5 dads live stream dancing to save children with cancer

Five men with shaved heads, wearing dresses, slightly stiff limbs, and performing unskilled dance movements... Recently, the social media account "Five Little Superhumans' Fathers" has attracted attention. Why are you dressed like this? Are you not offline now just to attract attention? "This is a thought that flashes in the minds of many netizens who have just entered the live broadcast room. After learning about their stories behind them, everyone left comments and likes, saying 'You are real men!' Then they gave them gifts, donated money, and even traveled thousands of miles to visit

Originally, the five men dancing in the video were the fathers of five sick children who were suffering from neuroblastoma, also known as the "king of childhood cancer". Due to the illness, the children's hair gradually fell out. In order to prevent them from feeling inferior, the fathers also cut off their hair, shaved their heads, and accompanied the children in fighting cancer. The high costs of surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, transplantation, and immunotherapy are unbearable for ordinary families. Over the years, they not only spent all their savings, but also borrowed money from relatives and friends everywhere. On November 5th, a father told Jimu News reporters that in order to take care of his child and continue to earn money to support the huge expenses in the future, the five of them teamed up to open a short video account and started live streaming, hoping to seek social help. "Although the hope of being born is only about 20%, we want to fight for our child again." Mr. Li, from Zhaotong, Yunnan, was diagnosed with neuroblastoma and spent nearly 900000 yuan in just over a year. One person is currently renting a house with their child and living in Jinan, Shandong

In June 2023, Mr. Li's son Xiaofan was only 3 years old at that time. Suddenly developed a high fever, which lasted for over a month. Despite taking medication and injections, there was no improvement. In July 2023, Xiaofan was diagnosed with neuroblastoma. At that time, I really felt like the sky was about to collapse, "Mr. Li said. Neuroblastoma is known as the king of childhood cancer, slightly more complex than leukemia, and often occurs in children under the age of 5

The examination result is high-risk in stage four. According to the doctor, the cure rate can only reach 20% to 30%. If immunotherapy is done, it can reach 60% to 70% The probability of cure is not high, but Mr. Li and his wife have never thought of giving up. They have been searching for doctors everywhere with their children

I have the determination to seek medical treatment, but the high cost is a huge obstacle in front of me. Mr. Li gave an example, saying that there is a medicine that costs nearly 60000 yuan for just one tube. "The dosage is calculated based on the weight and age of the child, and one course of treatment requires three, four, or even five tubes. For example, in our family, one course of treatment requires three tubes, which is nearly 200000 yuan. Normally, five courses of treatment are needed." Mr. Li said that conservatively estimating that once diagnosed with neuroblastoma, each family will face medical expenses of millions of yuan

Mr. Li is a "post-90s" from a rural area. He got married, had children, and started a family of three with little savings. And since the birth of the child, his wife has become a full-time mother. He used to work on construction sites, but when the child fell ill, he also quit his job. Mr. Li roughly calculated that in just over a year, he has spent nearly 900000 yuan to treat his child. "A large part of the money was borrowed from relatives and friends."

"Xiaofan and Youbao were diagnosed on the same day in the same hospital, and the other few also met and met in the hospital." Youbao is another sick child from Bijie, Guizhou, who is currently receiving treatment with his family in Jinan. Mr. Mao, the father of Youbao, told reporters that all five families come from the border area between Yunnan and Guizhou provinces. Their hometowns are close to each other, and they usually speak their hometown dialect. Communication is convenient, and because the children suffer from the same disease and have many common topics, they naturally gather together

When it comes to fathers shaving their heads, Mr. Mao said that the youngest of the five children is only four years old, and the oldest is only seven years old. "Among the five children, there is a little girl who used to love beauty, but after chemotherapy, she didn't have hair and often cried because of these things. Several of our fathers also shaved their heads to accompany the children in fighting cancer." Mr. Li introduced that now all five families are heavily in debt and their income is basically zero. In order to earn an income from medical treatment, they also tried their best. The child needs 24-hour companionship for treatment, and the caregiver cannot come out of the ward. The child's mother is in the hospital, and our fathers cook and deliver meals during the day. We usually do odd jobs when we have the opportunity. We are not familiar with the place, and it is difficult to find a job. We can earn two or three thousand yuan a month, "Mr. Mao said. Considering the actual situation, everyone finally chose to shoot videos and do live broadcasts

We do live streaming to seek help from society and netizens, hoping to raise some money to save the lives of children Mr. Li said that in order to make the live broadcast more exciting, they started live dancing. Mr. Li admitted that no father had ever learned to dance before, and no father knew how to dance. Everyone searched for videos on their phones and compared dancing and learning

Facing thousands of netizens, would it be embarrassing to dance in a dress? Mr. Li said that even if he played around privately, he would never dress like this, but for the sake of his child, everything is no longer a problem

Why are these guys dressed like this? Are we all going offline now just to attract attention The anchor "Qinghuo Ge Li Nie" (hereinafter referred to as "Qinghuo Ge") was the first netizen to pay attention to the five fathers, but their performances did not leave a good impression on Qinghuo Ge. Qinghuo Ge told Jimu News reporters that after reviewing previous videos of his fathers, he finally understood the story and difficulties behind it

Knowing that hard work may not necessarily save a child, they still go all out to do it. They are real men After understanding the real situation, Qinghuo Ge began to support the five fathers with his practical actions: charity sales, calling on fans and brand merchants to come to the live broadcast rooms of the five fathers to support, specifically visiting the children from Zhejiang to Shandong, and donating all of his sales profits and part of the payment to them... "When I saw them, to be honest, I felt a little want to cry. For the sake of the children, a big man is willing to do anything. They are really simple and hardworking." Qinghuo Ge said that he is just a small anchor with more than 200000 fans and cannot help much, but he hopes to do his best to help his father and children

It is precisely because of enthusiastic anchors and netizens like Qinghuo Ge that the "fathers of the five little superheroes" have attracted more attention, and more and more netizens have reached out to them for help. On the evening of November 4th, in the live broadcast room of "Five Little Superheroes' Dads", tens of thousands of netizens suddenly flooded in. Some left messages to encourage, some used gifts to support, and some directly transferred money into their accounts

The first thing we can thank for getting to where we are today is Qinghuo Ge. He has been taking care of us since the first day of the live broadcast until now Mr. Li and the other four fathers sincerely thank every enthusiastic netizen. They said they would persevere for the sake of their children, even if there was only 1% hope