Shi Wan sighed and said calmly, "I didn't mean anything by it, it's just that I'm going through a divorce and I don't want him to misunderstand."
"He's about to divorce you, and you're still worried he'll misunderstand? You're truly, utterly foolish." Sikong Jingyu sneered, his tone mocking.
You can't talk about ice with a summer insect.
"This has nothing to do with Mr. Sikong." Shi Wan lowered her eyes, not wanting to pay any more attention to Sikong Jingyu, and walked straight ahead.
"Nie Shirong!" Sikong Jingyu called out to her.
Shi Wan paused for a moment, straightened her back, and this time did not turn around.
Back in her office, Shi Wan was about to take off Dr. Nie's white coat and put on her own to make another round of wards when a young mother rushed into the office. She grabbed Shi Wan's wrist, shaking it agitatedly, and said in an agitated tone, "Dr. Shi, please go and see my Tongtong. Something's wrong with him. The doctor on duty just now didn't know how to take a look."
"good."
Without a moment's hesitation, Shi Wan grabbed the medical record and strode toward Tong Tong's ward.
On the hospital bed, Zhang Zitong's hands and feet were held down by her father. She looked indifferent, restless, and occasionally reached out with her free hand to grab things in the air.
When Shi Wan entered the ward, Mr. Zhang felt as if he had seen a savior. He breathed a sigh of relief and shouted, "Dr. Shi, please take a look at my Tongtong and see what's wrong!"
Shi Wan responded with a "okay" and bent down to examine Zhang Zitong. Zhang Zitong's mouth made indistinct sounds, his oral mucosa was dry, his eye sockets were sunken, his skin was dry and lacked elasticity, his pulse was thin and rapid, and his systolic blood pressure was 71 mmHg and his diastolic blood pressure was 43 mmHg.
After reviewing Zhang Zitong's fluid intake for the day in her medical record, Shi Wan asked, "How is Tongtong's mental state today?"
Mr. Zhang replied, "He has been listless. We talked to the on-duty doctor when he changed shifts, but she said he was fine and told us to observe him first. Starting about 5 minutes ago, Tongtong became like this. He seems out of control, constantly reaching out to grab something in the air. He doesn't respond when we call him."
"Did Tongtong eat well today?" Shi Wan asked again.
"She has no appetite and we can't feed her anything at all," Zhang Zitong's mother said, her eyes reddening.
Shi Wan frowned slightly: "How many times did you urinate in total?"
“She barely urinated, but had six watery bowel movements. She also took the medicine prescribed by the on-call doctor, but it didn’t help much.” As Zhang Zitong’s mother continued speaking, tears streamed down her face.
Hearing this, Shi Wan already had a feeling of what was going on. She pressed the call button by the bed, and the on-duty nurse, Lin Yuanyuan, quickly entered the ward. Seeing Zhang Zitong being held down on the bed, she frowned and asked Shi Wan in a low voice, "What's wrong with the patient?"
"Dehydrated." Shi Wan frowned.
Lin Yuanyuan paused for a second, then said, "I'll go prepare the liquid right away."
Lin Yuanyuan has seen many patients like this in the emergency room. It was late when the diagnosis was given. Lin Yuanyuan looked at Zhang Zitong's symptoms and judged the degree of dehydration. She rushed out of the ward to prepare the IV fluids. In less than a minute, she pushed the operating cart back to the ward and opened two intravenous lines to start the IV fluids as prescribed by the doctor.
Looking at the flustered Lin Yuanyuan with concern, Zhang's father asked, "How could this happen so suddenly?"
While comforting Mr. and Mrs. Zhang, Shi Wan gently explained, "Lin Hu is handling it. Tongtong has had too much diarrhea today and can't eat anything, so she's dehydrated. We need to replenish the fluids Tongtong has lost."
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About an hour later, Zhang Zitong's bewildered voice came: "Mom, I need to pee."
