{"id":62340,"date":"2020-01-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=62340"},"modified":"2024-09-12T11:20:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:20:10","slug":"crossing-the-seas-to-meet-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/?p=62340","title":{"rendered":"Crossing the Seas to Meet You"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"62340\" class=\"elementor elementor-62340\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3690f5b5 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3690f5b5\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65b80517\" 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.elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>By Li Wei-huang<\/strong><br \/>Translated by George Chen<br \/>Photos by Chen Ji-xiong<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5214d596 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5214d596\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c50f601\" data-id=\"6c50f601\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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She calls him her brother because the same blood now flows in their bodies.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2a386633 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2a386633\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2577d13f\" data-id=\"2577d13f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3f1c19e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3f1c19e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-66586e2d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"66586e2d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c6e17a8\" data-id=\"c6e17a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23c2ea97 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23c2ea97\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.8.1 - 13-11-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-20.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-20.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-20-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-20-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-20-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-20-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-20-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d75c50b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3d75c50b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhao Hongyan (right) meets her donor, Lin Zhe-qian (second from right), and his family in a gathering for stem cell donors and recipients at Taichung Jing Si Hall in central Taiwan.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-15d676b2 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"15d676b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e31906f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e31906f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6a3f8658\" data-id=\"6a3f8658\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f8ac298 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-default elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f8ac298\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In August 2019, the mainland Chinese government suspended independent travel by tourists to Taiwan. Although that decision made traveling from China to Taiwan more difficult, it couldn\u2019t deter Zhao Hongyan (\u8d99\u9d3b\u96c1) from making her trip. She eventually overcame this and other challenges and traveled to Taiwan in October 2019 from her hometown in Dalian, Liaoning Province, in the north of China. On October 19, she met her \u201clife savior,\u201d a meeting for which she and her family had waited five long years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f823978 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4f823978\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4dbef678\" data-id=\"4dbef678\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1eb2732d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1eb2732d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Undeterred<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6725f233 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6725f233\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhao arrived in Taiwan the day before a gathering of stem cell donors and recipients. The meeting had been organized by the Tzu Chi Stem Cell Center. To ensure that she would have the energy and strength to meet and thank her donor, she went to bed at eight the night before the meeting after taking a sleeping pill. The next morning, she washed her hair and took a shower before putting on makeup, hoping to present her best self to her \u201cTaiwanese brother,\u201d the donor whose blood now flows in her body.<\/p><p>The only thing she knew of her \u201cbrother\u201d was that he was two years older than she was, though she secretly hoped that he weighed at least 100 kilograms (220 pounds). Because the amount of stem cells harvested depends on the weight of the recipient, Zhao hoped that her \u201cbrother\u201d would be bigger so she could feel less guilty about the extraction she had received from him.<\/p><p>When the moment finally arrived for Zhao to meet her donor in the auditorium where the gathering was held, Zhao saw a tall, handsome man, Lin Zhe-qian (\u6797\u54f2\u8b19), together with some of his family members, stand up from the audience. Zhao, who was already on stage, immediately knelt and prostrated herself in his direction three times. She explained that two of the prostrations were made on behalf of her parents who were unable to attend the gathering.<\/p><p>She had hoped her folks would have been able to accompany her, but she was the only person in her family that had been permitted to travel to Taiwan. Even so, her trip was only possible with the help of the China Marrow Donor Program and the Red Cross Society of China. She was very thankful for their help.<\/p><p>Zhao\u2019s yearning to meet her donor had grown stronger and stronger after she regained her health following her stem cell transplant. In May 2019, she traveled to Xiamen in Fujian Province with her family during China\u2019s May Day \u201cGolden Week\u201d holiday, thinking they could simply take a boat across the Taiwan Strait to Taiwan. They thought that once in Taiwan, they could track down Tzu Chi to obtain her donor\u2019s address and then visit her donor in person to express their gratitude.