"The pectus excavatum, the son of an anti-epidemic volunteer who is retrograde for tens of thousands of kilometers, is urgently waiting for surgery. Please help." On July 23, a message for help attracted attention.

　　The initiators were Li Sijun and his wife. Their 8-year-old son Li Sheng was born with a pectus excavatum, and his sternum was sunken inward and gradually compressed the heart. When they went to Beijing Children's Hospital for treatment a week ago, the doctor told them, "The child is 8 years old and must undergo surgery."

　　Pectus excavatum requires the implantation of a steel plate. Li Sijun said that the operation cost is about 70,000 yuan, and the removal of the steel plate after the operation requires about 50,000 yuan. They have no savings and borrowed money from relatives and friends as a deposit for the operation. On July 22, they carried out online fundraising under the persuasion of friends. .

　　"I'm sorry to appear in the circle of friends in this way." Li Sijun said in a repost. In early July, he still appeared in the public eye as an anti-epidemic volunteer. Since the epidemic, he has rushed to Wuhan, Jilin, Beijing and other places with a team of volunteers and drove more than 7,000 kilometers, "going to support the places where the epidemic is most severe."

　　Li Sijun recalled that during his support for Wuhan in March this year, his wife called and mentioned that the child's discomfort had increased significantly and persuaded him to go home as soon as possible to save for the surgery. "Just stepping into the volunteer team, it's hard to withdraw. After finishing in one place and the next place, I can only forbearance the family in advance and drag it until now."

　　On July 23, the attending doctor Li Shengyuan told the Beijing News that the child had successfully completed the operation yesterday and is now recovering well.

Li Sijun and his youngest son Li Shengyuan. Photo courtesy of respondents

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8-year-old son suffers from pectus excavatum and needs surgery

　　Li Shengyuan was diagnosed with a pectus excavatum when he was 1 year old, and his breastbone was sunken inward, and his physical strength was worse than other children.

　　Li Sijun said that the child’s condition continued to get worse in the past two years. “If he doesn’t take medicine every few days, he will have difficulty breathing. The pectus excavatum presses on the heart. Now the heart is a bit misaligned and the spine is a bit curved.”

　　The doctor had previously told them that 5 to 8 years old is the best time to have pectus excavatum because the child has a strong recovery ability during this period. Li Sijun mentioned that he has been working as an electric welder since he was discharged from the army. His wife has no job and can only barely maintain a family life. The operation of the child has been delayed.

　　Li Shengyuan is 8 years old this year, and the number of discomforts has increased significantly. On July 17, his mother Cao Lili took him to Beijing Children's Hospital alone for treatment. She recalled that the doctor said two words directly after the examination, "surgery".

　　In June of this year, Li Sijun followed a convoy of volunteers to Beijing Xinfadi to kill. This time he met his wife and children in a hotel near the hospital. "Because of the epidemic, I have been working as a volunteer outside. I have been away from home for a few months. I didn't expect to get together because of the treatment of my child."

　　Pectus excavatum requires the implantation of at least two steel plates, and one steel plate costs nearly 20,000 yuan. Li Sijun said that they had no deposits and the family still owed hundreds of thousands of foreign debts, so they had to borrow money from relatives and friends, and finally raised a deposit of 50,000 yuan in 5 days.

A help-seeking story published by Li Sijun and his wife on the fundraising platform. Screenshot

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120,000 yuan was raised for treatment expenses

　　Li Sijun hesitated whether to raise funds online. He said that he always felt that as a volunteer, he should not use this to win everyone's love. Until a friend came to the hospital to persuade, "You have a problem, everyone helps you, and you can continue to volunteer to repay the society."

　　At 10 o'clock in the morning on July 22, Li Sijun and his wife launched a fundraiser in Waterdrop. The required amount was 70,000 yuan. They announced that they were eagerly waiting for surgery, the son of an anti-epidemic volunteer who is retrograde for thousands of kilometers. Please help" story.

