Chapter 119 A Belated Regret
North City, Workers' Hospital.
"The baby's head is stuck in the pelvic inlet, and the fetal heart rate has dropped to 61 beats per minute... Dr. Lin had just tried shoulder rotations before you arrived..."
As Chen Yun rushed to the hospital, she listened to the assistant doctor's report on the situation in the operating room while unbuttoning her white coat.
Since we'll need to change into surgical gowns after entering the operating room anyway, we should minimize preparation time by even a second.
Suddenly, the sight of several figures waiting in front of the operating room made Chen Yun pause.
"Gao Yi?"
The person squatting anxiously at the operating room door was none other than Gao Yi, while Gao Fei and Qiu Zhifang sat on a bench in the corridor, still whispering to each other.
Judging from their expressions, they clearly didn't know what had happened in the operating room.
"Second Aunt." Gao Yi quickly saw Chen Yun as well, and his body swayed slightly when he stood up after squatting for so long.
"It was you!" Chen Yun's brows furrowed even more, her tone growing colder: "Was it you who signed the document refusing a C-section?"
"It wasn't me!" Gao Yi's expression changed drastically, and he looked nervously at Qiu Zhifang, who had arrived at the hospital before him: "I just arrived at the hospital not long ago. It was my mother...it was my mother who brought Xue Li to the hospital."
"The fetus is too large for vaginal delivery. I recommend an immediate cesarean section, otherwise neither the mother nor the baby will survive."
Since they were family, Chen Yun spoke quite directly, and then looked coldly at Gao Yi.
"What!" Gao Yi was shocked. The color drained from his face in an instant, and he swayed as if he were about to collapse.
He heard his mother say on the phone that Wang Xueli was about to give birth and that he should bring a swaddle and money to the hospital, without mentioning anything about a difficult labor.
“Get him a new consent form to sign,” Chen Yun said directly.
"We can't sign it. Babies born naturally are smarter... Every woman goes through a few days of pain during childbirth, but after a little more pain, the baby is born!"
"You are not allowed to sign."
Chen Yun didn't want to pay attention to Qiu Zhifang, who seemed to be getting worse with age, and hurriedly pushed open the operating room door to prepare to leave.
Before the door closed, Gao Fei's voice cursing Qiu Zhifang as an "idiot" became muffled.
In the operating room.
The tearing pain from her lower body had overwhelmed Wang Xueli, and even the voices of the doctors around her seemed to be veiled.
She remembered Chen Yun saying that if the fetus is too big, it is the mother who suffers the most during childbirth. At the time, she thought it couldn't be that exaggerated, but when it actually happened, she realized that the word "uncomfortable" was already a very euphemistic way of putting it.
Having lay on the delivery table for an unknown amount of time, Wang Xueli even had thoughts that it would be better to die.
"The baby is going to die!"
The sudden throbbing in her lower abdomen made Wang Xueli realize something, and she cried out with all her might.
Just then, a calm and familiar voice rang out in the operating room.
"The family has re-signed the consent form for the cesarean section, so we'll proceed with the cesarean section directly!"
Wang Xueli tried hard to turn her head to look. Although her face was obscured by a mask and hat, her eyes were reassuring when she looked up.
"Second Aunt".
Wang Xueli reached out her hand with a sob in her voice.
All the doctors and nurses in the delivery room breathed a sigh of relief, and Lin Ciying immediately arranged for an anesthesiologist to administer anesthesia.
This strike was a race against death.
Chen Yun squeezed Wang Xueli's hand tightly: "Hang in there, the baby will be out soon."
Wang Xueli could only nod before her consciousness went black and she fainted.
The nurse immediately poured an entire bottle of iodine disinfectant directly onto Wang Xueli's enormous abdomen. There was no time to lay down multiple layers of sterile drapes; she only covered it with a sterile drape.
Lin Ciying took the scalpel and quickly made an incision in her abdomen.
From the skin incision to the child being removed, the entire process may only take a little over a minute, and in the end, they practically "pulled" the trapped child out.
The operating room was eerily quiet the moment the baby was delivered.
Chen Yun frowned, took the baby and gently placed it on the treatment table, and quickly began external chest compressions.
The baby lay motionless, its body covered in bruises, limp and lifeless, without the loud cry that announces the birth of a new life.
"0.1 ml of adrenaline, administered via umbilical vein!"
The rescue operation proceeded in an orderly manner.
In the same operating room, Lin Ciying suddenly exclaimed, "The mother is experiencing severe postpartum hemorrhage! Establish a second intravenous access immediately..."
Chen Yun glanced at the operating table, her hands moving without pausing. While the obstetrics department was doing everything they could to save Wang Xueli, she was also trying to save the baby girl who should be called "Second Aunt".
"Quickly rehydrate."
"The mother's blood pressure dropped, and her heart rate soared to 140..."
"The bleeding is almost two thousand milliliters..."
Lin Ciying suddenly looked up at Chen Yun, who was being treated right next to her, and took a deep breath: "Prepare the consent form for the hysterectomy and have the family sign it."
Just when everyone thought the baby had lost all hope, Chen Yun noticed that the baby's right foot suddenly twitched.
Then, a faint meow, as soft as a kitten's, squeezed out from the baby's throat, which was full of amniotic fluid.
"He's breathing on his own now," the midwife happily reported to the others in the operating room.
But Chen Yun's expression didn't relax at all. The child's face gradually regained color, and his right hand, raised due to the cold, waved unconsciously, but his left arm hung limply, without any muscle tension.
"The arm suffered nerve damage." Chen Yun's casual remark immediately silenced the operating room once again.
"Transferred to the neonatal intensive care unit for further observation."
