Her children were terminally ill one after another, so she risked her life to donate bones ten times. The power of maternal love!

A pair of twins under the age of 3 suffered from \”brittle bone disease\” one after another and required fractures and surgeries one after another. After all treatments failed, my mother decided to try bone grafting surgery, which was emerging in China. In 4 years, she risked lifelong paralysis and endured the hell-like pain of bone removal. She cut the iliac bone from her waist 10 times for her child to use for bone grafting… 01. A disaster struck from heaven, and her daughter suddenly suffered from \”brittle bone disease\” \”On February 3 and July 8, 2007, when 31-year-old Yang Caifeng was entertaining her one-year-old daughter Peng Lu at home, her daughter\’s right arm and right calf were fractured successively. Yang Caifeng and Peng Daofeng are both from rural areas of Pengshui County, Chongqing City. They met and got married in 2000 while working in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province. In late 2004, they gave birth to a pair of children, named Peng Lu and Peng Feng respectively. After careful examination by doctors, Xiao Penglu was diagnosed with osteogenesis imperfecta, a brittle bone disease. In severe cases, even sneezing can cause fractures. This disease often causes various serious complications such as spinal deformity and hydrocephalus, especially in young children. The patient mortality rate is as high as over 90%. Currently, there is no effective treatment for this disease in the world, and even major surgeries such as marrow skeleton placement or cell replacement are not effective. After that, Yang Caifeng and his wife followed the doctor\’s advice and carefully cared for their daughter, but her daughter still suffered another fracture… The daughter\’s cries were like steel needles piercing their hearts, so they sent their son back to their hometown and took their daughter with them. I embarked on the journey of seeking medical advice and tried various treatments, but with little success. During the Spring Festival of 2008, Peng Daofeng heard that Chongqing Daping Hospital and other domestic medical institutions were the first to explore the use of bone grafting surgery to treat brittle bone disease in China. The results were quite satisfactory, so he borrowed 20,000 yuan from relatives and friends and rushed to the hospital. Dr. Xiong Yan from the Department of Joint and Limb Surgery performed a whole-body bone marrow CT examination on Xiao Penglu and recommended bone grafting, which involves crushing the natural bone or artificial bone and then implanting it on the surface of diseased or weak lamellar bone and broken bone to stimulate bone growth. Improve bone density and slowly achieve healing. Yang Caifeng and his wife were overjoyed when they heard this and rushed to donate bones: \”Doctor Xiong, take my bones. It will definitely be better than artificial bones!\” Dr. Xiong Yan said with some embarrassment that according to the bone examination results, Xiao Penglu needed several times. Bone grafting, which means they have to donate bones over and over again! After repeated requests from the couple, Dr. Xiong Yan performed a bone matching test for them. The results showed that Yang Caifeng\’s bone type matched the points of her daughter very well, and she met the requirements for bone donation. 02. The sound of bone cutting: Mother’s body and children’s ossuary. On May 11, 2008, Yang Caifeng lay on the operating table for the first time, preparing to donate bones. Medical bone removal is usually extracted from the iliac bone in the waist and abdomen, mainly because the rich red bone in the iliac bone has hematopoietic function, can grow slowly after being removed, and the implanted bone is also easily compatible with the recipient bone tissue; secondly, the human iliac bone Far away from the joints, it is not the main load-bearing bone. In the operating room, Yang Caifeng fell asleep after undergoing puncture and general anesthesia. Dr. Xiong identified the planned surgical site under the left waist and abdomen and above the pelvis, took out the scalpel, gently placed it on the skin, and pressed with the right amount of force. The scalpel \”hissed\” through the skin and cut a strip. The 11cm wound was bleeding out. Wait for help from assistant to stopAfter bleeding, Dr. Xiong found the iliac bone. He first picked up an electric drill, drilled holes around the bone removal site, and then used an electric saw to cut… Nearly an hour later, he successfully removed a nearly 4cm2 piece of iliac bone. After the operation, after the effects of the anesthesia had completely subsided, the wound became red, swollen, oozing blood, and waves of severe pain became worse. Yang Caifeng\’s expression was distorted and she could not sit still… But to her relief, Dr. Xiong warmed her up. The iliac bone was crushed and Peng Lu was implanted at the fracture site several times before. A review two months later showed that the recovery was satisfactory, and the left forearm fixation bracket and bone nail could be removed successively. Yang Caifeng saw the dawn of her daughter\’s recovery and hurriedly begged Xiong Yan to arrange the next operation as soon as possible. Dr. Xiong shook his head and told her: Medically speaking, it is best to wait six months between two