据统计，我国400万名白血病患者中，50%是儿童，其中有超过75%的患儿来自农村，年收入 不足3万元。几十万元到上百万元的治疗 费用，对于普通家庭，特别是农村贫困家庭来说，将 面临着灾难性 医疗 支出。

2015年9月，3岁的吴瑾突然低烧、尿血，家人带她去医院检查，结果是高危 急性 淋巴白血病。
     吴瑾一家人本来就贫困，几代人都住在偏远的福建寿宁县坑底乡坑底村。为了给女儿治病，37岁的吴文花光了家里所有的积蓄，还东拼西凑借了8万元。住在福州协和医院血液科39病区，很多好心的病友 家属也给吴先生筹了9000多元钱，这让吴先生很感动。然而，相比高昂的医疗费，这只是杯水车薪。无奈，吴文和父母商量，打算去卖肾救女。

吴文的举动 引来 媒体 关注，在社会各界的帮助下，吴文为女儿筹到医疗费已超过10万元，基本 解决了前期的治疗费。而像他这样的家庭，无钱医治的，还有很多。

  ——摘自http://news.qq.com/a/20160919/012332.htm#p=1

致
zhì
Verb, to cause
Short for 导致

贫
pín
Noun, poverty; adj, poor
贫困，贫穷

白血病
báixiěbìng
Leukemia 
Or 血癌

儿
ér
Noun, little kid; son

欲
yù
Verb, want (to do)
欲望:noun,desire

肾
shèn
Noun, kidney

（根）据
 (gēn) jù
According to…

统计
tǒngjì
Noun, census
统计学，the subject of statistics

患者
huànzhě
Noun, patient

儿童
értóng
Noun, child; children 

其中
qízhōng
Among them (mentioned above),

超过
chāoguò
Verb, surpass; be more than

收入
shōurù
Noun, income 

不足
bùzú
Less than… 

上
shàng
Pronoun, a few (hundreds, thousands, etc.) 
上千，thousands of…
上百，hundreds of…

治疗
zhìliáo
Noun, medical treatment; verb, to treat (patients) 

费用
fèiyòng
Noun, fee; cost

普通
pǔtōng
Adj, ordinary

特别是
tèbié shì
Conjunction word, Especially…
特别，adj, special

贫困
pínkùn
Adj, poor 

将
jiāng
Auxiliary verb, will; be going to

面临
miànlín
Verb, to face;

灾难性
zāinàn xìng
Adj, devastating; disastrous 

医疗
yīliáo
Noun, medical care
医疗保险，medical care insurance

支出
zhīchū
Noun, expense

低烧
 dīshāo
Noun, low fever
高烧，high fever

尿血
niàoxiě
Medical term, Hematuria
 尿尿，to pee

高危
gāowēi
Adj, high-risk

急性
jíxìng
Adj, acute

淋巴
línbā
Noun, lymph 

本来
běnlái
Noun, 本来 is used when something is common sense. There are certain expectations for the speaker and listener. Since there is no real English equivalent, it is best translated as “it goes without saying.”

代
dài
Noun, generation

偏远
piānyuǎn
Adj, remote; faraway (it is also implied that there is no convenient transportation in the area)

福建
Fújiàn
Fujian Province is in the southeast part of China

光
guāng
Adj, (eat, spend, consume till there is ) nothing left
钱花光了，the money is all gone
饭吃光了，the food is all gone

积蓄
jīxù
Noun, saving (refers to money)

东拼西凑
dōng pīn xī còu
Chengyu, borrow a bit here and a bit there

血液
xiěyè

Medical term for blood

科
kē
Noun, department in hospital

好心
hǎoxīn
Adj, kind;warm-hearted

病友
bìngyǒu
Noun, wardmate (a pal met while staying at a hospital)

家属
jiāshǔ
Noun, relatives

筹
chóu
Verb, to raise (funds, money)

高昂
gāo’áng
Adj, expensive

杯水车薪
bēishuǐchēxīn
Chengyu, an utterly inadequate measure; a drop in the bucket

无奈
wúnài
There is nothing one can do

商量
shāngliáng
Verb, to discuss

举动
jǔdòng
Noun, act

引来
yǐn lái
Verb, to bring in

媒体
méitǐ
Noun, media

关注
guānzhù
Noun, attention

社会各界
shèhuì gèjiè
Noun phrase, all sectors of the community

基本
jīběn
Adj, basic; adv, basically

解决
jiějué
Verb, to solve

前期
qiánqí
Noun, early stage

医治
yīzhì
Verb phrase, to get medical treatment; noun, Medical treatment