China News Service, Hefei, February 22 (Fu Yantian Wanlu) On the 22nd, in the hematopoietic stem cell collection room of the Anhui Provincial Public Health Clinical Center (North District of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui University), a life relay was in progress.
34-year-old Li Yuhuan is lying on a hospital bed, donating hematopoietic stem cells to a patient in Beijing. He has a smile on his face, and a blood cell separator is collecting and separating his blood.
Accompanied by his brother Li Yudou, the sixth hematopoietic stem cell donor in Suzhou City, Anhui Province.
In November last year, a patient successfully matched with Li Yuhuan through the China Bone Marrow Bank, and contacted him through the Suzhou Red Cross Society, hoping to get his help.
"I don't have any problems here, and I can donate at any time! When my brother donated, I was by my side. This is more convincing than any words." Li Yuhuan said firmly.
Li Yuhuan actively cooperated to complete the health examination, high-resolution blood sample test, mobilization agent injection and so on.
At 8:30 on the 22nd, after the preparations were completed, along with the "buzzing" sound of the blood cell separator starting to operate normally, some brown-yellow and dark red hematopoietic stem cell suspensions began to gather into the transparent collection bag, and the process was successfully completed. It became the 32nd hematopoietic stem cell donor in Suzhou.
In 2012, his elder brother Li Yudou donated blood while working in Shanghai and left an 8ml blood sample, becoming a member of the China Bone Marrow Bank.
In November 2015, Li Yudou collected hematopoietic stem cells in the Department of Hematology of Anhui Provincial Hospital, bringing hope to a leukemia patient in Suzhou. His younger brother Li Yuhuan was by his side.
"I witnessed the collection process on the spot and felt it was not scary. After returning to Suzhou, I also applied to join the China Bone Marrow Bank. Unexpectedly, the matching was successful and I was very happy to save a life. I fulfilled my honor as a glorious Chinese bone marrow bank. The 'commitment' of bone marrow bank volunteers." Li Yuhuan said.
"Seeing that both of us have donated, the fourth brother Li Xingwang will also join the China Bone Marrow Bank. If the matching is successful, the three of us will go to the promise of life together." Li Yu said with a smile.
It is reported that brothers Li Yuhuan and Li Yudou have been enthusiastic about public welfare undertakings for many years, and they are also well-known local "public welfare experts".
During the recovery period after the donation, his elder brother Li Yudou established the "Yudou Volunteer Service Team" to publicize the knowledge of stem cell donation with Red Cross volunteers and call on more people to join the China Bone Marrow Bank.
Usually, the two brothers also pay attention to left-behind children and widowed elderly.
According to the staff of the Red Cross Society of Anhui Province, it is not easy to successfully match donated hematopoietic stem cells, and it is even more difficult if a brother can match and successfully donate. This is also the first case in Anhui Province where two brothers donated hematopoietic stem cells in relay.