Chapter 154 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack 154 ...

Meanwhile, a case of rabies was indeed discovered in Sichuan Province.

Seeing her husband in this state, Yin Fang looked at the doctor in despair and said, "Is there no cure for my husband?"

She knew that if he had rabies, he would usually die within ten days, but she couldn't help but hope that someone could save him and tell her that he could still be cured.

The two have been married for twenty years and have gone through so much to get to where they are today. Yin Fang now deeply regrets that she didn't firmly insist that he get vaccinated after she found out he had been bitten by a stray dog. If she had forced him to get vaccinated, he wouldn't have disobeyed.

However, because she thought it was no big deal and the chances were too slim, she didn't try to persuade him further. It was all her fault. A look of pain flashed across Yin Fang's face.

The doctor from Sichuan Province looked at her apologetically, "I'm sorry, we really can't do anything about it." Currently, no one in the world can cure rabies; the only thing that can be done is prevention.

She should spend the rest of her days with her husband.

The infectious disease doctor sighed and left. As a doctor, this was the situation he feared most. Doctors aren't omnipotent, after all.

At this moment, one of his interns asked, "Teacher, do you think Dr. Lin Wei can do something?" In his view, she was omnipotent.

When the infectious disease doctor heard this, although he didn't think Lin Wei could cure it because he hadn't heard that she was researching rabies treatment, he still took it to heart and called the A University Affiliated Hospital to inquire.

When Lin Wei received the call from Sichuan Province and heard that there was a rabies patient there, she frowned. She had considered researching rabies, but if possible, she still didn't want any patients to appear, because she really couldn't save people, at least not at the moment.

Without medicine, how can we save lives?

However, because she also wanted to study the situation of rabies patients, she told the truth after learning about this, "I can't save him, but recently I've also had some ideas about rabies treatment. I wonder if it would be possible to go to your hospital to check on the patient's condition?"

Upon hearing this, the infectious disease doctor immediately agreed, as the Sichuan Provincial Hospital had always maintained a very friendly relationship with her regarding the tumor research center. However, when she heard the answer, there was still a hint of regret in her eyes.

Is there still no way to save him? Is this patient destined to die?

He not only knew that the patient was only in his forties, but also that he had a teenage daughter in junior high school. His death would mean the breakdown of a family.

Even though he had seen similar situations many times in the hospital, he still felt sorrow and helplessness every time he saw them.

It would be great if there were fewer incidents like this. Doctors are human too; they can't be truly cold-blooded. Having witnessed so much joy and sorrow, they might be better off than the average person, but they still experience the necessary emotional fluctuations.

Lin Wei said she was leaving to rescue him, and almost immediately after hanging up the phone, she started booking the nearest flight to Sichuan Province. Of course, before going, she arranged everything at the hospital, and told them to go to the heads of the relevant departments if they couldn't handle something.

She had already informed the directors in advance.

Soon, at 3 p.m., Lin Wei appeared at Sichuan Provincial Hospital.

The infectious disease doctor saw her and quickly took her to the ward for examination, saying as they walked, "This patient has entered the excitation phase, exhibiting hydrophobia, drooling, convulsions, and mental confusion. We can only give him routine sedation and antiviral treatment at the moment, but that's all in vain." Everyone knows these medications won't save the patient, but they can't just do nothing, can they?

Lin Wei had some knowledge of rabies. Its course of disease has three stages: the prodromal stage, the excitation stage, and the paralytic stage. The prodromal stage only presents with some anxiety, restlessness, fatigue, and fever. Obviously, the patient was brought in because of the more obvious symptoms.

Although we haven't reached the final stage yet, it's only a matter of time.

However, Yin Fang didn't know that when she saw the doctor bring another doctor over, although she knew the chances were slim, she still asked hopefully, "Is this the expert the department invited?" In just one morning, the person who was still quite charming when she came in had aged countless times, as if her life force had been drained.

The infectious disease doctor looked at her, finding it hard to utter the denial.

Perhaps Lin Wei can develop a drug to treat rabies, but certainly not now; her husband certainly won't live to see it.

