Haishi, a community in the west of the city.
As soon as he opened his eyes in the morning, Xie Tianyin picked up his phone and as expected saw a few more friend requests.
When he opened it, he saw that they were all enthusiastic people who applied to become volunteers with rare blood types, and his heart suddenly warmed.
"There are still many kind-hearted people in this world." He thought to himself and silently sent a message to the other party.
"Hello, please provide your blood donation certificate or blood test form. After verifying your blood type, you can join the group."
Half an hour later, the other party sent blood test orders one after another, and it was confirmed that they were all RH negative, a rare blood type.
Xie Tianyin pulled people into different groups according to different blood types.
Haishi Rare Blood Type (RH) Rescue-Group A.
Haishi Rare Blood Type (RH) Rescue-Group B.
Haishi rare blood type (RH) rescue-O group.
Haishi rare blood type (RH) rescue-AB group.
There are probably these four large groups, as well as several small reserve groups, which only include key members.
There are more than 2,000 people in large groups, and nearly a thousand people in small groups. All groups combined have about 7,000 or 8,000 people.
RH blood type is the second largest blood type system after ABO. It coexists with ABO blood type. More than 99% of Chinese people are positive, and only three thousandths are negative. The number of people in the country is about millions, which can be said to be the first. Rare blood type.
This type of blood is nicknamed panda blood. It is rare and precious. Therefore, blood banks are often short of blood. If there is an urgent need, they can only call people to donate blood urgently.
The Rare Blood Group Alliance is a mutual aid alliance where people with RH negative blood types from all over the country unite after discovering their blood types.
For a large city like Haishi, a few thousand people is not too many, but everyone is closely united, just like a family, forming a good atmosphere of mutual help and friendship.
Xie Tianyin has been the chairman of Haishi Rare Blood Group Alliance for 12 years. Reviewing new members is just one of his dull and boring tasks every day.
Of course, there are jobs that are neither boring nor mundane, but Xie Tianyin hopes that there will be as few jobs as possible.
At this time, the newcomers who had just joined the group had already reached an agreement with the elders and started chatting very enthusiastically.
Xie Tianyin smiled happily and got up to wash up and eat.
Because the phone rings constantly every day, and sometimes we receive more than 200 calls a day from patients’ families and volunteers, it is really difficult to focus on the 9-to-5 office work.
So he resigned a few years ago and devoted himself wholeheartedly to the work of the league.
The work of the alliance is unpaid labor, so he would take some private orders when he had time and started working as a freelancer.
While Xie Tianyin was having breakfast, his cell phone rang.
"Hello, Mr. Xie, this is Haicheng Xinhua Hospital. We have just admitted a 7-year-old girl with RH-AB blood type. She suffers from aplastic anemia. Her hemoglobin has dropped below 60g/L and she is in a state of acute anemia. We may need a blood transfusion as soon as possible, could you please recruit donors?”
The doctor's voice came over the phone.
Xie Tianyin put down his chopsticks and his expression became serious: "Hello, can you send me the detailed information? Patient identity information, hospital and attending physician. After verification, I will recruit suitable volunteers immediately."
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll send it right away."
Xie Tianyin waited for more than ten seconds, and the other party quickly sent the relevant information. After verifying that it was correct, he nodded and replied: "No problem, I'll get it done right away."
"Thanks!"
Later, Xie Tianyin posted the situation of the 7-year-old girl to the RH-AB group.
"@Everyone, there is a 7-year-old girl with aplastic anemia in Xinhua Hospital who needs blood transfusion. Please help with a suitable donor. Thank you very much!"
"Note: The following people cannot donate: women with a history of drug intake within a week, women who are menstruating or breastfeeding, and women with a history of donation within 6 months."
As a regional director, his main responsibility is to find suitable donors, in addition to collecting and verifying information on patients who need blood transfusions.
Most volunteers are very helpful, but not everyone's situation is suitable for donation, and his job is to find the most suitable donor.
The group of friends immediately heard the news and responded one after another.
"The 7-year-old girl is so pitiful. The child is still young and needs our help to overcome the disease."
"It's a pity that I just donated once three months ago."
"I have a cold recently and am taking medicine, but I can't donate it."
"I meet the conditions, but I am currently on a business trip in Shandong Province."
The RH-AB blood type is very rare, accounting for only about 10%, so the number of this group is already small, only a few hundred, and many people have donated in the past 6 months. There are also some other reasons. Suddenly, I couldn't find a suitable donor.
Xie Tianyin suddenly became anxious. This patient was already in a state of acute anemia and was in urgent need of blood transfusion. If no one could be found, it might lead to tragedy.
"Is anyone else eligible? This little girl's hemoglobin is below 60 and she is in urgent need of help!"
It's a pity that he is an RH-A type, otherwise he would have been the first one.
