This young Chinese girl was desperate to put on weight so she could save her father’s life
She was the only person who could donate bone marrow to treat her father’s leukaemia, but first she had to pile on the pounds
An 11-year-old girl in southwest China spent weeks frantically eating so she could gain enough weight to donate bone marrow to her father, who is being treated for leukaemia.
The girl named Zhenzhen put on 4.5 kilograms (10lbs) in little more than a month, Chengdu Economic Daily reported on Thursday.
Following a series of tests, doctors are hopeful the transplant can go ahead next week.
Two years ago the girl’s father Luo Changming was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia, an aggressive form of the cancer.
The family of three has spent over 200,000 yuan (US$31,600) on chemotherapy since then, but his condition showed little improvement.
Early this year, doctors told Luo that the cancer had recurred, making a bone-marrow transplant his only hope.
