Chapter 603: Speechless (Page 1/2)
Lin Man stared at Huo Qingci deeply. After some communication, she finally understood the deep meaning of Huo Qingci's words. The fourth child of Huo Qingyan's family suffered from congenital heart disease.
Atrial septal defect needs to rely on its own growth to repair itself. If it cannot heal naturally after four years, surgical treatment is necessary.
Lin Man also knew that the current medical level was not very advanced, and surgery could definitely not be performed now. If the surgery was performed, the patient might die.
Now the fourth child not only has symptoms of heart leakage, but also her weight is not up to standard. Even the simplest action of drinking milk seems quite difficult for her.
Such a fragile little life undoubtedly poses a huge challenge to raising. To raise it well, one must devote extraordinary care and patience.
If you are not careful, it may lead to unpredictable consequences, and you may not even be able to raise him to adulthood.
Lin Man looked at Huo Qingci with worry on her face and asked softly, "How should we place the child now?"
Huo Qingci frowned slightly and replied calmly, "There are currently professional nurses taking good care of her. They will take her home after the baby's weight reaches the standard."
Lin Man nodded thoughtfully, then said, "Is that so... Then after we finish eating, let's go to the hospital to visit!"
Although she was a little dissatisfied with her sister-in-law Song Jingjing, she had just given birth to a child after all. It would be unjustifiable if she ignored her.
What's more, although there were some grudges between them, they had never quarreled face to face.
At the same time, after Song Jingjing returned to the ward, when she learned from the doctor that her newborn daughter was suffering from congenital heart disease, she collapsed instantly and cried bitterly.
Seeing this, Tang Lihong couldn't help crying as well, which made Tang Xue, who was already at a loss, even more helpless. She could only stand aside and silently hand over tissues.
After quickly finishing their lunch, Lin Man and Huo Qingci went to the hospital to visit Song Jingjing and the children, carrying carefully prepared nutritional supplements.
As soon as she entered the ward, Lin Man stuffed two red envelopes next to Song Jingjing's pillow and asked her with concern how her postpartum recovery was going.
Then he comforted her a few more words and didn't talk too much about the fourth brother's condition. Not long after, Lin Man and Huo Qingci used the excuse that they had something else to do and left after staying in the ward for only a few minutes.
At around 2:10 in the afternoon, Xiao Ya and Huo Junshan also rushed to the hospital with their lovely grandson.
When they heard that one of their granddaughters had unfortunately suffered a heart attack, they were shocked by the news and their faces turned pale. They all stood there in a daze, unable to recover for a long time.
Huo Junshan knew that the child's condition was not optimistic, and he was worried about it.
Later, he went to the doctor's office to find Huo Qingci and asked him if there was any other feasible way to cure his granddaughter.
However, Huo Qingci looked embarrassed and shook his head helplessly, indicating that there was really no better way at the moment.
My niece is still young and underweight, so she cannot withstand the risks and trauma of surgery. The only thing we can do now is to raise her with great care.
Huo Junshan had no choice but to go to work first. After finishing a busy day at work, he rushed to the hospital without stopping to discuss with Huo Qingyan about taking care of the child.
As soon as he saw Huo Qingyan, Huo Junshan couldn't wait to speak: "Qingyan, the fourth child is not only seriously underweight, but also suffers from congenital heart disease. The situation is really worrying. We must take good care of this child and cannot be careless in the slightest."
Huo Qingyan nodded slightly. In fact, he had been thinking about this problem for some time.
After all, the fourth child is frail and sickly, and really needs someone to stay by his side and take care of him wholeheartedly.
So, he responded, "Dad, I understand what you mean. I'll find a suitable time to talk to Jingjing about this, but we have to wait until she's finished her confinement."
You know her well. Ever since she gave birth to her fourth child, she's been in tears almost every day and her mood is very unstable. If I asked her to quit her job and take care of the child, she would definitely not agree."
Hearing his son say this, Huo Junshan pondered for a moment, then slowly nodded in agreement: "Well, that's fine. Then let's wait until Jingjing is out of confinement before making any plans.
But the fourth child hasn't gained weight, and you don't know how to take care of her, so I think it's best to let her stay in the hospital for a while. When the baby is one month old, you can bring her home to recuperate."