<\/p><p>When they reached Xiamen, however, they were told that besides the permit they had already obtained, they needed another entry permit to visit Taiwan. Because that application process would take two to three weeks, they had no choice but to return to their hometown.<\/p><p>Later, Zhao contacted the Tzu Chi Stem Cell Center in Taiwan online and learned that a gathering of donors and recipients would be held at Tzu Chi\u2019s Taichung Jing Si Hall in central Taiwan on October 19, 2019. When Zhao received this news, she approached China\u2019s Taiwan Affairs Office and other relevant agencies and tearfully pleaded for a chance to visit Taiwan for the gathering.<\/p><p>\u201cWe empathize with your situation, but we just can\u2019t let you go. It\u2019s our national policy.\u201d Though she received that answer over and over, she refused to give up. Finally, an exception was made for her, and she received permission to visit Taiwan on October 8, 2019. Her determination and persistence had finally earned her an opportunity to meet her donor.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c6897e8 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c6897e8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d1856e\" data-id=\"5d1856e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6951ef4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6951ef4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Can\u2019t afford to die<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c4eb9ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c4eb9ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhao was turning 30 when she fell ill. She had been an exemplar of success before that\u2014a degree from a good school, a stable career, and a loving family with a newborn baby.<\/p><p>She recalled that she had once read about the plight of children afflicted with leukemia when she was still a student. She felt for them so much she even signed up to be a donor with the China Marrow Donor Program and had a blood sample drawn. Sadly, before she could help others, she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia.<\/p><p>\u201cNo one in my family, going back three generations, has ever had such an illness.\u201d Zhao said. \u201cMy paternal grandparents both lived past 85, and my maternal grandmother is still healthy at 92 years old. And I\u2019m still young! Why did I get such an ailment? Why me?\u201d She was disconsolate.<\/p><p>Before she fell ill, she was an energetic person who could work 14 hours a day without showing any sign of fatigue. She thought leukemia was a hereditary ailment, something that only happened in television dramas or in other families. Never in her worst nightmare had she imagined she would be struck with the illness.<\/p><p>As a single child, Zhao was very clear she would have to overcome her disease. \u201cI can\u2019t afford to die,\u201d she remarked. \u201cI must continue to live. If I, a precious only child to my doting parents, was defeated by the illness, I\u2019m sure they would succumb to grief and fall ill too!\u201d<\/p><p>Her whole family was unanimous in their decision to save her\u2014even if it meant losing their entire fortune. Zhao\u2019s mother, already over 60 at the time, said, \u201cI don\u2019t mind if she\u2019s wheelchair bound, as long as my daughter is alive!\u201d Zhao felt like crying when she heard that. She realized that her life was not just hers alone. She had to do all she could to stay alive no matter how hard she would have to fight.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a70ba20 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a70ba20\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3d6b34c0\" data-id=\"3d6b34c0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-290950b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"290950b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Snatched from the jaws of death<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5bd32801 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5bd32801\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhao\u2019s son was only just over four months old and still unweaned when she fell sick. Even so, she had no choice but to leave him under the care of other family members. Her whole family banded together to fight the illness with her, and they supported her with a clear division of labor. Her husband, mother, and parents-in-law accompanied her to Beijing to seek medical treatment. They even rented a place to live there. While her mother prepared meals for her and her parents-in-law took over the care of her baby, her husband cared for her in the hospital. Her father stayed home to raise money for her treatment.<\/p><p>Since Zhao was an only child, she had no siblings for human leukocyte antigen (HLA) matching. Her parents were over 60 years old, and her child was too young, so they didn\u2019t qualify as potential donors either. If Zhao was going for a stem cell transplant, her only hope would be to find a match in a bone marrow\/stem cell registry. Fortunately, a match was found for her in the China Bone Marrow Program. However, that hope was short-lived. Two months later, the potential donor, after thinking long and hard, decided not to donate.<\/p><p>Zhao\u2019s mother, devastated by the news of the donor\u2019s refusal, was diagnosed with ovarian cancer shortly after. The cancer had metastasized to the cervix, stomach, and other areas. If there were ten stages of cancer development, the doctor diagnosed her mother\u2019s cancer to be in stage nine.<\/p><p>Just as hope, disappointment, and despair were played on Zhao and her family like a cruel prank, a piece of good news came from the Tzu Chi bone marrow registry in Taiwan: A match with a high degree of HLA compatibility had been found in the registry for Zhao!<\/p><p>The whole family, after being plunged into despair, saw hope again. They were afraid that they would be disappointed again, but several blood disease patients reassured them by saying, \u201cIf the match is found in Taiwan\u2019s bone marrow database, you can rest assured!\u201d It turned out that many blood disease patients in China had received stem cells from donors registered with the Tzu Chi Stem Cell Center in Taiwan. They all affirmed and had great confidence in the compassion of Taiwanese people.