"Mr. Wei, look at the MRI of the lumbar spinal cord area. Compare it with the area above, the laceration is very obvious..."
David frowned and pondered for a moment before saying, "But the only good news is... your condition is not completely paralyzed. If it were completely paralyzed, even if God came, he wouldn't be able to perform a miracle."
“Is there a treatment plan?”
Wei Yan sat in a wheelchair, his face was sullen and his voice was completely calm.
He had heard this kind of thing countless times three years ago.
Wei Yan lowered his eyes, his expression extremely calm. He only glanced at his legs lightly before slowly looking away.
There may not be much difference between complete paralysis and incomplete paralysis literally. There is only one word.
But in reality, the biggest difference between the two is that in the former, both sensory and motor functions disappear.
The latter - the sensation is still there, but the motor function is partially or completely lost.
In modern society, even with the most advanced medical technology, it is impossible for a patient with complete paralysis to fully recover. However, patients with incomplete paralysis do have a chance to recover. Although the probability may not be high, having it and not having it are two completely different things.
This is why Wei Yan has never given up until now.
“Hmm…”
The blond-haired, blue-eyed foreign man thought for a moment and said, "Mr. Wei's condition is rather complicated. Perhaps the motor area of the brain is more affected, or perhaps the spinal cord tear is more serious... In short, there are problems with both the central and peripheral nervous systems, so it is more difficult to treat... I have rarely seen patients with this condition at the same time in the hospital before..."
In fact, David has seen patients in this situation before, but patients with both brain and spinal cord injuries often suffer from car accidents or other accidents. In this case, the vast majority of patients suffer severe injuries to both parts of the body at the same time and have already died due to the severity of their injuries, without being able to wait for the follow-up treatment stage, or they give up treatment early because the medical expenses are too expensive.
In fact, the two diseases have little difference in their effects on the patient's body, so it is difficult for most people to distinguish the difference between the two.
"Doctor, is there no chance of recovery for our boss?" Secretary Zhao couldn't help frowning on the spot.
Before David came, Secretary Zhao thought that even if he couldn't make Director Wei recover, he could at least make him healthier than he is now.
But now, after listening to him, it seems that the doctor in front of me said so much just to tell Mr. Wei.
Whether it can be cured depends on luck, and if it can't be cured, you can't blame the doctor.
It's just that your condition is too complicated, with both paralysis and amputation occurring at the same time. It's possible that among tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cases worldwide, you may not encounter such a patient.
Wei Yan patted Secretary Zhao on the arm and asked him not to speak for the time being.
Wei Yan: "I am very happy that the doctor can take a plane to Shenzhen to examine and treat me, but Dr. Claren and Dr. Nibel have talked to me about the problems of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system before. They were the ones who treated me two years ago..."
Wei Yan said this lightly with no emotion in his tone.
However, David was stunned. Aren’t these two names... both famous figures on the list of world-renowned doctors?
They are both experts in neurology, and Nibel is even ranked higher than him and has been on the list longer.
"So, if it's just a normal treatment plan, maybe we don't need to waste time."
Wei Yan tapped the armrest of the wheelchair with his slender white fingers. "But if the doctor can come up with a better and more scientific treatment plan, I also hope that you can explain it directly."
Wei Yan didn't like hearing all this boring nonsense over and over again on this matter.
As early as three years ago, his condition had been analyzed countless times by famous medical experts at home and abroad.
However, apart from being able to analyze his condition and identify problems from various CT and MRI reports, these people did not help him solve any problems.
The joints of his legs were still stiff every day, the muscles in his legs were numb and tingling, and the muscle tone was completely gone. No matter how hard he tried to move his legs, there was no response.
When an ordinary person's toes are stepped on, they will retract their feet as a conditioned reflex, but even though he was hit hard, his legs did not have any knee flexion reflex.
Every day when he sat in the wheelchair, he felt that his legs were not like legs, but like two heavy sandbags filled with lead, cold and icy, and could only be moved around at will.
Stiffness, numbness, tingling, coldness, and inability to move.
That's how he feels about his legs now.
But even so...
As long as he is alive, the Wei Group will be firmly in his hands.
He would never allow the Wei Group to be divided up by a group of inexplicable locusts.
David was not bothered by having his little tricks seen through.
When dealing with the social elite, you often encounter situations that are not easy to handle, such as the current situation.
Thinking of the promise of 20 million US dollars after the patient is cured, and 3 million US dollars if the patient's condition improves slightly, David thought for a moment and said with a smile: "I understand what Mr. Wei means. Since I have accepted the invitation from the headhunting company this time, I naturally have some confidence."
Wei Yan looked at the other party without saying a word, his pupils dark, waiting for the other party to continue speaking.
