Chapter 264 The Excitement Period
Upon hearing the shouts from outside the door, everyone inside the room immediately changed their expressions.
Even Qin Suisui realized something was wrong. Was this Sanzhuzi the one they had mentioned being bitten by a rabid dog?
So, does the illness mean rabies? That is, what they call mad dog disease, the same as the child named Chicken Boy they just found in the tree hole on the mountain?
Captain Li had already run out with his three sons. Qin Suisui wiped the liquid off her face. It was the liquid that Aunt Zhang had just applied to her and Jia Zhenzhen's faces. She said it was a local folk remedy used to ward off evil spirits, and applying it would make her feel more at ease.
Carrying her small cloth bag, she pulled Jia Zhenzhen along and said to Captain Li and the others, "Uncle Li, let's go together. I know a little medicine; maybe I can help."
Seeing the two women run off, Hu Jue remembered his promise to Pei Jiuyan and quickly stood up: "I'll go help too!"
Rabies is considered a very serious disease in their Hongshan Brigade because they live in a remote mountain area with many rabid dogs. Not only children, but adults are also frequently bitten.
Although rabies vaccines are now available, hospitals in remote areas often lack sufficient vaccine reserves. Moreover, even in the city, vaccines may not be available, and one may have to travel to Kunming, where even then, vaccines may not be readily available.
For people living in remote mountain villages, some have never traveled far from home in their entire lives. If asked to travel thousands of miles to Kunming, they would rather stay at home and seek treatment from a barefoot doctor using traditional folk remedies.
However, folk remedies are not a panacea, and in the past two years, for some unknown reason, people bitten by rabid dogs, even after using folk remedies, will still develop the disease soon. Sanzhuzi is one such case.
When Captain Li arrived at Sanzhuzi's house with several men, Sanzhuzi was already tied up in a chair. The seven or eight-year-old child was extremely agitated and restless, baring his teeth and making angry and painful shouts, with saliva constantly drooling from his mouth.
Sanzhuzi's mother and grandmother were weeping bitterly, while the barefoot doctor shook his head and sighed, "This illness came on too quickly. I don't know why, but the medicine I gave the child before had no effect at all. I'm at my wit's end. If all else fails, we should take the child to a big hospital in the city. Maybe there'll be a chance to save him." With that, he turned to leave.
Sanzhuzi's mother quickly grabbed him and knelt on the ground: "Please save him, please save my Sanzhuzi! He's my only child, I can't lose him!"
The barefoot doctor sighed heavily again: "It's not that I don't want to help, it's just that my abilities are limited. You should hurry up and send the child to the city!"
Captain Li glanced at Qin Suisui, and seeing her nod at him, he stepped forward and said to Sanzhuzi's grandfather, "Uncle Liu, our guest also knows a little medicine. Let her take a look at the child first. If it doesn't work, we'll hurry up and call a car to take the child to the hospital."
Sanzhuzi's father went missing for several days a few years ago while hunting in the mountains. When he was found, he had already died, missing an arm and a leg. He must have encountered wild animals in the mountains.
Therefore, Sanzhuzi is the only child in the Liu family. If something happens to him, the Liu family line will be cut off.
Upon hearing Captain Li's words, Sanzhuzi's mother immediately looked up at Qin Suisui. Without any questioning, she crawled to Qin Suisui's side, grabbed her hand, and pleaded tearfully, "Young comrade, you have a way to save my Sanzhuzi, right? Please save my Sanzhuzi! You can have anything you want, even your life, please save him..."
Captain Li frowned: "Sanzhuzi's mother, why would they want your life! Get out of the way right now, don't delay the rescue!"
Upon hearing this, Sanzhuzi's mother scrambled to the side, wiping away her tears with her large hands, murmuring, "Okay, okay, I'll move aside, please save my child..."
Qin Suisui had observed Sanzhuzi's condition as soon as she entered. If her judgment was correct, Sanzhuzi's condition was indeed rabies, and he had already reached the second stage of excitement, which is the acute neurological symptoms stage.
The course of rabies generally consists of three stages. The first stage is the prodromal stage, during which the symptoms are atypical and easily mistaken for a cold or general discomfort. Symptoms include low-grade fever, headache, fatigue, loss of appetite, and nausea.
The second stage is the excitement stage, during which patients exhibit the most typical and characteristic symptoms of rabies, such as the nervous excitement, spasms, and restlessness seen in Sanzhuzi. Some may also experience hydrophobia, aerophobia, photophobia, phonophobia, and even difficulty breathing and swallowing.
The third stage is the paralytic phase. After the excitation phase, the patient's spasms cease, and they seem to gradually calm down. However, this is followed by generalized flaccid paralysis, most commonly affecting the limbs. The patient progresses from a calm state to a coma, with gradually weakening and irregular breathing, a rapid and weak pulse, and a drop in blood pressure, ultimately leading to death from respiratory and circulatory failure.
According to Sanzhuzi's family, he had been in the second stage for less than half an hour. If acupuncture had been administered at that time, she was confident that she could have saved him.
The child was strapped to a chair and was struggling and acting frantically. Under these circumstances, it was impossible to administer acupuncture.
"Zhenzhen, quick, help!" Jia Zhenzhen and Qin Suisui had a great understanding. As soon as Qin Suisui spoke, she knew what she meant. She immediately stepped forward and pressed down hard on Sanzhuzi's small body to control him and prevent him from moving around.
Qin Suisui quickly took out a silver needle and stuck it into Sanzhuzi's body.
Soon, the previously restless child calmed down and fell asleep.
Upon seeing her child suddenly fall asleep, Sanzhuzi's mother rushed forward like a madwoman, yelling, "What are you doing? What did you do to my child?"
Qin Suisui frowned, but before she could speak, Hu Jue quickly stopped her: "Madam, she's saving your son's life, don't cause trouble!"
Qin Suisui hadn't paid attention to Hu Jue when she was in the military laboratory, but Hu Jue had. He knew she had excellent medical skills. Even last year, when the Japanese encephalitis virus swept across Qiongtan Island, his youngest daughter was infected, and she was saved thanks to Qin Suisui's special medicine.
Therefore, he now trusts Qin Suisui completely and has shown an unprecedented level of authority.
Captain Li stepped forward and pulled Sanzhuzi's mother away, saying to Sanzhuzi's grandparents, "Why aren't you pulling her back? Stop causing trouble. Do you still want to save your child?"
Sanzhuzi's grandparents rushed forward, and the old man, who had been timid all his life, slapped Sanzhuzi's mother across the face: "I told you to take good care of the child, but you didn't, and the child got bitten by a rabid dog. Now you want to delay my grandson's treatment. You better stay put and don't get in the way!"
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