There once was a kindergarten teacher who lived in a quiet town in China that neighbors Jiangxi Province, whose 5-year-old daughter was diagnosed with leukemia. The family sold everything they owned to pay for her treatment, but the child’s condition continued to worsen. The doctors said that if she did not undergo a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible, she wouldn’t survive.
Mother and daughter’s bone marrow were incompatible
Determined to save her daughter’s life, the kindergarten teacher asked the hospital if she could donate her own bone marrow to her daughter. The hospital charged 800 yuan for the compatibility test, whereas the bone marrow donation center offered the test for free. So she went to the donation center for the test, thinking that if she was a match, she could proceed with the surgery, and if not, she would at least save 800 yuan.
Unfortunately, the kindergarten teacher’s bone marrow was not a match for her daughter, but it was a match for a 7-year-old boy in the city suffering from leukemia. The donation center urged her to donate her bone marrow to this stranger. The kindergarten teacher’s family refused, because the surgery carried significant risks. If something happened to her, who would look after her daughter? And her entire family?
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