Yin Fang looked at him in silence, her voice stuck in her throat, unable to speak, leaving only a silent sob, which made everyone who saw her feel a pang of sorrow.

Lin Wei sighed as she watched this scene. She really wanted to help, but she simply couldn't. So, after calming down, she went over to check on the patient, especially looking at his medical records.

The infectious disease doctor explained, "The virus is now multiplying rapidly in his brain and invading neurons, which is why he has these symptoms. If it spreads further to the peripheral nerves, it will invade various organs, and then even a miracle won't be able to save him."

“Dr. Lin, you used neurotrophic factors when you were dealing with the epidemic before, that was for…” Before he could finish speaking, Lin Wei knew what he was going to say and shook her head, “It was useless. Neurotrophic factors can only repair damaged nerve cells, it cannot kill the virus. The one that can really kill the virus is Angel-13. If there were a drug that could kill the rabies virus, then neurotrophic factors could indeed be used, but right now it’s just treating the symptoms, not the root cause.”

One is destroying, and the other is repairing. The destroying will also reproduce, while the ability to repair is ultimately limited. You patch one hole, and another hole breaks. You keep patching, and the holes will only increase, and in the end, it will still be the same result.

But one thing is true: it does have a slight effect in hindering the spread of the rabies virus, so with her approval, the infectious disease doctor still administered the drug to the patient.

It's better than nothing, I can only say.

Because time was limited, and Lin Wei didn't want to watch the patient die, she still sought out Chi Boyan, even though she knew the chances were slim, to see if he could offer any useful advice.

Chi Boyan: "Some people abroad have proposed a deep coma treatment, but its core is that the virus does not cause damage to the brain. Most of the coma is caused by brain dysfunction such as ventilator spasm and cardiac arrest."

"By reducing nerve excitation through coma, the viral load is lowered, allowing the immune system enough time to function and fight the virus. Although I don't agree with some of these points, it's true that most rabies patients die from respiratory muscle spasms. And this method can indeed extend the patient's lifespan for a period of time."

"If you have no other choice, just give it a try. The main problem is that time is too tight. There's no time to develop a new drug, so we can only try this as a last resort."

"I've developed some new immune-boosting and potential-boosting agents. I'll expedite the delivery of some to you. Give them to him; I want to know if he can pull through." Rabies patients aren't as easy to find as AIDS patients. If it weren't for the fact that even microorganisms can't be illegally imported or exported, he really would have wanted her to collect some and send them over.

Lin Wei nodded after hearing this, that was the only way. Even so, she still went into the simulation room to try it out and think about whether there were other ways to increase the patient's chances of survival.

Since the virus she previously developed could kill everything, could it be applied to this virus? It doesn't need to kill everything, just prevent it from multiplying too quickly, allowing nerve cells to keep up with the repair speed. Combined with deep coma therapy, wouldn't that increase the survival rate compared to simply using those drugs?

Because of this, Lin Wei conducted a control group experiment. This time, the research group received an F score, while the control group received an F- score. Although her hypothesis was more useful than the original one, the result was still the same: unqualified, and the patient still died.

So she conducted a second control group experiment, and this time the results were the opposite: the research group received an F- score, while the control group received an F score.

Not understanding, she conducted two more experiments, controlling the dosage of the drug, and the results were the same as the first time.

However, Lin Wei did not smile.

"It still won't work." She sighed. If it's just that, the patient's survival rate is still 0. It should at least reach E. Only if it reaches E, whether it's E+ or E-, there's always a glimmer of hope.

So Lin Wei was trying hard to think of anything else that could improve the patient's chances of survival.

However, she couldn't figure it out even after thinking for a long time.

In reality, she had done everything she could, everything she should have done, and everything she was able to do, and he still couldn't survive. What else could she do? Moreover, even if the patient had a chance of survival, the probability was extremely low.

Lin Wei felt that she had had a smooth life all these years, but she felt that she was really going to be defeated by this rabies virus this time.

Back in reality, looking at the resigned expressions of the family members by the bedside and the patient in bed, she wondered to herself, "Is there any point in treatment?"

Since we already know the outcome, if we let her develop any hope now, she will only be more disappointed when she finds out the result later.