Chinese boy, 8, saves father’s life by donating bone marrow for transplant
Cao Yinpeng’s father only given six months to live without the treatment and boy had to pile on weight to produce enough blood for procedure, newspaper reports
An eight-year-old boy from eastern China put on 10kg in two months so he could meet the criteria to donate bone marrow and save the life of his father suffering from leukaemia, according to a newspaper report.
Cao Yinpeng’s father was diagnosed in January, but was unable to find a bone marrow match, the Chongqing Times reported.
He would only have lived another six months if he had not undergone the transplant, according to the article.
His son was quoted as saying that he wanted to give his father a life, just as he had done for him.
The boy drew up a plan with his family in Xuzhou in Jiangsu province to gain weight and exercise to meet the minimum requirement of 45kg to produce enough blood.