Chapter 103 Doctor Xiang Jiang also did not break
The next day, the team from Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital arrived in Huadu and conducted a comprehensive consultation on patient Zhou Kai.
Huadu First Hospital attaches great importance to the Hong Kong medical team. This is a good opportunity to learn from each other. Vice President He Boliang personally leads the team and is responsible for coordination.
In the ward, the attending physician, Song Jiming, was personally reporting Zhou Kai's condition to his colleagues in Hong Kong:
"The patient has undergone a right frontal craniotomy with hematoma removal and artificial dura mater repair. Eight days after surgery, a head CT scan showed significant brain edema, and a lung CT scan showed bilateral white lungs. His condition remains critical. However, the multiple fractures throughout his body have been minimized."
After viewing the CT scan, Hong Fei, the director of neurosurgery at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital, clicked his tongue:
"We need to determine the nature of the cerebrospinal fluid. Whether it's exudate or transudate will result in different results, treatment, and even more so, prognosis. Let's do this at Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital."
The Hong Kong team that the Zhou family hired at a cost of 2 million RMB must certainly play a role.
Song Jiming understood the rules, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
An hour later, Zhou Ruili and Li Yada were called into the ward by the doctor.
Doctor Hong Fei sighed and said:
"Mr. Zhou, Mrs. Zhou, we just performed a left ventricular drainage on Young Master Ling. The drained hydrocephalus was yellow and turbid. Testing revealed a very high white blood cell count, confirming a serious intracranial infection."
Li Yadan screamed, "What? The condition has worsened again? Didn't they say it was only in the lungs?"
Zhou Ruili also became anxious:
"Then Dr. Hong, how is my son being treated now? What are his chances of survival? Please, you must save him. I'm willing to pay any price."
Doctor Hong Fei said seriously:
"The current treatment is vancomycin combined with meropenem to combat the infection. These are the best antibiotics in the world. Besides the medication, the key factor is still your luck. From our doctors' perspective, the chances of survival are less than 20%..."
"My son~~~"
Li Yada fainted again with a smack in her throat. It looked like her son was not dead, but she, as a mother, could not hold on any longer.
Patient Zhou Kai has been in a coma for 10 days.
All the necessary medicines and treatment measures have been tried, and all the experts available have been consulted, but Dr. Xiangjiang still has no magic trick to bring the patient back to health.
Again, the longer the coma lasts, the more severe the irreversible brain damage is and the smaller the chance of survival is. Both family members and doctors are well aware of this.
Finally, Zhou Ruili mobilized all his connections and learned that a retired master chef from Tongrentang in the capital had an Angong Niuhuang Pill produced in 1969 and was willing to sell it, but the price was 200,000 yuan.
Zhou Ruili was so excited that he immediately sent his secretary to the capital to bring back the precious Angong Pill as quickly as possible.
After being identified by Mr. Mao, it can be confirmed that it is a genuine medicine.
So the Zhou family happily melted the medicine and fed it to their son through a nasal tube.
After seeing the doctor inject the Angong pill into their son's stomach through the glass of the ICU, Zhou Ruili and Li Yada clasped their hands tightly, extremely nervous.
"Husband, is my son saved?"
Zhou Ruili gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "There is hope, there must be hope."
It's not just the family members who are nervous. In the intensive care unit, neurosurgeons are also closely observing the effect of Angong Niuhuang Wan on brain resuscitation.
If this clinical treatment can achieve miraculous results, then a high-quality "research team" can be established.
For doctors, publishing a paper is more useful than receiving tens of thousands of dollars in bonuses. Promotions and salary increases all depend on papers.
A peaceful night passed, but the patient remained motionless, which made the family and doctors a little anxious?
Early the next morning, the ward was crowded with doctors again. Song Jiming found that the patient had no response at all and couldn't help feeling anxious.
Mr. Mao, who participated in the consultation, waved his hand:
"It doesn't work that quickly. Generally, the effect is seen six to eight hours after taking the medicine. However, this child's condition is quite serious, and it's uncertain whether he can recover. After all, Angong Niuhuang Wan is not a miracle drug, and no one can guarantee 100% effectiveness."
As he was speaking, the ECG monitor suddenly beeped twice, and everyone looked up.
A young doctor exclaimed happily: "The heart rate has increased. It was only over 50 beats per minute before, but now it has reached 70 beats per minute."
Song Jiming was very experienced. He immediately took out his pupil pen, flipped up the patient's eyelids and took a look. Then a look of surprise appeared on his face:
"The patient's eyes are moving and there's a corneal reflex. This is good news! It's a sign of impending brain resuscitation."
After saying that, Song Jiming clearly performed several brainstem reflex tests. It was motionless before, but now it has begun to show positive results.
"Wow, this is truly a miracle of life!"
"I never thought Chinese medicine could really cure diseases? It's amazing!"
"We have a key research group for our department this year!"
Seeing that the patient was showing signs of recovery, Mr. Mao quickly stood up and took his pulse. He nodded slightly, then shook his head gently:
"The pulse is thin, straight, and soft, lingering and resembling a silken thread. It has improved compared to before, which proves that Angong Pills are indeed miraculous. But don't be too excited. One Angong Niuhuang Pill is not enough to support the patient's brain recovery.
It's like a paddy field that's been suffering from drought for a long time. You've found the right irrigation method, but unfortunately, the amount of water you provide is too little. One irrigation isn't enough to revive the already dying seedlings. Without follow-up treatment with Angong Pills, the effects will probably be short-lived.
What a pity, what a pity…"
Outside the ward, Song Jiming hurried out to communicate with the family members:
"What? My son is showing signs of recovery? Oh my God, thank God, he's finally waking up~~~~"
Li Yadan clasped her hands together and cried with joy.
Zhou Ruili was also very excited. This was his only heir, and no matter how much he valued him, it would not be too much. So he asked tremblingly:
"Okay, okay, thank you so much!!!"
Song Jiming didn't have much of a smile on his face:
"Calm down, both of you. There are only signs of recovery now, but our old Chinese doctor also said that just one Angong Niuhuang Pill is not enough, far from enough. So we must get more Angong Pills now."
Zhou Ruili was puzzled when he heard this. "Oh, then approximately how many Angong Pills are needed?"
Song Jiming calculated:
"According to traditional Chinese medicine, one pill a day should be given for at least seven to 14 days, so we need to prepare at least 10 pills now, otherwise all our efforts will be wasted. If the coma lasts more than 14 days, the chances of waking up are slim."
If you can't wake up, you are in a vegetative state.
It took a lot of hard work to get even one pill, but 10 pills would really kill the Zhou family...
(End of this chapter)
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