Chapter 8 The Lu family's father fell ill

The Lu family's parents and eldest daughter entered the yard one foot deep and one foot shallow, Lu Jianguo's face was dark, and he hung in one breath

"Dad, sit down and rest" Hu Rui hurriedly moved a chair for the old man to sit down. Hu Rui is very grateful to his father-in-law for agreeing to his marriage to Lu Wanwan, among the many suitors, he is not the best-looking, nor the best-looking, let alone the most educated. Back then, my father-in-law said that ten fingers are long and short, and you are all on one side, but you are kind, and my daughter is handed over to you, I am very relieved.

"Dad, what's wrong with you?" Lu Anqi was very worried when she looked at her father like this, she couldn't do anything and was overwhelmed, and she was even more anxious.

"Dad... It's okay... Rest, rest, rest... It's good" Lu Jianguo always thought that he didn't rest well, and it was too hot when he went to work in the field. Now that I'm older, I'm not as skinny as I am. On the contrary, when I get older, I become delicate.

"It's old, it's useless" Lu Jianguo cleared his throat, he didn't want his two daughters to worry, and tried his best to make his voice smooth and loud. Raising a child at the age of 100 is often worried about 99.

"Dad, let's go back to the county together in a while, it just so happens that the kindergarten is also out for summer vacation, tomorrow I will take you to the county people's hospital for a good check-up, Doctor Xia said that you have been coughing like this for a day or two, you should pay attention to early treatment as soon as possible" Lu Wanwan helped Lu Xiangxiang pack up his things in the back room, and prepared to leave immediately.

"I'm really fine, don't listen to Dr. Xia's exaggeration, I'm suffering from heat stroke, the first two days were too hot, I shouldn't have gone to the ground, just delay it for two days" Lu Jianguo always thought that there was nothing wrong with his body, it was heat stroke.

"Dad, I think what Wanwan said is right, you should have a comprehensive check-up, now that people's health awareness has improved, it is too normal to have a physical examination" Hu Rui also advised the old man.

"Dad, you just listen to my sister and brother-in-law, let's go check and we can rest assured" Hu Rui is the most well-informed in the family, and his sister is the most trusted person by Lu Anqi, and the only one who can be counted on at this moment is his sister and brother-in-law.

"I'm really fine, everyone has their own lives, wealth is in the sky, let's not go to the hospital to spend that unjust money, the third child is about to take the college entrance examination, and it will cost money to go to college when the time comes" Lu Jianguo has his worries, finally the three children have grown up, and the burden is getting smaller and smaller, if his son can be successfully admitted to the ideal university next year, everything will be relieved.

Unable to resist the persuasion of the family, the family hurriedly packed up their things, and before the things they brought back from the county town could be unloaded, they loaded some daily necessities for the elderly. After settling down at home, Hu Rui drove the Lu family out of Lujiatun.

The neighbors of Lujiatun don't know the inside, and they all envy the two elders of the Lu family who followed their daughter to the county seat to enjoy happiness. The Internet has also blown to Lujiatun, and the young people who are strong and strong have gone out to work, going to the county a little closer and going to the coastal cities a little farther away. For them, it's not about going out to pan for gold, it's just a change of lifestyle, in order to make life better for themselves and their descendants.

"Wanwan, you live at home, Dabao and Erbao are still at my mother's, you can accompany our dad to see a doctor in the past two days, don't worry about the children, I'll come and pick you up tomorrow morning to take you to the hospital, and I'll call Xiangdong in a while" After graduating from Hu Rui's Fa Xiao Medical University, he returned to the county hospital to become an attending doctor of general surgery. In these years, I have to soak in the hospital for a day, this department, that department, this examination, that examination, spending money is a trivial matter, and I don't know what is wrong with it. If you are not sick after a busy day, it is fine, but if you are diagnosed with a serious illness, the family will not be happy.

"Don't be so troublesome, you should do it, I'll accompany your dad to the doctor tomorrow, I can't delay your work" Lu Xiangxiang felt that coming to her son-in-law's house would cause trouble to her son-in-law, and she couldn't bear to let him accompany her to the hospital.

