Chapter 80: Master's Wife's Gastric Wash
Ruan Xingmian went to the hospital in Ruan Xingyue's car.
Ji Ling and Gu Xing arrived before them.
Outside the emergency room, Qin Zhen held his head in his hands, staring at the cold, hard non-slip floor tiles of the hospital in pain, surrounded by several students.
He no longer cared about his adult dignity. His face and hands were covered with tears and snot, and broken sobs came from his throat.
"She was fine last night... She returned to City A and specially prepared a sumptuous dinner, just like when we first got married, and called me to come home for dinner..."
He originally wanted to stay overnight, but because he still had some unfinished work to do on the project and the small apartment didn't have his computer, the two of them watched a documentary after dinner, and she said she was sleepy and politely asked him to leave.
Before he left, he said that he would bring her breakfast the next morning after she got through the night.
He planned not to leave after arriving in the morning, and would stay no matter what, take a nap on the sofa in the small apartment, and accompany his wife.
When she opened the door to leave, she called out to her husband whom she hadn't called for a long time, then walked over in slippers, opened her arms and gave him a long-lost hug.
At that moment, he happily returned to the days when they were in love.
Who knew that when he brought her breakfast this morning, she not only refused it, but also refused to let him into the house.
The two of them stood at the door and had a cold argument. The door slammed shut and he returned to school angrily.
After receiving a call from Gu Xing, she ran to the small apartment and the whole bottle of sleeping pills went into her stomach.
She had just had the surgery, how could her body withstand it...
The door to the emergency room opened halfway, and a nurse with an anxious look on her face poked her head out with her hands raised. "Family member, please cooperate! The patient is unconscious and struggling!"
If the patient has no desire to survive, it will not only increase the difficulty of the operation, but also prolong the gastric lavage time.
Qin Zhen's knees went weak when he stood up, and his pale mouth trembled in fear.
Everyone waited for him to follow the nurse in, and his legs felt like they were filled with lead.
"It's me who pissed her off. It's me who made her angry. That's why she doesn't want to live anymore..."
He was afraid of his appearance, and she had no desire to live. She grabbed his feet in pain and prevented him from moving.
The nurse quickly urged: "Hurry up, find someone she is familiar with and call her name."
Ruan Xingmian was the first to rush over: "I'll do it."
After putting on the sterile hospital gown, the bed was stained with vomit. Ruan Xingmian didn't even frown. He followed the nurse's instructions and hugged his master's wife's head from behind.
"Let her lie on her side, call her, talk to her, let her feel your presence."
Amid the pungent smell of disinfectant, the monitor made a regular ticking sound.
The master's wife curled up on the white sheets in the emergency room, her consciousness flickering under the influence of sleeping pills.
Ruan Xingmian's tears rolled down her cheeks, and she cried out in a hoarse voice: "Mom..."
After the first shout, the second shout was more emotional, as if it came from the heart.
"Mom, I'm Nuannuan...Mom, can you hear me?"
Among the collection of children's literature that her teacher's wife gave her, there was a book with less than 10,000 words. Ruan Xingmian read it seven or eight times and cried every time.
That was a letter from Master's wife to her unborn daughter Nuannuan.
The last time she accompanied her wife in the hospital, every time she looked into her eyes, they were filled with deep love, unspeakable sadness and regret.
"Mom, please don't leave Nuannuan, okay?"
The nurse exclaimed in surprise: "It works! Hurry! Keep calling her."
As the nurse tilted her head to the side and used a cold rubber mouthpiece to pry her teeth open, Ruan Xingmian felt distressed and heartbroken, tears streaming down her face. She vaguely heard the doctor say, "Family members, hold down your shoulders and prepare to insert a gastric tube."
The transparent gastric tube slowly entered the nasal cavity and snaked in the throat like an icy snake.
"Don't be afraid, Mom. It will be fine soon."
When the gastric tube was inserted about 50 centimeters deep, she suddenly choked and coughed violently, and tears mixed with saliva flowed from the corners of her mouth.
"Confirmed to be in the stomach." As the negative pressure suction device was activated, turbid brown liquid flowed out along the tube, mixed with undissolved tablet residue.
"Begin the douche."
Ruan Xingmian called out "Mom" and "Master's Wife" in a low voice, and turned away sadly.
"Gastric lavage is complete, and vital signs are stable."
I don't know how long it took, but this announcement finally came.
Qu Ying opened her eyes in pain and saw a little face wrinkled with tears.
She collapsed on the bed sheets soaked in cold sweat, her nose still stinging from the friction of the gastric tube, and her throat was swollen and painful like burning.
Those two soft little hands tightly grasped her pale and weak hands.
As if afraid that she would die.
After being sent to the observation room, Ruan Xingmian followed him out of the emergency room.