The blond-haired, blue-eyed foreign man did not hold back and immediately introduced: "In addition to working in the hospital, I also have a cooperative relationship with the Institute of Drugs. We recently have a new drug that has not yet been launched on the market, but has passed the Food and Drug Administration. Since this drug is difficult to produce, it cannot be launched on a large scale. We only plan to sell this drug as a specialty of the hospital. This drug is very effective in nourishing the nerves."
"We brought some with us this time. Mr. Wei can temporarily take this medicine for conditioning and treatment. If this medicine is effective for Mr. Wei, then it means that the next treatment plan will also be effective for Mr. Wei." Although David's voice was slow, if others observed carefully, they could clearly see the pride and confidence in his eyes that was difficult to conceal.
"Most of the treatments I have on hand require cooperation with this drug. As long as we can solve the problem of spinal nerve injury first, we can proceed to the treatment of brain problems." David raised his hand, and the assistant doctor behind him immediately took out several boxes of medicine from the suitcases they brought.
Wei Yan took a look and saw a box of medicine with only a simple hospital label but no name written on it.
He nodded and asked Secretary Zhao to accept it.
"This medicine works quickly. Mr. Wei should be able to see significant results in two or three days. If this medicine has no effect on Mr. Wei's condition in about a week, then I'm sorry... I'm afraid I can't be of much help to Mr. Wei's condition." David thought for a while, and finally said a few words when Wei Yan was about to leave with bodyguards, Secretary Zhao and others.
This time, the headhunting company asked them to treat someone, and they would pay them $500,000 as a commission regardless of whether the treatment was successful or not.
But David is an ambitious man, otherwise he would not have been able to make it onto the list of famous doctors at such an old age. So he did not want to come to China just to earn the 500,000 yuan. After all, his team had a lot of people, and they still needed to solve the round-trip airfare, accommodation, etc. expenses privately.
Therefore, in David's opinion, he must get at least 3 million US dollars from the other party to make his trip to China worthwhile.
The most important reason why he was able to rise quickly in the ranking of world famous doctors this year is that he and his team spent eight years researching and developing this drug that specifically nourishes and repairs the nervous system.
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Wei's Villa.
The night had already made the entire villa area brightly lit.
Several commercial vehicles drove quietly through the villa area road and quickly stopped at the gate of the Wei family villa.
When the old housekeeper saw Wei Yan and the others coming back, his eyes lit up and he came forward with a smile, asking with concern, "How is it? What did the doctor say today?"
"It's not clear yet whether I can recover. The other party gave me a neurological treatment drug and said it might be useful. I plan to start taking it today." Wei Yan said a few simple words to Uncle Fu.
Doctors of David's level, even if they are really capable, will not promise anything unless their success rate is 100%. They will just say "try it first" to avoid accidents and a decline in reputation in the future.
The profession of doctor is different from sales. The former requires pragmatism and prudence, while the latter allows for more marketing exaggeration.
"Oh, I hope God can bless you to recover this time."
Uncle Fu sighed, but then he immediately perked up and said, "I asked the chef to find someone to learn medicinal cooking these two days. Master, come and try it today to see what the chef has learned from the master of medicinal cooking!"
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The rich and overbearing aroma was so strong that Wei Yan sat at the dining table almost at the moment when Uncle Fu and others brought the food to him.
You will feel the rich aroma filling every corner of the restaurant, with a slightly salty scent and a little bit of sweetness. Although it is not as overbearing as pepper, it still invades every nerve of everyone in the restaurant.
Several servants and chefs who were serving the dishes were already drooling. If they had not received strict training to keep their mouths tightly closed, they would probably be drooling at this moment!
When Wei Yan smelled the fragrance, his stomach, which was not very hungry at first, suddenly sent a hunger signal to his brain for some reason.
Wei Yan was a little surprised.
He used to eat less, and not only did his interest in food decrease these days.
The most important thing is that most of the time he doesn't feel hungry at mealtime. Even though his body weight seems to be getting smaller every day, he still doesn't feel hungry.
Some people say it is a psychological problem, some say it is one of the sequelae of paralysis, and some think he has anorexia...
Wei Yan lowered his eyes slightly, and his cold gaze swept across every plate.
There were five dishes served on the table, one serving of lotus root and pork ribs soup, one serving of pork tripe soup, one serving of stewed pigeon and two ordinary stir-fried dishes.
Among these three soups, there were obviously many Chinese medicinal herbs that he was not familiar with.
The yellow, white, and red roots, stems, and fruits of various plants, which are obviously dried and then stewed and soaked, look very inconspicuous.
But the aroma wafting from these medicinal foods made Wei Yan pick up the spoon and instinctively taste the pigeon soup first.
The rich and fresh aroma of the soup, accompanied by the unique meaty aroma of pigeon meat, only takes a light sip, and the slightly warm pigeon soup slides down Wei Yan's monkey head and rolls directly into the stomach.