"Sister and brother-in-law, you are busy tomorrow, I will accompany my parents, it just so happens that I am on summer vacation" Lu Anqi couldn't contribute, and she didn't hesitate to contribute. She felt guilty about helping her parents, sister, and brother-in-law for many years, and hoped to contribute to the family.

"It's okay, there are a lot of people in the hospital, and it's more convenient for me to drive you in and out, we'll eat out in a while, and send you back after eating, I'll go to my mother's place to see the children, and I'll pick you up tomorrow morning" Hu Rui is a careful person. Usually, father-in-law and mother-in-law rarely come to their house, only when two little grandchildren were born, Lu Xiangxiang came to serve her daughter in confinement to live in a small place. Usually most of the time the two children are brought by their in-laws, and Lu Jianguo and Lu Xiangxiang have no way to help financially, so they are embarrassed to increase the burden on their daughter, for fear that their daughter will be embarrassed in her in-law's house.

When Lu Wanwan and Hu Rui got married, the in-laws came to the door to propose that they were very generous, and almost all the places that cost money for the wedding banquet, housing decoration, and wedding travel were all taken care of, just to say thank you for raising the children so well, we have a son, as long as they are good, we will be happy, as long as we can get out, we must not pick the door.

On the contrary, the generosity of the in-laws made the Lu family's parents even more cramped, in addition to preparing eight shops and eight covers for their daughters to marry in the countryside, the dowry money for their daughters was still drawn from the in-laws' money. In addition, the boss could not go to high school back then, and the boss has been subsidizing his family for many years after joining the work, saving himself money and not having much savings. Fortunately, a distant cousin married Hu Rui as a matchmaker, and now he has a son, a daughter, two children, and a family of four, and his in-laws are in good health, so they can help with the children, and everything is complete.

The family had a simple dinner, and everyone at the dinner table did not have the laughter and laughter of the past, Lu Jianguo always felt unwell, sweating all over, and his face was blue. The rest of the people were also apprehensive when they looked at him, and had no intention of tasting the delicious meal.

Before eight o'clock the next day, Hu Rui took his father-in-law and mother-in-law to the county people's hospital, and Xiang Dong waited for them at the outpatient guide desk on time, and had a brief understanding, and Xiang Dong took them to the gastroenterology department to find a director to see, and the director asked and said to take a CT scan to see the situation. At this time, the hospital had already gathered a lot of patients, and the doctors and nurses were in a hurry.

The county seat is much larger than Lujiatun, but it is also a typical acquaintance society, and everyone basically has acquaintances with them when they come to see a doctor, and they are afraid that it will be inconvenient if they don't have acquaintances.

The director of the internal medicine department looked solemn after reading the CT film, did not speak, and went directly to the director of the department to discuss the condition. After a long time, the two doctors came back together, and the director said, "CT scan shows that there is an unknown mass on the liver, please ask if you usually feel pain in this place"

"It hurt a little a few years ago, but then it didn't hurt anymore, and it came and went. I haven't felt it for more than a year, and I've been fine, but it's been hurting a lot lately." Lu Jianguo's description of his symptoms gave the two doctors a basis for their diagnosis.

"Do you usually smoke and drink?"

"I don't have this habit, sometimes I smoke a little dry tobacco, and I don't smoke it often."

"Have you ever been vaccinated against hepatitis B? or have you had a liver test?"

"No, we usually don't have anything wrong with this" Lu Jianguo They have lived in Lujiatun all their lives, simple and plain, and their awareness of medical protection of personal health is weak, and in addition to the propaganda of family planning, prohibition of drug abuse, robbery and theft in the village, there is no propaganda in this regard, and the situation of information asymmetry between urban and rural areas is obvious. In addition, my daily life is busy and heavy, and I don't read books and newspapers, so I won't have this awareness.

"In this case, the family will be hospitalized first, and further examination is needed"

"Doctor, our family is about to harvest in autumn, and the things in the field can't wait, you see what's wrong with me, prescribe some medicine, I will definitely take medicine on time when I go back" Lu Jianguo is worried about the harvest at home, which is related to the living expenses of the third child next year, and also related to some expenses when Lu Anqi is looking for a job. He doesn't have any extra ways to make money, and he doesn't want to add extra ways to spend money.

"Is harvest or fate important?" said the two directors in unison.

