Paralysed China boy tearfully tells stepmother to have new baby if he dies during surgery
- Medical accident shortly after birth leaves boy paralysed from waist down
A paralysed 12-year-old boy in China who was about to undergo major surgery and tearfully told his stepmother to have a baby just in case he did not make it through alive has moved people on mainland social media.
The boy, whose nickname is Hanhan, is from China’s southeastern Anhui province and he received a hip bone surgery at hospital in Shanghai in mid-July, Anhui TV reported.
An unspecified medical accident when he was six months old left Hanhan paralysed from the waist down.
“My mother, if I do not make it off the operating table, you shouldn’t be sad. You must have a child to look after you,” the boy said as he lay in a hospital bed before surgery.
His stepmother, surnamed Wang, told him: “That will not happen. You will definitely come out safely. I am waiting for you at the door.”
She later said in a video released on Douyin that when she heard what the boy said, she burst into tears.