Chapter 135 Amniotic Fluid Embolism: A Matter of Life and Death
The pain was like a tidal wave, crashing over him one after another. Zuo Shan felt as if he were being slowly sliced to death.
The pain made her consciousness a little blurred. In her daze, she remembered what she had read online: childbirth is a level 10 pain, the ultimate pain in the world.
There was once a device that allowed men to experience the pain of floating and sinking, called a labor pain simulator. Many men were unconvinced, but after experiencing it firsthand, they realized that most of them could only endure up to level eight.
Zuo Shan thought to himself with a wry smile, wondering if the high and mighty Modilan Shield could endure a labor pain simulator up to level eight.
A midwife's quiet exclamation reached my ears: "Dr. Zhou, she's hemorrhaging badly, what should we do?"
"What can I do? Her blood clotting is abnormal due to amniotic fluid embolism. There's no time to prepare for a cesarean section now. The anesthesiologists are all working non-stop in the surgery department and can't spare any time to prepare for the operation."
"Today's earthquake caused so many injuries, and the blood bank is almost empty. Right now, we can only discuss with her family whether to give up the mother and save the child; otherwise, it will likely result in the death of both mother and child." The doctor seemed somewhat angry, frustrated by the helplessness they felt in the face of the situation.
Pan Duole was quickly called in. Seeing that she was a child, Dr. Zhou didn't have time to explain the dangers of amniotic fluid embolism to her, and went straight to the point:
"The current situation is that if your sister has a cesarean section, she will definitely die, but her child has a 50% chance of surviving."
If they don't have the surgery, both she and her child will die. This is the surgical consent form; you can decide for yourself whether or not to sign it.
If you can contact the child's father, it would be best to ask for his opinion.
Otherwise, with your abilities, you probably wouldn't be able to raise a newborn baby who has no parents to care for them.
Although Dr. Zhou's words were cold, she couldn't choose a gentler approach. This was a wasteland where everyone faced immense pressure to survive. Without her older sister's care, this eleven or twelve-year-old girl would have a hard time supporting herself.
"Doctor, please save my sister! If you need blood, I can give her mine. I'd be willing to give her all the blood in my body. Please save her!" Pan Duole pleaded, tugging at Dr. Zhou's sleeve.
"First, you don't meet the requirements for blood transfusion. Second, she currently has abnormal blood clotting function, so even if there is blood, it won't save her unless there is a healing ability user who can quickly heal her wounds."
But this is District 48. Where can we find a high-level healer? Even if we did, they might not be willing to help an ordinary person.
So you'd better make a decision quickly, otherwise if you miss the opportunity for surgery, the baby in her womb won't have a chance to survive.
Dr. Zhou spoke quickly and coldly. Pan Duole felt as if he had been pierced by ten thousand ice arrows, the pain was so intense that he was numb, and the cold was extreme.
Suddenly, she remembered the resurrection grass fused within her body. She tried to extract the resurrection grass's power, but it met with strong resistance.
The resurrection grass refused to relinquish its special abilities because if its internal balance was disrupted, it would be devoured by the mutated ophiopogon japonicus. Since its life was at stake, it would naturally fight back with all its might.
A powerful rage instantly ignited within Pan Duole's chest. She was willing to give up her own life to save her sister, so why was this thing parasitizing her body disobeying her commands?
Her intense desire to seize the resurrection grass's power coalesced into a powerful force, and suddenly, she felt a burning sensation in her lower abdomen.
The next second, her entire body was enveloped in a fiery red halo. Dr. Zhou, who was closest to her, instantly felt an intense heat rushing towards her, and she was so frightened that she took a few steps back.
Pandora was almost fainting from the scorching red light. Just then, the small wooden sword in her pocket emitted a cool sensation, continuously repairing her burned meridians.
But this coolness could only barely protect her vital organs; her bones and muscles were still being scorched by the high temperature, and her skin turned red and burning hot. If this continued, she would be burned to a crisp.
At the same time, Mortilan Shield, who had just been carried to the border of District 47 by Mina's tornado, suddenly felt a pang of heart palpitation.
High-level ability users have a far greater sensitivity to the heavens and earth than ordinary people. The last time he had such a feeling was above the bamboo forest in District 50.
At that time, he received an indescribable telepathic connection from his bloodline when they were in danger.
This time it was far stronger than the last, as if his blood relatives were on the verge of death.
