‘I’m so scared’: parents of dying Hong Kong girl, 13, pray for organ ‘miracle’
Parents of Ching Ching, who needs new heart and lungs, ask families who recently lost loved ones to help her fulfil wish of returning home
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.
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.
Her parents said her condition was irreversible and a heart-lung transplant was the only way to save her life. The girl has an O-positive blood type and her condition is critical.