Chapter 156 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack 156 ...
Isn't this a challenge to traditional medicine? If brain death isn't considered true death and patients can still be saved, then this news would be enough to shock the world.
However, it wouldn't be easy, she thought. When Zhang Mo brought it up, only one surgery came to mind: a head transplant. Compared to using medication to restore the brain to normal, that surgery seemed a more likely option.
Lin Wei thought this way, and she said it this way.
"It took us so much effort to cure a person in a vegetative state. Do you think it's possible to cure brain death? It's more likely that a head transplant would be more feasible." At least a new head transplant wouldn't have brain or nerve damage; it would be alive.
Anyway, she didn't know how advanced the drugs would have to be to support the recovery from irreversible brain damage.
Chi Boyan: "But isn't it quite interesting?" he countered. He had already agreed to participate, and regardless of whether the idea could be realized, he wanted to see how they conducted the research.
However, Lin Wei didn't have the energy for that. She still felt that it was better to eat one bite at a time. Admittedly, she had previously discovered that some basic biological principles in the system space were wrong, but she never thought of overturning them immediately.
While brain death research is interesting, she should first thoroughly understand rabies.
This made Chi Boyan feel a pang of regret. "Lin Wei, you have such a poor sense of curiosity." She doesn't seem like a researcher at all. He had heard that the Mayo Clinic had invited many renowned doctors from around the world to participate; it would be a real shame if she didn't.
Whether through medication or a head transplant, the patient can be awakened.
Lin Wei: "Curiosity kills the mind. I'm aware of my own abilities. Let's talk about it after you've done your research." Asking her to join before there's even a concrete plan is a waste of time.
Chi Boyan chuckled, "Then I wish you a smooth rabies treatment."
Lin Wei: "Thank you, you too."
After ending the chat, Lin Wei thought for a moment and then logged into her email. She saw many emails, some offering her generous offers from various countries, others inviting her to participate in research projects at the Mayo Clinic. She glanced at them and rejected them one by one.
She might be curious about this research if she had the time, but she clearly doesn't have the energy for it now.
The thought of enabling patients to produce antibodies on their own, as well as culturing stem cells and directing their differentiation into nerve cells of the central nervous system, made Lin Wei feel a heavy burden weighing on her shoulders.
There's also an artificial neural scaffold. Each of these is no simple matter.
However, Lin Wei's current focus is still on getting the patient to develop antibodies first. If they can't, then all her subsequent plans will be in vain. Therefore, when Chi Boyan's medication arrived, she paid close attention to changes in this immune function.
I hope the patient can also do their best.
But clearly, God did not hear her heartfelt words, and Yin Fang's husband still showed no signs of developing antibodies.
On the contrary, because she hasn't been at the A University Affiliated Hospital recently, she has attracted everyone's attention, and a group of people are speculating about where she went. Could it be that she went for further studies?
“I checked, and her information is still on the list of doctors at the A University Affiliated Hospital, so she definitely didn’t resign.” Not to mention, she still has a year and a half of service left.
Someone who saw her at Sichuan Provincial Hospital said, although not sure, "I think I saw her at Sichuan Provincial Hospital. I thought I was seeing things, but now it seems very likely to be her."
Because of this, many people who were receiving treatment at hospitals in Sichuan Province came forward to prove that he was right.
As a result, Lin Wei's appearance in Sichuan Province and her research on rabies treatment could no longer be kept secret.
When a group of people found out, they exclaimed, "Awesome!" The previous study on a person in a vegetative state had just ended, and she was already continuing the research. At this rate, she should be able to solve many diseases, right?
Think about ALS, Parkinson's disease, and Alzheimer's disease. Although the latter does not affect a person's lifespan, it greatly affects the caregiving experience for family members. If Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease could be cured, that would be great.
Because of this, everyone online is suggesting what Lin Wei should research next; it's clear they want to cure too many diseases.
Meanwhile, in F continent, the country with the highest incidence of rabies in the world, the Watt family watched in despair as their son was accidentally bitten by a bat but diagnosed with rabies, a disease that no one could cure.
I don't understand how such bad luck could happen to their family members when they haven't done anything wrong.
Upon hearing the news from the Flower Country, his first reaction was to settle his bill at the local hospital and leave, bringing his son, who was bound and gagged, to the Flower Country.
Whether it's true or not, they would never let their son lie there waiting to die.
Because of the language barrier, we encountered many difficulties along the way, but in the end, with the help of a mobile phone translator and some friendly Chinese people, we finally found the Sichuan Provincial Hospital.
Lin Wei hadn't expected that before she could even finish treating her current patient, another one had arrived. She sighed heavily. But could she refuse to take on the new one? No.
So when facing the Watts, she chose to tell the truth, just like Yin Fang, and even exaggerated the severity of the subsequent treatment, since what Chi Boyan said was likely to be true.
Even so, the Watts had no other choice. "We must get treatment." She had already created many miracles; she could do it again, right?
They held great goodwill towards the Flower Kingdom because during the last pandemic riots, it was the Flower Kingdom government that secured a chance for survival for ordinary people like them. If she could save them, she would definitely not abandon their son.
Is this not a kind of belief in the Flower Kingdom?
Because of this, Lin Wei directly accepted the patient named Kyle and arranged for him to be placed in the bed next to Yin Fang's husband.
