Our newspaper's hotline news on November 6th (reported by Yu Xiaoxiao): On the 6th, at her home located in the Zhonghe Street Community, Wang Chuanli picked up the medicine that her husband usually takes and wore a worried expression. Ever since making the decision to donate a kidney to save their son who has uremia, her husband, who suffers from hyperthyroidism, has stopped taking his medication for over a month in order to give his son a healthy kidney.
On the afternoon of the 6th, Ding Wei, 25 years old, lay on the bed by the window. Seeing the reporter, he struggled to move his body and leaned against the quilt. Since falling ill in July last year, due to the inability to normally excrete toxins from his body, he looked pale and swollen. Mother Wang Chuanli told the reporter that after undergoing dialysis, Ding Wei's condition had improved significantly. Previously, his face was even more swollen, and he couldn't lie down as he would feel suffocated and could only sit on the bed all night long.
On October 1st, while undergoing conservative treatment at home, Ding Wei's condition suddenly worsened and he was sent to the intensive care unit of the People's Hospital, where he remained unconscious for 16 days. After regaining consciousness, he stayed in the hospital for another ten days until October 28th when, unable to afford the medical expenses any longer, he was discharged. After diagnosis, the doctor suggested that Ding Wei undergo a kidney transplant and informed them that if either of his parents were a successful match, they could donate a kidney to their son, which would require only 120,000 yuan for the surgery. The doctor's words gave the couple a glimmer of hope, and without telling each other, both began considering donating a kidney to save their son.
Wang Chuanli thought that when her son went for dialysis again, she would secretly follow him and do a matching test. If successful, she would donate her kidney to her son. Ding Zhi Jie’s health was poor; he had suffered from hyperthyroidism for over twenty years and had always been unable to do heavy work. She didn’t want to take risks with her husband’s health. Moreover, she was already retired and had nothing to do at home, whereas her husband was still working outside to earn money.
Unexpectedly, Ding Zhi Jie had also made up his mind — there was only one person left in the family who was still healthy: Wang Chuanli, and she absolutely could not fall ill or else the family would collapse. Ding Zhi Jie decided to donate his own kidney but was concerned that the medication he was taking for his hyperthyroidism might affect his kidneys and that the cost of the medication was too high. For this reason, Ding Zhi Jie quietly stopped taking the medication.
When Wang Chuanli discovered this, Ding Zhi Jie had already stopped taking the medication for over ten days. Once hyperthyroidism patients experience an episode, symptoms such as general weakness and shaking may occur, and Wang Chuanli naturally knew this. As a result, the couple cried together. After Ding Wei regained consciousness and learned that his father had stopped taking the medication, he firmly disagreed. Ding Zhi Jie could only assure him by patting his chest, promising that he was in good health, wouldn't do heavy work, and wouldn't get angry, so there was no problem.
Wang Chuanli sighed and told the reporter that the next dialysis session for her son would be on the 8th, and she would then go to the hospital to consult in detail about the related situations regarding the matching process. The couple had already discussed it and agreed that whoever met the conditions would donate, and the remaining one must stay healthy to support the family.
However, easier said than done, the couple currently don't have a single extra penny. When their son's life was in danger, the head of the temporary company where Ding Zhi Jie worked, Weifang Dongrui Group, took out 10,000 yuan to solve the urgent need. A few days later, the company organized employees to donate more than 16,000 yuan in life-saving funds. Currently, the monthly medicine expenses of more than 3,000 yuan are borrowed from various sources, and the couple doesn't know how to raise the money for the matching tests.
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