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Hainan's first pediatric lung transplant patient one year after surgery: thank you to the doctor for giving a second life

New Hainan Client, Nanhai Net, Nanguo Metropolis Daily October 25 news (reporter Wang Hongxu) October 25, is Xiaoping (pseudonym) lung transplant surgery after the special day, on this day, Hainan Medical College Second Affiliated Hospital lung transplant doctor and lung transplant patients held a special "birthday party" for her, to welcome new students; at the same time for lung transplant patients postoperative rehabilitation and other popular science lectures, teaching postoperative rehabilitation methods.

Xiaoping's mother still remembers that one day in April 2019, Xiaoping suddenly coughed and coughed up phlegm after studying late, and began to breathe after walking for a while. After going to many hospitals, he was finally diagnosed with bronchiolitis obliterans, although he improved after symptomatic treatment, and his condition recurred after discharge. Every time there was no sign of a seizure, every time she was admitted to the ICU, the adults did not dare to leave her for a moment.

Xiaoping's mother went around seeking medical treatment. Doctors assessed Xiaoping's condition, and after examination, Xiaoping's lung function suggested obstructive ventilation dysfunction and had to rely on a noninvasive ventilator to barely survive, but as his condition worsened in the future, the only option was to have a lung transplant.

On October 25, 2020, Xiaoping successfully underwent lung transplant surgery at the Second Affiliated Hospital of Hainan Medical College (referred to as the Second Hospital of Haiyi Medical College), and was successfully discharged from the hospital after surgery with multidisciplinary assistance.

Hainan's first pediatric lung transplant patient one year after surgery: thank you to the doctor for giving a second life

On the first anniversary of Xiaoping 's lung transplant , he cut a cake to celebrate his "birthday" and thanked the doctor for giving a second life. Photo by Tan Ying

A year later, Xiaoping looked very healthy, relaxed and lively, and she sang a song "Grateful Heart" for the medical staff at the event. She said: "On this day last year, it was the white-clad angels of the Second Hospital of Haiyi Hospital who gave me a second life, and I will celebrate this day every year in the future!" ”

Dr. Huang Jian, the chief surgeon of Xiaoping and deputy director of the Lung Transplant Department of the Second Hospital of Haiyi Medical College, said that now Xiaoping's physical and mental condition is good, not only can his life take care of himself, but also return to learning, and his personality is becoming more and more cheerful, just follow the doctor's instructions to take anti-rejection drugs, regular review, life is no different from ordinary people, and fully enjoy the life of healthy people.

At the scene of the event, Wang Yi, a national organ transplant expert and secretary of the Party Committee of the Second Hospital of Haiyi Medical College, said that he hoped that lung transplant patients would face life optimistically, and see that patients were alive and energetic from the original dying and breathing difficulties to the present, and the medical staff was also happy for their "new life".

It is understood that the Second Hospital of Haiyi University obtained the lung transplant qualification in 2019 and successfully carried out the first double lung transplant in Hainan Province in the same year. Since then, it has independently carried out single lung or sequential double lung transplantation including the first ECMO-assisted double lung transplant in Hainan Province, and has successfully treated 17 patients with end-stage lung disease, and the maximum age of existing lung transplant recipients is 72 years old and the minimum age is 15 years old.

Source: South China Sea Network