"What are you looking at?" Li Chuntian was confused. She couldn't cure paralysis.
"As far as I know, paralysis doesn't mean complete loss of sensation. In fact, the patient suffers from severe pain, often with nerve pain. Can you see if there's any way to alleviate that?"
As soon as Jiang Shiyue finished speaking, four pairs of eyes turned to her.
Chen Shanhe, Chen Dingguo, Wu Xiu'e and Li Chuntian all looked at Jiang Shiyue at the same time.
"How do you know?" Chen Dingguo wondered.
He never told anyone that he was in pain, not even Wu Xiu'e.
Jiang Shiyue also learned about it from watching short videos in her previous life.
Self-media has opened up a new career path for people like Chen Dingguo.
She has followed several inspirational bloggers.
One of the younger bloggers in a wheelchair who dresses very fashionably every day once said that dressing up beautifully is one of the few times when she feels that she is no different from an ordinary person.
The paralysis left her unable to move her body, yet she still suffered from nerve pain, which was similar to mild electric shocks and lasted all day long. The pain was unbearable and she couldn't sleep at night.
Sleeping is a luxury for her.
That's why Jiang Shiyue tried her best to make Chen Dingguo's life better, of course it was more because she loved Chen Dingguo.
Li Chuntian nodded. "Yes, paralysis doesn't mean there's no pain. But there's no good solution right now, and I can't help."
Having said that, Li Chuntian still took Chen Dingguo's pulse.
She felt Chen Dingguo's pulse for a long time in silence.
After a while, she asked Lu Zheng to take out her medicine box from the package, find some simple inspection tools and carefully check it for Chen Dingguo for a long time.
Chen Shanhe also stood over silently.
Jiang Shiyue sat up straight, feeling somewhat nervous.
As we all know, when a Chinese medicine practitioner takes too long to take a pulse, it means there is a lot of trouble.
What’s more, Li Chuntian teaches both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine.
However, Chen Dingguo's case is rather special. He has been paralyzed for more than ten years. The fact that Li Chuntian has been seeing him for so long may mean there is a chance of recovery.
Li Chuntian was born into a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. He had great medical skills at a young age, and later he studied Western medicine and was also a top student.
It's the kind of thing that God is chasing after and feeding you.
Amidst everyone's anticipation, Li Chuntian slowly shook his head, "What a pity!"
"What's a pity?" Lu Zheng asked, "Are you a reliable quack doctor?"
Li Chuntian was so angry that he hit Lu Zheng with his stethoscope, "You are the quack! Your whole family is a quack!"
Lu Zheng jumped away with a cry.
Jiang Shiyue hurriedly stopped Li Chuntian who was about to chase after him, "Finish explaining our confusion first, and I'll find a stick for you to beat him with later!"
Lu Zheng: “…”
He glared at Chen Shanhe resentfully, "Take care of your wife."
Chen Shanhe was too lazy to pay attention to him.
Li Chuntian looked regretful and asked, "Were you treated in a small hospital?"
Wu Xiu'e said in confusion: "It's not a small hospital! He was treated in our county hospital!"
For the people of Houan Production Brigade, the county hospital is the largest hospital they can go to.
But in Li Chuntian's eyes, the county hospital was too small and its equipment was too backward.
Jiang Shiyue reacted the fastest and asked, "Can the old man's leg be saved?"
Li Chuntian shook his head and nodded again. "If you had met me then, or gone to a large hospital... I mean a provincial or higher hospital for examination and treatment, and done a good job of rehabilitation, there's a good chance you could have recovered. But now it's been too long! You've missed the best treatment period."
The Chen family members were all silent.
Wu Xiu'e opened and closed her mouth but no sound came out.
Chen Shanhe lowered his head.
He was too young when Chen Dingguo got into trouble and could not do anything.
Chen Dingguo's expression was very complicated, and it took him a while to regain his usual calm. "It's almost the same. Even if I knew it could be cured more than ten years ago, I would have given up. We are all poor people, and we don't make much money all year round. Going to a big hospital requires travel expenses, accommodation fees, and examination and treatment fees. The rehabilitation you mentioned is not something that can be cured in a day or two. The result is the same."
When Chen Dingguo first heard Li Chuntian's words, his first reaction was regret.
But then he realized that his family was not rich before and they simply did not have enough money to go to the provincial capital for treatment.
At that time, Chen Shanhe was still young, and Zhao Caifeng was making a fuss about dividing the family.
Even if I knew my leg could be cured, I would still choose to give up if I didn't have the money.
Anyway, it’s the current result.
Poverty is the most fatal disease for the common people.
Everyone understood what Chen Dingguo meant, and the air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Jiang Shiyue shook her head and said, "Comrade Chuntian, what about now? Can it still be cured?"
She didn't ignore that Li Chuntian not only shook his head but also nodded.
If the answer was no, Li Chuntian would not have said these regretful words.
"It can be cured, but the results are not guaranteed. I just checked, and Uncle Chen's leg nerves aren't completely dead yet. Although he's been lying down for over a decade, the caregivers are very attentive. His muscles have definitely atrophied, but it's much better than I expected. Was the Chinese medicine doctor who massaged Uncle Chen's legs? He massaged the acupuncture points very accurately and thoroughly, and he was very professional."
Everyone looked at Wu Xiu'e.
Wu Xiu'e looked bewildered. "I'm not a Chinese medicine practitioner. Initially, I felt he wasn't sleeping well, so I wanted to ask the commune's old Chinese medicine practitioner to prescribe some tranquilizers. Chinese medicine teaches that all medicines are toxic, so they taught me some massage techniques, saying regular massage would be good for him."
The techniques she learned were not only for massaging the legs, but for massaging the entire body.
"Comrade Li, if... I mean if, if the recovery effect is ideal, what will it be like?" Chen Shanhe said.
"The best outcome is that the old man can take care of himself. What I mean is that he can dress himself, go to the toilet with consciousness, and stand or walk short distances with the help of assistive devices such as crutches. The walking I'm talking about is not the way we ordinary people walk. It would be best if he could walk like someone with poor mobility." Li Chuntian spoke more seriously this time, for fear of disappointing everyone.
"Also, if you want to achieve the treatment effect I mentioned, the county hospital definitely won't be able to do it. The city hospital is probably not going to be able to do it either. It would be best to go to a large national hospital, such as a well-known hospital in Beijing. Treatment and recovery is a long process, perhaps several months or even years."
"No," Chen Dingguo was the first to object. "I've been paralyzed for over ten years. I'm already seventy years old. Why waste my money and energy on this? I'm fine now."
Chen Shanhe whispered, "Dad!"
"It's no use calling me dad. I know you're filial and want me to treat your leg. Let's not talk about money for now. I'm asking you, if I agree to go to the capital, can you accompany me? You're still in the military, and you have your career. Your mother and I are in a place we don't know, and your mother's legs aren't very good. Can you trust us? Even if you can, I can't. Your eldest brother can't go either. Jiadong is about your age and is also looking for a wife. If Shanlin comes with me to serve me, how will the family earn the money?"
Chen Shanhe clenched his fists and pursed his thin lips into a straight line.
Defend the country or protect the home?
For the first time, I understood the dilemma of being both loyal and filial.
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