Dying father gives up his own treatment to save his son with leukemia

by lhltckfrtg on 2012-03-05 15:13:59

Xiao Junhua is from a remote small village called Naxi in Shangyang Town, Yangxi County, Yangjiang City. There are three sisters in his family. The eldest sister, 15 years old, became mentally disabled due to lack of money for treatment when she was sick at an early age. Wu Fenhua takes care of the four children at home full-time while her husband is the sole economic pillar of the family. The family of six relies on several acres of farmland for their livelihood. Wu Fenhua said that after her husband suffered from nephritis, the family has spent the remaining 3000多元 (more than 3000 yuan) they had. When their son was diagnosed with leukemia, he gave up hospitalization treatment and decided to save the money for his son.

(Meanwhile, if there are kind-hearted people willing to help, please contact Wu Fenhua, phone number: 13680613112.)

Wu Fenhua said that now she and her son eat only tofu and rice worth one yuan per day, "We adults don't mind, but the son is still young. We really hope that good-hearted people can save him."

Relevant thematic articles: After being examined by doctors at the Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province, Xu Junhua was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia (B-cell type). Zhang Qing, director of the Hematology Department of the hospital, told reporters that currently Xu Junhua has already undergone seven rounds of chemotherapy. After this hospitalization, bone marrow tests showed a tendency towards recurrence. If continuing with the original chemotherapy plan, the recurrence rate would be relatively high, and a bone marrow transplant should be considered. "As long as a suitable bone marrow donor is found, a bone marrow transplant surgery can be performed for Xu Junhua, with a cure rate reaching 70% to 80%. The preliminary cost of the surgery is around 300,000 yuan."

Southern Daily News (Reporter/Cao Si, Correspondent/Pan Wei): Yesterday, in the hematology ward of the Second People's Hospital of Guangdong Province, 40-year-old mother Wu Fenhua from Yangjiang City was extremely worried. Last March, her husband was diagnosed with nephritis, and half a year later, her 4-year-old son Xu Junhua was also diagnosed with leukemia. "My husband has given up treatment to save money for the child's treatment, but we really cannot afford any more." Wu Fenhua cried uncontrollably.

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