bone donations to facilitate physical recovery. But under Yang Caifeng\’s pleading, he relented. On August 28, Yang Caifeng lay on the operating table for the second time. The scalpel moved around her right waist and abdomen. Then, the \”buzzing\” sound of the electric drill cutting the bone and the \”squeaking\” sound of the electric saw cutting the bone alternately sounded… Finally, a 4cm long and 1cm wide iliac bone was removed, crushed and then implanted into a small open layer. Partial plaque-like collapse in the bone. After the bone removal, Yang Caifeng\’s entire waist hurt with light touch. Because part of the epidermal nerves was severed during the surgery, she also felt numbness on the outside of her left and right buttocks from time to time, and pain in the tendons inside when she walked… On November 8, Peng Lu\’s review showed that after treatment The effect is even better than expected. However, before Yang Caifeng had time to be happy, another terrible thing suddenly happened – her son also began to fracture and suffered from the terrible brittle bone disease! In this way, Yang Caifeng, who was only 75 days away from the bone retrieval, hurriedly arrived again. In front of the operating table. Husband Peng Daofeng choked up: Even if his wife was made of steel, it would be difficult for her to withstand such frequent bone removal! Dr. Xiong tried his best to persuade her: \”Your two children need a lot of bone implants. If you keep donating like this, you will easily become disabled!\” But Yang Caifeng begged again and again: \”I gave birth to my son, I must save him.\” Even if he is paralyzed, I am willing!\” 03. Challenging the Limit: 10 Bone Donations, the World\’s Only At around 3 pm on November 13, another bone removal operation began. Yang Caifeng leaned on the bed. Doctor Xiong picked up the scalpel, and his eye circles turned red: There were long incisions on the iliac bones on both sides of her body. Where should the surgery be performed? How can I bear to take the knife? After hesitating for a long time, he finally put the knife down 0.5cm to the right of Yang Caifeng\’s first surgical scar… In order to save 600 yuan in anesthesia costs for this operation, Yang Caifeng changed general anesthesia to lumbar epidural anesthesia (local anesthesia). numb). During the operation, she could really hear the sound of the flashing knife cutting open the skin, and the sounds of drilling, sawing, and cutting bones. In the silent operating room, the sound was extremely clear and creepy… Pieces of life bones successfully \”welded\” the gaps in the children\’s lives. But the bone donation did not stop – on August 2, 2012, Peng Lu and her brother fell down while fighting for a ball. Her left and right elbows were fractured respectively. Bone reshaping and bone grafting operations once again needed to be performed at the same time. But this time, for two children, the required bone mass must be at least 6cm long, and it needs to be extracted from two bones! Yang Caifeng stepped forward again, and Dr. Xiong became angry on the spot—- Cutting off such a large amount of iliac bones at one time will not only affect the bone\’s hematopoietic function, but also destroy the surrounding rich nerve plexus, which can easily cause lifelong paralysis! Yang Caifeng cried and begged him: \”As long as I can save the child, I am willing to sign a liability agreement with the hospital.\” The warmth and righteousness of maternal love deeply shocked Xiong Yan, but he still insisted that he could only agree to it after passing relevant examinations. Require. Fortunately, after examination, Yang Caifeng\’s physical condition barely met the conditions for surgery. So, the cold, sharp surgical tools once again peeled away the flesh and blood on her left waist and abdomen, and cruelly and coldly dug out her warm iliac bones bit by bit. Half an hour later, a long bloody incision was made on the right side of Yang Caifeng\’s waist and abdomen, exposing the ilium, ready for another round of ruthless gouges… At this time, Yang Caifeng, who was lying flat on the bed, had a bloodless face. Wave after wave of severe pain pushed her to the critical point of fainting again and again. She will be unable to stand for more than 20 days… After that, in order to reserve as many bones as possible for her children, Yang Caifeng insisted on taking traditional Chinese medicine that can promote bone growth. More than two years later, she donated fresh iliac bones to her children four times. Her waist was covered in scars and she was so weak that she needed her husband\’s support to walk. Finally, after 10 bone donations, the overwhelming maternal love finally defeated the disease. On February 22, 2016, Dr. Xiong Yan conducted a detailed examination on Peng Lu and Peng Feng and found that all the weak bones in the body of the two young brothers had been repaired. After two or three months of training, they could go to school like normal children. Got it! Upon hearing the good news, Yang Caifeng and his wife had mixed feelings and cried in each other\’s arms. Dr. Xiong Yan also choked with sobs and told Yang Caifeng: According to the currently verifiable surgical records, Yang Caifeng is ranked first in the world in terms of the number of bone donations and the total amount of bone donations that is close to 30% of the human iliac bone limit! Text｜Ai Lin