic stem cells.
1, hematopoietic stem cell collection lasted for 5 hours
Xiao Li is a native of Sichuan . He is 27 years old this year and works in Chengdu.
"I accidentally saw news about someone donating hematopoietic stem cells online. I learned about it and thought it could help others and it was very meaningful. I took the time to register for blood draw." Xiao Li told reporters that he joined China Bone Marrow Bank and became a volunteer for donating hematopoietic stem cells. On July 8 last year, Sichuan Red Cross Society contacted her and said that someone had successfully matched her for the first time. "When I received the news, I was still very surprised because the initial matching rate between her and I was quite high. After the high matching was successful and the physical examination was passed, I was notified to wait for the official donation."
instrument for collecting hematopoietic stem cells.
On September 26 this year, after another physical examination, Xiao Li was admitted to the hospital and made preparations before donation, and also mobilized the agent for this. The effect of this injection is to induce a large number of hematopoietic stem cells from the red bone marrow to the peripheral blood circulation, but there will also be slight discomfort.
"After the injection, I developed symptoms such as low fever , headache, joint pain, and general weakness. However, I thought that I could save people, and the slight discomfort was only temporary, so I didn't care too much." Xiao Li said that hematopoietic stem cell collection was officially carried out on September 30. "The collection time is relatively slow, lasting for 5 hours in total, and the process is quite uncomfortable. You need to tie elastic band with your palms. You also need to keep pinching the elastic ball, but it can be tolerated."
Xiao Li received a certificate of honor. The hematopoietic stem cells donated by
2 and have been transplanted
According to Xiao Li, the time for transplanting hematopoietic stem cells is determined based on the specific physical condition of the patient, so after the high matching was successful, she waited for a long time.
"I know hematopoietic stem cells can be regenerated and extracted small parts of the human body. For a period of time, you will feel a little tired, but it will be fine after recovery." Xiao Li revealed that after one or two days after the collection, his body was a little tired and his arms were slightly ached, but after four or five days, there were no such symptoms. "After my family and friends knew that I was successfully matched with the girl, they felt that they could save the girl's life and were quite supportive."
talked about the reasons for donation. Xiao Li said that he was very grateful to know that he was the only one in the Chinese bone marrow bank who matched this girl, and he thought a lot, "I am the only one who can save her. Although I can't know what this girl looks like in my life, she is only 19 years old. In the best years, I hope she can feel everything that normal people have. In fact, this thing (leukemia) has not happened. When we are ourselves, it seems that nothing is in our own way, but once it happens around us, you can empathize with . When you need help the most, you can lend a helping hand. For others, this may change her destiny."
China Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor Database Chen Sun, a staff member of the Sichuan Provincial Management Center, told Upstream News reporters that the girl who successfully matched Xiao Li was born in 2003 and is 19 years old this year. She suffers from leukemia and is treated in a hospital in Beijing. "In the entire Chinese bone marrow bank, Xiao Li and the girl matched it." Chen Sun said that Xiao Li was very caring. Although he was a little uncomfortable during the donation process, he did not complain."She feels that she has a responsibility, that is, to complete the donation in the best condition."
According to reports, on the day of the collection, the hematopoietic stem cells donated by Xiao Li were transported to Beijing and the transplant was completed.
Xiao Li’s letter to the donor and the other party’s family’s letter of thanks.
3, The family of the donor thanked him for "give the child a second life"
Upstream News reporter learned that while collecting hematopoietic stem cells, Xiao Li also wrote a letter to the donor's little sister, which said, "I am the only one in the Chinese Bone Marrow Bank that matches you, and we are high-end, maybe it's my fate with you." She encouraged the other party: "I hope my stem cell can take your body to realize your dream with you." After the transplant of
, the family of the donor girl sent a letter of thanks through the Chinese Hematopoietic Stem Cell Donor Database. The letter reads: "Three years ago, our daughter was in the flower season. She had a dream of a girl and had just stepped into the campus of a key provincial high school... She suffered from leukemia and immediately put our whole family in pain... When we learned that a bone marrow source that matched her daughter was found in the Chinese bone marrow bank and agreed to donate, our whole family was ecstatic. A benefactor I never met! It was you who gave the child a second life..." In the letter, in addition to thanking Xiao Li, the donor's family also expressed their beautiful expectations for the child's future life.
Upstream News Reporter Zhu Ting Wen
Source: Upstream News