The fresh aroma of the meat, the salty aroma of the soup, and the fresh scent of the herbs grown in the process.
Mixed with an inexplicable yet extremely delicious signal, it immediately spread throughout Wei Yan's body through his mouth!
Although Wei Yan is not very keen on delicious food on weekdays, this mouthful of pigeon soup is really amazing.
"How is it, Master? Does it taste okay?"
Uncle Fu looked at Wei Yan cautiously and said, "If it tastes good, you can eat more, especially the pigeon that the chef has stewed until the bones are crispy and the meat is rotten. The taste is even better."
Thinking back to the past two days when the head chef and I were in the kitchen, going back and forth to tweak Dr. Su's recipe.
After each test, the villa’s servants, butlers and bodyguards would rush to taste the finished product, and eventually eat up all the exhibits.
Uncle Fu shared his experience of tasting the food over the past two days.
The small bowl of pigeon soup was light and transparent without much oil. It certainly didn't look as good as those in Michelin restaurants.
But the taste is really amazing!
"Hmm...it tastes good..."
Wei Yan savored it for a moment, hummed softly in his throat, but his right hand had unconsciously taken out the second spoonful and put it into his mouth.
After the food was eaten, an unprecedented sense of satisfaction arose from the bottom of my heart.
It's like the body's cells, which have been hungry for a long time, begin to clamor for energy replenishment.
Wei Yan felt the changes brought about by Hun's body and felt a little surprised. He also felt that the power of food was greater than he had imagined.
He didn't know how long it had been since he had eaten such a satisfying meal.
Seeing that Wei Yan had eaten half as much food today as usual, Uncle Fu was so happy that tears were about to fall.
As long as it tastes good and can be eaten, it seems that Doctor Su’s medicinal food is really amazing.
Otherwise, it would have been impossible for the driver to have been thinking about it for nearly half a month.
15 minutes later...
Of the five dishes on the table, two stir-fried dishes were only touched with two chopsticks. The other three medicinal meals, including the Atractylodes macrocephala, Ginseng and Pigeon Soup for treating paralysis, had been finished, while the Adenophora Root and Pork Tripe Soup and the Jujube, Lotus Root and Pork Rib Soup, which were for increasing appetite and improving physical fitness, were each drunk half a bowl.
This made Uncle Fu so happy that he could not contain himself. Even after Wei Yan returned to his room to rest at night, Uncle Fu was still very happy.
But that night, Wei Yan, who had thought that Dr. David's medicine was very likely to have no effect at all, clearly felt something different from usual nights.
Every time he went to sleep, Wei Yan felt as if his legs were soaked in a dark and cold deep sea.
Cold enough to make you numb, stiff enough to make you tingle.
Wei Yan's sleep quality is very poor every night.
This was also the scene that Wei Yan faced every day after he became paralyzed.
No matter how rich the Wei Group is, it will be useless if the disease cannot be cured.
But that night...
Wei Yan felt that his legs were no longer as cold as usual, but instead felt as warm as before he became paralyzed and when he slept.
Even the numbness and tingling seemed to be less unbearable than usual due to the change in temperature.
When he woke up, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning, and Wei Yan still found it a little unbelievable.
You know, in the past, he would wake up at least three or four times every night. Whenever there was a slight movement, even just the friction of the curtains in the summer breeze, he would open his eyes involuntarily.
Wei Yan lay on the bed and looked at the ceiling.
The faint morning light filtered through the curtains into the room, casting a dotted orange halo on the man's profile.
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After persuading the little girl for a long time in the hospital's flowerbed last night, Su Tang felt itchy all over her body when she walked on the road, including her face and neck.
But she didn't dare to speak, nor did she dare to look in the mirror.
She could only sigh at her bad luck, and went to bed sadly after returning home. However, when she woke up the next morning, her face, neck and body were covered with dense red bumps. Even the corner of her mouth was bitten by a mosquito next to the flower bed last night, leaving a big lump, which was red and swollen!
Generally speaking, if an ordinary person is bitten by a mosquito a few times, the bites will go away in three or four hours as long as they don't scratch or scratch.
However, her body was different from other children since she was young. Every time she was bitten by a mosquito, the red mosquito bites would not disappear within a day or two. Sometimes, if she encountered a particularly fierce mosquito, the red mosquito bites could even stay on Su Tang's body for half a month.
Su Tang sighed and walked into the general internal medicine inpatient department with her head down. When she went to see the girl yesterday, she didn't think too much about it. Who knew that she would become like this in just ten minutes.
"Oh my god! Doctor Su, what happened to you? Why are there red lumps all over your face, body, and legs?"
As soon as Su Tang entered the room, Du Jiajia, who was working her night shift in front of the nurses' station, was startled. She hurried out of the nurses' station to ask about Su Tang's situation.
