Yu Jun and his elder brother found their mother's attending physician and inquired about her condition.
"Doctor, how far has my mother's illness progressed?" Yu Jun asked the doctor, his brows furrowed.
"Comrade Wei's uremia was detected relatively early, and it hasn't reached the worst stage yet," the doctor said frankly. "Well, to cure this disease completely, a kidney transplant is necessary. But with current conditions, the success rate of a kidney transplant can't be guaranteed. He doesn't know about other hospitals, but even at their hospital, it's really hard to say."
"What is my mother's current treatment plan? Is a kidney transplant necessary?" Yu Jun didn't know.
"It's not that a kidney transplant is always necessary. A kidney transplant is a permanent solution, provided the surgery is successful. The other option is conservative treatment, which requires a long process and doesn't offer a cure; it just maintains vital signs." This situation is quite common now, with most patients undergoing treatments that maintain their vital signs.
"If it's a kidney transplant, is there any danger to the kidney donor?" Lin Jun didn't know which of them could be a match for his mother, and he still needed to find out.
"Every surgery carries risks, and we cannot guarantee the donor's safety 100%." The doctor frankly admitted that they couldn't be too certain.
"Doctor, if my mother doesn't get a kidney transplant, will her life be in danger?"
Brother Yu asked the crucial question: If I don't get a kidney transplant, will I die?
"Given your mother's current condition, she is not in any danger if she actively cooperates with the treatment. If you choose to have a kidney transplant, it would be best to go to a large hospital in Beijing or Shanghai, where the success rate will be higher." The doctor gave this advice from the bottom of his heart; he was actually not in favor of a kidney transplant.
Yu Jun and his elder brother thanked the doctor and returned to their mother's ward.
"Mom, how are you?" Brother Yu glanced at his mother in the hospital bed and asked with concern.
"She won't die yet, but she'll be soon. Yu Yin, you must donate a kidney to me, as a way of repaying my debt of giving birth to you." Yu's mother's vicious words sent chills down one's spine.
"Mom, I told you..."
Before Yu Jun could finish speaking, Yu Yin raised her hand and pressed down on her brother's arm, interrupting him.
"Comrade Wei Hong, you have too high an opinion of yourself. Why should I repay your kindness in giving birth to me? Did you give birth to me with my consent? You gave birth to me with health problems, did I ask you for compensation? Repaying the kindness in giving birth to me? You're overthinking it. I don't owe you anything." Yu Yin's tone was flat, as if it were someone else's business, without any emotion.
"Yu Yin, how can you be so heartless? Our mother gave birth to you and raised you, how can you not owe her anything? You're such an ingrate!" Yu Qing jumped out, she just couldn't stand Yu Yin.
"Really? Then how will you repay your mother's kindness in raising you, Yu Qing? You're not heartless, you're not an ingrate, you'll definitely repay Ms. Wei Hong's kindness in raising you!" Yu Yin put Yu Qing in a difficult position. She was really annoying, like a mad dog, jumping out to annoy people from time to time.
"Well, this is about your business, why are you dragging me into this?" Yu Qing stammered, her eyes darting around.
“Mom, we just spoke with the doctor. He said you don’t necessarily need a kidney transplant right now. You can have conservative treatment, and there’s no danger to your life.” Brother Yu repeated what the doctor had just said, which made his mother burst into a tirade.
"Is that even human language you're talking about? There's no danger to my life, but why don't you mention how hard my life is? I'm on treatment every day, my life has no quality. I'm barely alive, just barely breathing. I've raised so many of you, and in the end, I can't count on you at all..."
At that moment, Yu's mother resented everyone.
"Mom, the problem now is that even with a kidney transplant, the surgery is very risky. It's not like a transplant is guaranteed to be successful. What if it fails? Then there won't be another chance."
Looking at his hysterical mother, Yu Jun felt that she had become unreasonable.
"Even if I die on the operating table, I will not regret it." Yu's mother was determined to have a kidney transplant; she had no choice.
“Fine, you can have a kidney transplant if you want. We’ll all get tested to see who’s a match. Don’t even think about Yinyin’s.” Yu Jun didn’t want to argue with his mother; it was pointless.
Yu Jun's emotional bond with his mother wasn't that deep. When he was little, he was busy taking care of Yu Yin and fighting with people who bullied her. His mother was actually quite annoyed by him because he was always causing trouble and had to apologize to people, but she didn't really pay attention to him.
But no matter what, if they are a match, he won't refuse to donate a kidney to her; he can always retire from the military and go home.
"Why doesn't Yu Yin get checked? She needs to get checked too."
Yu's mother kept a close eye on Yu Yin, determined to make her go for a checkup; she had no choice but to go.
"Even if I'm a match, I won't give you a kidney transplant. You'll be the one suffering then, I don't care." Yu Yin wasn't against getting tested, so she went ahead and got tested. If she really was a match, that would be quite interesting.
As a result, Brother Yu took all three of his other children for checkups to see the final outcome. If none of them worked, then they would have to see how Yu Kang fared; if all else failed, there was nothing they could do.
The results would take time, and Yu Yin didn't want to wait and see with them, so she decided to go back. She would know the results tomorrow. Actually, whether she knew or not didn't matter much to her; she wouldn't donate a kidney to her mother.
Mr. Yu told them all to go back, while he stayed to take care of his mother. His second and third uncles would take turns looking after his grandmother. Although they were reluctant, it was their turn, and they had no choice but to accept it.
After Yu Yin and the others left the hospital, Yu Xiaoge was still a little indignant. "Who are these people?"
"Brother, calm down. There's no need to be angry. It's not a big deal. What you need to think about now is what you'll do if you're a match. If you really donate a kidney to her, your career will be over. Is it worth it?" Yu Yin didn't want her brother to act impulsively. Although one kidney is enough to live on, it's probably not an option for a professional soldier.
"I don't know either. This happened so suddenly, it caught me completely off guard." Yu Jun hadn't thought it through. Giving up his career was a bit of a sacrifice for him. He had come this far by surviving several life-or-death situations, and besides, there was Xiaoyu to consider; he couldn't ignore her feelings.
"If you ask me, she's just bored. The doctor said the surgery was very dangerous, so let's just have conservative treatment. We'll pay for the treatment and nutrition. Everyone else can do that, but our mother is different. She just relies on your filial piety and doesn't care about other people's lives."
Sister-in-law Yu couldn't understand it either. Other mothers all hope for the best for their children, but her mother-in-law, as a mother, only cared about herself and didn't consider anyone else. She was extremely selfish.
The group returned to Sister-in-law Yu's house. In the afternoon, they took the children out for a walk and waited for the results.
The next day, they went to the hospital again, and the doctor showed them the test results.
In a dramatic turn of events, neither Brother Yu nor Brother Yu were a match, while Yu Yin's result was unsurprisingly a successful match. Most unexpectedly, Yu Qing's result was also a successful match, leaving her completely bewildered!
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