■ "Urgently Borrowing 40,000 100-yuan Notes to Treat a Three-year-old Child" Follow-up
[Background] Xie Hongze, over three years old, suffers from severe aplastic anemia. His mother, Wang Caiqin, is a volunteer who has been teaching in rural areas for six years. On August 7th, the "Love in Action" Charity and Public Welfare Scholarship Society launched the "Moving Four Thousand People Love Plan", hoping to borrow 400,000 yuan from 4,000 people by August 14th through group-buying loans to ensure that the child receives timely treatment.
In just seven days, this seemingly impossible task was not only completed but exceeded expectations.
By the end of the sixth day of the campaign, at 24:00 on August 13th, the "Moving Four Thousand People Love Plan" had raised more than 420,000 yuan for Xiao Hongze's medical expenses, surpassing the initial goal ahead of schedule. Moreover, most of the planned donations had transformed into loans.
Today, Xie Hongze will enter the sterile cabin to begin preparing for transplantation.
The Little Man in the Ward
Xiao Hongze's condition is very serious; the normal bacterial flora inside a healthy person's body is fatal to him. Therefore, Hongze is always at high risk of infection. To prevent Hongze from being exposed to more bacteria, the hospital placed him in a laminar flow bed. A transparent plastic curtain separates Hongze from the outside world; his world is merely a small sickbed.
Hongze draws pictures, eats, and sleeps inside the laminar flow bed. When he sees aunties and uncles visiting him, he insists that his mother cut an apple into four pieces, keeping one piece for himself. If the uncle or aunt doesn't eat it, he gets a little upset.
Wang Caiqin looks at her son and talks to him every day through the curtain. Unless she needs to pass something inside or do something for her son, neither she nor her husband crosses this transparent barrier easily.
A week ago, Wang Caiqin would secretly cry because of the lack of treatment fees.
However, since August 7th when the "Moving Four Thousand People Love Plan" was initiated, the numbers in Wang Caiqin's account have changed daily.
Not only that, many loving netizens visit Hongze at the hospital every day, including entrepreneurs, laid-off workers, and migrant workers.
Now, what Wang Caiqin wants to express most is gratitude: "Thank you. Without all of you, our family might have collapsed."
Donations Continue After the Event Ends
The "Moving Four Thousand People Love Plan" was originally a group-buying loan plan. However, many people don't expect Wang Caiqin's family to repay them; they just want Hongze to live well.
Since the fundraising plan was completed ahead of schedule, the official website of the "Love in Action" scholarship society issued a notice at midnight on August 14th, ending the group-buying plan one day early. But donations continue. On August 14th alone, Hongze received another 29,000 yuan in donations. "We told the kind-hearted people that the child's expenses were enough, but they still wanted to donate, saying it was for the child's nutritional fee," Wang Caiqin said, adding that many times she felt like crying.
The event organizer, Wei Shaobiao, said that the majority of the money in the loan plan came from donations, and each donation was posted on the official website. During the treatment, they will also publish the treatment situation and the use of funds.
According to statistics from the scholarship society, as of 21:00 yesterday, 1,118 donations were received through three channels - group-buying, Agricultural Bank of China, and cash. They received emails from 83 people, among whom 17 left their bank account numbers requesting repayment. This part of the amount requiring repayment totaled 7,200 yuan.
Starting Transplantation Preparation Today
Pediatric Director Luan Zuo of the Navy General Hospital was also surprised by the success of this plan. The hospital had prepared to provide "Blue Ribbon" fund assistance for Hongze, but now it seems temporarily unnecessary.
Luan Zuo stated that if the transplant fee is ready, the hematopoietic stem cell transplantation should be carried out immediately; Hongze's condition can no longer be delayed. Even with the best antibiotics, Hongze's infection cannot be controlled. Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is necessary for the child to survive. As the hematopoietic stem cell donor, the mother needs to start physical examination, injection of mobilization agents, etc., which will take about a week.
Yesterday, Hongze's voice was loud, and his spirit was good. Today, he will enter the isolation room with his mother, and the mother will receive the mobilization agent to prepare for donating hematopoietic stem cells to her son.
By reporter Wang Karla
■ Netizen Comments
On August 10th, I saw the report in Beijing News. Through the Love Group-buying website, I donated 100 yuan, counting it as my own; on the 11th, I donated 200 yuan, counting it as my wife and child's; today, I donated 200 yuan, counting it as my parents' donation. After checking the statistics of the volunteer scholarship organization (Love in Action Public Welfare Scholarship Society) where Wang Caiqin is located, from August 7th to the 11th, a total of 150,000 yuan was raised, still far from the 400,000 yuan target: (I will continue to donate tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Whether it's a lot or a little, it just represents my own heart and blessing. There are some things we really can't do anything about, but there are some things we must contribute our own strength.)
―――Monkey Brother from Beijing
■ Donation Status
August 7th: 400 yuan
August 8th: 4,700 yuan
August 9th: 17,205 yuan
August 10th: 57,567 yuan
August 11th: 71,525.13 yuan
August 12th: 217,458 yuan
August 13th: 59,926.48 yuan
Total: 428,871.61 yuan
Unplanned Donations
August 14th: 29,661 yuan
August 15th: Still under statistics
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