The college entrance examination is just over a week away. Unlike his classmates who are doing the final sprint at school, 18-year-old Xiaocheng (pseudonym) from Shaoyang, Hunan has just won a “big test” in his life. Suffering from leukemia, Xiaocheng received umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation at Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital.
Sunshine Boy Diagnosed with Leukemia
“Never thought about those who only learned from biology books The serious illness will happen to me.” Xiaocheng wrote in his diary. Before his illness, Xiao Cheng was a bright and optimistic boy who loved sports. Whether it was playing basketball or other sports, he was very good at it and rarely got sick.
The disease came unexpectedly. In August 2021, Xiaocheng’s mother listened to her child’s story and was always extremely tired recently. The mother, who was working outside at the time, wanted to take her child to the hospital for a look after returning home. Unexpectedly, the child’s symptoms soon aggravated, not only increased fatigue, but also symptoms of anorexia and lethargy. Mother hurriedly returned home and found that Xiaocheng’s face and lips were pale, as well as coughing and low-grade fever. She hurriedly took him to the local hospital for examination and was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
The whole family couldn’t believe the result, and then slowly accepted the fact. In order to get better treatment, the family took Xiaocheng to the Department of Hematology of Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital for further examination.
The twists and turns of the transplant road
In Hunan Provincial People’s Hospital, Xiaocheng’s diagnosis is still acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Facing this unalterable fact, the family discussed to receive treatment with peace of mind, so Xiao Cheng started the road of chemotherapy. After 4 times of chemotherapy, Xiaocheng’s condition was completely relieved, and his family saw hope.
Since allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only hope for curing leukemia, Xiaocheng decided to accept hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. After hard work, the hospital found a fully-matched donor for it in the China Bone Marrow Bank. However, difficulties followed. Affected by the epidemic, donors were unable to provide donations as planned, and the transplant operation had to be postponed.
Continuing to wait and worry about the recurrence of leukemia, the Department of Hematology proposed another plan to Xiaocheng and his family, looking for umbilical cord blood for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. Facing the family’s hesitation, Zhou Ming, director of the Department of Hematology, gave them a detailed popularization of the relevant knowledge of umbilical cord blood transplantation. As one of the three major sources of hematopoietic stem cells, umbilical cord blood has the advantages of abundant sources, high matching probability, low transplant rejection, and favorable postoperative recovery of patients.
After dispelling the doubts, Xiaocheng decided to accept the umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation plan. After the hospital issued a matching request to the major cord blood banks, a suitable cord blood was found in the cord blood bank in Zhejiang Province. This fire of life, which has been frozen for four years, has begun its mission.
Successful migration
After thorough preparation, Xiao Cheng entered the cell transplantation chamber, 2022 On April 26, he successfully received umbilical cord blood hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.
Liu Can, director of the cell transplantation ward, said that Xiaocheng was both unfortunate and lucky. The found umbilical cord blood just met the transplant needs, and with Xiaocheng’s active cooperation, the transplant was very smooth, and the recovery speed was extraordinary. The blood granulocyte reconstruction was restored in 15 days, and the platelet reconstruction was completed in 26 days. For example, this process takes 1-2 months.
On May 25, Xiaocheng went out of the warehouse smoothly. Xiaocheng’s family sent pennants of thanks to the Hematology Department and the Cell Transplant Ward, “You are my son’s nobles.” Xiaocheng’s mother introduced that her son had excellent academic performance in school. I will take the college entrance examination. Although it is a bit regrettable, my son will go back to school to study and continue to take the college entrance examination next year after completing the treatment after the transplant.
Xiaoxiang Morning News reporter Xia Sheng correspondent Wu Jing
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