If it weren't for the reaction of the two directors, the Lu family once thought that the directors were exaggerating. When going to the hospital to see a doctor, the doctor can also prescribe more orders if he exaggerates, so that the patient can do more examinations, take more medicines, be hospitalized more, make small things big, and make more money. After all, doctors also have tasks to complete every month. Doctors are also very resistant in their hearts, and they generally try their best to turn big things into small things and small things into nothing, and those who choose this profession have a kind of Bethune spirit.

"Director Zhang, what's wrong with this relative of our family?" Xiang Dong pulled Director Zhang aside, avoiding the Lu family's inquiry, and he had to talk back to Hu Rui later. Iron buddies for so many years, there is really nothing to hide.

"I looked at the CT film with Director Liu, and the image showed that it might be a malignant tumor, that is, liver cancer, and the patient's condition was not very good, and he really needed to be hospitalized for a detailed examination. ”

"It's unlikely, he's always been in good health" Xiang Dong blurted out, and immediately regretted it, his original intention was not to question the professional ability of the two directors, Director Zhang is now a knife in the Department of Gastroenterology and a pillar of the County People's Hospital.

"At first glance, I thought it was, for the sake of conservatism, I quickly called Director Liu to take a look, his thoughts are the same as mine, if the hospitalization is diagnosed, it should be operated on as soon as possible, you see that the patient's face is not good, this is also a manifestation of liver cancer, and I don't know how many specific stages it is. ”

"Oh my God, it's so serious" Xiang Dong listened to Director Zhang's diagnosis, he was very uneasy, he didn't know how to explain it to his old friend for a while.

If liver disease is left uncontrolled for a long time, it can develop into cirrhosis. If cirrhosis progresses, there is a risk that it will turn into liver cancer. In any case, when it comes to cirrhosis, treatment is difficult. When patients present with obvious symptoms of liver cancer, the condition is often more serious, and most of them are in the middle and advanced stages. Pain in the liver area is the most common symptom of advanced liver cancer, and the effect of radiotherapy and chemotherapy is not particularly good, and the cost is not low.

Hu Rui quickly completed the hospitalization procedures, but the current beds are relatively tight, so he can only make do in the aisle first, and then move in again after a patient is discharged from the hospital tomorrow. Hu Rui asked Xiang Dong what his father-in-law was, and Xiang Dong just said that it was not very clear now, and he would only know until further examination, so don't be too anxious first.

The atmosphere in the ward is not very good, the patients are all sympathetic, as soon as Lu Jianguo is admitted to the hospital, a patient asks him what disease he has, he said he doesn't know, the patient shook his head and walked away, which made Lu Jianguo feel even more uneasy.

Director Zhang had a good personal relationship with Xiang Dong, and soon arranged a comprehensive inspection for Lu Jianguo. Early the next morning, accompanied by his family, Lu Jianguo did an examination item by item according to the doctor's arrangement, as long as he saw the doctor frowning or asking a few more questions, he was very nervous, and felt that people had two meanings to ask more, one was that he was seriously ill, and the other was that the money in the account was not enough.

Lu Jianguo began to have insomnia, and the doctor said that his blood pressure and blood lipids and blood sugar dysfunction were disordered, which is commonly known as the three highs, and his high blood pressure was 180, and he was usually dizzy and uncomfortable, but he didn't care too much.

Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage is one of the most serious complications of hypertension, which often occurs at the age of 50~70, slightly more in men, and is prone to occur in winter and spring. Hypertensive disorders often lead to pathological changes in the small arteries at the base of the brain, which are prominently manifested by vitreous or fibrous degeneration and focal hemorrhage and ischemia on the walls of these small arterioles. The doctor's bookbag-style explanation made Lu Jianguo look confused, and finally only squeezed out a few words: "Is this disease serious?"

"It's serious, it's serious, it's not serious, it's not serious, your liver condition is not very good, there is a risk of complications, you should pay attention" The doctor in charge of the bed did not explain too much, and completed the doctor-patient interaction concisely.

Coming out of the doctor's office, Lu Jianguo got two pieces of information, the first and the third high, and the whole person was excited, and he didn't know. Second, there are liver problems. There is a kind of ominous omen of uncertain life and death.