Hearing Zhang Zitong's words, Shi Wan breathed a sigh of relief. She then checked Zhang Zitong's skin moisture, blood pressure, pulse, and other conditions to confirm that the situation had stabilized. Zhang's mother then carried a urinal to help Zhang Zitong urinate.
After Zhang Zitong finished urinating, Shi Wan handed him the oral rehydration solution that she had prepared that morning. Zhang Zitong turned her head to one side in resistance.
"Tongtong, don't you want to eat?" Shi Wan asked softly.
"I don't want to." Zhang Zitong shook her head.
Shi Wan put down the oral rehydration salts in her hand and pulled Mr. Zhang aside to talk: "Tongtong's dad, Tongtong's condition has improved a bit, but if Tongtong still refuses to eat, the situation may be more dangerous than before. Considering Tongtong's safety, I may have to leave a feeding tube for Tongtong. What do you think?"
“We’ll do as you say. You can make whatever decision you want. We trust you.” Mr. Zhang immediately nodded in agreement.
Shi Wan turned her head and looked at Zhang Zitong lying on the hospital bed: "I will do my best to cure Tongtong. I hope you and Tongtong's mother can understand."
After comforting Mr. Zhang, Shi Wan returned to the bedside, sat sideways on Zhang Zitong's bed, gently patted his shoulder, and said softly, "Tongtong can't eat anything and has been having diarrhea. Auntie is going to put a small tube through your nose into your stomach to inject nutritious substances to keep Tongtong alive. This process will be a little uncomfortable, but Auntie knows that Tongtong is the strongest. Auntie will be gentle. Can Tongtong cooperate with Auntie?"
Upon hearing that she was going to be intubated, Tongtong shrank into her mother's arms in fear and kept shaking her head.
Shi Wan smiled gently and spoke again: "Of course, if Tongtong can eat nutritious food on her own, Auntie can consider not putting in this little tube. Can Tongtong do that?"
"Tongtong can." Zhang Zitong nodded obediently, looking as if she was afraid that Shi Wan would insert a tube into him.
"Auntie believes Tongtong is a good girl who keeps her word, so let's pinky swear and make a promise in advance. We'll eat properly from now on, and we'll drink water obediently every four hours. Can Tongtong do that?" Shi Wan extended her little finger and pinky swear with Zhang Zitong.
As long as there's no need for tubes, eating is just a matter of convenience, what's so difficult about that? With that thought in mind, Zhang Zitong extended her little finger and made a pinky promise with Shi Wan.
"Auntie will also be at the hospital tonight to supervise Tongtong. If Tongtong cooperates well tonight, she can be discharged soon."
Zhang Zitong nodded emphatically, afraid that the pretty doctor would insert a tube into him. "Okay, I'll be good."
Sikong Jingyu, who had witnessed everything from the doorway, stared at Shi Wan with deep eyes, seemingly lost in thought.
She seemed...not quite the same as he had imagined.
The woman before him, who was saving lives, made it impossible for Sikong Jingyu to associate her with the words "greedy for profit."
Sikong Jingyu had originally planned to come and teach her a lesson, but now he changed his mind.
When Shi Wan dared to give him a hard time when she left, Si Kong Jingyu's anger soared. When he came to find her, he saw her and a woman entering a ward without stopping, so he followed them.
She seems quite busy.
Considering how busy she is, I'll settle the score with her next time; I'll let her off the hook for today.
Now that we know her name and where she works, where can she run to?
Sikong Jingyu left the ward silently.
After Zhang Zitong's condition stabilized, Shi Wan and Lin Yuanyuan left the ward. As soon as they left, Lin Yuanyuan couldn't help but complain: "When I took over the shift, I said that Zhang Zitong's condition was not right, but Dr. Nie just kept dragging his feet and didn't treat her. If you hadn't come back in time, I'm afraid you and I would have had to do a major emergency tonight. Whoever works with her is really unlucky!"
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