The four -year -old girl donated stem cells to save her brother's life during her one -year -old birthday

According to the British "Mirror", Carey Austin was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer when he was eight months old. His only hope that he could survive was stem cell transplantation surgery, and his four -year -old sister Aubrey's stem cells were matching. Essence The doctor performed his surgery on Carey's one -year -old birthday. Six months later, he finally got rid of the torture of cancer.

During the two -hour operation, the doctor took out Aubrey's stem cells and injected Carey's body by bit. Their mother Naomi said: "The surgery was performed on the birthday of Carey. On that special day, she gave her brother a second life. The doctor also said that they had never seen someone undergoing stem cell transplantation on the birthday. When Aubrey came back, she was very weak when she came back. She was punctured on the place where her back was taken out of stem cells, but she always smiled. She was brave and never complained about her pain. "

When the siblings first saw each other after the operation, the people present were tears. Aubrey lived in the hospital for two days, Carey lived for seven weeks, and later the family finally reunited. Carey's condition was relieved, and the cancer cells in the body disappeared. However, the doctor said that in March next year, he had a 40%chance to relapse. Naomi said: "We saw the other two children died in the cancer ward while we were in the hospital, so we know that Carey is lucky. He is recovering well now, likes to play cars, and is learning to walk. His sister has been with his sister. He, encourage him. "

Carey was sick last November and was diagnosed with bronchitis at the beginning, but two days later, Carey was rushed to the hospital by the ambulance for difficulty breathing.

Doctors diagnose Carey with young bone marrow monocyte cell leukemia (JMML), which cannot be treated by chemotherapy. In the UK, only 1.2 of each 1 million children suffer from this disease every 1 million children. Naomi said: "I collapsed, and my father's bone marrow did not match, and Aubrey's bone marrow was matched. At that time, if Aubrey's bone marrow was not matched, we had to wait for the doctor to find the donor, but Carey might wait By the way. When we hear Aubrey's bone marrow that can match the news, I couldn't stop crying. We did feel guilty about letting her perform this operation, but when we talked to her, she just wanted to help her own. Brother, we are proud of her. "At present, the family is spare no effort to improve people's understanding of cancer symptoms. They also thank them for helping their charity.

Geoff Shenton, a children's cancer expert at the NHS Foundation of Newcastle River Hospital, said: "In very few cases, JMML can disappear by itself, but this is very rare. Most children need bone marrow or stem cell transplantation. This disease may recur. Sex is also very large. If this happens, the second transplantation may be needed, and we may have done their best. Patients still fail to survive. "(China Youth Network Compilation Report)

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