Chapter 43 Crying in the Middle of the Night



What the urology intern shouted out was truly shocking.

Everyone's eyes turned to Su Tang.

Not only the medical staff waiting by the elevator, but also the patients and their families who had been waiting for the elevator were equally surprised and turned to look at Su Tang.

Su Tang: “………………”

Su Tang felt suffocated.

At the elevator entrance of the lobby on the first floor, there was a moment of silence.

Even the relatives of several patients who had just entered the general internal medicine inpatient department unconsciously lightened their steps and looked at Su Tang and the urology interns and others with strange eyes, as if they were eagerly waiting to see gossip.

Su Tang was horrified: "......!!"

My mind was buzzing for a moment, and I didn't know how to answer this question.

It's over! It's only been a few days, and her name is going to be directly associated with the word impotence? !

Not only the outpatient department, but also the MSI group and the inpatient department did not let her go? !

"Director Fan, look at her! It's her!" The young intern didn't notice Su Tang's stiff face. Instead, he was so excited that his cheeks flushed, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

It’s because of the woman in front of me!

Deputy Director Fan hasn’t finished his calls today yet!

That's the woman!

He had to run around all the other offices of the Urology Department, where he was looked down upon by a group of senior doctors and was almost chased out with a stick.

If it weren't for this woman, why would he be so violent today? !

"Director Fan, what do you think...?!" The intern was extremely excited. He had finally completed the task assigned to him by the director. It was worth it that he had come a long way to bring Deputy Director Fan to the Internal Medicine Inpatient Building!

“Pah…Mmmmm…!”

However, before the intern could finish his words, Deputy Director Fan slapped him in the face with his hand, which smelled slightly of disinfectant, and tightly covered the intern's mouth.

Oh! This poor kid!

I don't see the dean. Are the directors of the neurosurgery and neurology departments next door here? !

How can you yell in front of the dean?

He also wants to save face when he is representing someone.

Deputy Director Fan was nervous and thought to himself that this was not good.

He was the deputy director of the urology department, but one day his patients were snatched away by a junior doctor from the general internal medicine department.

Even his intern doctor carelessly exposed it in front of the dean. Wouldn't this ruin his reputation? Wouldn't it leave a bad impression of poor medical skills in front of the dean? !

Deputy Director Fan felt regretful and could only smile awkwardly at the dean and others with a stiff face: "Dean, Director Wang, Director Tang, Director Xiao, you are here too... hehe."

"This guy was just talking nonsense! Our urology department and general internal medicine department are not related at all... How could this Dr. Su steal our patients?... Hehe."

Deputy Director Fan let go of the intern, pretended to be relaxed, patted the intern on the shoulder and said, "Director, I still have some things to do in the clinic, I'll go back first."

Deputy Director Fan: As long as I am not embarrassed, others will be embarrassed. As long as I run fast enough, embarrassment cannot catch up with me.

Dean: “…………”

Deputy Director Luo, Director Wang, Director Tang, Director Xiao: “…………”

Mother Xie's breathing stagnated. She tugged at Xie Zhuokai's sleeve with some worry and whispered, "Son, tell me the truth. Do you think your father has been paralyzed for two years, which is too long? Do you think he is a burden and don't want him anymore?"

Otherwise, how could her son find such a woman for his father...

His cheeks are chubby, white and tender, like a little doctor who just graduated from high school.

And it seems that she is quite knowledgeable about men's health...

Xie's mother sighed. She couldn't imagine that a young doctor who had just graduated could cure her husband's paralysis caused by a stroke.

Xie Zhuokai looked at Su Tang twice, a little hesitant: "Mom, in modern society, we can't just look at the appearance of things, we have to see the essence through the phenomenon... Older people don't necessarily have the best medical skills... What just now, didn't the director of the urology department come to cause trouble because he was poached?"

Xie's mother said: "…………"

Why did she feel that the doctor was even less trustworthy after hearing this?

“…………”

Xie Zhuokai himself was a little bit at a loss for words, so he added dryly: "Maybe, they have the same name, the same surname, and the same department?"

When Su Tang saw the urology department staff slipping away, she immediately felt like she was alive again, so she subconsciously looked in the direction of the elevator building.

