Sick China woman marries cancer patient as part of kidney donation deal; couple fall in love
What started as a survival arrangement deepened as they communicated daily, sharing updates about their lives, thoughts
A woman in northwestern China, battling uremia, married a cancer patient, agreeing to care for him during his treatment in exchange for his kidney after his death.
As they spent time together, their shared humour and optimism blossomed into an unexpected love story.
Amid a wave of inspiring cancer survival stories recently reported by mainland media outlets, the 2014 case has resurfaced with renewed heartfelt attention.
According to the mainland magazine Marriage and Family, 24-year-old Wang Xiao from Shaanxi province was diagnosed with uremia and informed that she had only a year to live without a kidney transplant.
With no matching donors among her relatives, a desperate Wang took an unconventional step.