Chen Xiaotian’s silent departure

There were no tears or struggles, he just gently let go of grandma's hand. Then, the heartbeat and breathing gradually disappeared, and a long straight line was drawn on the monitor... At 4:15 yesterday morning, Chen Xiaotian, a 7-year-old Jingzhou boy who suffered from brain cancer, passed away quietly at the 161 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army.

That morning, in the operating room on the fourth floor of the Department of Surgery of Wuhan Tongji Hospital, three organ transplant operations were performed simultaneously, giving three dying people a new lease of life, including Tiantian’s mother Zhou Lu.

On this day, the curtain of life and death opens at the same time.

Silence is the final farewell

At about 2 o'clock yesterday morning, in the intensive care room of the 161st Hospital of the People's Liberation Army. Tiantian had already entered a deep coma when his blood pressure suddenly rose and his breathing gradually became weak. The doctor immediately performed tracheal intubation and continued to provide him with oxygen.

Ten minutes later, Tiantian’s blood pressure slowly dropped and his breathing gradually stabilized. Grandma Lu Yuanxiu entered the intensive care unit and held Tiantian's hand. "Tiantian's hands were warm, and he squeezed me back. At that moment, I was still hoping that a miracle would happen." After that, grandma returned to the door to wait.

At 3:50, when Lu Yuanxiu, who was in a daze, was called by the doctor to visit Tiantian again, she suddenly understood that it was the time to say goodbye. "Tiantian, Tiantian..." Grandma, who was in tears, called softly, but Tiantian just lay quietly and there was no response.

Lu Yuanxiu looked carefully at Tiantian’s round face for the last time. For a moment that seemed to be frozen, she suddenly couldn't say a word and could only shed tears. In the past, Tiantian would squeeze grandma's hand every night when she went to bed. At this time, Tiantian's hand was still warm, as if she was asleep.

Just like that, in this heartbreaking pain, Tiantian's breathing and heartbeat gradually stopped. A straight line was drawn on the monitor...

At 4:15, Tiantian left quietly.

Seven medical staff stood beside Tiantian's bed, observing silence... This is the farewell ceremony for every organ donor when he passes away. For Tiantian, they never closed their eyes all day and night.

For the next five minutes, everyone stood in silence for final observations before donation.

An hour later, Tiantian’s two precious kidneys and liver accompanied the medical staff to the operating room of Tongji Hospital.

Rebirth is the best memorial

In the organ transplant ward of Tongji Hospital, Tiantian’s mother Zhou Lu stayed up all night. At 5:15, when she saw the medical staff arriving, she understood everything.

In front of the doctor, she did not shed tears, but asked in a low voice: "Are we going to do it right away?" After getting a positive answer, she signed the operation consent form one stroke at a time. Name.

However, after the doctor left and several aunts came to help her, she suddenly couldn't control herself, covered her face and cried silently. The aunts wanted to comfort her, but they couldn't help crying.

At 6:38, Zhou Lu, who finally wiped away her tears, was pushed into the operating room.

At the same time, two other surgeries were also started simultaneously in the operating room of Tongji Hospital.

Because Tiantian is still young and the internal organs are not yet mature, after strict matching and sorting of blood types, regions and waiting times, three critically ill patients with very low weight became candidates for surgery. .

Tiantian’s left kidney was transplanted into the left side of Zhou Lu’s body. From now on, Tiantian will be with her mother forever.

And his right kidney entered the body of 21-year-old Xiangyang girl Feng Jing (pseudonym). This girl with kidney failure also has type O blood and weighs only 42 kilograms. She originally wanted to receive a kidney transplant from her mother, but unfortunately she discovered during the match that her mother also had kidney disease.

Tiantian’s liver lives in the body of Wen Jun (pseudonym), a 27-year-old young man from Wuhan. Wen Jun, who was suffering from advanced liver cirrhosis and was on the verge of death, finally had hope of life after waiting for many years and almost despairing.

From 8 a.m. to 11 noon, Tongji Hospital organized the most powerful surgical team of the Organ Transplantation Institute to perfectly implement Tian Tian’s wishes before his death. "Zhou Lu's operation was very successful. As soon as the donor anastomosis was completed and the blood was perfused into the fresh kidney, urination started only one minute later." Professor Chen Zhishui said that Feng Jing's situation was the same as Zhou Lu's. Similarly, liver transplant patients begin to secrete bile after surgery, which means that the liver has accepted this new home.

Successful surgery has increased the 5-year survival rates of liver and kidney transplant patients to over 75% and 85% respectively. Chen Gang, deputy director of the Institute of Organ Transplantation of Tongji Hospital, who performed the transplant for Zhou Lu, said that since the kidney is donated by a relative, the rejection reaction will be smaller. "This means that Zhou Lu's body will recover more smoothly and her kidneys will work better." ."

The lives of three people continue every day. However, the other two transplant recipients were unaware of Tiantian's existence. "We will not tell patients the origin of their organs. For them, rebirth is the best memorial." said surgeon Professor Jiang Jiqiong.

Going home is the most reluctant parting scene

Accompanied by the new life of three critically ill patients, their souls return to heaven every day.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, Tiantian's body was sent to Hankou Funeral Home. When the reporter called grandma Lu Yuanxiu, her voice on the other end was choked and she couldn't say anything. At this time, among the people who came to see Tiantian for the last time, in addition to grandma, there were also father and grandfather, as well as Red Cross staff.

At about 11 o'clock, grandma Lu Yuanxiu held Tiantian's ashes and boarded the train back to Jingzhou.

After these few days, Lu Yuanxiu, who had barely slept a wink, was exhausted, but she still hugged her grandson's urn tightly all the way because she had promised to take it home every day.

She said that she came to Wuhan for treatment after Tiantian was 20 years old, and her children never returned until her death. "The child is so young and left in Wuhan. How could he remember the way home?" On the train, at every intersection, Lu Yuanxiu would say to Tiantian in his arms: "Don't be afraid of getting lost every day, grandma will take you home!"

The train arrived in Jingzhou at 2:55 pm yesterday. The volunteer service team of the Jingzhou Red Cross Society, as well as unfamiliar netizens and citizens, came spontaneously in droves, with slogans in their hands fluttering in the wind: "Little Tiantian, we are here to take you home!"

At 3:40 pm, Tiantian’s family took his ashes to Yutaishan Cemetery in Jingzhou City.

During the burial, grandma Lu Yuanxiu burst into tears and collapsed to the ground again and again. She kept saying: "Grandma took you home, did you know?" Seeing this scene, volunteers and netizens wiped away tears.

A tombstone in the Yutai Mountain Cemetery is engraved with the names of all the volunteers who donated bodies and organs. There are 16 people in total, and Xiao Xiaotian will also appear among them, becoming the first Seventeen.

Little Tiantian, rest in peace! I just wish there would be no disease in heaven, where there would be only my mother’s warm embrace and never-ending love.