In the mid-autumn season of 2022, in a pediatric hospital in Shanghai, Tong Hong pushed Wei Zihao from the wheelchair into the outpatient ward, then tried hard to pick Zihao up from the wheelchair, and then put it down on the bed. After a while, Tong Hong's husband Wei Hongchao rushed over with a report sheet and frowned and told her: "The situation is not good. In addition to eyes, white blood cells were found in Zihao's body." Before her husband finished speaking, Tong Hong instantly collapsed on the chair, her eyes filled with tears. The picture shows Tong Hong and her husband.
Zihao was lying on the hospital bed and staring at the front without any attention. His left eye suddenly became blind after the second transplant last year. The doctor found that there were leukemia cells in his eyes, but his vision has not yet been restored. The parents' low voices of conversation and sobs came into Zihao's ears. He said nothing, but just slid his nails silently. "The child never talks to me about his condition. After the second transplant failed, he was even more taciturn," Tong Hong looked at Zihao with tears in her eyes: "Besides calling her sister, I will be happier." The picture shows Zihao on the hospital bed.
The picture shows a doctor treating Zihao.
"I want a younger brother"
Zihao is 12 years old this year and was unfortunately diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia in April 2019. The road to chemotherapy was very bumpy. The first course of treatment was caused by pancreatitis due to drugs. Zihao began to vomit blood. He did not eat or drink for ten days, lost 16 kilograms and received several antibiotics before he got through it. The second course of treatment caused lung infection . Zihao had a high fever of 40 degrees for 8 consecutive days and was admitted to ICU , which made him half his life. Tong Hong stayed by Zihao's side and couldn't sleep at night, but he comforted his mother and said, "Mom, I'm fine, I won't die."
After six courses of chemotherapy, Zihao was finally discharged from the hospital and went home to recuperate. Before discharge, the doctor advised Tong Hong: "You are still young now. If you want to have another child and keep the cord blood, maybe you can use it later." Tong Hong asked Zihao: "Do you want a younger brother or sister to play with you?" Zihao nodded and said, "I want a younger brother." The picture shows Zihao on the hospital bed.
Soon Tong Hong became pregnant with her third child. Zihao's body gradually recovered. He had to accompany his mother to the hospital for every prenatal check-up. Seeing her mother's belly getting bigger day by day, Zihao was also full of expectations. On the day Tong Hong gave birth, he went to the hospital. Tong Hong felt that Zihao was weak and was not good at the hospital, so she wanted to send him home, but Zihao insisted on accompanying Tong Hong for delivery. "He had always wanted a younger brother before, but he was a younger sister on the day he was born, but he also liked him very much when he carried it out and couldn't let it go." Tong Hong said with a smile. The picture shows Zihao and his sister.
That winter was Zihao's happiest day. The first thing he did when he woke up every day was to see his sister, tease her, make milk powder for her, and learn to change her diapers. When sleeping, she would also hold her sister in her arms, rub her soft face, and make a face to make her laugh. However, five months of stable and happy days were fleeting. Before Zihao could hear his sister call out "Brother", the nightmare came again. The picture shows grandma taking care of Zihao's sister.
The picture shows Tong Hong and his son Zihao.
Relapse transplant survival
In March 2021, Zihao felt nauseous at home and his head hurt so hard that it hit the wall. Tong Hong was so scared that she quickly took her child to the hospital for bone puncture and lumbar puncture examination, but the result showed that leukemia recurred. Tong Hong felt the world collapsed. This time, there was an extra meningeal leukemia relapse. The doctor said that chemotherapy should be used to relieve it before transplanting. If the transplant is not available, the survival rate will be less than 5%, and they have no choice.
Tong Hong couple took Zihao to embark on the difficult road of survival again. However, Zihao was weak and caused a strong infection on the tenth day of chemotherapy. "The child woke up in the morning and wanted to go to the toilet. Suddenly, he said that his eyes were out of sight. After saying this, he twitched and had incontinence. He was sent to the rescue room." Zihao's abdomen, intestines and mouth were all seriously infected. He had not eaten or drunk for 26 days and was maintained by injecting nutrient solution and antibiotics.Tong Hong took care of her unremittingly day and night for more than a month before Zihao slowly recovered. The picture shows Tong Hong taking care of her son.