She sighed inwardly, even though this was the second time she met the dean of our hospital.

But there is no doubt that this person has already been labeled a good person in Su Tang's heart.

Anyone who can rescue her and help her avoid social death is a good person, whether passively or actively!

Su Tang sighed twice in her heart.

I was thinking, why not just run away as soon as possible.

Anyway, the Sixth Hospital is so big, with dozens of departments and at least thousands of medical staff. These so-called deans and directors will probably forget about her completely in less than half a month, so she should not go out of her way to greet them.

After all, she was just a junior doctor who had just been admitted to the hospital this year. Why would the leaders above pay special attention to a small figure like her?

Su Tang, who had never liked dealing with leaders since childhood, silently praised himself for his cleverness and was preparing to slip away.

However, the next second he was stopped by the dean next to him.

Su Tang was nervous: "…………?"

"Doctor Su...can you come over here for a moment?"

After all, he had done something great. The dean's expression froze for only a few tens of seconds, and then the muscles at the corners of his mouth turned up, and he smiled happily like a Maitreya Buddha and said, "Doctor Su, this is Mr. Xie..."

The dean introduced the two parties: "His father suffered a stroke and has been paralyzed on the right side for more than two years. He wants to be hospitalized in your department for treatment..."

"oh……"

Su Tang suddenly realized something, her eyes fell on the arched back of the person carrying the stretcher cart, and she nodded to Xie Zhuokai and his mother.

"So you are the patients that the director called me about just now and said you wanted to see a doctor, right?"

"Come on! I'll take you upstairs to get a hospitalization certificate."

Finally, the person who came was no longer an impotence patient. Su Tang's eyes and brows were full of smiles, and his attitude was particularly positive.

Xie Zhuokai, Xie's mother: "………………"

Why, why...it looks even less reliable.

What expert could be more proactive than the patient himself?

From the stairwell to the general internal medicine inpatient floor, the nurse arranged a private ward for Mr. Xie.

Su Tang then started to examine Mr. Xie.

Father Xie was lying on the hospital bed, covered with a thin blanket, breathing shallowly.

Su Tang obviously noticed that Mr. Xie's mental state was not very good. Normally, an ordinary person who was moved from the bicycle to other places would have woken up long ago, but he was still sleeping and showed no signs of waking up.

Su Tang observed Mr. Xie's facial expression, then raised her fingers and carefully felt his pulse.

Then he frowned slightly and let go of the other person's wrist.

"How is the doctor?" Xie's mother asked nervously, clenching her hands in front of her chest.

Although she had just been downstairs in the internal medicine inpatient department and felt that the young doctor in front of her looked unreliable, as a patient's family member, Xie's mother still instinctively hoped that this doctor would be as great as Secretary Zhou said.

"The situation is not particularly bad, but it is not particularly good either..."

Su Tang completely ignored the four department heads who followed Xie Zhuokai into the ward, and ignored the dean and others. After a moment's deliberation, she told the truth: "After Mr. Xie suffered a subarachnoid hemorrhage, he was paralyzed on his right side and had a slurred speech for more than two years. He must have been very depressed during this time, right? Even with Mrs. Xie by his side, it would have been difficult for Mr. Xie to adapt."

Xie Zhuokai: “……?”

Xie Zhuokai was stunned and tried hard to recall the scenes every time he went to the nursing home to see his father over the past two years.

Xie Zhuokai frowned subconsciously.

Except for the period when his father had just suffered a stroke and was not in a good mental state, after that, every time he saw him go to the nursing home, he would talk to him with a smile. He didn't look depressed, did he?

Could it be that this doctor is really not good... ?

Xie Zhuokai felt a little disappointed, as he always felt that the doctor in front of him was not as good as he had imagined.

However, Xie Zhuokai never expected that his mother would frown, raise her hand and push him aside, standing closest to Su Tang, and nodded, "Yes, doctor, you are right."

"My husband has lived in a nursing home for the past two years and he often groans. Sometimes I would see him chase the nurses away and sit alone on the lawn of the nursing home with a dejected look on his face."

Xie's mother said, "I didn't understand this matter clearly at first, but after a few times I understood it."