"I think so too! The nurses who are responsible for feeding her all said that it is very difficult for the fourth child to drink milk now. As soon as she is asked to drink milk, she will immediately burst into tears..."
When Huo Junshan heard his son say this, his heart felt as if it was being grabbed by an invisible hand, causing him to feel severe pain.
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He couldn't help but sigh secretly: His son has had such a miserable life and suffered so many hardships!
When his previous wife was pregnant with twin daughters, she failed to give birth to them and they divorced.
And now, Song Jingjing also gave him a pair of twin daughters, but one was healthy and the other suffered from congenital heart disease.
Alas... Why does God play such a trick on us?
"Qingyan, what names should we give these two children? Do you want to ask someone to calculate them?"
"No need, Dad. I've already thought of a name for my fourth child."
"What's your name?"
"The fourth one is called An Ran."
"Safe and sound? You wouldn't come here to get it if it was safe and sound, would you?"
Huo Qingyan nodded and slowly said, "Actually, at the beginning, I originally planned to name our child An Xin.
But Jingjing said I was just using the names of Huo Yian and Huo Yixin, so in the end I decided to name the fourth child Huo Anran."
Hearing this, Huo Junshan couldn't help but ask curiously, "What about your fifth child? He can't always be without a formal name."
Huo Qingyan sighed softly and replied, "Alas, I haven't decided on a name for the fifth child yet. I'll think about it after she's one month old."
Huo Junshan couldn't help but feel helpless after hearing this, and he muttered to himself: "This kid, although the couple put all their energy and care on the fourth child because she was sick, it's understandable, but the fifth child is also their own flesh and blood after all, how can they completely ignore her like this!"
So he quickly persuaded her, "Since you've already come up with such a nice name for the fourth child, why not strike while the iron is hot and think of one for the fifth child as well? Besides, they're twins, so the middle character 'An' doesn't need to be changed. Just change the last character."
Huo Qingyan frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then responded, "Well, Dad is right. But after thinking about it, I really don't know what to call 'An'. If I call her Anna, it sounds a bit like a Western name. Is it possible to call her An Yan?"
Huo Junshan agreed when he heard it: "That's a good name! An Yan, it makes people think that your fifth child is good-looking."
Huo Qingyan seemed lost in memories at this moment, and after a while he muttered to himself, "It's really strange to say that the twin sisters look completely different.
Look at my fourth child, he's a spitting image of Jingjing. And the fifth child, his features are more like mine."
"It's good that he looks like you. You can't ignore the fifth child just because the fourth child is sick. From now on, the fifth child will be called Huo Anyan."
"I understand, Dad. I'll tell Jingjing later."
When Huo Qingyan hurried back to the ward, he saw Song Jingjing looking at him seriously and motioning her mother and Tang Xue to leave the room first.
After the two left, Song Jingjing took a deep breath and said slowly, "Qingyan, please come over and help me express some milk. The nurse just said that I need to send the milk to the fourth child."
Hearing this, Huo Qingyan couldn't help but frown and asked in confusion: "Hasn't the fourth child always been drinking formula? Why did he suddenly switch to breast milk?"
Song Jingjing sighed softly and explained, "Alas, you don't know, the fourth child is not in good health. The doctor said it is best for him to drink breast milk, which is more nutritious and beneficial to his recovery.
So I decided to save all my breast milk for my fourth child. As for my fifth child... I'll just give him some rice soup."
Huo Qingyan's eyes widened as he retorted in disbelief, "Old Five drinking rice soup? How can that be possible? Rice soup doesn't have any nutritional value!"
Song Jingjing rolled her eyes at him and said unhappily, "Why not? In the countryside, if a mother doesn't have enough milk, don't they feed their babies rice soup or rice porridge?"
Besides, drinking milk powder every day, how much does that cost! And you have to go to the doctor to get a prescription to buy milk powder, how troublesome!
Huo Qingyan simply couldn't believe his ears. This once generous and decent wife in front of him was now so stingy.
He really couldn't understand why Song Jingjing would rather let Lao Wu drink rice soup, which was a completely meaningless thing, than share some of her breast milk with Lao Wu, and was even more unwilling to spend money to buy milk powder for her.
But the healthy growth of children is the most important thing!
Thinking of this, Huo Qingyan couldn't help but feel a surge of nameless anger in his heart, but seeing Song Jingjing's determined expression, he didn't know how to argue with her for a moment.
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