Chapter 267 Taking Life and Death Lightly
Fang Hua looked at Jiang Zhizhi in surprise: "You can really tell?"
Jiang Zhizhi nodded: "I'm not sure either. The blush on your cheeks doesn't look normal, and your lips are a bit dark. Mom, why don't you go to the hospital for a checkup and verify it for me too, to see if I'm right?"
Fang Hua laughed: "It might actually be true. I have been having some heart problems lately, and I sometimes feel a little short of breath. As people get older, these kinds of problems are inevitable."
Jiang Zhizhi exclaimed in surprise, "Then we must hurry up and go. We can't delay treating your heart condition. Let's go first thing tomorrow morning."
He then sat down next to Fang Hua and took her pulse: "She seems alright."
She didn't dare to say her true thoughts, afraid of scaring Fang Hua. She could feel that Fang Hua's pulse was not very strong and was very irregular, which meant that he had been having heart problems for some time.
Feeling annoyed, she wondered why she hadn't noticed earlier that Fang Hua looked unwell and assumed she was still angry about Zhou Chengzhi, which was why she wasn't getting enough rest.
The next morning, Jiang Zhizhi accompanied Fang Hua to the hospital.
Although the hospital has fewer tests, its diagnostic equipment is reliable. It was found that Fang Hua did have a heart problem, but given the hospital's current capabilities, surgery was not an option.
Jiang Zhizhi looked at the medical record: rheumatic heart disease, with signs of heart valve detachment, but China does not yet have the capability for open-heart repair.
If left untreated, it will gradually lead to heart failure, and eventually the person will die.
Fang Hua didn't mind: "That's how it is when people get old. We live one day at a time. I'm very happy that I've lived this long."
Jiang Zhizhi disagreed: "Let's go to the General Hospital later, the equipment there is better than here."
She was heartbroken, and she even thought about how sad she would be if she couldn't save Fang Hua.
"Mom, I'll keep this medical record. I'll take you home first, and then I'll ask my teacher if there's any treatment available."
Fang Hua, on the other hand, comforted Jiang Zhizhi, saying, "Don't worry too much. If it can be treated, then treat it. If it can't be treated, I'll go home and take care of myself."
He suddenly laughed and said, "If I have any regrets, it's that I haven't been able to hold my grandson yet. Just for that reason, I will try my best to live a few more years."
Jiang Zhizhi's eyes stung with tears, and she reached out to hug Fang Hua: "Mom, what nonsense are you talking about? You can definitely cure this, and you will definitely live to be a hundred years old."
She originally wanted to take Fang Hua directly to Jin Huaiying, but she was afraid that Jin Huaiying had an eccentric personality and would not be willing to treat patients.
After dropping Fang Hua off at home, she hurriedly rode her bicycle to find Jin Huaiying.
The Little New Year is approaching, and after that, the New Year is just around the corner, so the streets are quite lively.
With so many people, there was also a lot of trash, so Jin Huaiying went to sweep the streets early in the morning.
When Jiang Zhizhi went to find him, he was carrying a basket of trash to the garbage station. When he saw Jiang Zhizhi, who had a small braid but messy hair and looked flustered, he was stunned for a moment: "Did something happen?"
Jiang Zhizhi took a breath and rode her bike over at breakneck speed. She was covered in sweat and her hair was all messed up by the wind. She didn't care about that and said, panting, "Teacher, my mother-in-law has a heart problem, and the hospital isn't qualified to perform surgery."
Jin Huaiying moved closer to the side of the road, gesturing for Jiang Zhizhi to do the same: "Heart? What's the specific reason?"
Jiang Zhizhi quickly showed Fang Hua's medical records to him, saying, "The doctor said that if we don't do the repair, he will gradually develop heart failure over time..."
Jin Huaiying ignored her, took the medical record and looked at it carefully, her brows furrowing more and more as she looked.
Jiang Zhizhi's heart involuntarily tightened, and she looked nervously at Jin Huaiying.
In her current understanding, surgery is definitely the better option for this kind of heart problem.
After all, traditional Chinese medicine can regulate the body, but it may not be able to repair the defects in the heart.
After looking at her for a while, Jin Huaiying looked up at Jiang Zhizhi and said, "Wait for me to go back and study this. Her condition is indeed a bit troublesome. If it had been discovered earlier, it would have been better with proper care. In the current situation, surgery is definitely the better option."
"However, given the current situation, the surgery also carries significant risks."
Jiang Zhizhi's heart clenched tightly: "What should we do? Will our lives be in danger?"
Jin Huaiying glanced at the medical record again: "Pay attention to your emotional changes. Don't get angry or excited. Extreme joy or sorrow is not good. Also, make sure to keep warm, otherwise there could be real danger."
He was well aware that given the patient's current condition, surgery would be best performed when the opportunity presented itself.
Currently, there aren't many people in Beijing who can perform this surgery; two of them are his students...
Jiang Zhizhi put away the medical records and silently went to help Jin Huaiying sweep up the trash, then helped him take the trash to the nearby garbage station.
Jin Huaiying looked at Jiang Zhizhi, who was usually positive, energetic and full of vigor, but now looked like she had been hit by frost and was listless. In the end, she couldn't bear it and said, "Don't worry about your mother-in-law's condition. I'll prescribe some Chinese medicine for her to drink first and get her body in good condition before we talk about whether or not she needs surgery."
"If she manages it well, she may not need surgery."
Jiang Zhizhi's eyes lit up: "Really? Then... Teacher Jin, should I bring my mother-in-law over so you can take a look at her?"
Jin Huaiying couldn't bear to refuse this optimistic and cheerful girl, so she hesitated for a moment and then nodded: "Okay, bring her over this afternoon. It would be better if I saw her and then prescribed the medicine."
After saying that, he emphasized, "You must not let the patient's emotions fluctuate too much."
Jiang Zhizhi nodded, feeling much more energetic while sweeping. After helping Jin Huaiying finish his work and taking him home, she checked the time and went to the school to find Ge Qinghua, asking her to ask for leave for the afternoon as well.
He then hurriedly went home.
When Fang Hua got home, he was sitting on the sofa with a lot of yarn around him and a stool overturned in front of him. He was winding the yarn around the stool leg and making a ball of yarn.
Jiang Zhizhi looked at the pile of yarn and went over in surprise: "Mom, what are you doing with so much yarn?"
As she spoke, she took the yarn off the stool leg and stretched it in her hand.
Fang Hua smiled and said, "I'll knit sweaters for you and Xiye. If there are any left over, I'll knit some for the kids too, so your children will have something to wear in the future."
"Otherwise, it's a waste to just leave the yarn lying around."
Jiang Zhizhi looked at the brand-new yarn in her hand. It must have been bought by Fang Hua today. She was going to knit a sweater for the children. Was she already making bad plans?
Thinking about this, I felt a tightness in my chest and didn't know what to say.
Fang Hua did make plans. She felt that with her heart condition, who knew when she might pass away? While she was still in good health, she wanted to knit a sweater for her two children.
I bought some pale yellow yarn, thinking of knitting a few little sweaters for Zhou Xiye and Jiang Zhizhi's child.
That way, whether it's a boy or a girl, they can wear it in the future.
She also plans to collect the cotton fabric and cotton in the house to make some small cotton-padded clothes and quilts for when she has children.
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