The only difference between the two was that Yin Fang's husband was bitten by a dog, while Kyle was bitten by a bat. Lin Wei tested him and found that the latter had a much lower viral load than the former. He was actually easier to cure than Yin Fang's husband.
Because of this, she would pay more attention to the patient's treatment in the next few days. Unlike Yin Fang's husband, she did not administer strong medications, but instead diluted the medications many times over, while the immunosuppressants were injected at intervals.
Meanwhile, Watt's family members began communicating with Yin Fang in different languages. It just goes to show that when it comes to communication, even people from different countries can find a way.
When they heard from her that her husband had been receiving treatment here for almost a month, the Watts were filled with joy.
"Really?" Although they knew that Lin Wei was researching a treatment for rabies, they hadn't succeeded yet, but this news was already enough to surprise and delight them.
You see, in the hospitals in F continent, they said his son had at most a week to live. Even though Lin Wei had told them that his safety came at the cost of damage to his nervous system, as long as he was alive, they still had a glimmer of hope, while death would mean the end of everything.
If she can wake up people in a vegetative state, she can definitely wake up their son too, right?
Although Lin Wei felt this patient was easier to treat than the previous one, things would be simpler than she imagined.
Perhaps it was because this man from F was young, and because of the bat bite and the low viral load, that she found the viral load in his body was gradually decreasing after a few days of treatment, especially after she gave him an immunizing agent.
In other words, his immune system worked; to put it more bluntly, this F-state person developed antibodies.
This means that her idea was not wishful thinking. When she learned the news, Lin Wei could hardly help but be excited. After all, Yin Fang's husband had made no progress for so many days, which made her question whether her idea was correct. But now this F-state person proved with facts that her idea could come true.
When she looked at the Watts, she smiled with a hint of relief for the first time. "Congratulations, your son has developed antibodies and is recovering very well." Even his nervous system hadn't suffered much damage because she had used very little medication. Even if the immune response had caused some damage to the nerves and nerve cells, a course of neurotrophic factors had almost completely healed him.
Upon hearing this, the Watts' eyes lit up with joy and tears. "Thank you, thank you, doctor," they said, kneeling down before her.
But this was the first time she had ever seen someone so excited that they knelt down before her, so Lin Wei quickly stepped aside to avoid them.
"Get up quickly."
Yin Fang looked at them with a hint of envy in her eyes. If she could kneel down and kowtow to wake her husband up, she would kowtow to her hundreds of times.
But she knew it wouldn't work.
If it could be cured, why wouldn't Dr. Lin help cure it? In the end, her husband's condition was more serious.
However, the foreigner's improved condition gave her hope again after she had been waiting in despair. If he could be cured, surely her husband could too, since it was also rabies? She couldn't help but hopefully think.
Every time she came home and her daughter asked how her father was, she found it hard to say. She could only tell her that the doctors were trying to save him.
Yes, they're trying to save him, but nobody knows how long it will take for antibodies to develop, or what the long-term effects might be. Thankfully, Dr. Lin is also researching rabies treatment; otherwise, the sheer volume of medication alone would be overwhelming.
These immune preparations, neurotrophic factors, and antiviral drugs—which one of them doesn't cost money? Ordinary families simply can't afford them.
Lin Wei knew this too; even if these two cases of rabies were successfully treated, ultimately not many families could afford the treatment. She couldn't possibly treat every single patient she encountered, because there were always more patients to treat, and she wasn't a saint.
Moreover, she had wasted too much time on this rabies case. Even though she had a relatively high degree of freedom at the A University Affiliated Hospital, it didn't mean she could be away for a long time. So after Watkel was discharged, Lin Wei asked Yin Fang to take the patient to A City for transfer.
“It’s uncertain when the patient will develop antibodies; it’s destined to be a long process. And I can’t stay in Sichuan Province indefinitely, so…”
After she finished speaking, Yin Fang said understandingly, "You don't need to say anything more, Dr. Lin, I understand." She had already helped her too much. If she couldn't even arrange a transfer to another hospital, then there was no point in treating this illness.
So they quickly began preparing for the transfer to another hospital.
After Watkel was discharged from the hospital, Lin Wei knew that everyone would find out sooner or later. So before they could spread the news, she had A University Affiliated Hospital release a message.
"Dr. Lin Wei of our hospital successfully treated a rabies patient bitten by a bat, and there was no serious damage to the nerves or organs after the treatment. However, there is still no particularly effective treatment for rabies patients bitten by dogs. Due to limited resources, Dr. Lin will continue to follow up and treat the rabies patient from Sichuan Province and will not accept other rabies patients for the time being."
In other words, the A University Affiliated Hospital can accept rabies patients, but Lin Wei personally does not need a case study, which also means that if they want treatment, they will have to pay for it themselves.
Admittedly, she is wealthy, but she cannot afford to pay for everyone. Moreover, people are inherently greedy, and she cannot gamble with human nature.
This news deterred many foreigners, who feared they would waste money without getting a proper treatment. If the affiliated hospital of University A could definitively say they had a treatment, they might consider it, but doesn't that mean there's no cure for dog bites?
Only those who truly care about their husbands, wives, and sons would come to the Flower Kingdom without knowing the outcome, just to pursue that sliver of a chance to live.
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