She suddenly raised her head and asked:

"Dr. Wu, Dr. Chen, since the physical examination showed nothing wrong, then... then could it be that the problem isn't physical, but rather psychological?"

These days, besides participating in the treatment, she has been looking through the materials sent by Dr. Zhai. She vaguely remembers that there seems to be a case in it, and the situation is somewhat similar to Zhouzhou's current situation!

She tried hard to recall, but couldn't quite remember.

Her reminder caused Dr. Chen's eyes to light up immediately, and he instantly remembered:

"Yes, yes, yes! Qiqi, now that you mention it, I remember! There is such a case! I glanced at it briefly this morning when I was organizing the data! Since it was a direct translation from German, some of the terms were quite awkward, so I put it aside for now! It seems to be about post-traumatic stress disorder!"

This concerns the children, and we can't afford to waste a single moment.

The two elders of the Shen family told Shen Huaichuan to stay in the inner room to continue watching over Zhouzhou, and then quickly followed Zhou Qiqi and Dr. Chen to the outer room, frantically searching through the large pile of documents spread out.

In the end, Zhou Qiqi, with her sharp eyes, pulled out a few pages of paper with complex charts and German annotations from a thick stack of documents.

The dense array of technical terms on it made her dizzy, so she quickly handed it to Dr. Chen.

Dr. Chen took the documents and began to read them carefully.

After a long while, she finally raised her head and smiled:

"That's it! This is the case! It records the story of an eight-year-old boy whose situation is almost exactly the same as Zhouzhou's! He was also interrupted by an accident at a crucial moment in his trauma treatment. After a brief period of consciousness, he fell into a long coma..."

She pointed to a few lines of text on the document:

"Look, it says here that during the time that child was unconscious, medical staff monitored him with instruments the whole time, and his vital signs were very stable, which is very similar to Zhouzhou's current condition!"

"Very good!"

This discovery finally eased the anxiety that had been weighing on Zhou Qiqi and the Shen family elders.

At least, Zhouzhou's situation is not unique; there are precedents!

They had previously hesitated about whether to send their child to the military hospital overnight, but now it seems that perhaps such a large-scale operation is unnecessary.

Qin Peilan quickly moved closer and eagerly asked:

"Dr. Chen, what did the case report say at the end? What happened to the foreign child afterward? Did he wake up on his own after sleeping enough? Or... or did he need some special treatment?"

"Auntie, please don't worry. Let me carefully review the subsequent treatment process and results records."

Dr. Chen carefully searched down the paper with his finger, smiling as he looked.

"I only glanced at it in a rush this morning and got a general idea. I need to take a closer look at the specific intervention methods and the timing of awakening..."

However, the relaxed smile on Dr. Chen's face quickly disappeared as his gaze deepened on the pages, replaced by an increasingly serious expression, and his brows furrowed tightly.

"What's wrong, Dr. Chen?"

Qin Peilan noticed that something was wrong with her expression, and her heart jumped again.

Dr. Chen did not answer immediately, as if she could not accept what she had seen. She read the last few pages of the case repeatedly, word by word, until her face grew paler and paler.

The room was eerily quiet, save for the soft rustling of her turning the pages and the suppressed breathing of the others.

After what felt like an eternity, Dr. Chen finally raised his head, his face pale and his voice hoarse, and said:

"This child, he was in a coma for more than ten days, and finally... finally..."

She couldn't get the rest of her words out.

"What happened in the end?! Dr. Chen, please tell me already! I'm so anxious!"

Qin Peilan grabbed her arm in a panic.

Under Qin Peilan's tearful and persistent questioning, she closed her eyes and, with all her might, managed to squeeze out broken words:

Dr. Chen closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said:

In the end, he never woke up, and medical examination determined that he was... permanently in a vegetative state...

Dr. Chen felt extremely distressed, but she could only force herself to continue explaining in a way that they could understand.

During deep psychological intervention therapy, the patient's brain seems to actively remove all self-protective barriers, and consciousness is completely open and undefended, making it many times more vulnerable than usual.

It's like a door that's usually tightly locked, but is completely opened for treatment, exposing the most vulnerable parts inside. If it's suddenly subjected to intense stimulation at this time, the resulting trauma can be devastating.

However, the two of them wouldn't listen to her explanations at all.

The moment the words "vegetative state" were uttered, Qin Peilan felt as if she had been struck by lightning.

She abruptly released her grip, staggered back two steps, her eyes wide open, staring blankly ahead, her lips trembling, unable to utter a word for a long time.

Zhou Qiqi also felt a sharp pain in her chest, her vision went black, and her ears were ringing. She almost lost her balance and fell to the ground!

A person in a vegetative state?

Zhouzhou's parents are in a vegetative state, having been in the intensive care unit for three years, with very little hope of waking up.

That's despair enough!

Unexpectedly, even Zhouzhou is now...