Chinanews.com, Hangzhou, February 10th (Qian Chenfei) "In the vast crowd, it is his luck and my luck that the patient can successfully match me. This is a two-way journey of love." On the 10th, In the hematopoietic stem cell collection room of a hospital in Hangzhou, "post-90s" Mr. Du successfully collected and became the 864th hematopoietic stem cell donor in Zhejiang Province.

  Mr. Du is from Shijiazhuang, Hebei. He came to Quzhou, Zhejiang to work in 2021 as an employee of a trading company.

In the past few years, Mr. Du has been to Beijing, Wuhan, Shenzhen and other places on business trips. Whenever he has time, he will go to the local blood station to donate blood, leaving a footprint of "love". So far, he has donated a total of 1800 ml of blood.

  In May 2019, Mr. Du learned about hematopoietic stem cell donation when he was donating blood for free in Beijing, and immediately saved blood samples to join the China Bone Marrow Bank.

In October 2020, Mr. Du learned about human organ donation from news media reports, and registered as a human organ donation volunteer. Soon after, he received a registration card from the China Human Organ Donation Management Center.

  In Mr. Du's view, registration means commitment, a commitment to life.

He constantly consulted information to learn more about hematopoietic stem cell donation and human organ donation, and paid special attention to the publicity and reports of donation stories.

The will and the human organ donation voluntary registration card in Mr. Du's wallet.

Photo by Huang Huiyuan

  "Hematopoietic stem cell donation, if the matching is successful, is something you can decide to donate yourself, while human organ donation can only be donated after death. Tomorrow or the accident, I don't know which will come first, and I don't shy away from it If the accident really happens, I hope people around me know my wish." Mr. Du said that he was worried that if one day his family only saw the registration card and didn't understand what it would do, so he immediately wrote: "If I Unfortunately, I passed away unexpectedly. I am willing to donate everything in my body and all the organs that can be used to save others. The body is also donated for teaching in medical school. The above is the expression of my true wishes. I hope my family can respect me. last wish".

  He folded up the will and put it together with the registration card for human organ donation in his wallet.

Mr. Du said: "Blood donation is something that can be done every day. I have to go to blood banks all over the country to 'check in' when I have the opportunity. Donate hematopoietic stem cells. When fate comes, I must do it. Only organs and remains The donation will ultimately be realized with the help of my family, and I can feel at ease because I carry the will with me, and it has been three years in this area."

  In July 2022, Mr. Du received a call from the Quzhou Red Cross Society, informing him that the blood sample kept in the China Bone Marrow Bank was successfully matched with a patient in the preliminary screening, and asked about his willingness to donate. Mr. Du agreed without hesitation.

Afterwards, Mr. Du underwent relevant inspections, "Every step of the Red Cross staff will confirm with me the willingness to donate, and my answer is 'yes'. This is my wish, which will not affect my health and can Save a life."

  According to the patient's transplant plan, Mr. Du will donate on February 10th.

Mr. Du was admitted to the collection hospital 4 days in advance, and began to inject a mobilization agent in the morning and evening to accelerate the production of hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow and release them into the peripheral blood.

After 9 injections, Mr. Du began to collect hematopoietic stem cells early this morning.

  Because of the double-blind principle, Mr. Du and the patient were never aware of each other’s situation. The patient entrusted the staff of the Red Cross Society to hand over a personal letter to Mr. Du. Donate for me, give me a second life."

Mr. Du said: "I would like to thank Ta for giving me the opportunity to do such a meaningful thing."

  In the end, Mr. Du successfully collected 288 ml of hematopoietic stem cell suspension and became the 864th hematopoietic stem cell donor in Zhejiang Province.

This bag of "life seeds" was immediately sent to the hospital where the patient was, lighting up the hope of life.

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