"As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will save him, even if the whole liver is given to him." This is the firm voice of a mother after learning that her child needs a liver transplant.
On March 21, the time-racing liver transplant was successfully completed in Tongji Hospital, and the 40-year-old Yangyang mother donated 240g of her liver and transplanted it into her 1-year-old and 4-month-old son Yangyang.
Before the operation, the medical staff gave Xiao Yangyang encouragement
Around 13:00 p.m., perhaps because of the child in mind, Yangyang's mother woke up early, and when she heard the doctor's words that "the baby's operation went well", she nodded vigorously.
Video source: Hubei Radio and Television University Health Development Center
Yangyang is the second child in the family, after birth, mom and dad and seventeen-year-old sister are very fond of Yangyang, but unfortunately, soon Yangyang was diagnosed with "biliary atresia", after a series of treatment, Xiaoyangyang cholangitis repeated attacks, urgent need for liver transplantation.
Knowing that only liver transplantation can save Yangyang's life, Yangyang's mother, Ms. Wang, has no hesitation and decides to "cut the liver to save the child"!
At 9:00 a.m. on March 21, Ms. Wang lay on the operating table, and at this moment, Yangyang's surgery to remove the sick liver was also being carried out simultaneously.
Professor Feng Jiexiong and Associate Professor Wu Xiaojuan, Director of Pediatric Surgery at Tongji Children's Hospital, remove the diseased liver for Yangyang
Liver transplant surgery is known to be very difficult. In particular, the caliber of the liver arteries, veins, bile ducts and other pipes in adults and children is very different, and the surgical operation of transplanting the liver and reconstructing the pipeline is even more difficult.
Zhu Tianqi, deputy chief physician of the Department of Pediatric Surgery of Tongji Children's Hospital, introduced to reporters that the Yangyang hepatic artery is only about 1mm, and the anastomosis line used is almost only 1/5 of the thickness of the hair, which is difficult to see with the naked eye and must be carefully completed under the microscope.
Attending physician Wang Wenjing of pediatric surgery at Tongji Children's Hospital is undergoing a liver transplant channel anastomosis
At 9:40 on March 21, Professor Zhang Wanguang of the Liver Surgery Department began to perform liver extraction surgery for Yangyang mother, and at 11:50, the medical staff sent the mother's 240g healthy liver to the Yangyang operating room.
At 16:30, the Yangtze River Cloud reporter met Yangyang's mother, who had just been sent back to the ward, and Yangyang's father, who accompanied her, and Yangyang's mother had awakened from the anesthetic and was in good physical condition.
Looking at the lover who was lying on the bed cutting his liver to save his son, Yangyang's father leaned down and gently touched Madam Wang's forehead, full of heartache and gratitude.
Yangyang Dad and YangYang Mom
At the same time, two relatives in the family operated on it at the same time, and Yang Yang's father was very worried. At 18:35, Yangyang's surgery was also completed, and he was sent to the intensive care unit of the pediatric surgery ward by the medical staff, and the operation, which lasted nearly 10 hours, finally ended smoothly.
According to Dr. Zhu, in about a week or so, Yangyang's mother will be discharged from the hospital, Yangyang will also come out of the intensive care unit, and the mother and son will be able to meet.
A tribute to motherhood
May Yang Yang and his mother recover soon
Yangtze River Cloud Public Welfare
Reporter | Dong Jingjing
Outreach | cheng xixi
The supporting units | The Health Development Center of Hubei Radio and Television University and the Tongji Children's Hospital of Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Source: Yangtze River Cloud