In order to save her younger brother who was suffering from liver cirrhosis and decompensated liver cancer, the sister resolutely donated more than 50% of her liver. The term "deep affection between sister and brother" has a deeper meaning for the sisters and brothers.
On the morning of December 17, the 4th day after the operation, the reporter met the sisters and brothers in the hospital ward, and Zhao Hongchuan, director of the Organ Transplant Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anyi University, told reporters that at present, the two have recovered smoothly, and all the signs have returned to the ordinary ward, and soon after, the brothers and sisters who suffer with the "liver" are expected to be discharged successively. It is reported that this is also the first case of living donor liver transplantation between sisters and brothers in Anhui Province.
"It is my greatest wish to save my brother."
On the morning of the 17th, the reporter met Ms. Li in the ward who was recovering after the operation, and she told the reporter that this morning she also went to see her brother, and her brother's state was much better than she imagined, "I asked him how he felt, he said that the pronunciation of the throat is not very good now, and other feelings are fine." ”
It turned out that Mr. Li, 32 years old this year, was a native of Hefei, working in a company, unfortunately found a liver placeholder in a physical examination, further examination found liver cancer, after relevant assessment found that cirrhosis was decompensated, in addition to liver transplantation there is no good treatment. "At first he hid it from us, but I sensed something was wrong in the details and state of his conversation with us. At the beginning of last month, when I followed him to the hospital, his MRI results came out, and I saw that the doctor was talking about his condition, and I heard the real condition of my brother. ”
When talking about the idea of making the decision to donate liver to her brother, Ms. Li, 36 years old this year, admitted frankly, "We are all still young, and there was a lot of relevant publicity in the society before, after understanding the relevant information, I thought of doing my best to help him, when I made this decision, I really didn't think too much, and it was my greatest wish to save my brother." At this point, Ms. Li couldn't help but choke up.
"I also took into account the risks, after all, I also have children at home, and the children are only in elementary school, if there is a situation, I feel sorry for them." Before, the doctor also talked to me many times and told me about the risks, but I felt that these risks were not worth mentioning in front of saving my brother. Ms. Li admitted that from the decision to the operation, she was not afraid at all, "I have had surgery experience before, and I think I have always been lucky." The doctors are very responsible for us, and we also believe in their skills, and it should be said that my brother and I are very lucky to be able to complete the matching and surgery so smoothly! ”
The reporter learned that although the heart is not willing, there have been fears of wavering, but Ms. Li's lover and children still support the decision she made, giving her silent encouragement behind the back, the child also called to ask her mother if she was tired, saying that she wanted to take the final exam first and others did not worry about her mother. Ms. Li's lover, Mr. Liu, said: "I am very worried, I have considered it carefully before, and I have shaken it in the middle, but she is very sad for her brother, and every time we talk about it, I am particularly sad, I don't want to make her sad, I decided to respect her choice, she is very brave!" ”
The reporter learned that although Ms. Li did not grow up with her brother at her grandmother's house before she was 7 years old, the relationship between the sisters and brothers has always been very good. "Maybe our whole family atmosphere is better, my brother and I never had a fight when we were young." After the successful operation, she said: "I hope my brother recovers well, and we must pay more attention to my body!" Thank you family for your support and encouragement! Asked about the first thing she wanted to do after recovering, she said with feelings: "I want to wait until the conditions permit and go out with my brother once." ”
After two weeks, liver function basically returned to normal
Zhao Hongchuan, director of the Organ Transplant Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, introduced that living liver transplantation is an extension of whole liver transplantation technology, and compared with whole liver transplantation, living liver transplantation between adults has higher technical requirements and ability requirements.
According to reports, when she went to the hospital, her sister wanted to do liver transplantation, but because the conventional liver transplant had to wait for a matching donor, the waiting time was uncertain. After the sister learned about this situation, she was afraid that her brother's liver cancer progressed and lost the opportunity for liver transplantation, and after knowing that there were relatives who donated livers, she resolutely decided to donate her own liver to save her brother. "If you want to save your brother, your sister must donate about 60% of her liver to be able to use it to save my brother's life, and my sister's liver donation process is at risk." After we communicated the relevant processes and procedures with my sister, my sister still did not change her original intention and resolutely wanted to donate a liver to save her brother, so we started the matching process between sisters and brothers. ”
Zhao Hongchuan introduced that after multidisciplinary discussion and evaluation in the relevant departments of the hospital, it was determined that the sister could donate liver to her brother, but this operation did have relatively high requirements, "Through calculation, the sister has to donate about 55% of the liver to meet the needs of the younger brother." ”
The reporter learned that after more than 20 days of preoperative preparation, evaluation, relevant ethical and technical discussions, and multidisciplinary consultation, the operation was planned on December 13, and the operation was carried out by two groups of people at the same time, one group did the resection of the donor liver, one group did the operation of the recipient disease liver, and the donor surgery was completed and then merged into one, and the entire surgical process took 12 hours. "From the current situation, the sister has resumed a basic normal diet, can get out of bed, is expected to be discharged after about a week, and the sister's liver function can basically return to normal after two weeks." According to the current recovery situation, the younger brother will consider being discharged after two weeks of further stabilization. ”
"Organ transplantation itself represents the highest level of medical care, reflecting the overall medical level of a hospital, a region or even a country from a certain perspective, and in organ transplantation, liver transplantation is the most complex, and in liver transplantation, living donor liver transplantation, especially liver transplantation between adults, is the top."
Zhao Hongchuan admitted that the story of the sisters and brothers has left a deep impression on himself for such a long time in medicine, "Putting aside technical issues, liver donations between relatives are very, very worthy of admiration and respect." Because a person's old age and illness and death cannot be controlled by themselves, but once such an unfortunate event occurs, it is most rare to have family support and a high level of medical technology to ensure that patients can eventually return to their families and reintegrate into society. ”
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