Chapter 130 Special Treatment Contracts

"Vegetative?"

Su Tang frowned slightly and subconsciously thought about the patient's condition.

Vegetative state refers to a special state in which a person loses consciousness after a brain injury, retaining only some basic vital signs and some instinctive nerve reflexes. They cannot walk normally, communicate with others, have no consciousness, and cannot think.

However, in response to some external stimuli, conditioned reflexes will still be produced instinctively.

For example: hiccups, coughing, yawning, waving limbs, etc.

"Ms. Wu, do you have the patient's medical records?" Su Tang did not immediately accept Wu Man's order for a quick visit after hearing the 5 million yuan. Instead, she thought for a moment and looked at Wu Man and said, "I need to see the patient's specific condition before I can make a conclusion..."

Not to mention that Wu Man's husband became a vegetative state four years ago, and he had already missed the first six months of the earliest treatment period for vegetative state, so it was very difficult to treat him. The most important thing is that treatment also depends on individual differences. Even if it is the same disease, everyone's physical condition is different, and the treatment plan will often change greatly.

Especially for a serious disease like vegetative state, which is very difficult to treat, it needs to be treated with caution.

"Yes, yes! I have every examination report record here!" Upon hearing this, Wu Man nodded quickly, took out her mobile phone and handed it to Su Tang, and read through all of her husband's examination reports and medical records over the years.

As a family member of a patient, Wu Man almost instinctively took photos and collected these medical records and test sheets every time, just in case she met a suitable famous doctor one day and could show these case reports to the other party.

Su Tang picked up the phone and read it carefully.

Wu Man's husband is Song Che, 36 years old this year. He was hospitalized in a coma after a car accident four years ago. He suffered multiple skull fractures due to trauma. After later treatment, he remained in a coma for a long time and was in a vegetative state...

Su Tang carefully read the various documents in her mobile phone. Even if she didn't see Song Che himself, Su Tang could tell from these examination reports how carefully and seriously Wu Man had taken care of her husband over the years.

During the four years, except for the poor physical condition when Song Che was seriously injured in the early days, in the following years, he not only did not have other common complications of vegetative patients such as lung infection, skin infection, and bedsores, but even the patient's muscles were less atrophied than those of ordinary long-term paralyzed patients.

"Ms. Wu, your husband seems to be in good health except for the nerve damage in his brain..."

Su Tang looked at Song Che's latest physical examination report and nodded. However, before Wu Mansong could catch her breath, Su Tang changed the subject and said, "But it may still be a little difficult for your husband to be cured..."

Su Tang frowned, her fair and tender face looked as serious as a little old lady.

This expression and action immediately made Wu Man's heart rise to her throat.

Wu Man was slightly desperate. She took a deep breath and tried to suppress the sadness in her heart. She looked at Su Tang and said word by word: "Doctor Su, is there really no other way?"

"Didn't you say last night that you can even treat Alzheimer's disease? My husband is younger than that aunt Sun. Even if his condition is more serious than the other, aren't both of them neurological diseases?"

"The two diseases have the same end result. Doctor Su, can't you try again? What if my husband can wake up through the stimulation of acupuncture?!" Wu Man choked up, and as she spoke, tears kept falling like a flood that had broken through a dam.

The driver Zhou Hai stood aside and sighed helplessly when he saw Wu Man's look.

Madam has had a very hard time these years. Not only is she caught between the Song and Wu families and does not receive any help from either family, but she also has to work hard every year for Mr. Song's huge medical expenses. The annual fee for inviting famous doctors to visit is a huge expense, not to mention that Mr. Song now lives in a high-end ward in the hospital 24 hours a day, so the expenses are even greater, easily costing several million a year.

Because he was diagnosed as a vegetative state and there was no possibility of him waking up again, Mr. Song was basically kicked out of the house except for a small amount of personal properties and personal belongings that were not recovered. He was directly kicked out of the house by the Song family. In the past few years, he has relied on his wife for food and drink...

The elders in the family don’t support or understand me, and the financial expenses such as medical expenses and living expenses are very stressful.

Zhou Hai felt that Wu Man was aging at a speed almost visible to the naked eye.

Now that Dr. Su is in front of us, if we continue to hit her like this, won’t it make your wife even more sad?

Zhou Hai took two steps forward and tried to comfort Wu Man: If this doctor is not good enough, let's find another one...

But the doctor opposite, who was wearing a white coat and had his work ID on his chest, frowned and said helplessly, "Ms. Wu, don't be so anxious. At least let me finish what I want to say..."

Su Tang blinked and said, "Ms. Wu, with my current level...it won't be a problem for Mr. Song to wake up."

"But there is a difference between waking up and being awake!"

Su Tang said in a serious tone, "One is that the person is awake and partially conscious, but the sequelae are very serious, such as speech disorder and the brain cannot command the body. The other is that the person is awake, can open his eyes automatically, communicate normally with others, and can mobilize the body according to his own ideas and other people's instructions. In the end, he can take care of himself and go to work like a normal person."

Wu Man: “……?!!”

Wu Man's eyes lit up subconsciously, and she instinctively looked at Su Tang. While trying to retract her hoarse voice from sobbing, she subconsciously said eagerly: "Of course, of course, I hope Song Che can recover to the point where he can take care of himself and work like a normal person..."