After a few seconds, someone @ him in the group.
The boat sank naturally when it reached the bridge: "@group主, I meet the requirements, but I am on a business trip. If I can wait a few hours, I will book a flight back to Haishi immediately."
Xie Tianyin was immediately overjoyed and quickly agreed: "Yes, the patient should be able to wait for a few hours. Thank you, brother."
He could tell that this was a new person who had just joined in the morning. Generally speaking, when volunteers first join an organization, they have the highest enthusiasm for helping others, so even if they are on a business trip, they are willing to book a flight to come back and donate.
He immediately privately chatted with the donor. The donor had already booked a flight and would arrive in Haishi in the afternoon. He would go directly to the hospital then.
After everything was done, he breathed a sigh of relief and fed back the results to the hospital.
The doctor was also overjoyed: "Thank you, thank you so much. Thanks to Mr. Xie, we were able to find a donor so quickly."
"Next, we will try our best to keep the patient's condition stable, hoping to survive until the moment of blood transfusion."
Xie Tianyin smiled happily and sent the good news to the group.
"@Everyone, the brother who was on a business trip just now@Shen Shen was willing to take action when the boat arrived at Qiaotou. He has already booked a ticket back to Haishi and will go to the hospital in the afternoon. The little girl is saved. Thank you brothers and sisters for your enthusiastic help."
"That's great, big brother is such a good guy."
"Although my name is a bit pessimistic, my brother is still very enthusiastic."
"Group leader, can we reimburse my brother for his transportation expenses?"
"The air tickets may be a bit expensive, but the taxi fare in the city should still be okay."
Xie Tianyin: "@The boat will naturally sink when it reaches the bridge. Brother, don't worry. Since you are so enthusiastic, we also have a little kindness to offer. The alliance has a Panda Man Charity Fund. Every volunteer will receive a transportation subsidy and a donation after donating blood." Five days of accident insurance. The amount is not much, about two hundred yuan, but the most important thing is your thoughtfulness."
The boat sank naturally when it reached the bridge: "Thank you, I will donate it to the organization."
Xie Tianyin: "The organization cannot touch this money, it must be collected."
“Well, then may the organization grow and prosper.”
The group was instantly filled with a happy atmosphere.
Xie Tianyin felt warm in his heart. He had seen situations like this countless times. It was the enthusiasm and selflessness of the volunteers that supported his free work until now.
Not long after, the phone rang again.
This time it was not a doctor from the hospital, but an old father who spoke with grief.
“Mr. He’s 2 years old and really needs help.”
"This..." Xie Tianyin was suddenly embarrassed. The success rate of a major surgery for a 2-year-old child with renal failure was not very high.
In his job, finding volunteers is often not the hardest part; the hardest part is often deciding whether to seek blood donations for patients with low survival rates.
"Let's do this. You first provide me with the patient's identity information and the contact information of the attending doctor. I have to confirm with the hospital before I can reply to you."
As he dialed the number of the other party's attending doctor, the more carefully he inquired, the lower his mood became.
According to the hospital, the success rate of the boy's operation was very low, and the blood transfusion was just a matter of fate.
After hanging up the phone, Xie Tianyin came to the balcony and smoked silently.
He had to carefully decide whether to help the 2-year-old boy.
It involves a living life, and this decision is not easy to make.
When the cigarette butt began to burn to his hands, Xie Tianyin finally put out the cigarette butt and made a decision.
He sent a text message to the little boy's father: "I'm sorry, 3000 ml of RH-negative blood is too much. I'm afraid there's nothing I can do."
After sending the message, he breathed out a breath, as if a heavy burden in his life had been lifted.
"It seems this decision is not that difficult." He thought to himself.
"A volunteer can donate up to 400ml of blood. To obtain 3,000ml of blood donation, I need to find 8 volunteers. So much blood is very precious. It would be a pity to use it on patients with a very low success rate."
"The blood of these eight volunteers could have been used on other people, perhaps saving eight patients with a higher survival rate."
"My decision was not wrong."
With Xie Tianyin's character, now that he has made a decision, he will never look back or regret it.
He just put aside the matter of the 2-year-old child.
After receiving the message, the other party did not reply.
Time flew by in the afternoon, and in the group, Shen Shen was live broadcasting his first donation experience.
The ship sank naturally when it reached the bridge: "I just got off the plane, took a taxi, and was on my way to the hospital."
"It's expected to arrive in about half an hour. How should I donate? Just go through the blood donation process? Or should I find the patient first?"
"Yeah, the group owner has already given me the phone number of the attending doctor."
"In short, I am very excited now and feel like I am going to do something big."
"Okay, we're at the hospital."
"I'm looking for a hematology department."
"The doctor has been contacted, yeah!"
The live broadcast ended abruptly.
Afterwards, no matter how the group members asked, the ship sank naturally at the bridge and never showed up again.
