3-Year-Old Organ Donor Saves 5 People After Death

Five people are in stable condition in a hospital after undergoing
heart, liver, kidney and cornea transplants with organs donated by a
3-year-old girl who died last week, doctors said on Monday.

The donor, Liu Jingyao, was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor
earlier this year after she was observed walking unsteadily.

Her parents visited multiple hospitals in several cities, but each
doctor said the condition was too late to be cured.

The girl's head swelled and she began to have trouble speaking,
eventually becoming confined to bed.

Her father, Liu Xiaobao, discussed the possibility of donating her
organs with the girl after persuading other family members about the
difficult decision.

"The word `donation' was difficult for her to understand, so I tried
to explain that if we would give something from her body, she could
save the lives of others.

"She agreed to this,'' Xiaobao said.

The girl's physical condition deteriorated earlier last week and she
died on Sept. 23 in the People's Hospital of Jiangxi Province in east
China.

"Her organs were soon removed for transplantation.

"She was too young and some of the organs were very small. But we were
able to transplant her kidneys into one patient.

"Her heart, liver and corneas were given to four other patients,
respectively,'' her doctor, Dr Zhang Ming said.

Doctors said that the five recipients were in stable condition as of
Monday, indicating that the transplants were successful.
"You lit up five people's lives, you are the most beautiful princess
in the world,'' Xiaobao said to his deceased daughter.