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Hopeful spring for kidney patient saved by parents
By Wang Lihui and Jiang Kuyang |
March 28, 2011, Monday
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A young man who contracted uremia 11 years ago said it is the "most hopeful" spring in his life after both of his parents donated a kidney to him to keep him alive.
Jiading native Wu Qiang is now looking forward to the birth of his first child in June, which he had never dreamed of during his struggling with uremia, an illness accompanying kidney failure.
In the chilly spring of 2000, Wu was suddenly stricken by the fatal illness shortly after graduation from Jiading Industrial Technology School. His father Wu Genming and mother Qian Yangmei brought him to Zhejiang Province to seek medical care. After spending the parents' savings of 200,000 yuan (US$30,427), Wu remained in a severe condition. When the family was thrown into predicament, two villagers from Yangmuqiao Village, Anting Town, came to the hospital with a donation of 26,000 yuan.
According to doctors' advice, Wu's family returned to Shanghai to wait for a kidney transplant. The family had borrowed 600,000 yuan, but they were told it would take at least seven months to find a matching kidney, so Qian decided to give one of her kidneys to her son. In July 2000, Wu received the precious "gift" from his mother.
Wu gradually recovered after the operation and found a job in a local car production company in 2004.
At the end of 2007, Wu thought his health status has been improved, and wanted to ease the financial burden on his family - a monthly medical cost of 5,000 yuan. He secretly reduced his medicine dosage from three times a day to one or two times a day. Eight months later, his body swelled and urine couldn't be discharged because of a rejection of his transplanted kidney. Again his kidney was failing and he needed another new one.
This time, his father decided to be the donor. "It is a one-in-a-million case that both of the parents' organs are suitable. The man is so lucky," said Ling Jianyu, doctor of Pudong Renji Hospital. After initially running a high fever for a period of time, the father's kidney now works well in his son's body.
Lu Linrong, director of Anting Nonferrous Metal Plant, Wu Genming's employer, donated 60,000 yuan. Qian's employer also contributed 55,000 yuan.
Now Wu Qiang has had his second new kidney for three years and is in a stable condition. He married Li Xiaoli from Anhui Province last year.
Jiading native Wu Qiang is now looking forward to the birth of his first child in June, which he had never dreamed of during his struggling with uremia, an illness accompanying kidney failure.
In the chilly spring of 2000, Wu was suddenly stricken by the fatal illness shortly after graduation from Jiading Industrial Technology School. His father Wu Genming and mother Qian Yangmei brought him to Zhejiang Province to seek medical care. After spending the parents' savings of 200,000 yuan (US$30,427), Wu remained in a severe condition. When the family was thrown into predicament, two villagers from Yangmuqiao Village, Anting Town, came to the hospital with a donation of 26,000 yuan.
According to doctors' advice, Wu's family returned to Shanghai to wait for a kidney transplant. The family had borrowed 600,000 yuan, but they were told it would take at least seven months to find a matching kidney, so Qian decided to give one of her kidneys to her son. In July 2000, Wu received the precious "gift" from his mother.
Wu gradually recovered after the operation and found a job in a local car production company in 2004.
At the end of 2007, Wu thought his health status has been improved, and wanted to ease the financial burden on his family - a monthly medical cost of 5,000 yuan. He secretly reduced his medicine dosage from three times a day to one or two times a day. Eight months later, his body swelled and urine couldn't be discharged because of a rejection of his transplanted kidney. Again his kidney was failing and he needed another new one.
This time, his father decided to be the donor. "It is a one-in-a-million case that both of the parents' organs are suitable. The man is so lucky," said Ling Jianyu, doctor of Pudong Renji Hospital. After initially running a high fever for a period of time, the father's kidney now works well in his son's body.
Lu Linrong, director of Anting Nonferrous Metal Plant, Wu Genming's employer, donated 60,000 yuan. Qian's employer also contributed 55,000 yuan.
Now Wu Qiang has had his second new kidney for three years and is in a stable condition. He married Li Xiaoli from Anhui Province last year.
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