"well……"

Xie's mother sighed, "My husband used to be the chairman and president of the company. He was very busy in the company every day, managing thousands of employees. But since the stroke... not only can he not manage the company, but he also needs help from others in his life. My husband used to be a person with a very strong self-esteem. So after the stroke, even though there were doctors and nurses taking good care of him, and I would accompany him in the nursing home every day, he would still think about the company's affairs every day and be unhappy."

Su Tang nodded. Father Xie's situation is actually very common in the whole society, especially among those who used to give orders in high positions.

To give the simplest example, many people who used to be officials or senior executives will become more and more irritable after retirement, and many of them will even use the orders they used to give to outside employees on their own family members.

Mr. Xie previously managed a large company with thousands of employees under him who obeyed his orders.

Now that he is paralyzed, not only does his physical condition have problems, but even those employees who used to obey his orders have changed their obedience to him, which naturally makes Father Xie depressed.

"There is a saying in Chinese medicine that goes '30% medicine, 70% conditioning'. One of the 70% conditioning refers to daily sleep, diet, emotions, exercise, etc., among which emotions play a role that cannot be underestimated."

Su Tang tried to describe Mr. Xie's condition as simply as possible so that Mrs. Xie could understand: "After Mr. Xie became paralyzed, he must have been in fear and worry for a long time, which made him depressed and mentally exhausted. That's why he has had a noticeable decline in memory and mental fatigue in recent days."

"Mr. Xie has a weak pulse, has been in a coma for a long time, and is listless. This is a symptom of depression, excessive worry, and damage to the body's vital energy."

Su Tang spoke slowly and calmly, "As the saying goes, fear hurts the kidneys, worry hurts the spleen, and the spleen and kidneys lose their essence and energy. In addition, the paralysis has not been cured for a long time, and the kidneys are weak and weak. Mr. Xie needs to replenish his essence and energy first, and after curing the essence and energy depletion, he can then treat the sequelae of the stroke."

"Otherwise, no matter how many nourishing medicines you take, they will not have any effect. Instead, other uncomfortable symptoms will appear." Su Tang was concentrating on treating patients, so he did not notice the strange expressions of the other doctors next to him.

Especially Director Xiao.

As the director of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Director Xiao has been working in this field for at least thirty or forty years and has seen many patients.

Like Su Tang, he had just examined Xie's father and came to the same two conclusions.

——Depression in the heart, loss of essence and blood, and insufficient kidney yang are symptoms of exhaustion of essence and energy.

——Permanent paralysis caused by subarachnoid hemorrhage is a sign of kidney qi deficiency.

Director Xiao stroked his beard. Although this doctor named Su Tang was young, his pulse diagnosis skills were just as good as those old Chinese medicine practitioners who had been working in the outpatient clinic all year round.

It is even more difficult when the other party can infer Mr. Xie’s emotional problems in the past two years from the pulse results.

Don't be fooled by Su Tang's fast treatment speed and extremely easy conclusion drawing, as if he has the patient's condition under control without any effort.

But in fact, it was this ease and speed that made Director Xiao feel that Su Tang was extremely experienced and battle-hardened, which was extremely rare!

He has such ability at such a young age.

Director Xiao looked at Su Tang with an extremely complicated expression.

Even though Su Tang hadn't told him the prescription or treatment method yet, just from the pulse diagnosis and diagnosis, he knew that the young doctor in front of him would not be too bad.

"Then I would like to ask Dr. Su...how should my father be treated in this condition?"

Xie Zhuokai's pupils were dark, and he looked at Su Tang without blinking and said, "Before I came, I heard that Dr. Su had treated Cheng Shengming's father for the sequelae of subarachnoid hemorrhage. His father was paralyzed in all four limbs and could not speak. But now he can comb his hair by himself and speak vaguely."

Although Xie Zhuokai usually has the final say in Huaning Entertainment Company, he is actually a professional expert.

Even though Su Tang had just tried to use simple words to describe Xie's father's condition, he only understood the first two sentences.

That is to say, his father had not been able to eat or sleep well in the past two years due to paralysis. He thought about his paralysis and company matters every day, which weakened his energy and made him physically weak.