"Oh, it's nothing. I was just bitten by a mosquito last night..."
Su Tang waved her hands and explained in a listless manner the experience of being bitten by a mosquito last night.
I immediately received a series of sympathetic looks from my colleagues in the department.
When Su Tang put on her white coat and prepared to walk into Xie's father's room with a steel needle in her hand, the bodyguard standing guard at the door of Xie's father's ward almost ignited her with his eyes. It was as if his actions would have dragged her away on the spot if it weren't for his reason suppressing the two of them. He would not be allowed to harm their employer!
In this hospital where coughing is considered an infectious disease and blowing your nose is considered the flu, Su Tang, who was covered with red swelling, was almost diagnosed as a patient with a special infectious disease.
Even Xie's mother, who stayed in the ward with Xie's father last night, was shocked!
Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Xie was sleeping soundly and Su Tang did not wake him up. This morning was the first time they met.
After a brief greeting and a brief chat with Mr. Xie, Su Tang began to give him acupuncture.
Different from the treatment plans of Director Wu and Master Cheng, Mr. Xie had to be treated for the deficiency of vital energy first, using burning mountain fire to repeatedly stimulate the acupuncture points to replenish the yang energy, and then stimulate the appetite and invigorate the spleen through the extra meridian points. Su Tang quickly finished the acupuncture for Mr. Xie. She didn't want to wait for Mr. Xie to finish the acupuncture before seeing other patients. Instead, she went directly to the next patient, Master Cheng, after the acupuncture.
Fifteen minutes later, after the three had their needles inserted and removed, Su Tang followed Ke Zhangqiu and the others to start their daily morning rounds...
After Su Tang and others finished their ward rounds, they naturally went to the outpatient clinic to see new patients as usual.
Pan Yuhao looked at Su Tang sympathetically, trying not to laugh out loud. He coughed twice and pretended to comfort her: "Doctor Su, I think you should not go to the clinic today. You look like you have a dermatological infectious disease. What if the patients get scared after they come? Wouldn't that ruin your reputation? Why don't I help Doctor Su see patients today? As colleagues, we should help each other! Anyway, there are not many people in my backstage today, only a dozen in total..."
Su Tang: “…………”
Su Tang stared with dead fish eyes. What's wrong with Dr. Pan? Is he always thinking about taking advantage of her?
It's been so long and you still don't give up?
Does she look like a fool who would send her patients to other doctors?
"Doctor Pan, you have no future if you keep doing this... You can't always focus on the small piece of land in our department..."
Su Tang's voice was faint, like a ruthless dream-breaking machine, complaining: "We are both doctors in the same department. Even if you want to poach my patients, you should go to other departments. You poached my patients, but after all, aren't they all patients from the general internal medicine department? The total number of people in our department has not increased at all, and your friendship has been destroyed. It's really not worth it..."
Pan Yuhao: “…………”
Pan Yuhao was embarrassed, and after thinking about it carefully, it seemed to be the case.
But even if he knew what was going on, what could he do? Pan Yuhao scratched his head, thinking that he didn't seem to be able to dig into the corners of other departments.
"Well, Dr. Pan, you need to show your real ability and think carefully at this time." Su Tang patted Pan Yuhao's shoulder with a heavy and serious expression, but he was actually relieved in his heart.
Alas, if Dr. Pan continued to dig like this, she almost started to wonder if she would get so angry that she would dig back and dig Dr. Pan out completely, which would really destroy the friendship between colleagues.
Ma Jun looked at Pan Yuhao and then at Su Tang, his eyes lingering over the two of them for a moment.
Just when Su Tang thought the other party would directly say "Let's work together in the future".
Ma Jun suddenly said leisurely: "Doctor Su... have you grown taller recently...?"
"Why do I feel like you're a centimeter or two taller...?"
Su Tang: “…………?!!!”
Su Tang's eyes widened, and a sudden excitement rose from the bottom of her heart! She has grown taller?! Has she really grown taller?
Ahhh! She is so excited!
But the next second...
Ma Jun frowned again, "But why do I feel... Doctor Pan, I seem to have grown about four or five centimeters taller?"
Su Tang: “…………???”
Su Tang: “!!!!”
Su Tang's eyes widened: What the hell, Ma Jun, look at the expression on my face, I allow you to reorganize your words now!
Pan Yuhao was even more shocked than Su Tang. He almost cried out, "Xiao Ma, what did you say? Four or five centimeters? I was already 1.83 meters tall. Every time I went on a blind date, the girls thought I was as big as a black bear. If I grow taller, will I still be able to find a girlfriend?! Didn't I turn from a black bear into a brown bear?! Codillac Island brown bears are the biggest in the world!"
Su Tang: “…………”
Ma Jun: “…………”
You got the advantage and still take advantage of me, Dr. Pan, destroy him!