Su Tang glanced at Wu Man and nodded: "I know what Ms. Wu thinks. This is also the result that every medical staff and patient's family wants most."

"It's just..." Su Tang hesitated for a moment, thought about it, and then slowly swiped her phone to a medical examination report, "Ms. Wu, please take a close look at the pictures on these medical examination reports. Mr. Song suffered from obstructive hydrocephalus after the injury, and this part of the brain was severely impacted. This shadow area is obviously different from other places..."

Su Tang looked at Wu Man and said word by word: "If you want to cure Mr. Song, there are only two ways!"

"With the first conservative treatment, I can wake Mr. Song up, but I cannot guarantee his recovery in the later stages. But Mr. Song has been in a coma for four years. More than 80% of the sequelae are serious, 20% are mild, and at most 10% can barely recover to the point where they can take care of themselves."

"The second radical treatment is more dangerous. It requires deep acupuncture to stimulate the patient's vital points. I cannot guarantee that Mr. Song will wake up. He may even die during the treatment. But once the patient wakes up, at least 90% of them can take care of themselves, and more than 70% can go to get off work like normal people."

The word "death" made Wu Man's throat tighten instinctively, and her pupils involuntarily dilated slightly.

However, the words "be able to take care of yourself and live like a normal person" were too attractive to Wu Man.

Wu Man's throat was dry. She took a deep breath and then slowly said, "Doctor Su, for the second method...what are the mortality rate and success rate...?"

"40-60, Mr. Song has a 40% chance of dying during the treatment due to the stimulation." Su Tang did not intend to hide it, and said seriously with a clear black and white look in her eyes: "If Ms. Wu wants to choose the second treatment plan, then we must sign two more special treatment contracts before the treatment. This contract needs to be specially drafted by a lawyer, not an ordinary hospital surgery notice..."

Three years ago, in order to protect doctors and avoid major conflicts between doctors and patients' families after the patient's death, both parties could ask lawyers to sign this special treatment contract before treatment.

However, unless it is a particularly dangerous surgery and the patient is very young, few doctors and patients' families are willing to take such a big risk and formulate such a dangerous treatment plan.

"40% to 60%, which means Song Che has a 50% chance of recovering to the point where he can take care of himself, and a 40% chance of recovering to the point where he is a normal person..." Wu Man murmured, her back tense as she was already lost in her own emotional world.

Su Tang sighed: "..."

She stood aside without saying a word, but her serious gaze passed through the heavy rain outside the window and fell on the turbid and yellowish puddles on the ground.

Although Su Tang thinks that the second option would be better for the patient, in any case, only the patient's family can decide on this matter...

This choice is difficult. Doesn't Wu Man feel heartbroken just thinking about the possibility of her husband dying and turning into a handful of ashes to be put into a porcelain box?

But reason told Wu Man that the second option was the better choice for Song Che.

Because the person lying on the hospital bed now is neither Song Che nor Song Che. He is just a body without a soul lying on the hospital bed.

If she chooses the first option, Song Che will be able to stay with her for a long time after he wakes up, but she may have to wait for death at home every day for the rest of her life.

But the second option can allow the other side to stand up and regain the vigor and vitality it had four years ago.

According to Song Che's personality, Wu Man knew without a doubt that he would definitely choose the second option...

Wu Man was like a gambler in a casino, holding Su Tang's hands tightly, bearing the heavy heart that she would never see her husband again. She gritted her teeth and said, "Doctor Su, I choose the second option. We can sign a treatment contract!"

Wu Man's voice was choked with sobs, and her hands were shaking: "Doctor Su, our Song Che's life is in your hands! He has been suffering for too long..."

If she had not been at her wit's end, if no one had been able to cure her husband in four years, if she had not seen hope last night and experienced it herself, Wu Man felt that she would not have been able to muster such courage.

"Oh..." Pan Yuhao stood aside and couldn't even eat his bun. The atmosphere was too sad.

However, joys and sorrows, separations and reunions, and all kinds of life are the norm in hospitals.

Just when several people felt the atmosphere was depressing and cold, suddenly three men who had taken off their shirts and were wearing only shorts came out of the emergency room with excitement on their faces, muttering to each other. This atmosphere filled with joy instantly diluted Wu Man's suppressed sadness, and even many of the depressed patients around her looked up at this side.

Su Tang was puzzled: "......?"

She subconsciously looked up at the man with a flat head and wearing black trousers who was walking in front. Wasn't this her patient from yesterday?

Are they Mr. Liu, who had earwax stuck in his ears and thought he was deaf, and his co-workers?

"Hey! Good morning, Dr. Su and Dr. Pan!"

The flat-headed man was full of excitement. He smiled and greeted Su Tang and the others: "I was standing by the window just now and saw a lot of fish in the water by the roadside. Wait for my coworkers and I to catch a fish for you guys to eat! I have already thought about it. One braised, one steamed, and one stewed in soup!"

Su Tang, Pan Yuhao's expression froze, he couldn't believe it: "…………"

No, isn't it?

Is there anyone fishing in the water by the road on such a windy day??!

Wu Man: “…………”

Wu Man was completely confused and shocked. She almost couldn't cry anymore...hiccups!