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On July 20th, I am going to Zhengzhou
I am Wang Shijiang, an employee of Speed Global International Freight, a professional hand transporter. On July 20, 2021, the company received a request from the Chinese bone marrow bank to carry hematopoietic stem cells from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University to treat a leukemia patient. It was said that it was a child.
I have done this kind of work more than a hundred times, maybe more, and I can’t remember it. I am very happy to receive such a task, because I am already familiar with it, and because I just like to do good deeds, and the bone marrow bank, and Donors, doctors in transplant hospitals, and these kind people will feel warm and moved in their hearts. So, when the customer service called me, I readily agreed. Then set out to prepare the incubator, cold storage agent and packaging materials.
I arrived in Xuzhou very quickly. I got the hematopoietic stem cells smoothly at the Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University at 10:51 in the morning. I carefully packed them into the insulated suitcase as usual, and then thanked the donors. After that, I went straight to the high-speed rail station. The original schedule was 13:36. I think it might be possible to switch to an earlier train, so that I can get some time, which is very important for patients. I ran to the ticket booth and kept apologizing to the people in the line, "Can you let me change it first, I'm sorry, I'm going to Zhengzhou Hospital to send hematopoietic stem cells, there is a patient who is in urgent need! I'm sorry, I'm in trouble!" People They all wisely stepped away and asked me to change the sign first. I successfully changed the G1807 high-speed train to Zhengzhou at 13:04.
I heard on the road that today the company still has four cases of hematopoietic stem cells from Yueyang, Hunan, Kunming, Yunnan, and Xiamen, Fujian, to be sent to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University and Henan Cancer Hospital. Those tasks have been completed by other colleagues, but I Is the earliest.
Arrive at Zhengzhou East Railway Station at 14:45. Zhengzhou rainstorm, heavy rainstorm! I took the reserved car and went straight to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. The rain was very heavy, too heavy, and there was water everywhere, and the water on the street was going to flood the front cover of the car! Never seen such a heavy rain! There are broken down cars on the road! But, I can't stop! 15:13 The rain was too heavy, and the car was stuck on the elevated highway. I couldn’t move. I was anxious and called the emergency call. It took a long time to get through, but they said, I’m sorry, there are too many people in need of first aid. , There is really no way, please try to save yourself. |
16:23 I rushed to a place a few hundred meters away from the east gate of the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, because the water was too deep to get close. I called the doctor at Zheng Dayi Affiliated Hospital. The doctor said in frustration, “Don’t come here. It’s too dangerous. The first floor and basement of the hospital have all been flooded. The water depth is more than two meters. The water and electricity were cut off. It’s better to temporarily store the hematopoietic stem cells with you!" |
I immediately report the situation to the company's customer service, because we need to report all the situation to the customer service and the teachers of the bone marrow bank at any time. After the Chinese bone marrow bank teacher of the Red Cross Association, the customer service of Tengyiboshi, and the rapid communication with the transplant hospital, it was quickly decided that I should find a safe place to take shelter first. On the premise of ensuring the temperature, temporarily store it in my place and deliver it the next day. The company's manager Ding booked me a hotel not far away and asked me to go to the hotel to rest as soon as possible.
At this time, the amount of rainfall is getting heavier, and it seems that it is not enough to describe it as a downpour! Zhengzhou has become a vast ocean! I am very worried that our car will be submerged, and the driver is also very scared. The mobile phone signal is intermittent and the network is poor. I told the driver, look for the elevated entrance! Go on the elevated! Go on the elevated! Elevated is the safest!
We finally got on the elevated rail, and we breathed a sigh of relief. Along the way, people from the company kept calling me and asked me about my situation. To be honest, I was more worried about the battery level of my mobile phone.
The car broke down on the elevated.
There are still a few hundred meters away from the hotel. I want to go down. Maybe I can wade to the hotel. I want to put the incubator in the refrigerator. It was 19:51 at this time, and it was pitch black, surrounded by a water world.
