‘Most beautiful golden flowers’: China auntie quartet shave heads, donate skin to save badly burned niece, 6, nephew, 4
- Children suffer severe burns, respiratory collapse, poisoning, organ failure
- Four aunts join mother of kids to shave heads, donate skin for graft operations
The heartwarming story of four sisters who shaved their heads and donated skin to save their little nephew and niece who were badly burned in a fire has gone viral on mainland social media.
A mother, from Shandong province in eastern China, was distraught when her six-year-old daughter, nicknamed Keke, and four-year-old son, Dandan, were injured when a fire ripped through their home on February 20.
The mother, Min, is the third of five daughters, and her four sisters insisted on donating some of their skin to help her children, Chao News reported.
The cause of the fire, which happened at about 4am, is not clear, but Min believes it broke out after she switched on an air conditioning unit where the children were sleeping.
Despite desperate attempts at rescue by Min and her husband, both children were badly injured and left unconscious.
The children remained in a coma for five days and had suffered severe injuries, including respiratory burns, respiratory failure, carbon monoxide poisoning, and multiple organ failure.