<\/p><p>On July 9, 2014, Zhao lay in Beijing Daopei Hospital, watching the stem cells from a stranger in Taiwan being transfused, drop by drop, into her body. One month later, her mother underwent surgery in Peking Union Medical College Hospital. During that period, the whole family was under tremendous stress. They were all spread thin caring for Zhao and her mother, both with life threatening ailments.<\/p><p>But after a storm comes a calm. That was the case here, and happily both mother and daughter survived.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1163066 elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1163066\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-161132b4\" data-id=\"161132b4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9c4ca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f9c4ca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhao on an outing with her family after she regained her health. Diagnosed with leukemia in November 2013, Zhao received a stem cell transplant in July 2014. The transplant was successful and Zhao recovered from the illness. <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>COURTESY OF ZHAO HONGYAN<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20c28c3f elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"20c28c3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-74a83322\" data-id=\"74a83322\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d45d565 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2d45d565\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-18.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-18.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-18-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-18-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-18-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-733d065 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"733d065\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-559aa2a5\" data-id=\"559aa2a5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36dc82d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36dc82d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>A costly illness<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23b7417c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"23b7417c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The entire treatment for Zhao was very costly. She clearly remembered consulting with the doctor after the diagnosis. The doctor told her that her ailment would be treated first with chemotherapy, after which they\u2019d try to find a matching donor for a stem cell transplant. The entire course of treatment would require a huge sum of money. \u201cAt least one million renminbi [US$141,617],\u201d said the doctor, \u201cand there is no ceiling to the final cost.\u201d He explained that the entire expenditure would depend on how well she responded to the treatment.<\/p><p>Zhao was a high school science teacher. When news spread that she was ill, her colleagues and students started a fundraiser for her at school to help cover her medical expenses. They raised more than 330,000 renminbi (US$47,160) within less than 40 hours.<\/p><p>A retired teacher sent 1,000 renminbi (US$140); a student donated 2,000 renminbi which she had painstakingly saved from her allowance; a colleague who had just returned to work after surgery for cancer donated 500 renminbi; and a young teacher donated one month of his salary. Everyone hoped that Zhao would recover soon and return to school to teach.<\/p><p>Zhao\u2019s father sold a house, but the money was still insufficient. \u201cI have six aunts and four uncles. They all chipped in to help too,\u201d Zhao remarked. Every relative gave all they could to help her conquer the disease.<\/p><p>Zhao remembered a popular Chinese movie titled Dying to Survive. It explored the issue of the expensive treatment costs for leukemia patients in China. It was even said that leukemia was an ailment for the rich. Many patients\u2019 families had to sell everything they had to pay the medical bills, but even so, there was no guarantee the patients would recover. Many ultimately lost their loved ones.<\/p><p>Zhao and her family spent a total of 1300,000 renminbi (US$184,290) in the end. That money included their rent and living expenses for the two years they stayed in Beijing for Zhao\u2019s treatment.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0d683f2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0d683f2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5d29527\" data-id=\"5d29527\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fc5bef5 elementor-invisible elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fc5bef5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1551\" height=\"730\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/PNG2-1.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/PNG2-1.png 1551w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/PNG2-1-300x141.png 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/PNG2-1-1024x482.png 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/PNG2-1-768x361.png 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/PNG2-1-1536x723.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1551px) 100vw, 1551px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ff4e172 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ff4e172\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c781686\" data-id=\"c781686\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5453aed elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5453aed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h5><strong>Being alive is all that matters<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d866709 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d866709\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhao, who was naturally cheerful and optimistic, was an entirely different person when she first started receiving treatment. She rarely spoke, and insisted that her mother not speak to anyone either. \u201cThere were four patients in my ward,\u201d Zhao recalled. \u201cWhen someone vacated their bed, or when a new patient moved into the ward, I would feel very stressed.\u201d This was because she felt she might end up like any of her fellow patients.<\/p><p>\u201cWhat\u2019s your type of leukemia?\u201d she would ask a fellow patient. \u201cHow many chemo sessions have you completed? Have you found a donor? Have you received a transplant?