China News Network, Hefei, May 28 (Dong Xuemeng, Zhang Qiang) On May 27, Sun Yu (father, pseudonym) and his son who had just completed a liver transplant operation lay on the adjacent ICU bed and held hands to stare. Just the day before, in order to prolong the life of the child, the 50-year-old father chose to use his liver to "continue life" for the 14-year-old child.
in surgery. Photo courtesy of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anyi Medical University
Sun Xiaoxiang (son, pseudonym) was born in an impoverished family in Bozhou, Anhui, and is the youngest child in the family. Because of congenital spina bifida, it has become a commonplace to stay in hospital since childhood. The family never thought of giving up. In order to treat the child, the family almost borrowed the relatives and neighbors around.
Two years ago, Xiaoxiang suddenly started to vomit blood. After symptomatic treatment in the primary hospital, he still had repeated attacks. Later, he was diagnosed with cirrhosis. Family members seek medical treatment everywhere, and there is always no suitable treatment plan. After this year, Xiaoxiang's condition suddenly deteriorated, and there will be a major gastrointestinal bleeding almost every 20 or more days, and each bleeding may be life-threatening. Under the epidemic, the road to seeing a child is even more difficult. After the New Year, the family traveled in Bozhou, Beijing and other places, and came to the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University in March.
"Liver transplantation can completely treat cirrhosis, and both donor and recipient livers can grow to normal after surgery," said Zhao Hongchuan, director of the organ transplant center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anyi University. But to transplant, the first thing to solve is the liver source problem, whether to wait for a liver donation that matches the match or is it a donation from a relative for a live liver transplantation?
After the operation, Zhang Yu (pseudonym) and his father held hands and stared. Photo courtesy of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anyi Medical University
"When other people donate don't know when to wait, the child can't wait." Sun Yu and his wife both decided to use their own liver to transplant the child, but this time the two had a disagreement. Sun Yu is the only economic pillar in the family, and his wife feels that he should donate liver to his children. But Sun Yu believes that his wife is in poor health, and that he is the right person to donate liver. In the end, both of them did a match check. Because the wife's physical condition did not allow, Sun Yu donated the liver to the child.
"Don't worry about your life in the future, you can make money without money, the health of the child is the most important." Sun Yu lying on the bed is very optimistic. Sun Yu in life doesn't like to say too much. This time, to comfort Xiaoxiang, he shows the warm side of his father's love. "My body is fine, I am not afraid, I just hope he can grow up healthily."
"My mother cried because of her brother's tears." Zhang Xiaoxiang's sister said, "Knowing that Dad's decision to donate his liver, he is worried every day and chooses to support them. He has been very nervous during the operation and was afraid of accidents. Dad hurt when he woke up My face is sweaty and I feel very distressed. The operation was very successful. Special thanks to the doctors here for creating a miracle for our family. In the future, I only hope that my family members are healthy and able to live a normal life peacefully. ”
According to Zhao Hongchuan, organ transplantation is a life-and-death operation and a life-saving operation. In these three days, the hospital completed three liver transplants, two donations and one live liver transplant. Living liver transplantation technology is more difficult and the risk of surgery is higher, which is an operation that tests the overall medical level of the hospital. During the operation, both the donor's safety and the recipient's liver must be "enough".
The organ transplant team has undergone a detailed preliminary evaluation and lasted 13 hours of surgery, finally fulfilling his father's wish to save the child, and also gave Zhang Xiaoxiang a promising future. Director Zhao Hongchuan introduced that in 2003, the first living liver transplant operation in Anhui Province was also completed in the hospital. (Finish)