Xie Tianyin suddenly had a bad premonition, and as if it confirmed his idea, his cell phone suddenly rang.
It was the doctor from Xinhua Hospital who called.
"Mr. Xie, I'm sorry. Thank you for finding the donor. It's a pity that the patient didn't survive until the moment of blood transfusion."
"The 7-year-old girl passed away when the donor arrived at the hospital. After I told the donor, he hung up the phone. Before I could thank him, please tell me."
These words exploded in his mind like a thunderbolt from the blue, and Xie Tianyin was stunned.
It took him a long time to react, and he posted the news to the group with trembling hands.
There was an uproar in the group.
"What? It's unbelievable. The blood transfusion was about to be successful, but it was completely lost at the last moment."
"Damn it, why do I have to catch a cold? Otherwise I could have helped earlier."
"A sigh, this is probably the impermanence of things."
"A 7-year-old child has not yet seen the prosperity of the world, so he was taken away by the disease."
"Ooooooo, I can't sleep tonight."
Even the ship that had disappeared for a long time sank naturally at the end of the bridge and suddenly said: "It's all my fault. If only I hadn't gone on a business trip."
Xie Tianyin quickly comforted him: "Brother, this is not your fault. Don't be discouraged. Keep up the good work and your next donation will definitely be successful."
However, the other party did not reply.
After a few minutes, the message showed that the ship sank naturally at the bridge and exited the group chat.
Xie Tianyin couldn't help but put his hands on his forehead, looking up to the sky and sighing.
He knew in his heart that volunteers' enthusiasm for helping others was high at first, and how quickly their enthusiasm faded when they encountered failure.
This enthusiastic person suffered such a tragic blow when he donated blood for the first time. If he did not adjust psychologically, he would soon completely lose the idea of donating.
"Hey, it's too difficult. It's really difficult for me." Xie Tianyin murmured to himself. Although after so many years, he has become much numb, he still breaks his guard from time to time.
No one in the group mentioned this matter again, but Xie Tianyin knew that everyone would remember this 7-year-old little girl and this donor who was called "The boat will sink when it reaches the bridge."
A few days later, when Xie Tianyin was browsing Moments, he was surprised to find that the little boy's father had posted an obituary.
The 2-year-old boy, although his parents found the blood he needed, the child still did not survive the surgery.
Xie Tianyin sighed. He knew very well how the parents found the blood they needed.
Although the country explicitly prohibits the sale of blood, illegal blood collection still occurs frequently.
In illegal channels, 400 ml of panda blood can be sold for 20,000 yuan.
For 3000 ml, you will have to pay at least hundreds of thousands of yuan.
The affection between these parents is truly profound.
Unfortunately, the child's life was still not saved.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a little lucky. His original refusal seemed to be a wise decision.
At least the donors can help eight more different patients.
Suddenly, there were constant messages @him in the group.
"Group leader, something big has happened. Come out and see God."
"Group leader, what do you think about Sanqing's artificial blood?"
"With artificial blood, will the tragedy of patients dying without waiting for blood never happen again?"
Xie Tianyin took a while to understand the link forwarded by the group of friends.
It turns out that what everyone is talking about is the news that Sanqing invented artificial blood.
He suddenly became excited: "I saw the news, and I can only say that the progress of science and technology is really unexpected, and we can't keep up with the times."
"The advent of artificial blood is a great thing. From now on, our rare blood types will no longer have to worry about lack of blood."
"But from what I see, this artificial blood seems to be RH-positive blood, so it won't be of much use to us."
The group of friends immediately started discussing and putting forward their own opinions.
"I read the public account and it is said that Sanqing is produced in vitro using hematopoietic stem cells. This technology is very impressive."
"Yes, not only is it difficult to find a suitable donor now, but even if you find one, you still have to wait for a long time. Patients sometimes leave without waiting. This shows that acute donation still has certain limitations."
"In order to avoid a recurrence of the tragedy, we can only prepare blood in the blood bank in advance. Although there is a 35-day time limit, it is better than not being able to find blood when the emergency comes."
"Group leader, why don't we unite and go to Sanqing for help."
"Since Sanqing can produce RH-positive blood, it can certainly produce RH-negative blood."
"Support, let's submit a petition together."
"The power of an individual is understated, but when we unite, thousands of people can draw the attention of the whole society."
"We must speak up for ourselves and ask the blood center and Sanqing to work together to promote the production of RH-negative artificial blood as soon as possible."
"If you need hematopoietic stem cells, I can provide them."
"Me too!"
Looking at the enthusiastic volunteers, Xie Tianyin felt warm in his heart.
He resolutely agreed: "Okay, I will contact Sanqing and the Blood Center in the name of the Rare Blood Type Alliance."
"With your support behind me, I believe there will be a solution to the matter."
(End of chapter)