She first threw herself into Gu Xing's arms and used his clothes to wipe her tears.
After hugging her, he looked at his two sisters and said, "Master's wife is out of danger. She needs to be hospitalized for five days for observation. I will be accompanying her in the hospital. Sisters, you should go to class first and come over after school."
For six hours in the afternoon, Master's wife will be in the observation room for postoperative observation. She is over fifty years old, had surgery within a month, and now had her gastric lavage forcibly performed. The hospital is paying more and more attention to postoperative observation.
Gu Xing walked towards Qin Zhen and said, "Master, Mianmian is in the hospital. I will go to school. You can go back home and get the hospital supplies."
Qin Zhen finally woke up from his daze and said "OK" three times in a row, "I'll go right away."
Ji Ling saw that the teacher was not in a good state and shook the car key: "Teacher, I will take you there. I am worried about you driving like this."
Qin Zhen agreed.
Ruan Xingmian took out a pen and paper from his canvas bag and made a list of hospitalization items. Some items could be taken directly from home, while others needed to be bought at the supermarket.
The crowd dispersed.
Gu Xing went outside the hospital to buy food.
Ruan Xingmian used his master's wife's medical insurance card to check in for hospitalization. Because it was an emergency, there were no single rooms available, so he reluctantly chose a double room.
Inside was an aunt who had been poisoned by eating mushrooms by mistake, and was accompanied by a young girl.
I hope it’s not a male patient.
Ruan Xingmian confirmed the bed, tidied it, washed his hands, and then met Gu Xing in the bed to have lunch.
Because of the matter regarding Master's Wife, my sister created a small group of four people and tagged Ruan Xingmian in it: "I've ordered a week's worth of postpartum meals for you. Don't eat takeout. I've also ordered a nutritional meal for Master's Wife's post-operative period. They'll be delivered together when the time comes. Please send your ward number to the group."
Ruan Xingmian replied "OK" while biting his chopsticks.
At 1:30 in the afternoon, Ji Ling sent the teacher back and picked up Gu Xing on the way.
Qin Zhen was still in a daze and looked at the door for an hour.
Ruan Xingmian was sorting out the things he needed for the hospital stay. Seeing this, he advised, "Teacher, your wife won't be out of the observation room until five o'clock. Please sit for a while."
There is a accompanying bed next to the hospital bed, and ordinary chairs and a small table opposite.
Qin Zhen waved his hand: "Xingmian, you take a rest. I can't sit still. I'll stand here and wait for her to come back."
Finally, he couldn't wait any longer, so he said goodbye to Ruan Xingmian, left the ward, and walked up the stairs to the door of the observation room.
Ruan Xingmian washed her face, climbed onto the accompanying bed to get enough rest, pulled the gauze quilt over her, closed her eyes and took a nap, forcing herself to fall asleep.
She set the alarm for herself.
I got up at three o'clock and called Wenzhu first to confirm if anyone was coming for the interview.
Wen Zhu was in the office, processing resumes for job applications: "I've screened a few and have arranged for them to come in for interviews next Monday."
This time is fine.
Wen Zhu continued, "I received a call from Yan Zi. She said they have already finished the product you requested. It has been packaged and sent by express delivery within the city. I gave her the company's address and it will probably arrive tomorrow."
That is the bamboo jewelry designed by Ruan Xingmian. It is a birthday present for my sister. It would be best if it could arrive tomorrow.
The two chatted about work for a few more minutes and then hung up the phone.
Ruan Xingmian got up with a relaxed mood, everything was not that bad.
Next, just take good care of Master's wife until she is discharged from the hospital.
I also need to contact a psychologist for my wife.
It seems that Teacher Qin needs it too.
After four o'clock, Ruan Xingmian prepared everything and went to the observation room to wait.
Teacher Qin saw her and stood up from the corner, his face haggard: "He should be coming out soon."
"Um."
The two stood side by side, waiting outside.
Qin Zhen suddenly wiped his face and said, "It's all because I didn't care about her. She got pregnant with our first child at the age of 35, and Nuannuan died in her womb. She has been blaming herself all this time..."
Qin Zhen returned home and saw Qu Ying's suicide note, only then did he realize that she had never gotten over the grief of losing her daughter.
"She was very sad at the time. Her body was damaged after the induced abortion and she was not suitable for pregnancy. I decided to get a vasectomy and we never had children again. Every time she mentioned children, I was afraid that she would be sad if I mentioned it too much, so I avoided it..."
In the past, he might not have understood why his wife was depressed for half her life and tried to commit suicide because of their child.
Until today, outside the operating room, he had the idea that he could give up everything.
If Qu Ying couldn't leave the operating room, he would give up everything to accompany her.
The door to the observation room opened, and Ruan Xingmian took a step forward: "Teacher, the Master's wife is out."
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