A Mother’s Cry, a Baby’s Struggle, and an Unexpected Blessing

Mrs. Xu has always believed in traditional Chinese teaching that says there’s a Jade Emperor who rules over heaven.  So, when she was pregnant, she asked him for his blessing.

She explains, “I lit a candle and I said, ‘Jade Emperor, please bless my baby with a healthy birth.’ But he must not have heard me.”

Wenrong was born a month early.

“She had a hard time breathing, so they put her in intensive care.  And I wasn’t allowed to see her,” recalls Mrs. Xu.

Soon, she found out that Wenrong had a hole in her heart, and it was pressing on her pulmonary artery.  Mrs. Xu called her husband, who was working out of town.

She recounts, “He promised that he would do everything he could to earn money to get surgery.  But even if he worked ten years, he couldn’t save enough.”

Meanwhile, Mrs. Xu took Wenrong home, and her daughter got weaker.

“It wasn't long before she was back in the I.C.U.  I’d never felt someone’s heart beat so fast,” Mrs. Xu shares.  “She closed her eyes and then she fainted.”

Doctors said Wenrong needed surgery within a week, or she would die.

“I begged the doctor, ‘Please, save my baby,’” says Mrs. Xu.

The doctor told Mrs. Xu about Operation Blessing, and you helped make heart surgery possible for Wenrong.   

“She’s a different person.  She’s very strong and crawls all over. I'm even teaching her to walk.  Sometimes I play music for her, and she claps her hands for joy,” exclaims Mrs. Xu.  She concludes, “Thank you to the Operation Blessing donors.  You gave her a new heart, and now, she’s my beautiful princess.”