Chapter 27: Sky-high Medical Expenses
"Son, have you seen this? These people are so uncultured! Do you remember what I told you, that I met a sickly guy and an old shrew on the train..."
The fat lady brought up the little incident on the train again and exaggerated it.
“It turned out to be them!”
"That's right. We meet again so early in the morning. What bad luck! Ugh~"
Xu Wenbo's wife gently pulled his clothes, signaling him to stop talking, and then gently persuaded the fat aunt, "Mom, stop talking. We are still in the hospital. Let's go back first."
After saying that, the fat lady glared at her fiercely and said, "Speak up, speak up. What did I say? You are the only one who is making trouble! You'd better be careful. If you can't catch your breath, you will die."
The woman's face turned pale in an instant, and her eyes were filled with tears.
Knowing that she has asthma, the mother-in-law still said such words to hurt her...
She looked at Xu Wenbo, but Xu Wenbo didn't even glance at her. Instead, he walked towards Jiang Tong, "Xiaotong, why are you in the hospital?"
"Brother Wenbo, I'm having trouble acclimatizing to the local climate. I feel really bad, so I came to see you."
"Have you finished reading it?"
"No, I was just about to register when I happened to run into my neighbor from my hometown. She has been seriously ill for many years, so I wanted to show my concern for her. I didn't expect...she would ridicule me."
"So he's just a neighbor? This kind of person has very low quality. You are an employee of our bus company now. You should be careful with your social life and protect your reputation.
I have nothing to do in the morning, so I'll accompany you, just as a way of taking care of a new employee."
The two began to chat casually.
The fat aunt didn't say anything else, but her attitude towards her daughter-in-law was still very bad.
The woman shook hands one last time, looked deeply at her husband, straightened her back, and walked away.
No one tried to keep her here, and even when she walked away, she could still hear her mother-in-law's sarcasm.
Lin Anan and others naturally didn't know all of this.
There was joy in the clinic at this moment.
Lin Anan’s treatment plan is out!
Professor Liang had a stack of documents in his hands. He flipped through a few pages and took a pen to explain to the group, "This is a genetic chronic disease. The treatment will take a long time. You should be mentally prepared.
Comrade Lin was very lucky, as he happened to see a special medicine on the market. However, this medicine is a nebulizer and must be used with a nebulizer. Currently, there are only two nebulizers in the entire Northwest, one in the inpatient department of our hospital and one in the health company of the Northwest Military Region..."
Professor Liang was able to prescribe medicine for Lin Anan, but the use of the hospital's nebulizer required an application, which was not only expensive, but also required queuing, and it was not certain that one could get an appointment even once a week.
So he discussed with Chu Mingzhou to see if he could apply for the use of the army's atomizers, as the atomizers there should be idle most of the time.
"Comrade Lin is a military wife after all. Logically speaking, she has the right to apply."
Chu Mingzhou frowned and thought for a moment, then nodded, "Okay, I'll apply to the army when I get back. No matter what, I'll definitely let her use this atomizer."
Lin Anan felt warm in her heart, "Thank you, if it's difficult, you can think of other ways."
Chu Mingzhou lowered his eyes to look at her and just shook his head, indicating that she didn't need to say more, as he knew what was going on.
Mother Lin patted Lin An'an and told her to shut up. "Mingzhou, thank you for your hard work. Our family is counting on An'an's illness to be cured as soon as possible. Her health is more important than anything else. If there are any machines available in your army, you can go and have a try. The cost is not a problem."
Chu Mingzhou responded, "Don't worry, I will definitely try my best to do it. You don't have to worry about the cost."
He carefully confirmed the subsequent medication and precautions for the nebulizer before coming out of the clinic and heading towards the pharmacy.
Indeed, Lin Anan's disease is not only rare and difficult to treat, but also very expensive.
Almost all the drugs used are imported, and not many families can afford imported drugs these days.
"Fifty-two dollars!"
When the medicine was prescribed, even Lin's mother was a little shocked.
Lin Anan took the prescription and took a look at it. The majority of the medicine was nebulization once a week and an auxiliary injection once a week, and there were three other medicines.
It’s so expensive!
Fifty-two dollars is only the cost of medicine for two weeks...
That would be more than a hundred dollars a month?
In an era when the average monthly salary is 20 to 30 yuan, what kind of family can afford such expensive medical expenses?
Even a battalion commander like Chu Mingzhou only earns 80 yuan a month.
Mother Lin was silent for a while. After leaving the hospital, she took Lin An'an's hand and comforted her, "An'an, don't worry and take good care of yourself. Your parents will send you money on time every month. Don't worry about the medical expenses."
"Mom, I'm not worried."
"Okay, that's good."
Although Lin Anan said that she was not worried, how could she really not care in her heart?
She knew the situation at home, but it was not easy for her parents to earn money. The high cost of medicine was like a heavy mountain pressing on her heart.
Chu Mingzhou seemed to see through her thoughts and said, "Don't think too much. I'll take care of the money."
Lin Anan was startled, she looked up at him, her eyes reddened for no apparent reason, and misty...
"It's very troublesome to apply for a nebulizer. I don't need to spend money on medicine. I will find a way myself."
Chu Mingzhou frowned slightly, subconsciously raised his hand and touched the corner of her eye, and said softly: "Don't talk nonsense."
The moment his fingertips touched her skin, Chu Mingzhou himself was dumbfounded...
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