"Doctor Su, I don't quite understand what you're saying, but my father is only paralyzed on his right side, and his condition looks much better than that of Mr. Cheng. Both of them suffered from subarachnoid hemorrhage, and my father is five or six years younger than Mr. Cheng, so his overall condition should be better."

Xie Zhuokai frowned slightly and said, "Then can he also be like Mr. Cheng, with his paralyzed right side of the body being able to move slowly through treatment? And can his speech problem also be greatly alleviated?"

As a successful businessman, it's a habit.

Rather than waiting for the process in between, Xie Zhuokai wanted to know an accurate answer now.

Su Tang looked at Xie Zhuokai in surprise, "Mr. Xie is quite impatient, which is quite similar to your father..."

Otherwise, why would Mr. Xie still think about company matters every day after suffering a stroke and becoming paralyzed?

When most ordinary people get sick, they just don't want to do anything.

Not to mention working in a company, even eating out as a family is served with takeout.

"Ahem, Dr. Su..."

The dean pretended to cough twice and reminded, "Let's first talk about how much Mr. Xie will be able to recover in the future..."

The dean thought for a moment and added, "Whether it's good or bad, we have to have a clear idea in our hearts... Doctor Su, just tell the truth."

The dean was not a Chinese medicine practitioner before, and he was in an administrative position for a long time, so he did not have much contact with clinical practice.

Therefore, he could only temporarily see that Mr. Xie's condition was not very good. Compared with those patients who could walk, talk and eat on their own after a few months of rest and exercise after a stroke, Mr. Xie had not been able to get out of bed on his own so far, and had been in a state of lethargy and sleepiness for a long time.

The dean was worried. He suspected that the Sixth Hospital might not be able to get the 20 million donation, but he couldn't help but wonder, what if the young doctor in front of him had such superb medical skills that he could cure Mr. Xie?

But he was also worried that the doctor in front of him was young and deliberately arrogant, and he would not be able to treat Mr. Xie well, and would instead cause conflicts between the Sixth Hospital and Huaning Entertainment Company.

So, apart from Xie Zhuokai and his mother...

The dean also looked at Su Tang eagerly.

Su Tang: “…………”

Su Tang blinked, and sighed inwardly that they were all impatient people. He immediately stopped teasing and said, "Mr. Xie suffers from essence and energy depletion and the sequelae of a stroke... As long as Mr. Xie's meridian and energy depletion is cured first, and the method of sweet and warm nourishing is used, combined with diet therapy, it shouldn't take long to solve his current sleepiness problem."

"Then, with acupuncture and prescriptions... using Rehmannia glutinosa, Cistanche deserticola, Cornus officinalis, and Dendrobium officinale for treatment, I hope that the right side of the body that has lost sensation will recover and there should be no problem for him to walk on his own."

Su Tang thought about Mr. Xie's temperament and added cautiously, "But after the cure, I suggest that Mr. Xie use medicinal food for long-term treatment, stewing pigeons with cinnamon, to warm the kidney yang and replenish the essence and blood. In addition, Mr. Xie is old, so it would be good to have someone take him out fishing and walking the dog on weekdays."

"It's better to let Mr. Xie not worry about the company's affairs..."

Su Tang pondered for a while, then thanked Zhuo Kai for his suggestion and said, "Is Mr. Xie married?"

"If Mr. Xie gets married... it would be nice to use children to divert Mr. Xie's attention."

In a nutshell,

Mr. Xie is impatient and thinks a lot, so you should not let him get involved in company affairs. It would be a good idea to use the children as a fishing hook to divert Mr. Xie's attention.

"Cough, cough, cough... cough, cough, cough!" Secretary Zhou almost choked to death when he heard the doctor in front of him speak so boldly.

Their president is still single, let alone getting married!

"Hey! Doctor, you hit the nail on the head! Don't people of this age have to find a partner and get married?"

Xie's mother's eyes lit up, and she immediately urged, "Listen to the doctor and find a partner as soon as possible. Your father's future depends on you!"

I didn’t expect that coming to the Sixth Hospital for treatment would have such an effect. Xie’s mother’s eyes and brows were filled with joy.

