"Mom, is this the last time I shave my head?" The child's mother, Zhang Muying, told us that when she heard the child say this, she instantly broke her guard and burst into tears.
Zhang Muying is a single mother, her child Wang Xingchun, nicknamed Ning Ning, is 7 years old and enrolled in the first grade of Huangli Primary School in Yinzhou District. Unlike other children, the young Ning Ning has already experienced a life-and-death test at the age of 3 - being diagnosed with neuroblastoma, known as the "king of childhood cancer".
At present, the child's cancer has recurred and he is controlling his condition through chemotherapy in Shandong Provincial Cancer Hospital. According to Ning Ning's attending physician, Dr. Yu, the treatment requires the use of foreign drugs to treat immunity. The drug has just been introduced from abroad, not included in medical insurance, if the continuous use of drugs, it will probably cost about 2 million yuan, and it is expected that 7 courses of treatment. Faced with high medical expenses, Ning Ning's mother did not know where to raise so much money.
01 Seven-year-old child unfortunately suffers from the "king of childhood cancer"
According to Zhang Muying, she and the child's father have long been divorced, and she has been alone with the child for many years. Shortly after Ning Ning went to kindergarten, she suddenly had a low-grade fever for a week, and she kept shouting about leg pain. The hospital's routine examination did not find any problems, and the doctor only considered it to be growth pain regarding leg pain. After enhanced CT examination, it was found that there was a hidden tumor behind the peritoneum of the child's abdomen.
"At the time, doctors said the cure rate was only five percent. But how can a mother ignore her own children? For this five percent chance, Ms. Zhang, who did not accept defeat, began the difficult journey of fighting the disease, and she took 3-year-old Ning Ning to Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hangzhou, Hong Kong and other places, and then went abroad for treatment.
"At that time, I learned that there was an immunotherapy in foreign countries that could improve the cure rate to 50%, so I resolutely went there. After eight months of treatment, Ning Ning was basically cured. Ms. Zhang said.
02 Years after the cure, the girl's cancer recurred
After returning to China, Ning Ning began to go to school like a normal child, she loved school, teachers and classmates, and many good friends, which was her happiest half year. But just when the family thought that the years were quiet, the inspection report of January 16, 2022 once again plunged the mother and daughter into the abyss.
▲ Before and after Ning Ning's treatment
The hospital's examination report showed that Ning Ning's cancer cells had also metastasized into the bone marrow.
Ms. Zhang said that at that time, more than 2 million yuan was spent on treatment abroad, and the family did not have any savings, and relatives also borrowed it over and over again. Now it's going to start all over again— meaning Ning Ning has to face countless bone marrow punctures and more than a dozen rounds of chemotherapy. And because it is a recurrence, the road to treatment is even more difficult than before.
"She's my baby! I can give up on myself, but I can't give up on her! At this time, although Ms. Zhang was on the verge of collapse, she still regained her mood and embarked on the road to seek medical treatment with Ning Ning once again with her child's grandmother.
At present, Ning Ning is controlling her condition through chemotherapy in the Shandong Provincial Cancer Hospital. According to Ning Ning's attending physician Yu, the treatment requires the use of foreign drugs to treat immunization, which will cost more than 2 million yuan and is expected to take 7 courses.
"Mom, is this the last time I shave my head?" Ms. Zhang said that this time when she went to Shandong for treatment, the child's hair was shaved off. When she heard her daughter ask this sentence, she broke through her defenses in an instant and burst into tears.
"The cost of treatment is too high, and I am desperate, but I can't give up on her!" Please help us and give her a chance to live! As long as she lives, I am willing to do everything in my life to repay the society! Ning Ning's mother expressed her feelings with tears.