　　The help article mentioned that since the outbreak of the epidemic in February this year, Li Sijun has rushed to Wuhan, Suifenhe, Mudanjiang, Jilin Shulan, and Beijing as a volunteer for 5 months and traveled tens of thousands of kilometers. During this period, the wife took care of the child at home, and the family had no income and could not pay for the child's pectus excavatum.

　　In less than two days, they had raised more than 70,000 yuan, and thousands of people reached out to help.

　　"Our original goal of fundraising was 70,000 as the cost of the operation." Li Sijun said, but after the operation was completed yesterday, the doctor said that the subsequent removal of the steel plate would cost about 50,000 yuan, so they changed the fundraising goal. It is 120,000 yuan.

　　On July 23, Li Shengyuan’s attending doctor told the Beijing News that the child had successfully completed the pectus excavatum yesterday afternoon and his recovery was good. "Pectus excavatum can cause chest wall deformities. If the operation is not performed in time, it will affect the appearance and bring psychological pressure to the child. Severe pectus excavatum can even affect the patient's cardiopulmonary function."

　　Li Sijun mentioned that as early as March this year, when he was working as a volunteer in Wuhan, his wife told him on the phone that the number of times his son was uncomfortable had increased significantly and persuaded him to go home as soon as possible to save the operation fee for his child.

　　While he was worried about his child's condition, he couldn't let go of his volunteer work. Li Sijun said, “As soon as you step into the volunteer team, it’s difficult to withdraw, because you have finished volunteering in one place and there is still another place. I can only tolerate the family's tolerance beforehand and drag it until now.” .

Li Sijun is a volunteer in Mudanjiang Hongqi Hospital. Photo courtesy of respondents

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"Go to the place where the epidemic is most severe"

　　Li Sijun is from Heilongjiang. In February of this year, when the epidemic hit, he was a volunteer standing guard at the gate of his own community, and he was responsible for measuring the temperature of residents at the gate and finding out the admission card. After standing guard for two days, he saw the volunteer recruitment information of Wuhan Tiger Team from the Internet and decided to sign up for support. “It is better to go to a place where you can do more practical things as a volunteer at home.”

　　On February 25, Li Sijun took the 10,000 yuan borrowed from various places, hid from everyone in the family, rented a car and drove to Wuhan alone.

　　After the car had driven five or six hundred kilometers, Li Sijun sent a text message edited in advance to his wife, "I told her at the time that if I can't come back, I must take care of the two children and treat the younger son. Good sick". On the evening of February 27, Li Sijun finally arrived in Wuhan after driving more than 2,600 kilometers, and joined the volunteer work of the convoy the next day.

　　Li Sijun said that the team members are responsible for receiving the protective clothing, masks and other materials transported to Wuhan, and then distributing the materials to 22 medical teams. Sometimes, the team is also responsible for helping community residents purchase some daily necessities.

　　It was very busy during that time. They are always on standby and have no fixed working hours. "Sometimes they can't keep up with meals, let alone sleep." Li Sijun mentioned that every time the residents told him "Thank you for your hard work" through the fence, he felt that all the hard work was worth it.

　　After the Wuhan epidemic improved, Li Sijun followed the convoy to continue to volunteer in areas with severe epidemics. He drove to Suifenhe Fangcai Hospital and Mudanjiang Hongqi Hospital successively to be responsible for the killing work in the ward. Suifenhe is only 27 kilometers away from Li Sijun's home, but he still can't go home. "I went back from Wuhan. I must be quarantined when I go back, and I'm afraid of infecting my family."

　　On June 18, Li Sijun followed the convoy to Beijing and was responsible for the killing in Xinfadi. A month later, he joined his family at the Beijing Children's Hospital. Li Sijun said that when he saw his wife and children six months later, he excitedly rushed forward and picked up both children.

　　As a veteran, Li Sijun said that helping society was once his mission, but now it is his instinct. "When the child's illness is cured, I will continue to be a volunteer and give back to everyone."

　　Beijing News reporter Liu Ruiming and intern Gao Xinran