Xie Zhuokai: “………………”

He suspected that the doctor in front of him was deliberately making fun of him, but he had no evidence.

In fact, no matter what Xie Zhuokai, his mother and other people around them thought, Su Tang did only give a few relatively pertinent suggestions based on Mr. Xie's condition.

For the elderly, the new generation is indeed the best medicine to divert their energy.

Unfortunately...

It currently appears that Mr. Xie is not married and has no children.

Su Tang clicked her tongue twice, expressing some regret.

But if Xie Zhuokai is forced to marry another girl just because of Mr. Xie's illness, it would be unfair to Xie Zhuokai and disrespectful to the girl.

Su Tang was so embarrassed that she could only laugh it off: "It's not a problem if you're not married... Mr. Xie can find other ways to divert Mr. Xie's attention. For example, gardening flowers, practicing Tai Chi, or doing square dancing."

"I noticed that grandpa always liked to grow flowers and plants. After my dad recovers, I will ask the housekeeper to plow the garden in the villa and give it to my dad to plant..." Xie Zhuokai glanced at Su Tang and then looked away.

It's as if the scene of urging marriage does not exist.

"Doctor Su, please take good care of our old Xie during this period of time."

Putting away her attitude of watching her son make fun of her, Xie's mother once again transformed herself into the elite lady of the upper class, showing a decent smile and shaking hands with Su Tang.

No matter how important the company is, it is not as important as one's own health. Mother Xie decided to persuade Father Xie to relax after he wakes up. Even going on a trip is much better than worrying about the company all the time.

Since Mr. Xie decided to live in the General Internal Medicine Department, Director Wang, Director Tang and others naturally had to follow the dean and leave in disgrace.

But Xie's mother called the chef directly and asked him to come to the hospital to learn how to stew pigeon with cinnamon from Su Tang.

…………

"Pigeon meat is salty and mild in nature. It has the effects of strengthening the body and kidneys, strengthening the brain and replenishing the spirit. It is most suitable for Mr. Xie's current situation."

Su Tang sat in the office, writing down the recipe for medicinal food while explaining to the Xie family's burly chef: "It is best to choose old pigeons for stewing pigeons with cinnamon, so that the stewing time can be longer and the flavor can be better... Add cooking wine, remove the blood and fishy smell from the pigeon meat, and then add the medicinal materials I wrote in order..."

Su Tang pointed at the herbs on the prescription and introduced them one by one: "Pao Tianxiong and fennel can warm up the fire of the gate of life, cooked rehmannia and wolfberry can replenish the kidney essence, and white atractylodes can strengthen the spleen. You put these herbs, fungus, quail eggs, and ginger slices into the soup and stew them for 2 hours. Finally, add salt and chopped green onions to taste..."

"Then, when stewing this cinnamon pigeon, should I use a clay pot or a clay pot? What needs to be done with the medicinal materials before stewing?..." Chef Xie worked diligently, sitting in the office with a small notebook and taking notes.

"You can just use an ordinary clay pot..."

As a doctor, Su Tang was very patient in response to such inquiries.

Xie Zhuokai and his mother stood not far from the doctor's office. Through the open office door, they could clearly see the actions of Su Tang and Xie's chef inside the office.

Mother Xie sighed, "Although this doctor looks young, I just asked the patients and their families in the next few wards, and there is not a single one who didn't say she was amazing. Especially Mr. Cheng's wife, she almost praised this doctor Su to the sky."

In fact, Xie's mother could understand why Cheng Yingxiang praised Su Tang so much, but rather than hearing others praising her, Xie's mother hoped that one day she would be able to stand on Su Tang's side and praise her willingly like others did.

"Don't worry, mom. Secretary Zhou asked about Master Cheng's condition... His treatment was very effective. It took only 6 days for him to go from being paralyzed to being able to raise his hands above his head. It took a total of 7 days for him to go from being unable to speak to being able to speak again."

Xie Zhuokai patted Mother Xie's shoulder and said, "I've made up my mind. Let Dad stay in the Sixth Hospital for a week and then see how things go... If it really works, it should be effective in this week."

"If it's of no use at all..."

Xie Zhuokai's dim eyes suddenly became firm again: "I will ask the headhunting company to find a doctor for us again."

