A Chinese boy who made headlines after giving 30 vials of blood to see if he was a bone marrow match with his mother who has leukaemia, has successfully undergone transplant surgery, his father has said. Cao Xuanyi, a 10-year-old boy from Anhui province in eastern China, endured extensive and painful preparations since March this year, before the operation which...
A little Chinese boy’s determination to save his mother from Leukemia after he was found to be the only suitable bone marrow donor has touched millions in China.A Chinese boy who made headlines after giving 30 vials of blood to see if he was a bone marrow match with his mother who has leukaemia, has successfully undergone transplant surgery, his father has said.
Xuanyi arrived at the hospital at 7am on the day of the operation and received a final dose of a stem cell mobilisation drug which promotes a massive increase in the number of blood stem cells the body produces. The boy, described by his father as "scared of pain", bravely consented to have 30 vials of blood taken for more tests to see if he was a definite bone marrow match with his mother.
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