After insomnia for a few days, Lu Jianguo's blood pressure was even more abnormal, and he suddenly fainted during a break from going to the bathroom at noon.

Lu Xiangxiang and Lu Anqi heard someone shouting in the bathroom that someone had fainted, and thought that Lu Jianguo had just gone to the bathroom, so they hurriedly ran over, and with the help of everyone, they helped Lu Jianguo up, and Lu Jianguo was unconscious.

The doctor on duty immediately came to inquire, and it didn't take long for the experts in the hospital to quickly prepare for the consultation, and the patient suddenly suffered cerebral congestion and immediately prepared for craniotomy. One more minute, one more minute for the patient to be dangerous.

Lu Xiangxiang was stunned in the corridor and couldn't move, Lu Anqi knew the risk of cerebral hemorrhage, most patients had a poor prognosis, the time of rescue was critical, and his father was lucky enough to be sick in the hospital, so he could be rescued immediately, and there should not be much of a problem. The news has reported that Zhao Benshan rushed to Shanghai by private plane for rescue of cerebral congestion, and Lu Anqi knows the importance of the timeliness of brain and blood rescue. didn't care about comforting Lu Xiangxiang, Lu Anqi hurriedly went through various procedures.

"Pay the fee first, the money in your account is not enough for the operation," the doctor said coldly

Lu Anqi is a little confused, she doesn't know how much money she needs to pay for such an operation, and the scholarship plus the bursary is about 8,000 yuan, which is a huge amount of money for her. She hurried to the payment window and paid it all without hesitation. However, the charging nurse at the charging window said that the money was only enough for the cost of basic conservative treatment, and it was estimated that the hospital would issue a reminder soon.

Lu Anqi's whole person is not good, this is the first time she has spent so much money at one time when she has grown so big, she is not distressed for her father, she has no bottom on what the follow-up cost is, and she doesn't know what to do. The mood was extremely low.

After settling down, Lu Anqi hurriedly called her sister, at this time, the only one who could resist at home was her sister.

When informing Lu Wanwan, Lu Anqi held back tears, she didn't want her sister to feel pressure during work hours.

Fortunately, Hu Rui does his own business, and his time is flexible, Lu Wanwan Kindergarten is on vacation, but there is still a kindergarten teacher training that must be attended, and the park is not allowed to ask for leave. Lu Wanwan didn't have much to pay attention to training, she was anxious, seeing the WeChat message from her sister, thinking about her father's gray-purple face before, she had an ominous premonition. After living in the county for so many years, I have also heard of cerebral congestion around me, the disease occurs quickly, and the risk of craniotomy is also very high. It is not uncommon for patients to be untreated, hemiplegic or unconscious. A few days ago, I saw Xiang Dong and Hu Rui mysteriously talking about his father's condition, but Hu Rui kept telling her that it was okay, it was all a minor problem, and it would be good to be hospitalized.

Lu Wanwan blamed himself a little, usually not enough care for his parents, when he first got married, he didn't go home for half a month to see, he was busy taking care of Dabao after adding Dabao, and the work of the kindergarten should also be taken into account, after accidentally adding two treasures, he was even busier when he got home from work, and the two children overwhelmed her, Hu Rui sometimes stored in the store at night, or some customers needed to come to install something or something, and had to go out to work overtime to make money, the customers of the hardware store are regulars, the regular customers bring new customers, the new customers become frequent customers, and the apprentices in the store are also unstable。

If I hadn't been so busy at home, and if I hadn't had two children, would I have had more time to take care of my parents? If I had been more health-conscious and consciously took my parents for a physical examination every year, my father's three highs would have been detected earlier, and I would have paid attention to rest and diet so that I wouldn't have fainted in the hospital today. The training teacher on the podium said that the spittle stars flew sideways, and Lu Wanwan had mixed tastes in his heart, and he had no intention of learning.

finally got out of class, and Lu Wanwan, who usually saves, stopped a taxi and went straight to the county people's hospital.

According to his sister's WeChat address, Lu Wanwan walked straight to the operating room on the second floor, and saw his mother crying next to his sister at a glance.

"How is my dad" Lu Wanwan didn't dare to ask her mother, and asked her husband in a low voice, wanting to know the details.

