Song of hope for Niu Niu
By Cai Wenjun and Xu Wenwen |
July 5, 2011, Tuesday
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The little girl saved from death when a woman rushed to catch her after she fell from a 10th-floor apartment window was still in a coma yesterday.
Two-year-old Zhang Fangyu, who is better known by her nickname Niu Niu, has severe internal injuries, doctors said yesterday, but her breathing and blood pressure had improved since her admission to hospital.
The key was whether she can recover from injuries to her brain, and that was still unknown, said Dr Zhang Chenmei, director of the intensive care unit of the Children's Hospital at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
The little girl was immediately rushed to hospital after her fall on Saturday from the apartment in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province.
She received exploratory surgery on Saturday night and was found to have a perforated spleen, liver and stomach and injuries to her lungs, kidneys, brain, heart and spine as well as fractures to her limbs.
A major problem was a severe infection in her abdominal cavity.
"The accident took place about half an hour after she had lunch. Food directly entered organs, which broke due to the fall, causing the infection," a doctor said.
Doctors praised the actions of Wu Juping, who broke Niu Niu's fall when she tried to catch her in her arms.
The girl would have died instantly without Wu's intervention, doctors said. Instead, the child could now receive treatment and there was the possibility she would survive.
Niu Niu's grandmother, who was looking after her in the apartment in the Baijin Coast Neighborhood in Hangzhou's Binjiang District, had left the child alone when she went to fetch washing from the top floor of the building.
Plummeting
Wu, who lives with her family in the same complex, heard screams as she walked into the neighborhood.
Seeing the toddler dangling from the apartment window and then plummeting from the building, she kicked off her high heels and raced to catch her.
Niu Niu crashed into Wu's arms and both fell to the ground. Wu passed out momentarily and the girl burst into tears.
The girl was rushed to the children's hospital, while Wu was sent to a hospital in the nearby city of Fuyang by her family.
Wu, the 31-year-old mother of a seven-month-old boy, said her greatest wish was for the little girl to get better.
The impact of the little girl's fall left Wu with severe fractures to her left forearm.
The Fuyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Orthopaedic Hospital has offered Wu free treatment.
Doctors said Wu will be able to receive a surgery in two to three days, after swelling in her arm subsides.
Wu's husband Chen Jianguo said his wife was remaining calm amidst all the media attention. "Her action was as ordinary as giving money picked up on the street to the police," Chen said.
He said reporters had descended on the hospital, disturbing her and the other patient.
"We're just common people living a common life, and we hope to go back to our usual daily life," he said.
Chen said he and Wu were planning to visit Niu Niu today.
Wu's bravery has been recognized by her employer, the Alibaba Group, parent company for China's biggest e-commerce platform.
Wu is a staff member in Alibaba's quality control department earning 4,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan a month.
The Hangzhou-based Youth Times said the company was to award its heroic employee 200,000 yuan (US$31,000) and give her paid sick leave during her recovery period, which doctors have said might take up to six months.
Two-year-old Zhang Fangyu, who is better known by her nickname Niu Niu, has severe internal injuries, doctors said yesterday, but her breathing and blood pressure had improved since her admission to hospital.
The key was whether she can recover from injuries to her brain, and that was still unknown, said Dr Zhang Chenmei, director of the intensive care unit of the Children's Hospital at the Zhejiang University School of Medicine.
The little girl was immediately rushed to hospital after her fall on Saturday from the apartment in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province.
She received exploratory surgery on Saturday night and was found to have a perforated spleen, liver and stomach and injuries to her lungs, kidneys, brain, heart and spine as well as fractures to her limbs.
A major problem was a severe infection in her abdominal cavity.
"The accident took place about half an hour after she had lunch. Food directly entered organs, which broke due to the fall, causing the infection," a doctor said.
Doctors praised the actions of Wu Juping, who broke Niu Niu's fall when she tried to catch her in her arms.
The girl would have died instantly without Wu's intervention, doctors said. Instead, the child could now receive treatment and there was the possibility she would survive.
Niu Niu's grandmother, who was looking after her in the apartment in the Baijin Coast Neighborhood in Hangzhou's Binjiang District, had left the child alone when she went to fetch washing from the top floor of the building.
Plummeting
Wu, who lives with her family in the same complex, heard screams as she walked into the neighborhood.
Seeing the toddler dangling from the apartment window and then plummeting from the building, she kicked off her high heels and raced to catch her.
Niu Niu crashed into Wu's arms and both fell to the ground. Wu passed out momentarily and the girl burst into tears.
The girl was rushed to the children's hospital, while Wu was sent to a hospital in the nearby city of Fuyang by her family.
Wu, the 31-year-old mother of a seven-month-old boy, said her greatest wish was for the little girl to get better.
The impact of the little girl's fall left Wu with severe fractures to her left forearm.
The Fuyang Traditional Chinese Medicine Orthopaedic Hospital has offered Wu free treatment.
Doctors said Wu will be able to receive a surgery in two to three days, after swelling in her arm subsides.
Wu's husband Chen Jianguo said his wife was remaining calm amidst all the media attention. "Her action was as ordinary as giving money picked up on the street to the police," Chen said.
He said reporters had descended on the hospital, disturbing her and the other patient.
"We're just common people living a common life, and we hope to go back to our usual daily life," he said.
Chen said he and Wu were planning to visit Niu Niu today.
Wu's bravery has been recognized by her employer, the Alibaba Group, parent company for China's biggest e-commerce platform.
Wu is a staff member in Alibaba's quality control department earning 4,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan a month.
The Hangzhou-based Youth Times said the company was to award its heroic employee 200,000 yuan (US$31,000) and give her paid sick leave during her recovery period, which doctors have said might take up to six months.
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