No matter what, he will do his best to treat his dad!

…………

At the entrance of the Sixth Hospital, a young man with blond hair and blue eyes, about 30 or 40 years old, wearing a T-shirt, was walking into the Sixth Hospital, dragging a suitcase.

Before the man entered the Sixth Hospital, a young doctor in a white coat came up to him with a smile.

"David, you're finally here... Come with me to the department to see the patient!"

Tan Xin dragged David's suitcase and grabbed the foreign man's arm and ran to the hospital. "You don't know how miserable the patient's family is. His mother got divorced and had a daughter. His daughter just went to college, and then his mother got into a car accident and became paralyzed all over! Our department asked an expert to come for a consultation, and he said that the patient didn't break two bones, but his spinal cord suffered a severe laceration. Please help me take a look!"

Tan Xin is a chief physician in neurosurgery. He once studied at a famous medical school abroad during his college years. David was one of his best friends during that time and the best student of their class. Afterwards, David went to a higher institution for further studies, while he returned to China and ended up in the Sixth Hospital.

Before, the two of them often chatted and interacted online, exchanging their medical records and conditions with each other.

But as David's abilities grew stronger and stronger, and his fame spread all over the world, Tan Xin changed from communicating with him to asking for advice.

This time, when he heard that a wealthy man in the country had specially invited David to see a doctor, Tan Xin secretly tried to get the upper hand.

Alas, there is no way.

This mother and daughter are really pitiful. Although Tan Xin is not a good person, now that the opportunity is in front of them, it is the luck of the mother and daughter!

"Xi, let go first..."

David's Chinese was not very good. He only knew a few simple words. He used translation software when taking a taxi. He naturally communicated with Tan Xin in English. He patted Tan Xin's arm and frowned, saying, "The probability of recovery for patients with high paralysis is very small. Even among the high paralysis patients I have seen in the past five years, the probability of recovery to the point of getting out of bed and walking on their own is less than 5%, and most of them only have mild injuries."

Tan Xin stopped and looked eagerly: "Is there no way? Didn't they say that if I receive active treatment within 6 months, I will still have a chance to recover?"

David shook his head. "Although the accident didn't last long, the CT and MRI scans you gave me clearly showed that the spinal cord was severely injured."

"Neurosurgery is extremely difficult. Even I can only guarantee that the patient will be safe and will not suffer from various serious complications like other patients..."

High paralysis not only paralyzes the patient's limbs, but also causes loss of skin sensation.

——Respiratory muscle paralysis, muscle atrophy, urinary incontinence, pneumonia, urinary tract infection, bedsores, depression, stress ulcers, etc.

All of them are complications of high paraplegia.

"You are a famous doctor, is there no solution for you?" Tan Xin said unwillingly.

"Sorry..." David shook his head.

Even doctors cannot cure many diseases.

While the two were talking, no one noticed a little girl with a ponytail, wearing a white T-shirt and jeans, following not far behind them. Tears welled up in her eyes and fell down in big drops. As an English major student, Zhou Tiantian did not understand a lot of medical terms, but she understood the last two sentences of the foreign doctor.

…………

Because of Mr. Xie's condition, Su Tang got off work a little late today. When she came out of the inpatient department, it was already dark. A cool breeze blew faintly around, blowing away the summer heat. The bustling scene in the hospital had disappeared, leaving only tranquility and the sound of vehicles coming and going outside the hospital.

But suddenly...

A faint cry, accompanied by a cool breeze, blew into Su Tang's ears.

The sound was vague, yet it carried a heavy sense of depression and sorrow, like a kitten that had lost its mother, or a traveler in the desert who was trapped in despair.

Su Tang: “…………??!”

Su Tang's breathing stagnated, and she knew what was going on without having to guess.

A common feature of every hospital - the desperate cries of patients' families!

Anyone who cries so miserably in the middle of the night must either be terminally ill or have passed away.

Su Tang scratched her head, looked at the tissues in her backpack, and went to the direction of the crying sound.

Alas, although she is a doctor, there are still many patients in this world whom she cannot cure.

But she may be able to lend a shoulder to the other person and listen to the depression in his heart.


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