11-Year-Old Boy Eats 5 Meals a Day to Save His Father’s Life

11-Year-Old Boy Eats 5 Meals a Day to Save His Father’s Life
A boy eating with his father in the background. Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images
Daniel Holl
Daniel Holl
China reporter
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An 11-year-old boy has taken up a mission to save his father’s life in an unexpected way—by eating as much as he possibly can. The father is in need of a bone marrow transplant, and the hospitals will only do it if the donor is a certain weight, according to major Chinese online-news media Pear Videos.

Lu Zikuan, the eldest son in the family, from Xinxiang City in Henan Province, China, is now gaining weight as quickly as possible to reach the donor’s weight requirements.

Daniel Holl
Daniel Holl
China reporter
Daniel Holl is a Sacramento, California-based reporter, specializing in China-related topics. He moved to China alone and stayed there for almost seven years, learning the language and culture. He is fluent in Mandarin Chinese.
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