Chapter 373 Depression (Postpartum Depression)
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, it was my turn to be on duty.
Li San Niang got up early, quickly tidied herself up, and then took the chicken that Li Da Sao had cooked and Qiu Xiang into the carriage, heading towards Yongpingfang.
After greeting Tang Mingyue, who had already arrived at the clinic, Li San Niang took the cloth handed to her by Qiu Xiang and carefully wiped her consultation table.
As Li San Niang opened her medical record book to check which patients were due for follow-up appointments, a man carrying a woman rushed in from outside.
"Help! Someone, please help my wife!"
Li San Niang stood up and looked towards the doorway.
A tall, strong man was seen holding a limp, unconscious woman in his arms. As Li San Niang approached, she noticed that the woman's wrist was bleeding.
Fresh blood dripped onto the ground, and a strong smell of blood filled Li San Niang's nostrils.
"Quickly, put it on the bunk bed!"
Tang Mingyue's shout gave the panicked man a sense of direction, and he walked towards the four-poster bed leaning against the wall opposite the medicine cabinet.
Because it was a woman, Li San Niang went over without hesitation.
Li San Niang stepped forward to examine the woman and found that she only had an injury on her wrist, with no bleeding elsewhere.
Li San Niang then asked Qiu Xiang to find a clean cloth and began cleaning the wound on the spot. After applying hemostatic powder and waiting a while, the bleeding stopped, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
Li San Niang's brows were furrowed and her face was tense. This expression made everyone present, except for the tall and strong man, think twice.
"Dr. Li, is there something wrong?"
Li San Niang turned around and said to Doctor Cui, who was asking her questions, "When I examined this woman just now, I found that although she only has one wound on the inside of her left wrist,," Li San Niang turned around and looked at the woman who was still unconscious on the bed, "both of her wrists have healed scars, which must have been there before."
Li Sanniang looked up at the tall, strong man next to her, whose face still showed panic: "Moreover, this woman should have just given birth and is still in her postpartum period."
Upon hearing this, everyone knew that something must have happened!
However, among those who come to see a doctor, who isn't sick?
Seeing that the woman was safe, everyone returned to their seats, leaving Li San Niang to look after her.
Li San Niang was extremely resentful. For a woman who had just given birth and was still in her postpartum period to commit suicide, she must have suffered a great injustice.
How much grievance must a mother feel to abandon her infant child and die?
The tall, strong man wasn't stupid; he noticed the displeasure on Li Sanniang's face, but he didn't take it to heart. He simply asked in a low voice, "Female doctor, when will my wife wake up? Is she alright?"
"They arrived in time; the bleeding has stopped, and he is out of danger."
The tall, strong man nodded and found a stool to sit down next to the four-poster bed.
"Although the situation has stabilized at this point, we still need to keep an eye on it just in case."
Please take her to my examination room and observe her for a while before making a decision.
"You should go get your number and pay now. I'll write out a prescription; once you've paid, we can brew it for you, so she can drink it when she wakes up."
After listening to Li San Niang's words, the tall and strong man obediently and carefully carried the woman into the bed in Li San Niang's clinic. When he wanted to go to the counter to pay, he felt his pockets and embarrassedly said that he did not have his money bag with him. "I came out in a hurry and did not bring any money. I will go home to get it. I will definitely come back."
Qi Li didn't make things difficult for him, nodded, and the man went out.
Li San Niang waited a while to make sure the man had really left before getting up and going to the bedside. She whispered to the person on the bed, "Alright, he's gone. You can open your eyes now."
Qiu Xiang looked at the person on the bed who had just been said to be unconscious, without any surprise. Now, the person moved their eyeballs and slowly opened their eyes.
Yu Niang opened her eyes, tears streaming down her face before she could speak, and she began to cry silently.
Li San Niang sighed, took out a handkerchief and handed it to Yu Niang, then whispered, "I'm helping you hide it from him because I want to help you."
"Stop crying, tell me why you took your own life?" Li Sanniang glanced at the bandaged wound on Yu Niang's wrist. "Where's your child? Your lochia hadn't even finished discharging, and it came out like this; it's very harmful to your body."
Yu Niang used her other uninjured hand to support herself as she sat up from the bed. She took the handkerchief that Li San Niang gave her, but she couldn't wipe away the tears on her face. As soon as she wiped them away, new tears started flowing.
Li San Niang didn't urge her, and just waited silently.
After a while, Yu Niang stopped crying and thanked Li San Niang and Qiu Xiang, saying, "Thank you so much for your help today, female doctor. I am deeply grateful!"
Li San Niang remained silent, nodding as she watched Yu Niang, waiting for her to continue.
"I really can't go on living."
I can't take it anymore, I really can't take it anymore, I can't take it any longer!
It's unclear what Yu Niang remembered, but her seemingly deranged appearance didn't surprise Li San Niang. With such scars on her wrists, she must have attempted suicide multiple times.
If a person attempts suicide multiple times, it must be because they are experiencing immense inner pain.
When a person suffers immense inner pain and cannot relieve or vent it, they will naturally become abnormal, like a madman.
Li San Niang rushed forward and grabbed Yu Niang, who was hitting her head with both hands. Qiu Xiang also stopped Yu Niang's arm, which was bleeding again due to her self-harm, thus soaking the white bandage on her wrist.
With no other option, Li San Niang gave Yu Niang acupuncture, causing her to fall into a deep sleep.
While Yu Niang was asleep, Li San Niang re-bandaged her wounds.
Although she didn't hear the reason behind Yu Niang's condition, Li San Niang was also very upset. When she took Yu Niang's pulse just now, in addition to discovering these old, healed self-inflicted wounds and the fact that Yu Niang had just given birth and was still in her postpartum period, Li San Niang naturally also diagnosed other ailments of Yu Niang.
Depression is caused by emotional distress, stagnation of Qi, and dysfunction of the internal organs.
Yu Niang suffers from depression and is constantly in great pain; there must be something going on behind the scenes.
But given Yu Niang's current condition, how could things possibly be discussed properly?
Just as Li San Niang was writing the prescription, a commotion arose outside the door.
Outside the clinic, a tall, strong man, Xu An, Yu Niang's husband, was pulling and tugging at his mother, Granny Xu.
Why are you pulling me?
I'd like to see what kind of trouble this little hussy is up to!
Cut your wrists?
Why didn't she just slit her own throat!
Xu An's face flushed red as he watched his mother cursing outside the clinic, and he felt a growing resentment towards Granny Xu.
A man who valued his reputation felt that Granny Xu's behavior was utterly shameless, especially with the gossip of the onlookers, which made Xu An feel extremely embarrassed.
"Waaaaah!" The baby's cries rang out, and Granny Xu quickly pulled Xu An's hand away and gently patted and comforted the baby wrapped in the diaper on her chest.
"Oh, my dear grandson, don't cry, don't cry. Your mother doesn't want you, but your grandmother does. We don't want that wretched woman anymore."
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