Poor young girls with tumors cannot use chemical fiber products for wigs after hair loss due to chemotherapy, but wigs made of human hair cost thousands of dollars
Cut my long hair and warm your heart
Many "Changfa Baoma" meet in Changchun to cut hair, and the news of donating for children with tumors touched many people. This charity activity initiated by Bethune First Hospital of Jilin University has attracted more than 100 caring people to participate. 30 children benefited from it.
Hospitalization "is warm"
"Since 2017, we have been carrying out soothing activities for families with children with cancer." Zhang Yuan, head nurse of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the First Hospital of Jilin University, said that the duty of medical care is to cure diseases, but tumor diseases cannot be completely cured, Corey thought. Do your best to relieve the patient's body and mind and help them have a higher quality of life.
According to reports, the Pediatric Oncology Department of the First Hospital of Chittagong University has about 100 children a year. The age range of the children is very large. The youngest is not yet full moon, and the oldest is 13 or 14 years old. They are basically suffering from solid tumor diseases, such as lymph. Tumors, neuroblastomas, etc. all require chemotherapy treatment and long-term hospitalization. The treatment period ranges from four to five months to two to three years. Many children need to be repeatedly hospitalized during this period.
"The ward environment we want to create is to make these children feel that the hospitalization is not cold, but has temperature. Through colorful activities, let them know that they can also enjoy a normal life." Zhang Yuan told reporters, The medical staff in the department often organize and carry out a series of soothing activities, such as outdoor parent-child, swim in the aquarium, visit the science and technology museum, etc., and also set up a book corner activity in the ward.
Because of the limited internal capacity of the department, in early 2018, the Pediatric Oncology Department of the First Hospital of Chittagong University began to cooperate with the public welfare media and volunteer teams in the community to jointly carry out caring activities, and thus received wide attention and support from all walks of life in the community. expand.
During the Spring Festival activities, medical staff and public welfare media accidentally said that some girls in the department suffered from hair loss due to hair loss, especially when they were walking on the street and were misunderstood by their gender. Afterwards, the two parties hit it off and formally launched the action "From You, From Love" on the "Good People Gang" section of Jilin Traffic Radio.
Without hair, the girl will care about others
In this activity, the "Good People Gang" column contacted a number of barber shops in Changchun City for free hair cutting services, and at the same time reached a cooperation with a wig production company in Shanghai, which produced free wig products, and finally donated to patients in need child.
"The first batch of donations included nurses and parents of children. One of them was an 80-year-old grandmother who deliberately kept the treasure in the closet for 30 years and donated her hair that she had not been willing to sell. The 6-year-old girl who has long hair and hasn’t cut short hair since childhood has also become a donor.” Zhang Yuan said that she was most moved by so many caring people who can empathize with the suffering of children with cancer. This kind of love is priceless.
According to reports, the majority of the children with tumors at the First Hospital of Chittagong University have ordinary family economic conditions, many from rural areas, and many are poor due to illness. Chemotherapy children can't touch the artificial wigs made of chemical fiber materials, and go to the store to buy wigs made of human hair.
"Without hair, the child always feels that others will look at her in a strange way, will be unhappy, and not confident, a wig may not be a physical cure, or a direct financial help, but it can make the child feel like It’s not much different from others, and it is comforted psychologically,” said a parent of a child.
In the ward of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the First Hospital of Chittagong University, it was once popular among children to use beauty cameras to take pictures. One of the modes is that the lens will automatically identify the gender, the boy will add the beard effect, and the girl will wear red lips. When I wear a wig in the camera lens, red lips are added to the effect, and many little girls are particularly happy.
"To give the child a braided hair, the length must be at least 40 centimeters, at least three or four years, and it must not be floated." Liu Jianjun, the owner of the small hair salon, said that although the conditions for donation are very strict There are still many well-intentioned people who come to sign up. At present, about 120 people have come to donate in their own stores.
It is understood that the production of a wig may require the hair volume of two or three people, and it takes one or two months to prepare. At present, there have been many batches of wigs completed.
Accurate donation is more intimate
"A total of 24 children in the Pediatric Oncology Department accept donations, and 6 children in the Pediatric Hematology Department have also become beneficiaries. There have been a lot of caring people recently donated. While we are moved and grateful, we do not want everyone to donate blindly. Good projects must be done well in order to ensure a better love effect." Zhang Yuan said.
Zhang Yuan told reporters that the medical staff in the department are targeted to understand the children's situation in the rounds, count the needs of the needs, measure the head circumference, temples and other data, and then communicate with the media to launch donation activities.
There are 80 to 100 children diagnosed in the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the First Hospital of Chittagong University. Boys generally do not need wigs, and some are very young and have no gender awareness. Teen girls over the age of six or seven will only be considered as As a donation target, about 10 children really need to donate in one year.
"Counting all links, the cost of a wig will be two or three thousand yuan. We are very cautious and must cherish every love." Zhang Yuan said that there are too many caring people who have recently donated, and she is also worried about hairdressers and wig production. The company has a burden and will disrupt their normal business order. She also advocates that everyone can donate love according to actual needs and try to avoid unnecessary waste.
In fact, in addition to donating love, children with tumors have many other needs. The regular soothing activities of the Department of Pediatric Oncology at the First Hospital of Jida University have always been carried out. At the same time, medical staff will also organize medical counseling games regularly. For example, because parents cannot enter during aseptic operation, they can only wait outside the door. Many children are very afraid of bone and waist treatments. Through the form of popular games, medical staff can guide children to simulate operations on bear toys. Then the children's fears are eliminated, the effect is very obvious.
In addition, there are often social workers and caring people involved in the department to assist medical staff to carry out small classroom activities such as playing the piano, painting, and doing handicrafts. Zhang Yuan said that next, the department will continue to explore innovative service methods to create a warmer treatment and living environment for children.
Liu Shanshan Peng Bing