Zhang Shiyu became the first "post-90s" stem cell donor in Dezhou City

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At 9:00 a.m. on December 10, in the General Hospital of The Jinan Military Region, medical staff were collecting hematopoietic stem cells for a post-90s volunteer. After 5 hours, the successful collection of hematopoietic stem cells will be transplanted to a leukemia patient in Shaanxi, which is also the 36th case of hematopoietic stem cell donation achieved in our city.

The volunteer, Zhang Shiyu, was born in 1991 and currently runs a hairdresser in the city, serving as both a clerk and a boss. At this time, Zhang Shiyu was accompanied by his girlfriend, lying motionless on the collection bed, waiting for the end of the collection. The staff of the Red Cross Society of Shandong Province and the Red Cross Society of Dezhou City also visited the collection site to offer condolences and encouragement to him.

Zhang Shiyu told reporters that since 2012, he has joined the "blood donation army" in our city under the influence of his father. "In 2016, during a blood donation, the staff of the blood bank introduced me to the promotional materials for the collection of hematopoietic stem cells." After learning that transplanting hematopoietic stem cells from healthy people into patients can save leukemia patients, he did not hesitate to fill out the volunteer registration form and became a member of the Database of Chinese hematopoietic stem cell donors through blood sample collection.

"In September of this year, I received a notice from the Municipal Red Cross that I had concerns when I had a successful first match with a patient." Zhang Shiyu said frankly, "I am an only son at home, and I am not yet married, and I am always worried that donation will affect my health. Later, after looking up information on the Internet and learning about the volunteer deeds donated by Texas in the past, he dispelled these doubts and began to prepare for donations. Try not to stay up late, go to bed around 10 p.m.; quit smoking, quit drinking, eat as lightly as possible, don't eat greasy and spicy; and insist on running and exercising every day.

On December 5, after a series of examinations such as the first match, high-resolution matching, and physical examination, Zhang Shiyu decided to temporarily close the hairdresser's shop on which he relied for a living and rushed to the General Hospital of the Jinan Military Region to save people. In the early morning of the 10th, after receiving the last injection of mobilization agent, the donation began. As the collection machine rotates in a circle, the hematopoietic stem cells in the collection bag also increase little by little. At 11:00 a.m., the donated doctor rushed to the ward and brought a letter of thanks full of tears: "We are thousands of miles apart, we don't know each other, but your open-mindedness and helpful love make our whole family very moved, although we are in the end of the world, but your great love has no boundaries..."

After reading this thank-you letter, the girlfriend who has been accompanying Zhang Shiyu has been in tears: "These days with him to play mobilization agent, I always feel unbearable in my heart, several times I want him to give up, but after looking at this letter written by the patient's father, we all feel that this matter is worth it." ”

"Although the volunteers who join the China Bone Marrow Bank in our city are getting younger and younger, Zhang Shiyu is the first 'post-90s' donor in our city." The staff of the Municipal Red Cross Society said that as a self-employed person, Zhang Shiyu gave up his business and chose great love, "This spirit of his is exactly the fraternal spirit of the Municipal Red Cross Society to create 'Texas Red, Dedication to Beauty', he uses practical actions to convey the true feelings of the world, and uses dedication to support the light of life." (Dezhou Evening News all-media reporter Tang Jinyao correspondent Chen Dongmei)