After this infection, Zihao became skinny and bony. His shriveled limbs carried a huge head, and even gasping became difficult. "Mom, I can get through it. I know it's difficult this time, even more serious than last time. I will definitely treat the disease well and I will definitely get through it. If I don't have a good meal, I will definitely be done." Zihao said to Tong Hong weakly. The picture shows Zihao on the hospital bed.
On July 6, 2021, with the help of caring people everywhere and the help of caring people in the society, Tong Hong finally collected a deposit of 150,000 to enter the warehouse and sent Zihao to the transplant warehouse for transplantation. Zihao's sister's umbilical cord blood was unsuccessful, and she used her sister Wei Jia's bone marrow blood. However, things didn't go as expected. After Zihao left the warehouse, hematuria continued to rise, and he suffered from urinary tract infection, hematuria . After a week, the rate of chimeric of the cells was checked, indicating that the transplant failed.
The picture shows Tong Hong guarding her son.
The sister became a spiritual sustenance
As a last resort, the only way to Zihao is to see the secondary transplantation. After 10 years of death, Hao entered the warehouse again. This time, he used his father Wei Hongchao's stem cell , and the daily treatment fee in the warehouse was 6,000 to 7,000 yuan. When the grandparents in the hometown found out, they couldn't sleep or eat, so they emptied their pension money to give to their children, but it was still not enough. In order to save Zihao, the two elderly people knocked on the doors of each household in the village from door to door. Finally, with the help of relatives, friends and villagers, he raised 60,000 yuan to save Zihao from the brink of life and death.
Two months after leaving the warehouse, it was the New Year. It had been a year since leaving home in March. Tong Hong and Wei Hongchao discussed taking Zihao back to his hometown while taking Zihao's health was a little better. Since relapse and hospitalization, Zihao has gradually become taciturn, unwilling to communicate with his parents, and keeping himself closed. He was also unwilling to talk about anything about the condition and future, but just silently accepted the pain day after day. Tong Hong knew that her son was resistant to hospitalization. He wanted to go home and he missed his sister. The picture shows the sister and sister in my hometown.
When Zihao saw his sister, his god-won's eyes finally lit up. Looking at his sister's sweet face, Zihao smiled and returned to the appearance of a child of this age. "He was very happy to see his sister. He would tell me wherever she would take her to play in the future. When she saw delicious or fun toys, she would ask me to buy them. He didn't say it directly, but when she got home, she would give it to her and teach her to play." Tong Hong said. Looking at Zihao, who was once again full of longing and hope for the future, Tong Hong felt very relieved. Fortunately, my sister is here, Zihao still has the will to survive and his expectations for the future. The picture shows Tong Hong and her son.
The picture shows Zihao in the ward.
The left eye blind
But God never lets go of this poor child. After on the 10th day of the Chinese New Year, Zihao's condition relapsed again, his brain was diagnosed with white blood, and he began to continue chemotherapy. At the same time, during the second transplant, Zihao was blind in the left eye due to leukemia cells. The doctor said that he had bleeding and compression of the eyeballs, so he took a lot of medicine to scatter blood clots. However, after half a year of treatment, Zihao's vision in his left eye still did not recover. Tong Hong felt uneasy. After three courses of chemotherapy, she was about to take the child to a hospital in Shanghai. Tong Hong and his family rushed to Shanghai. The hospital's examination results showed that in addition to the white brain and eyes, there were also cell residues in the child's body, and Cart immunotherapy was needed to clear it. "For so many years, the child's condition has been repeated." Tong Hong looked at the examination report, her eyes turned red again. She looked at the child beside her, feeling so powerless. Cart immunization and subsequent chemotherapy are expensive, which makes Tong Hong breathless.
Tong Hong is only 33 years old and never thought that one day she would be so heavily in debt. Until now, Zihao has spent more than 1 million yuan on treatment and owed more than 600,000 yuan on foreign debts.But as a mother, Tong Hong was reluctant to give up her child. She cried in the ward: "The child wants to live and want to go home to grow up with her sister. As long as she can pass this level, even if she spends a lot of money, I can still make money to pay it back in the future. As long as people are there, they will be there." I beg everyone to help Zihao. The picture shows Tong Hong crying. (Text | Banxia Picture | Provided by family members)
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