High School Girl with Intractable Diseases Successful Surgery in America
A high school girl from Sagamihara City who had undergone a transplant operation in the United States through a donation received for the treatment of an intractable disease returned home and expressed appreciation with the success of the surgery.
Ms. Mako Tamura (16), a second-year high school student in Sagamihara City, was diagnosed with “pulmonary arterial pulmonary hypertension” when she was a junior high school student and was unable to send enough blood to her whole body due to an intractable disease designated by the government.
Oxygen masks and wheelchairs became necessary due to the worsening of symptoms, and only lung transplantation treatments were left. However, since the necessary expenses for raising funds from parents and supporters gathered, in July, in the United States. I returned to Japan three days before undergoing a transplant operation.
On the 7th, Ms. Ms. attended her parents and held a conference in Sagamihara city, reporting the success of the surgery.
Mako says, “I am grateful for being able to do everything. I want to challenge my dream of getting a job related to anime while praying for the happiness of donors.” It was.
Since the risk of infectious diseases continues to be high for a while, I will try to recover my physical strength at home and return to high school at the beginning of the year with the permission of a doctor.
His father, Sachio, said, “Thank you for giving me the hope of living. Mako wants to be an adult who can understand the pain of a person who can be handed over to those who are suffering.” .