The parents of a
little girl who never had a chance to live decided to give meaning to their
daughter's death by donating the girl's organs to save two other children.
Nicknamed
Xiwang, meaning "hope", the 2-year-old girl from Inner Mongolia was
born with a terminal form of cerebral palsy.
Seeing
that their daughter could not be saved, the thoughts of the girl's parents
turned to how to handle her death.
"Instead
of burning our dead daughter to ashes, we decided to donate her organs to save
other kids. We called her Xiwang because we wanted to give the hope of life to
other children who need our help," said Wang Xiaofei, the girl's mother.
At
about 5:30 pm on June 9, when the girl's life was coming to an end, the father
kissed his daughter goodbye and watched as she was sent into the operating room
in Chifeng City Hospital. The doctors took out kidney and liver from the girl
and sent the organs to Tianjin, where the two recipient children were waiting.
Deng
Yingxin, Chifeng's Red Cross coordinator for human organ donation, said that
the girl was the first female human organ donor in Chifeng and the youngest
donor in Inner Mongolia.
Tianjin
No 1 Hospital reported that the two children who received Xiwang's organs were
in good condition. The families of the two children felt deep gratitude to the
girl and her parents.
In
the past couple of years, Xiwang's parents spent more than 200,000 yuan
(S$39,947) for her medical treatment and had liabilities of more than 70,000
yuan.
Many
people wanted to donate money to the girl's parents after they learned of her
story and the parents' situation, but the parents refused financial support
from others.
"We
are young and can earn a living by our own hands. We do not want donations from
others." Wang said.
China
Daily/Asia News Network
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