It turned out that these two young men were Chen Xia's high school classmates and roommates. Their names were Lin Jianjiang and Cao Liping.
We had a pretty good relationship when we were in school, but not that close, otherwise we wouldn't have not been in touch for all these years.
The lying patient is called Xu Zixuan, also a classmate. He has an average relationship with Chen Xia. From their tone, it seems that the two of them had some disputes in the past.
The three of them were children of employees of Yuezhou Xifeng Winery. After graduating from high school, they failed to get into college, so they took over their parents' jobs and went to work at the winery.
Chen Xia understood now, and felt that the relationship was not too far-fetched, so he asked, "Jianjiang, Liping, what's the matter with this classmate Xu Zixuan?"
Lin Jianjiang was obviously more talkative, so he started to explain the details:
"About two weeks ago, this kid said for no apparent reason that he had difficulty getting up in the morning and told us that he felt weak in his limbs, but he could still walk on his own.
The winery's infirmary checked him out and said he didn't have any pain or discomfort in his limbs and joints, nor did he have any cold symptoms like coughing, sputum, chills or fever. So they asked him to go back for observation. We thought he was faking it.
Who knew that he would gradually develop worsening weakness in his limbs and needed help to walk. We thought it was strange at the time and took him to the Second Hospital for a checkup. They saw the internal medicine department and all the tests showed nothing wrong.
Wu Shaochen looked at the medical records from the Second Hospital and added, "I did a few routine tests at the outpatient clinic, and there were no obvious abnormalities in the blood routine, liver and kidney function, and electrolytes.
The diagnosis at the time was: weakness in the limbs, to be investigated, and periodic paralysis of hyperthyroidism, to be diagnosed."
Lin Jianjiang continued, "The doctor couldn't figure out what was wrong, so he had him hospitalized for tests. After a long examination, everything turned out to be normal. But in the end, his condition got worse."
Chen Xia took the medical records himself and looked through the examination sheets one by one. There were no obvious abnormalities in thyroid function, electrolytes, blood routine, 24-hour urine potassium, etc.
This is so fucking weird.
"The doctor couldn't find anything wrong with him, so they sent us home. Xu Zixuan just lay in the dormitory, unable to walk. We notified his parents and planned to take him back, but his family had no place to stay, so he just slept in the dormitory.
4 days ago, he suddenly started to twitch without anyone stimulating him. It was so scary. He was foaming at the mouth, his eyelids were rolled up, his limbs were twitching, and he urinated and defecated on the bed. It lasted for about 5 minutes and then subsided on its own.
When he woke up, he didn't know what had happened and asked who we were. He was dying. He didn't even recognize us old classmates. He also became very irritable and kept throwing things on the bed. Before his parents arrived, he suddenly fell asleep again and was difficult to wake.
We had no other choice but to send him to the Second Hospital. However, the Second Hospital said they couldn't treat him and asked us to transfer him to your Fourth Hospital. Luckily, we met you, Chen Xia. We thought you had gone home to farm, but how did you become a doctor?
"Ahem, old classmates, let's see the doctor first, we'll talk to you later."
"Yes, yes, I'm sorry, Chen Xia, you should treat him first. His parents will probably be here soon."
Chen Xia breathed a sigh of relief. If Lin Jianjiang continued talking, he wouldn't know how to keep up the joke.
Wu Shaochen quickly said, "Mr. Chen, I've already done a physical examination. The patient is still drowsy and can be woken up when called. He has difficulty with timing and orientation calculations, has positive horizontal nystagmus, and no abnormalities in the heart and lungs. He has positive bilateral pathological signs and negative meningeal irritation signs."
"Bilateral pathological signs are positive? That means there's something wrong with the brain. How can you say the Second Hospital suspected alcohol poisoning?"
"It's written in the medical record that the patient has a history of heavy drinking."
At this time, Cao Liping, who had been silent all the time, said softly to Chen Xia:
"This guy usually has a good alcohol tolerance, but in the past month, it seems that he and Qiu Yuxing have had a falling out and are heartbroken. He often drinks alone in the dormitory and always stays drunk until late at night."
At this time, Lin Jianjiang quietly pulled Cao Liping's sleeve, signaling him to stop talking, and glanced at Chen Xia worriedly.
Chen Xia looked unhappy: "Fuck, why are you looking at me? What does this have to do with me? Is it because of me that Xu Zixuan is heartbroken?"
Cao Liping was a little slow to react, not understanding Lin Jianjiang's hint. "Why are you dragging me into this? Chen Xia and Qiu Yuxing haven't had any relationship for a long time. I think we should call her over. Looking at Xu Zixuan's condition, I think she could use some counseling."
Crows flew over Chen Xia's head one by one.
Later he found out that Qiu Yuxing had been dating Chen Xia first in school, and after Chen Xia dropped out of school, she got together with Xu Zixuan. It seemed that this girl was also a person of character. She dared to talk about her boyfriend everywhere in the early 1980s, so her reputation must have been bad.
Chen Xia is not interested in the gossip about Chen Xia’s previous life (that sounds so awkward).
She has no interest in this love rival, and even less interest in Qiu Yuxing. She is either fickle or easily attracted to other people. Anyway, she seems to be a scheming bitch. I guess she will definitely find someone else after breaking up with Xu Zixuan this time.
Chen Xia still likes girls like Gu Lin who are simple-minded, simple-minded, and can be seen through at a glance. It's not tiring to get along with them, and they can play around from time to time. How nice.
It’s better to keep things simple with your wife. If you don’t believe me, go ask Comrade Li Guoqing from Dangdang or Comrade Xu Sanduo from Chinatown. They will shed tears if they tell you about it.
Chen Xia was forced to listen to gossip about the past melodramatic dramas while quickly directing the nurses and doctors to perform first aid.
"Draw blood immediately and review the blood routine, emergency biochemistry, electrolytes, thyroid function, and coagulation function. Wu Shaochen, go prepare the debridement kit and perform a lumbar puncture on the patient to draw cerebrospinal fluid."
Chen Xia was giving oral medical instructions, the young doctor was taking notes, and the young nurse was busy opening intravenous access, etc.
This made Lin Jianjiang and Cao Liping beside them a little dumbfounded. Is this still the Chen Xia they knew? This kid used to be a lazy guy like them in school.
When did he become so serious and even transformed into a doctor? The contrast is too big, it's like he has become a different person.
If it weren't for the matching appearance and name, they would even suspect that this was a fake Chen Xia.
While the two people here were still marveling at the situation, the discussion about Xu Zixuan's condition had already begun.
Mo Yongfang asked, "Mr. Chen, which condition do you suspect is more likely?"
"It's actually not that hard to guess. If you look at the medical records from the Second Hospital and the key sentences, you can get a rough idea."
Several young doctors immediately opened the medical records and sat together to study them.
Young doctors are humble and eager to learn, and ask questions when they don't understand. This is the only way to make rapid progress. Unlike some old salted fish, they have lost their ambition and motivation to learn, and they just go fishing all day and end up drowning.
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