"Not long after I entered, the doctor said that the situation was not very good, and he would have to do a craniotomy immediately" Hu Rui didn't know if his description of medical terms was accurate, and nervously talked about the craniotomy.

"It's so serious" craniotomy is obviously beyond Lu Wanwan's common sense of life, the family has always been healthy, Lu Jiatun and the friends around him have never heard of anyone who has had a craniotomy, in the past in the newspaper to see someone unfortunately had a traffic accident to do craniotomy, and finally cut off a piece of the back of the head, and his life was saved.

"Mom, don't worry, Dad will definitely get better" Lu Wanwan didn't dare to predict his father's condition at will, so he could only comfort his mother a few words and wait for the news in the operating room with them. The family can't be chaotic at this time, I am the backbone of my mother and sister, and I must stabilize it. Lu Wanwan kept hinting at himself.

There is not only one operation for Lu's father in the operating room, several operations are being carried out at the same time, the nurses walk out and walk in very frequently, and every time the door of the operating room is pushed and closed, the creaking sound makes the family members waiting at the door tremble. Some patients are minor surgeries, such as appendicitis, appendix excision, etc., some are circumcised, some are otitis media, etc., cerebral congestion is a major surgery in comparison, which is a great psychological test for the patient's family.

"You're thirsty, I'll buy you some water" Hu Rui looked at the anxious and painful mother and daughter, and he didn't know what to say here.

"You go, go downstairs slowly" Lu Wanwan met Hu Rui, and he also felt that he was lucky, the first twenty years of unhappiness were resolved after twenty years because of Hu Rui's appearance, Hu Rui is very good to himself, and his family is also very good. In comparison, his kindness to his in-laws is insignificant, and he can't bring anything to everyone in terms of money. For so many years, Lu Wanwan secretly posted a lot of money to his mother's family, every time Hu Rui gave her a red envelope or something, he smiled and asked her to buy something to be happy, in fact, Hu Rui knew that Lu Wanwan was worried about his family and hoped to share the financial pressure for his parents, Hu Rui didn't say it, but he understood it very well in his heart, he never gave money directly to his father-in-law and mother-in-law, but helped his father-in-law and mother-in-law in another way, but carefully protected the self-esteem of Lu's family. Lu Wanwan is very grateful to Hu Rui for everything he has done for himself and his family, the schoolwork and children at home are all undertaken by himself, and he never let Hu Rui worry about it, this young couple loves each other, supports each other, and cares about the bits and pieces reflected in daily chores.

Hu Rui didn't go to buy water, he went to Xiang Dong to ask what kind of illness his father-in-law was and why he suddenly fainted in the bathroom?

"Uncle's illness is cumulative, not sudden, didn't you think there was anything wrong with him before?" Xiang Dong asked Hu Rui to recall if there was anything unusual about the Lu family's father.

"No, once when I went back, her father said that her stomach hurt, we thought it was a bad food, dizziness or something I never heard my parents mention, recently added two treasures, you also know, there are a lot of more children in the family, and the store department is also quite busy, one comes and goes, and we also go back less" Hu Rui himself searched for all kinds of things he met his father-in-law and mother-in-law when he went home this year, he couldn't notice anything wrong with his father-in-law's body, every time he went back, they were more enthusiastic than his biological parents, and people said that son-in-law was equal to half a son, and in the eyes of the Lu family's parents, Hu Rui was a son, not an outsider.

"Why don't you take him to see him when he has a stomachache?"

"The doctor at their village clinic said at the time that it was gastroenteritis and diarrhea, and it was fine.

"Let me tell you, her father's liver examination results have not yet come out, Director Zhang suspects that it is advanced liver cancer, but the hospitalization examination has not been diagnosed, and my father is estimated to be nervous and unable to sleep, resulting in high blood pressure."

"Hey, how can this be done" Hu Rui sighed, thinking that these two diseases are serious diseases, and they are not easy to do.

