After listening to the somewhat noisy on-site recording provided by Feng Sisi and a clear voice message, Yu Zhiming easily made a judgment.
Those two voices were the same person.
After obtaining the consent of Feng Sisi's friend, Yu Zhiming informed Wei Hao of the Municipal Bureau about the matter.
What happened next was that Officer Wei and Feng Sisi's friend contacted each other and advanced the case...
Around ten o'clock in the evening, after Yu Zhiming and Qing Ning played a erhu and piano version of "I Just Like You", they were about to go upstairs to rest when Yu Zhiming's cell phone rang.
Yu Zhiming took his mobile phone from the attentive Xiaoxue and found that the caller ID showed that it was from Dr. Yu Shiquan, a trauma surgery expert at Union Hospital.
Yu Zhiming answered the call and asked directly, "Doctor Yu, good evening. Is there a seriously injured patient who needs recovery surgery?"
"Doctor Yu, I'm sorry to bother you this evening..."
Dr. Yu apologized first, then said on the phone, "This patient is not seriously injured."
"This afternoon, I participated in a surgical consultation hosted by the Pediatric Surgery Department of our hospital."
"The patient for the surgical consultation is a one-year-and-five-month-old conjoined twin..."
"Conjoined twins?" Yu Zhiming couldn't help but repeat it.
The next moment, Dr. Yu's voice rang out again, "Yes, they are conjoined twins."
"Doctor Yu, please wait a moment..."
Yu Zhiming held his phone and waited for five or six seconds, and a picture was sent to his phone.
He clicked on it and saw a photo of conjoined twins, joined below the waist and with only three legs.
"Doctor Yu, these two babies have three kidneys, and their intestinal systems are connected..."
"Surgical separation is quite difficult."
Doctor Yu's voice continued to come from the phone, "Doctor Yu, your ability to explore the body is unmatched."
"If you could map the minute blood circulation and neural networks of the conjoined twins, it would definitely make our separation surgery easier and more precise, significantly increasing the chances of success."
"I wonder if Dr. Yu is interested in taking on this job?"
Yu Zhiming glanced at the photo of the conjoined twins on his phone screen and asked, "When is the surgery scheduled?"
Dr. Yu replied on the phone, "Not yet. This is a large-scale operation involving multiple people, and the preparation time won't be completed in two or three weeks."
Yu Zhiming uttered a soft "oh" and said thoughtfully, "This work, including exploration and mapping, will not be completed in two or three days."
"I need to look at my work schedule, so I can't give you an accurate answer right now."
Doctor Yu said, "Doctor Yu, there's no need to rush the decision. This child's separation surgery could take a month or two..."
When Yu Zhiming finished his call with Dr. Yu, he found that Xiaoxue, Zeng Yan, Feng Sisi, and even his parents and elder sister had gathered over.
He put away his phone and threatened, "If you watch this, you won't be able to sleep at night and will have nightmares."
Xiaoxue giggled and said, "We all heard it. It's just that the lower body is connected together. How scary can it be?"
"Let's see."
As he spoke, the guy reached out to grab his phone.
Yu Zhiming didn't dodge and handed her the phone.
"Oh, so that's how it's connected!"
"It's so pitiful. After the separation, some people only have one leg."
"Hey, didn't you do a prenatal checkup? Didn't you notice you were pregnant?"
Yu Zhiming explained: "Our country is so big, and every family's conditions are different. Not all pregnant women go to the hospital for regular prenatal checkups."
"Another possibility is that the problem was not detected when the pregnancy was early, and by the time it was discovered, the pregnancy was already advanced, and people were reluctant to abort it."
Zeng Yan looked at the picture and analyzed seriously, "The connection only involves the kidneys, intestines, and reproductive and urinary systems. If the separation is successful, the chances of both children surviving are quite high."
"Isn't it, uncle?"
Yu Zhiming nodded and said "hmm".
"Brother-in-law, I have a question..."
Feng Sisi's gaze shifted from the picture on her phone to Yu Zhiming and she asked, "What principles is this separation surgery based on?"
"We try to give a child everything we can. For example, if we give a child two legs, we can also give him a kidney. We try our best to make the child look exactly like a normal person."
"We should try to be fair. Give one child two legs and the other a kidney."
this……
Yu Zhiming saw his parents, eldest sister, Qing Ning, Xiao Xue, and Zeng Yan all looking at him. He pondered and said, "If there's a chance both children can be saved, the primary principle of the separation operation is to ensure both children can survive and grow up."
"Based on this, for example, the allocation of the leg and kidney mainly depends on the difficulty of the operation."
"As for the leg and kidney, they will naturally go to whichever child has the easier time getting them."
Feng Sisi asked again: "Cousin-in-law, will you consider the opinions of the child's parents?"
Yu Zhiming nodded and said, "We will definitely consider it. They are our guardians."
