She gave birth on the eve of the Lunar New Year, and I remember it was snowing outside. She fell while cooking in the kitchen.
Song Weidong pushed a borrowed cart to take her to the hospital, where his hands were frostbitten and took several years to gradually recover.
After being admitted to the hospital, she fell into a coma and did not open her eyes until three days later.
Song Yaozu was lying on the small bed next to me with very thick hair. I found it strange at the time that a newborn baby could have such long hair.
Then Song Weidong arranged for her discharge from the hospital and took her home, and took half a month off to take care of her. Life was very difficult everywhere in 1970, and she didn't even have eggs to eat during her postpartum period, but she was still very touched that Song Weidong was with her.
So she never saw the baby come out of her womb. Song Weidong handled all the discharge procedures as well.
After thinking it over, the only explanation is that the child was switched at the hospital.
She parked her bicycle at the very back of the garage, not caring whether her belongings would be stolen; all she wanted to know was what had happened.
Upon entering the hospital, she went directly upstairs to the gynecology department. She remembered that the doctor who delivered her baby was surnamed Zhao. They wore masks all the time, so she didn't know what they looked like.
I arrived at the gynecology office and gently knocked on the door. Inside, I saw three female doctors and two female nurses tidying up. They were all wearing matching white coats, but no masks.
Looking around but not finding anyone, he could only ask the nearest female doctor, "Comrade! Is Dr. Zhao here?"
Dr. Yu shook his head, "There's no one with the surname Zhao."
Lu Zhixia frowned. "How many Dr. Zhaos are there at that hospital?"
Dr. Yu put down the documents she was organizing. "Is there anything I can help you with?"
Lu Zhixia: "It's like this, I gave birth here ten years ago. Dr. Zhao delivered the baby, and I want to ask her something."
Seeing the woman's pale face and sweat-covered features, Dr. Yu turned to the driver and asked, "Do we have anyone with the surname Zhao in our hospital?"
Dr. Wang looked up and said, "Dr. Zhao was transferred five years ago and is no longer in this city."
Lu Zhixia almost lost her balance and grabbed the door frame for support. "Can you tell me which hospital she was transferred to?"
Dr. Wang walked over and patiently explained, "It should have been possible to find it, but there was a fire in the hospital's archives three years ago, and all the files of the doctors who were transferred were gone. Now, even if you ask the hospital director, it won't do you any good, because you simply can't find it."
"What about Nurse Liu Juan?" Lu Zhixia then asked.
Dr. Wang shook his head. "I'm even less sure about that. The turnover rate for nurses is even higher. The hospital recently relocated and destroyed some useless data."
Lu Zhixia took a deep breath; the clue had just gone cold.
"Then are the child's registration records from back then also gone?"
"This should be searchable. What exactly do you want to check?" Dr. Wang asked.
Lu Zhixia: "It's like this, I want to know if there's a possibility that the babies were switched at birth."
Several doctors stopped what they were doing at the same time. In a hospital, if a child is mistakenly identified, it's not just a matter of their negligence.
Instead, several families will be ruined. No matter who makes this mistake, it will be a stain that can never be washed away for a lifetime.
Dr. Wang said, "How could that be? The hospital didn't make such a mistake." After thinking for a moment, he thought, what if it were true? So he said, "Okay, I'll take you to check your birth records to see if the hospital had any other babies around the time you gave birth."
Lu Zhixia nodded; she felt that this was the only way now.
So they ran up and down the stairs with the doctor and found a large box of files. From there, they found the month their son was born, according to the date.
"What day was your son born?" Dr. Wang asked.
Lu Zhixia bit her lip lightly. "She was born on the 12th. I'd like to check her birthdates from the 12th to the 15th. Could you please show me all of them?"
Dr. Wang didn't say anything more, but flipped to number 12 and saw that there was only one pregnant woman's registration.
"Your name is Lu Zhixia? You gave birth to a boy, weighing 5 pounds 8 ounces! He was premature!"
"Aren't there any other women giving birth?" Lu Zhixia then asked.
Song Yaozu and Song Weidong look very alike. If he were to switch the children, it would mean there is another woman giving birth.
"No, you were the only woman giving birth that day." Dr. Wang then slid her hand down, "There were babies born in the remaining three days, but they were all girls."
Let me show you up again.
Lu Zhixia looked at the information in the book, which only recorded the names of the mothers, some even just the surname, and had no real function.
She had eight children in three days, but only one of them was a son; the other seven were girls!
After examining the child, Dr. Wang said, "Based on my professional experience, your child was definitely not switched at birth. I think you should put aside your doubts and go back to your life!"
Lu Zhixia's doubts were not dispelled; on the contrary, they became even stronger than before. Since no clues could be found here, the only option was to look for clues on Song Yaozu.
"Thank you!" she said, bowing deeply.
Dr. Wang quickly helped the person up, saying, "I'm helping you because of my duty. As for the doctors and nurses from that time, so many years have passed."
Even if you find them, they can't help you much.
Lu Zhixia nodded slightly; she didn't want to make things difficult for the doctor any further.
So he turned around, left, went downstairs, and arrived at his parking spot. Seeing that his belongings were still in his car, he pushed the car back.
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