I used my mobile phone as a flashlight, braved the heavy rain, and walked down slowly step by step until I was almost at the elevated exit. In a trance, I suddenly saw a person riding a battery car, riding in the water in front of him, and he was washed away! Gone in an instant! My heart twitched, as if it was a sense of fear, that is, a sense of fear rushed straight into my forehead.
At this time, I saw a group of people, about a dozen, standing on the side of the road, standing in a daze in the water. The heavy rain has been falling, it is going crazy! In just a few minutes, the water passed from the knee to the waist. "Hurry up on the elevated rail! The elevated rail is the safest!" I yelled at them!
No one cares about me! They looked at me a few times, with doubts and hesitation on their faces.
"I'm a Communist! You have to believe me! The elevated is safer! You follow me and go up the elevated!" They were finally moved by me. I took them by the hand, so that the person in front took the hand of the person behind, one by one, step by step through the dark rainstorm, and finally on the elevated road. "Long live the Communist Party!" "Long live the Communist Party!" The rescued people held up their hands and cheered desperately! I was moved and wanted to cry. I wonder why they don’t believe me? Must it be a Communist Party member? I went back to the elevated, back in the car, and waited for the rain to stop. It's the safest here, I'm not going anywhere. |
In the middle of the night, the company kept sending me WeChat, telling me to pay attention to safety. What is the temperature of the incubator? I told them to rest assured that the temperature is only 5°C. When I went out today, considering that the temperature is relatively high in summer, I took two more ice platters. I didn’t expect that I was using it now, and God helped me. A colleague in the company asked me to send me a location, saying that if I can't be reached, they will call the rescue team to find me here. But later, it really couldn't get through. I know that there are too many people in danger at this time and need help more than me. I comfort them, I am on the elevated, nothing will happen. The rain has been falling, non-stop all night. I was in the car. I didn’t know about Metro Line 5. I didn’t know that a family of three was pulled out of the pit by a big brother. I didn’t know that a special soldier rescued 5 people in the Beijing-Guangzhou tunnel. I only know the highway. Below are all uncountable empty cars. I only know that the pale little boy lying in the Zheng Dayi Affiliated Hospital has been anxiously waiting for the stem cells in my arms. The torrential rain was cracking and knocking on the roof of the car without stopping, and my stomach was grunting and screaming, which upset me. From morning till now, there is no water and no food, but who is not like this, thousands of people in this city? How do i get there? I kept thinking about it, just like that until the early hours of the morning. |
My colleague sent me a weather forecast, saying that the rainfall will decrease around 5 or 6 o'clock. Sure enough, after 6 o'clock in the morning, the rain was a little lighter, and I set off to complete the task. There is still 5 kilometers to the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University. The water level on the street is a little lower, so I can wade forward. In this way, I walked for more than 3 hours. At around 9 o'clock, I arrived at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengda University. The water was not so deep anymore, but the mud still had to pass the ankle. I gasped for a while. Go up to the 27th floor. Because of water and power outages, only climbing stairs. The stairs are full of people, sitting and lying down, a mess. I instantly felt that I had traveled back to the war years. Hunger affects my physical strength and I am really tired, but I have to finish the task and continue climbing. |
At 09:34, I delivered the stem cells to the 27th floor, feeling cramping in my calf, and finally gave the hematopoietic stem cells to the transplant doctor. The temperature was 7.2°C, which was normal. I saw the child's father, and the moment he saw me, tears came out from his eyes, bowed deeply to me, and kept thanking him. "Have you eaten?" the child's father asked. I said "No." He ran for a long time and found nothing. Finally, he found out three boxes of yogurt and stuffed me. I think my nose is a bit sour. The transplant doctor at the hospital also came to thank me, which made me a little embarrassed. I said, "Don't thank me, this is what I should do! If you want to thank the volunteers who donated, they are really great!"
But I have an indescribable sense of happiness in my heart! My mission has been achieved!
（This article was dictated by Wang Shijiang, compiled and edited by Yu Songhai)
July 23, 2021