Feng Sisi pondered and said, "If I were the parents of these conjoined twins, I would do everything I can to have one of them complete."
"In today's society, competition is fierce. It will be difficult for two sick children to gain a foothold in the future."
"Instead of trying to be fair and creating two losers and burdens, it's better to support and raise one child. When he succeeds in the future, he will have the energy to take care of the weaker one."
Xiaoxue couldn't help but retort, "Sister Sisi, I don't agree with you."
"As parents, how can you make such a cruel and rude decision, harming one person and giving him another?"
"As a parent, you have to be as fair as possible."
"Besides..."
Xiaoxue confidently said, "Competition in today's society is no longer a competition of body and physical strength, but a competition of brains."
“There are countless people who have achieved great success despite their physical disabilities.”
Yu Zhiming waited for Xiaoxue to finish expressing her opinion, then looked at Zeng Yan and said, "You can also tell me what you think."
Zeng Yan was silent for a moment and then said, "If I were the parents of these conjoined twins, they wouldn't have been born. The problem would have been solved in its infancy."
Yu Zhiming rolled his eyes and said, "Well, you're even more cruel. You simply don't give these two children a chance to fight."
He noticed Zeng Yan bit her lip and added, "You shouldn't be thinking from a parent's perspective, but rather from a doctor's perspective."
"Most doctors who encounter this situation will advise parents to terminate the pregnancy,"
Yu Zhiming sighed, "Let's not even begin to talk about the human, material, and financial resources required to successfully perform a separation surgery like this. Raising them requires many times more resources and energy than raising an ordinary child. Unless you have a deep pocket, most families can't afford it."
At this time, Yu Zhaoxia asked, "Lao Wu, will you take over the surgery for these two children?"
Yu Zhiming nodded and said, "If there are no major problems, I will take this job."
"Since they are born, they have the right to live and experience this rich and colorful world."
"Sister, I will try my best to make their separation surgery go more smoothly."
At this time, Xiaoxue asked: "Uncle, uncle, if you were the parents of these conjoined twins, what would you choose?"
"Is the choice of harming one person and making up for another efficient? Or is it the fairness of treating them equally?"
Yu Zhiming did not respond for a moment, but reached out and touched Xiaoxue's head, then touched Zeng Yan's head.
Seeing this, Feng Sisi also wanted to come over, but was glared back by Qing Ning.
Yu Zhiming smiled gently and said, "I will respect the doctor's opinion and make the operation go smoothly as my first priority."
As he spoke, he knocked Xiaoxue, Zeng Yan, and Feng Sisi on the head one by one.
"This is a major operation involving multiple individuals to separate the babies. I estimate it will take no less than twenty hours."
"Losing one person and replacing one? Is that fair treatment?"
"You're just overthinking it. A major operation like this could fail if you're not careful. There's no chance for you to be picky."
Yu Zhaoxia looked at Xiaoxue and the other two, who were covering their heads, and said with a smile, "It's getting late, go back and wash up and go to bed..."
After returning to the master bedroom upstairs with Qingning, Yu Zhiming washed up first.
When he came out of the bathroom, he saw Qing Ning in pajamas, waiting for him with a teacup in one hand and a pill the size of a peanut in the other.
"Da Lang, it's time to take your medicine."
Yu Zhiming glared at Qingning who was trying hard to hold back a smile, picked up the pill and put it into his mouth.
The next moment, an indescribable bitter taste began to spread in his mouth.
Yu Zhiming quickly took the teacup and drank five mouthfuls of water in succession before the taste in his mouth was gone.
Qing Ning took the teacup and chuckled, "Big Sister said that you had trouble taking medicine when you were a kid. Although you don't need supervision now that you're older, you still have to take this medicine for many years."
"My eldest sister told me that I must see you take the medicine every day."
Yu Zhiming smiled and said, "Big sister, you're still treating me like a child. I want to live a long life, so why would you be so sneaky and not take the medicine?"
Qing Ning laughed and said, "In the eyes of our parents, no matter how old we are, we are still children."
"Go to bed now."
As she spoke, Qing Ning slapped Yu Zhiming hard on the butt.
Yu Zhiming returned to the soundproof bedroom, lay on the bed, and estimated the time it would take Qingning to wash up.
But after a while, he felt that Qing Ning should have finished washing up, but he still didn't see this guy come in...
After an unknown amount of time, Yu Zhiming noticed something strange beside him and opened his eyes.
Before he could see clearly, a slippery body slipped into his arms and wrapped around him like an octopus.
"It's half past five in the morning. Should we go downstairs at seven?"
"Eight o'clock? Nine o'clock? No later than ten o'clock, because then my parents will be here."
Yu Zhiming, who had instantly regained consciousness, said with unyielding determination, "Perseverance is the key to exercise. Morning exercise at 6:30 am..."
"Hubby, let's do morning exercises together, the effect will be better..."
(End of this chapter)
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