\u201d Zhao\u2019s anxiety was so obvious that even her attending doctor became concerned about her physical and mental state. And yet, every time she underwent a lumbar puncture or a bone marrow aspiration test, she never showed any sign of being in pain nor did she ever shed a tear. \u201cI just felt that my entire body was numb. All I could think of was whether I would survive.\u201d<\/p><p>Although Zhao did not know why she became ill, she had not slept well for almost five months before the onset of the illness. Her son weighed nearly nine pounds at birth. He had to be fed every hour during the day and every two hours at night, which greatly interrupted her sleep. A lack of rest drained her vitality, and she became so down, it was as if she were suffering from postpartum depression. \u201cMy mood couldn\u2019t have been lower,\u201d she commented. \u201cSome time after that, I came down with the illness.\u201d<\/p><p>Zhao admitted that because her life had been smooth sailing before she fell ill, she had been the kind who only allowed herself to win and not to fail: \u201cI believed that as long as one worked hard, one would definitely make it in life.\u201d After her close brush with death though, she began to think differently. \u201cNow I feel that as long as one is alive, there is nothing to complain about life.\u201d<\/p><p>After her successful transplant, she was so grateful to be alive she would easily tear up. \u201cEven being able to step out of the hospital wearing a mask and walk around a supermarket was enough to reduce me to tears of gratitude.\u201d She had missed places full of people, life, and vitality when she was ill. \u201cBeing alive is just so wonderful!\u201d she exclaimed.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6eb8f8ee elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-stretched elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6eb8f8ee\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;stretch_section&quot;:&quot;section-stretched&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f9da48d\" data-id=\"2f9da48d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30d3710f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"30d3710f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-19.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-19.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-19-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-19-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-19-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-19-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-538af2fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"538af2fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Donor Lin Zhe-qian (front row, third from left) said that his whole family was very happy when they learned about the gathering for donors and recipients. They decided they would all attend to meet the recipient. Sitting beside him is Zhao Hongyan, the recipient, who was delighted to have a new extended family in Taiwan. <span style=\"color: #808080;\"><em>LIAO WEI-CHEN<\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c27f072 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5c27f072\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af07a93 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af07a93\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0f5a10\" data-id=\"c0f5a10\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cfe5a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7cfe5a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Zhao used to value success, excellence, and achievement, but they are no longer her priorities in life. She now defines her happiness as \u201cbeing able to accompany my parents as they age and my son as he grows up.\u201d Compared with her fellow patients who had passed on, Zhao knew she had already been given a lot.<\/p><p>\u201cThe world has kissed my Soul with its pain, asking for its return in songs.\u201d Zhao used this quote from Stray Birds by the famous Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore to convey her feelings after gaining a new lease on life.<\/p><p>Ever since Zhao arrived at the airport in Taiwan, she had been accompanied by Tzu Chi volunteers wherever she went, be it Taichung or Taipei, until her departure. During this trip, she fulfilled her wish of meeting her \u201cTaiwanese brother,\u201d someone who now shares the same blood as she, and she returned home with an abundance of love.<\/p><p>She has already mapped out a plan: When China again allows independent travel by tourists to Taiwan, she will definitely take her family in Dalian for another visit there.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fa04f7f elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"fa04f7f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d0c788f\" data-id=\"d0c788f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c19ff9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c19ff9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Gratitude Tinged With a Trace of Regret<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0dd5af5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0dd5af5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Zhao Hongyan<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a2dd190 elementor-section-full_width elementor-reverse-mobile elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a2dd190\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6bb47a4\" data-id=\"6bb47a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d85aa19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d85aa19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I\u2019ve already shared with my family the videos and photos of my meeting with my stem cell donor. They were all in tears, extremely touched by the scenes they saw. They repeatedly expressed their regret for being unable to attend the gathering, especially as the whole family of my \u201cbrother\u201d came, but I alone had to represent my family.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef44a46\" data-id=\"ef44a46\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-784001e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"784001e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-17.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-17.