When the 9-pound, 1-ounce baby girl was placed in the incubator, the incubator seemed quite narrow.
This chubby grandson, beloved by many older generations, almost lost his life.
Outside the operating room.
Chen Yun pushed the incubator toward Gao Yi, her eyes filled with coldness: "Xue Li is experiencing severe bleeding, and her uterus cannot be saved."
Gao Yi clutched his head in anguish, the veins bulging on his neck a mixture of regret and pain.
"Director Lin of the obstetrics and gynecology department warned you at 38 weeks that the fetal abdominal circumference had exceeded 38 centimeters and the risk of shoulder dystocia was extremely high, but you didn't take it seriously at all."
"It's all my fault...it's all my fault...I should have come to the prenatal checkup with Shirley!" Gao Yi pounded his head in anguish, tears streaming down his face. No matter how much he regretted it, he couldn't go back to a few months ago.
"The ridiculous thing is, when I asked Shirley for the medical report, she made excuses and said she didn't know where she put it..." Chen Yun's voice was so cold it seemed to be frosty: "Your mother said I was abusing my power and had even interfered in your family's affairs!"
If Chen Yun had seen that ultrasound report, she wouldn't have let it go.
It's no exaggeration to say that they deserved this outcome.
"Waaah—it's all my fault, it's all my fault!"
Every word Chen Yun said felt like a heavy blow to his heart. Gao Yi staggered and grabbed the wall to keep from kneeling down.
By this time, Gao Fei's family was no longer the only ones in the hospital corridor. Gao Tiejun and Dong Qiaoying had also received the news and rushed to the hospital. Gao Ming, who had brought them there, was also sitting in the corridor.
Gao Tiejun suddenly walked out and kicked Gao Fei hard.
"Look at the mess you two have made, your mother's advice was useless... It's all your fault."
But the blows to Gao Yi weren't over yet. After hearing that her daughter-in-law couldn't keep her uterus, Qiu Zhifang was stunned for a few seconds before stumbling after the incubator that the nurse had already pushed away.
"Is it a girl or a boy... Is the nurse a boy or a girl?!"
As long as it's a boy, even if the daughter-in-law can't have any more children, their family will still have an heir... Chen Yun guessed that Qiu Zhifang was thinking this at the moment.
In fact, everyone in the Gao family felt that Qiu Zhifang thought the same way.
"It's a girl, weighing nine pounds and one ounce." Chen Yun sighed and slowly told everyone about the child's condition, continuing almost without pausing: "The child's left arm has nerve damage, and the follow-up depends on the recovery."
"What!"
Dong Qiaoying clutched her chest in disbelief; the words "nerve injury" seemed to weigh down on her like a mountain.
The joy that should have been felt by welcoming a new life was instead overshadowed by a dark cloud over the Gao family.
Chen Yun looked at Gao Yi: "It's up to you now."
It's impossible for Chen Yun not to feel guilty at all. At this moment, she also deeply regrets not continuing to ask questions because of Qiu Zhifang's sarcastic remarks.
If we had discovered it back then...
There are no "what ifs" in this world. The fact is that Gao Yi, as a husband and father, can only bravely face all the difficulties ahead.
The operating room lights went out.
"Shirley is out."
Wang Xueli, who was pushed out, had a face as white as paper. At least she survived, compared to the womb that nurtures life.
"As long as people are alive, that's enough!"
Gao Tiejun's voice was deep and somber; the white-haired old man's words once again calmed Gao Yi's painful and desperate heart.
As long as a person is alive, there is no obstacle that cannot be overcome!
Gao Ming also stated, "Don't worry about the child's medical expenses; my second uncle and aunt will cover them."
Gao Fei grabbed his already tangled hair again, and large tears welled up in his eyes. Pain and regret tore at his heart in turn.
"Brother, go check on the child." Gao Ming raised his large hand and pressed it heavily on Gao Fei's shoulder: "Chen Yun just said that there is still a chance of recovery. We can't give up hope."
"Hmm..." A suppressed sob came from the palm of his hand.
After discussing Wang Xueli's situation, Chen Yun and Lin Ciying returned to the NICU ward in the neonatal department.
"The child showed signs of feeding intolerance ten minutes ago... gastric retention..."
Zuo Lingling immediately reported on the various issues that had occurred to the child within just fifteen minutes, but fortunately, the situation had stabilized after timely intervention.
Chen Yun had already anticipated these situations when she was trying to save the child.
“Let’s continue to observe.” Chen Yun bent down to look at the tiny body covered with electrode pads in the incubator. “I’ll call Renmin University Hospital this afternoon and contact their neonatal rehabilitation specialists to come and do an assessment.”
"The child's grandmother was just outside shouting and yelling, wanting to come in and see the child." Zuo Lingling closed the medical record: "Didn't you see her when you came in?"
"No."
"Poor child, he'll have to suffer a lot in the future."
"Did you tell her about the child's situation?" Chen Yun asked again.
"I told you," Zuo Lingling said, curling her lip in disdain. "Your face changed as soon as you heard it was a girl, and you even suspected that our doctors had given you the wrong baby..."
"Well!" Chen Yun sighed, "I guess they've left."
Hearing that it was a girl, their expression changed; if they heard that the girl might be disabled, they probably wouldn't even want to look at her.
"No way! She's her own granddaughter, after all."
Zuo Lingling also has a daughter. Although she despises Qiu Zhifang for favoring boys over girls, she still can't imagine that someone could be so cruel.
You'll find out then!
Although Chen Yun didn't want to think the worst about Qiu Zhifang, what happened next proved her words true.
Next... you'll find out!
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