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The parents of a 13-year-old Hong Kong girl critically in need of a new heart and lungs have appealed to the public in hopes of a “miracle”, with the girl fearing she “won’t be able to go home”.
In a letter published on Friday, Ching Ching’s parents called on families who have recently lost loved ones to consider donating the needed organs to their daughter, who suffers from pulmonary hypertension and heart failure.
The Hospital Authority first issued an urgent appeal for the girl, who weighs 25kg (55lbs), in early June and said she needed an immediate heart-lung transplant to survive.
She is being kept alive at Hong Kong Children’s Hospital in Kowloon City with the support of an extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machine, commonly known as an artificial heart-lung machine.
Ching Ching underwent five operations within eight days, with two surgeries lasting for more than 12 hours.