Mortilan was initially conflicted, unsure whether to go find the woman first or investigate the source of the sensation.
Then he discovered that they had entered the territory of District 48, and the source of the sensation was in the central area of District 48.
"Mina, faster!" he said anxiously.
Exhausted, Mina wanted to just throw her husband on the ground. She had already exhausted her powers along the way. The journey, which was originally planned to take two hours, actually only took one hour and forty minutes. Did she have it easy?
However, since the adults had given her orders, she had to obey as long as she could stay alive.
Mina bit her tongue and swallowed the fifth bottle of power-boosting potion, which far exceeded the normal limit of three bottles.
She was really going all out for the adults!
Five minutes later, the tornado finally struck the central square of District 48.
The scene before my eyes was shocking; the ground was so devastated it looked as if it had been bombed by high-explosive materials, with debris and dust everywhere.
Cries and shouts blended together; some were wailing, others were running for help, trying to find someone to rescue their relatives trapped under the building.
Modilan Shield didn't care about any of that. He abandoned Mina and rushed off in the direction he sensed.
Mina: ...
Mina, exhausted from her superpowers, coughed up a mouthful of blood and slumped against a corner of the shattered plaza, watching the adult's departing figure with a mixture of anxiety and helplessness.
Logically, she should be protecting the adults' safety, but in her current state, she's completely fragile. Let alone a superhuman, even an ordinary person could knock her unconscious with a single punch.
Following his senses, Mortilan rushed into the hospital and arrived at the entrance of the obstetrics and gynecology department. Before the two nurses responsible for guiding and guarding the door could stop him, he dashed in like the wind.
"Hey! Come back here! This is the obstetrics and gynecology department, no unauthorized personnel allowed! If you don't come back, the hospital will fine you!" A nurse shouted after him, chasing after him, but he didn't hear her at all and didn't stop walking.
He barged into the delivery room. "Ah! Whose family member are you? This is a delivery room, how dare you barge in like this?" A nurse happened to look up and saw him, and couldn't help but exclaim.
Modilan ignored her and rushed straight to Zuo Shan's bedside.
A quick glance revealed her lying in a pool of blood, and on the floor beside her delivery bed lay Pandora, her fate unknown.
With his advanced superpowers, he immediately realized that the little girl was awakening her superpowers.
Her sister was dying on the delivery bed when she awakened her superpowers. It was clear that she had been greatly stimulated. Many people with superpowers have awakened their superpowers unexpectedly because of strong stimuli.
However, her superpower awakened at the worst possible time, and it happened to be fire-based. Without help, she could easily burn herself to ashes.
He scanned her pocket with his supernatural ability and found the small wooden sword. He couldn't help but sigh, "This girl is really lucky. She just happened to get a small piece of the core of a thousand-year-old mutated ginkgo tree. This thing happens to have healing properties and protected her vital organs. Otherwise, she would have been burned to ashes before he arrived."
He didn't have much energy to take care of her at the moment, so he used an ice-type ability to temporarily freeze her and suppress the raging fire within her body.
Then he shoved the doctor aside, took out a bottle of hemostatic medicine from his spatial storage, and forcefully squeezed Zuo Shan's chin to force the medicine down his throat.
Then he took out the recovery potion, preparing to force-feed it to her.
Although Dr. Zhou, who was standing next to him, was intimidated by his fierce demeanor, he still said tremblingly, "Sir, she has amniotic fluid embolism, which has caused abnormal blood clotting. Even if you give her hemostatic drugs, it won't have much effect."
This recovery potion is definitely not going to work; she's about to give birth, not seriously injured!
She's finally dilated to six centimeters; if she drinks this recovery potion, her cervix will shrink back, and the baby won't be able to descend into the pelvis. All the pain she's endured will have been for nothing.
Mortilan was dumbfounded. The life-saving medicine that he thought was foolproof was only effective for seriously injured patients and was of no use at all for childbirth.
In fact, he had already clearly sensed that the fetus in Zuo Shan's belly was the source of his palpitations.
He didn't know which cousin of the Lan Dun family this fetus belonged to, but he already wanted nothing more than to drag that person out and give them a good beating.
That's so irresponsible! How can you sleep with a woman and just walk away?
Even if he didn't know the woman was pregnant with his child, shouldn't he at least provide her with basic necessities? Making her go out into the wild to gather food while heavily pregnant is utterly despicable!
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