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-17-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-17-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-17-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-17-330x220.jpg 330w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae1a04e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae1a04e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This thanksgiving trip was wrought with challenges. Besides the distance, it was difficult to make it from China to Taiwan. When my husband picked me up at the Fuzhou airport on October 21, 2019, I broke down in tears as soon as I saw him. I was so emotionally charged from all that I had experienced in Taiwan, I went on and on about my trip till three the next morning. We planned to do some sightseeing in other cities before returning to Dalian, but I knew I would be too distracted to enjoy the scenery. Whenever I thought about my brother and what had happened during my trip, I could not remain calm. I even dreamed of it at night.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c9ac88d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c9ac88d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04ba09e\" data-id=\"04ba09e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d19275 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"3d19275\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-43e2782 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default elementor-invisible\" data-id=\"43e2782\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-background-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca0b8a8\" data-id=\"ca0b8a8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d660d0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d660d0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>I Was the Lucky One<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df90d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5df90d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>By Lin Shu-huai<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-c43b600 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c43b600\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-d591d29\" data-id=\"d591d29\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3f9ba9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f3f9ba9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"712\" height=\"957\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-21-e1726110017401.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-21-e1726110017401.jpg 712w, https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2024\/09\/109-21-e1726110017401-223x300.jpg 223w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 712px) 100vw, 712px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-444ce28\" data-id=\"444ce28\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-351647a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"351647a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cSeeing her in good health, living happily, and even able to visit Taiwan, I feel relieved,\u201d said Lin Zhe-qian, Zhao\u2019s donor. \u201cIt\u2019s fate that I was able to help her. I hope she will take good care of herself, live a full life, face her future with courage, and cherish her time with her child and family.\u201d The donor gave Zhao his best wishes.<\/p><p>In November 2008, 25-year-old Lin and his girlfriend signed up to be stem cell donors. They each had a blood sample drawn and registered with the Tzu Chi Stem Cell Center. Only 10 cc of blood was extracted, which was insignificant compared to the blood he donated each time. As the years went by, his girlfriend became his wife, and he gradually forgot about his participation.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-200866a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"200866a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It wasn\u2019t until June 2014 that he received a phone call from Lin Xiang-que (\u6797\u9999\u96c0), a volunteer for the Tzu Chi Stem Cell Center. \u201cYou\u2019re a match for a stem cell donation,\u201d the volunteer told Lin on the phone. \u201cThe patient\u2019s condition is very bad. She really needs a transplant.\u201d Lin thought that if he could save someone, why not? Therefore, he immediately ran through all donation protocols, and completed the donation in July 2014. To this day, the donation has had no effect on his health.<\/p><p>As a result of Lin\u2019s donation, his mother got to know Tzu Chi better. She went on to undergo training and become a certified Tzu Chi volunteer. Her joy was beyond description when she met Zhao in the gathering for donors and recipients. Zhao endearingly called her \u201cMother, Mother\u201d repeatedly (since Zhao now deems her donor as her brother). Mrs. Lin said she was most grateful to her son\u2019s mother-in-law because she was the one who encouraged her son to register for stem cell donation back in 2008. If she hadn\u2019t done that, the donation wouldn\u2019t have happened and her son wouldn\u2019t have been able to save Zhao\u2019s life.<\/p><p>Donor Lin believes in showing empathy to people in need of help, an empathy that was borne from his own experience. He recalled that when his father was lying unconscious and critically ill in the hospital, he rushed to his bedside, only to be told by the doctor \u201cthere is nothing more we can do.\u201d At that moment, he was so despondent he almost got down on his knees to plead for his father\u2019s life. That experience taught him that when people are faced with loved ones on the brink of death, they are the most helpless and most in need of others to provide them with strength and hope. Therefore, he counted himself very blessed and fortunate for being able to give others help and hope.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6af124b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6af124b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1be9935d\" data-id=\"1be9935d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19bece06 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"19bece06\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"189\" height=\"170\" src=\"https:\/\/tcmonthly.tzuchiculture.org.tw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2022\/07\/\u82f1\u6587\u9801\u5c3e-2.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A stem cell recipient from China meets her donor in Taiwan. 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