Chapter 136 What is a Vegetative State?
The blood on Mu Nanzhao's body has been wiped clean.
The bleeding from his mouth and nose finally stopped, but his breathing was still weak and his pulse was irregular.
At this moment, he was more like a living dead, with one foot in the underworld and the other in the human world, and he could die at any time.
The old doctor raised his head and said, "Madam Zhang, Xixi, it's useless for the two of you to stay here."
"Go to that room and rest for a while. If you need anything, I'll call you anytime."
He turned to Mu Nanzhao again and pressed his finger on his wrist pulse, "He won't die for a while."
"When he is about to die, I will definitely be able to gather all the family members to see him off for the last time."
Aunt Zhang was afraid that Gu Xixi would be sad after hearing this, so she quickly scolded him, "You old thing are talking nonsense! Bah bah bah!"
"You are a doctor, if you keep an eye on him, he won't die!"
The old doctor readily agreed, "Okay, then I'll tell you, I'll call you as soon as he comes back to life."
In the main room, Gu Xixi sat upright on the kang, continuing to look through An Qinghe's plan, as if nothing had happened.
Aunt Zhang looked at Gu Xixi countless times and sighed silently.
When she first knew that her future son-in-law had a congenital weakness, she thought that he would recover after a few years of good care. But who would have thought that this disease could be fatal and so dangerous!
No matter how ignorant Aunt Zhang was, she probably guessed at this time that the so-called weakness was not that simple.
The most difficult one now is Xixi, right?
She looked at him and said nothing, probably because she was keeping it all in her heart.
Aunt Zhang hesitated for a long time, and tried to break the silence as casually as possible, "Xixi, Auntie, please make something to eat."
"We still have an old pumpkin at home. How about making some sweet pumpkin soup?"
Shitou quickly agreed, "Sweet soup is good. Didn't Sister Xixi say that eating sweet things can make you feel good?"
Gu Xixi looked up and saw two pairs of smiling yet worried eyes.
She sighed inwardly.
This old and this young! He wanted to care about her but was afraid of caring too much, so he used loud laughter to cover it up.
Although Gu Xixi didn't want to eat yet, she couldn't bear to refuse her family's kindness.
So he smiled and said, "Okay, let's do it together, and roll some glutinous rice balls and cook them in. My master loves to eat this."
The door of Gu Xixi's house was closed that day, and no one was allowed to visit, no matter who came.
The reason was that Gu Xixi had recently fallen ill due to overwork and needed to take medicine and rest.
The courtyard was quiet. Even the lively and noisy stones became quiet and sat obediently in the house to read and write.
The whole family had lunch with sweet pumpkin soup and dumplings, except for Mu Nanzhao who was still unconscious.
In the evening, Gu Xixi went to the west room to bring dinner to the old doctor.
At this point, Mu Nanzhao had lived for another afternoon.
When the old doctor recognized who it was, he shook his head at Gu Xixi first.
Gu Xixi put down the tray and asked, "Is he not getting any better at all?"
"No." The old doctor stood up, stretched his waist and legs, walked to the table and sat down.
As a doctor, he naturally had to tell the truth. "His pulse is like a string about to break. He can leave at any time. When that time comes, even if my master, your master's grandfather, comes back to life, he won't be able to stop him."
Gu Xixi placed the dishes and chopsticks in the place where the old doctor was accustomed to touching.
"Is there no room for maneuver?"
The old doctor picked up the bowl and drank the porridge, "Yes!"
Gu Xixi looked up in surprise, "What? Do you need any more medicine or any other method?"
The old doctor swallowed a mouthful and said, "Didn't you give him the medicine?"
"According to what you said, whether he lives or dies depends on him."
Gu Xixi looked at the wooden bed at the other end.
She could hardly sense any signs of life in Mu Nanzhao.
The old doctor thought of something else, "Oh, and you have to be mentally prepared."
Gu Xixi turned to the old doctor and said, "You go ahead."
The old doctor said, "The poison he was infected with is very strong, and it has been eroding his internal organs for a long time."
"Maybe he survived by chance, but he is not really alive. He is like a living dead, lying in bed unconscious and without any feeling."
“That’s a possibility.”
Gu Xixi pondered and said, "You mean... a vegetative state?"
"Vegetative state?" the old doctor repeated playfully.
"A vegetative person is unconscious, insensitive, and heartless from the inside out. He is indeed like a plant. The term vegetative person is very vivid and appropriate."
The old doctor had his old problem again, "I have never had the opportunity to study how to treat vegetative patients."
"Xixi, if he succeeds..."
"Master!" Gu Xixi interrupted the old doctor, "Some people are in a coma, but they are just trapped in their bodies and cannot move. In fact, they can still hear the outside world."
"He's not dead yet, and you're planning to study him now. What if he hears it? When he wakes up, will you be embarrassed to meet him?"
The old doctor knew he was in the wrong, so he lowered his head and said in a weak voice, "After all, this child is your disciple's husband who has not yet married. I was wrong. I shouldn't have gotten carried away and said nonsense."
He rubbed his hands like a child who had done something wrong, looking extremely pitiful.
"Xixi, don't be angry."
Gu Xixi said seriously, "I'm not angry with you. You worked day and night to save him, forgetting to eat and sleep. No one has paid as much as you have."
The old doctor looked a little awkward, "I know, I won't take it to heart. It's just..."
"It's just... can you please not tell your aunt about what I just said?"
The old man's voice became lower and lower as he spoke, until in the end it was almost the hum of a mosquito.
Gu Xixi's slightly frowned brows suddenly relaxed.
So that's how it is.
Taking advantage of the fact that the old doctor couldn't see, she looked at him meaningfully.
"Master, are you afraid of my aunt?"
The old doctor muttered, "Of course I'm scared. She wanted to drive me back to Stone Village!"
Of course Gu Xixi agreed to the old doctor's request.
At night, Aunt Zhang found an excuse to sleep with Xixi.
In fact, I was worried that Gu Xixi would have wild thoughts when she was alone.
"That's how you slept with me when you were a kid."
Gu Xixi smiled while lying on the pillow, "My mother passed away early. Everyone says that you raised me single-handedly."
Aunt Zhang chuckled a few times, reached out from under the quilt, and gently patted Gu Xixi.
Just like how Gu Xixi was coaxed to sleep countless times when she was young.
"Have fun, so you can grow up."
"My Xixi has grown up so much. In half a year at most, Xixi will get married. Then we won't have many chances to lie down and talk together like this anymore."
Gu Xixi said, "I don't want to get married."
A year is too short and there are too many things to do, except getting married.
Aunt Zhang patted her on the body and said angrily, "What nonsense! How can a girl not get married?"
"Wait until Xiao Chen is better, then the two of you will..."
Aunt Zhang realized halfway through her speech that she had said the wrong thing.
Xiao Chen's life or death is uncertain now, so she came to comfort Xixi and shouldn't mention Xiao Chen and the marriage at this moment.
After a moment's silence, Aunt Zhang was about to say something to make amends.
Gu Xixi said softly, "Aunt, he is not someone who gives up so easily."
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