"Hu Rui, let me tell you, Daddy's illness burns a lot of money, and he has no medical insurance, he may not enjoy the reimbursement scope of this serious illness, he must prepare money, this follow-up cost may be a bottomless pit, or it may be good to do a few stages of treatment" Xiang Dong reminded Hu Rui. Xiang Dong is very clear about Lu Wanwan's family conditions, many of Hu Rui's friends when he was a child combined with each other to become husband and wife, Xiang Dong's wife and Xiang Dong and Hu Rui are all middle school classmates, among friends, Hu Rui's family conditions are the best, and only Hu Rui found a country daughter-in-law. Compared with other girls, Lu Wanwan has a formal job, and he is also handsome, innocent, down-to-earth, and has a formal establishment. It is not easy to have a formal establishment in these years. It can be said that a good job is Lu Wanwan's best dowry.

"That's what you have to do, that's the crooked father, that's my father" Hu Rui is a very responsible person, and this big brother spirit makes him very popular.

"The cost of craniotomy for cerebral congestion is not so high, and the hospitalization for observation and rehabilitation treatment in the later stage of brain decompression is almost 3 or 50,000 yuan, if you are diagnosed with liver cancer, the cost is quite large, where do you have so much money" The income in the county town is not high, and Xiang Dong's monthly salary in the county people's hospital is slightly more than that of general positions, but this income can not withstand the toss of serious illness. The business of Hu Rui hardware store is acceptable, after several years of operation, it is now in a profitable state, higher than Xiangdong's income, but not as stable as Xiangdong's income, on average, it can earn about 150,000 a year, and the income in the county is also considerable, plus Lu Wanwan is a kindergarten teacher, and his income is also very stable, at least Lu Wanwan can support himself and does not need her husband to support him. However, Lu Wanwan's family has a heavy burden, and the young couple should not have much savings. Xiang Dong sometimes heard his mother say that Hu Rui's mother often sticks to her son, and Hu Rui's parents bought the car with full money.

Xiang Dong sometimes thinks that if Hu Rui doesn't look for Lu Wanwan, he will be among the girls in his classmates, and on Hu Rui's terms, he can also find a county girl with his eyes closed, and his father-in-law and mother-in-law will at least have medical insurance, at least there will not be so much financial burden in the face of serious illness. However, seeing that Xiang Dong and Lu Wanwan have a good relationship, Xiang Dong is also happy for him, but now he is sweating for Xiang Dong.

"Let's take one step at a time, I've been up for a long time. I just told a few of them that I went downstairs to buy water, and I didn't go back for too long for fear that they would worry, so I left first, and I picked you up another day to eat with Honghong."

"What's the matter, why are you talking to me about this, don't keep it in your heart if you have anything to help" Xiang Dong persuaded Hu Rui.

"Come on, see you later" Hu Rui went down from the safety staircase, the elevator of the restaurant hospital was overcrowded, family members and patients were crowded together, the elevator could not enter or exit, the floor was not high, and it was faster to go down the stairs.

Hu Rui had been gone for a while, but no one had been paying attention to how long he had been gone, and everyone was staring closely at the words "During Operation" on the door of the operating room.

Hu Rui was busy handing out mineral water to the three ladies, and they didn't bother to open it after they took it. Hu Rui understood very well, and after chatting with Xiang Dong, he also began to worry a little about the cost, if it was just cerebral congestion, the cost of timely treatment would not be very high. It's really hard to say if there are other diseases.

Social medical insurance is related to the level of the hospital for medical treatment when reimbursement, the township clinic hospital is the first level, the general county hospital is the second level, some hospitals in the prefecture-level city are the third level, and the third-class hospital that we often say is the third-class hospital.

If you seek medical treatment in a tertiary hospital, the most reimbursed in the social medical insurance is the social medical insurance for urban workers, that is, the one paid together with the unit; the second is the social medical insurance for urban residents, that is, the medical insurance for those whose household registration is in the city; and the reimbursement ratio of the New Rural Cooperative Medical System is the lowest, that is, the medical insurance purchased by the rural household registration in the place where the household registration is located.

Lu Jianguo is a NCMS and has not purchased commercial insurance, and with the standards of village health hospitals or county secondary hospitals, medical insurance reimbursement is very limited, and if there is commercial insurance, it can be alleviated a lot. Residents in the county have a natural resistance to selling insurance, feeling that it is a pyramid scheme and deception. The residents of the village will not touch this even more, mainly because they have no spare money to run their lives.

The time seems to be very long, the temperature of the hospital air conditioner is turned on very low, and it will feel even colder when you are in a bad mood.