A Chinese father was unable to buy medicine, so he decided to make it to treat his son!
A Chinese father decided to set up a special laboratory to manufacture medicine for his sick child after he failed to find the medicine that the two-year-old needs in China and was unable to import it from abroad.
Huoyang suffers from Menkes syndrome, an extremely rare genetic disorder that affects how copper is processed and absorbed in the body. The child cannot move or speak, and experts say he has only months to live, but his father Xu Wei (30 years) refuses to give up on him, as long as he is breathing, he is determined to do everything in his power for his son, even if it means learning to produce Medicines that the Chinese authorities were unable to secure.
People with Menkes syndrome rarely live beyond the age of three, but despite this, Mr. Wei does the impossible to give his child a chance to live, upon hearing that the only drug that can slow the deterioration of his child's condition is not available in China, and that the Corona pandemic has made it almost impossible Ordering it from abroad, the father decided to take the initiative and produce the drug himself.
Despite his lack of any kind of chemistry training or experience, Wei managed to turn his father's lab into a working one and, after finding a bunch of studies and documents about Menkes syndrome online, taught himself how to produce copper histidine.
Copper histidine is made by mixing copper chloride dihydrate with histidine, sodium hydroxide and water, providing the child's body with some of the copper it lacks, which is critical for the development of its brain and nervous system.
Wee produced his first vial of copper histidine about six months after the start of his ambitious project.
He first tested it on rabbits and then injected himself with it as well.
The rabbits seemed fine, and so was he, so he decided to give Huoyang medicine as well.
His blood tests were back to normal two weeks after starting treatment, and while he admitted that he could only slow down his son's illness at this point, he was determined to give him the best chance of fighting for life.
Since his story has gone viral, a number of families in China have contacted him begging him to treat their loved ones as well, but he refused, as the law only allows him to treat his son.
As long as he does not use his medication on anyone other than his son, the authorities will not interfere, according to Audi Central.
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