"Your daughter's condition is very serious. She needs to be hospitalized for a full set of further tests."
"Doctor, is it aplastic anemia? What exactly is that?"
"...We actually can't be completely certain yet, because this is a very rare disease. A panel of specialists will have to discuss it, but it's almost certainly that. How did you know, though?"
"Someone told me. So just how serious is this disease?"
The doctor sighed, his expression grave.
For a six-year-old girl to come down with a disease like this-it was a terrible shame.
"It's a life-threatening disease that requires a bone marrow transplant to treat. But you don't actually need to worry too much. Although it's serious, it can be cured completely, and the success rate is very high. There's no need to be so pessimistic or hopeless."
It could be cured completely, and the success rate was very high?
Yong Ting let out a long sigh of relief.
That really was good news amid the bad.
"Then, doctor, how much will it cost?"
The doctor frowned and thought for quite a while. "That's really hard to say. The bone marrow transplant alone costs 300,000 yuan. Once you add hospitalization, treatment, medication, nutritional support, and all the other expenses, you won't manage it without four or five hundred thousand..."
Seeing the woman's expression grow increasingly hopeless, the doctor hurriedly added, "Ma'am, please think this through carefully. This disease can be cured, and the treatment almost never fails. You mustn't give up on your daughter's life just to save money."
"How long can she live without a bone marrow transplant?"
"It's hard to say. Without a transplant, she'll have to rely on platelet transfusions to stay alive. She'll suffer from chronic anemia, and eventually develop sores all over her body. It's very