In the early morning of January 28, it was rainy, the wind was cold and the rain was cold, the sky was overcast, and the air was cold and humid.

Lin Yueqin braved the cold wind and drizzle early in the morning and got on the bus from the hotel to the hospital. She and the frontline medical workers at Jimin Hospital have been quarantined in this hotel for 10 nights.

In the morning, the Critical Care Medicine Branch of the Chinese Medical Association issued the "Work Together to Save Lives and Win the Battle of Pneumonia Caused by the Novel Coronavirus-A Proposal to the National Critical Care Medicine Professional Colleagues". Lin Yueqin, together with more than 10 other committee members who participated in the frontline treatment work in Wuhan, proposed in the proposal that "all those who are doctors and heroes are ordered to be in the midst of illness and suffering, and are subject to the abuse of the epidemic." If the country is in trouble, the recruit must return, and the war will be won. In this battle against the new coronary pneumonia, the professional mission of critical care medicine determines that we must become the main force in the life treatment of seriously ill patients, and we must resolutely win the battle of epidemic prevention and control!"

Engaged in clinical work in critical care medicine for 20 years, participating in the treatment of thousands of critically ill patients, Lin Yueqin has accumulated rich clinical experience in acute respiratory distress syndrome and other aspects, and often faces death, often making difficult choices between life and death, and snatching fresh lives from the hands of death many times. Medical colleagues joked that Lin Yueqin was the "voltage regulator" of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine of Jimin Hospital.

However, in the face of the surging and extremely cunning new coronavirus, in the absence of a specific drug at present, although we do our best, sometimes there is a regret that "the flowers are helpless to fall".

Lin Yueqin wore protective clothing and came to the ward "fully armed" to check and understand the treatment of patients.

What makes her happy is that after the careful treatment of her and the expert team of the department, more than a dozen medical staff who were infected with the new crown pneumonia in the hospital have all been cured, and the nucleic acid tests are all negative, and they will be discharged from the hospital today. After going home to quarantine and rest for a while, they can go back to work – they are all looking forward to this day!

Li Linyuan's condition has also improved significantly, from severe to mild, transferred from the ICU ward to the general ward, and after another week of treatment, he can also be discharged.

While being happy, seeing the rapid deterioration of Xiang Qian's parents' condition, Lin Yueqin's mood suddenly became extremely heavy.

The two old men are not only her patients, but also Cheng Fenglei's aunt and uncle, Cheng Fenglei and Xiang Yang have explained many times that she must do her best to save the lives of the two elders, so that these two old people who have had a rough fate and have suffered a lot can spend a good old age.

However, because they were treated as a common cold and did not want to see a doctor, and later because there were too many patients, they could not see a doctor or be admitted to the hospital, which delayed again and again, delaying the best time for treatment, and their condition deteriorated day by day. In addition, they have many underlying diseases, so it is even more difficult to return, and they are weak to recover. Although Lin Yueqin tried their best to rescue them, they still regretted watching them slowly come to the end of their lives.

When Lin Yueqin came to the ICU ward of Xiang Qian's father and Xiang Yuehui, she saw that the old man was already angry and dying.

He opened his heavy eyelids, gestured hard to Lin Yueqin with both hands, and made a gesture of holding a pen and writing with his right hand.

Lin Yueqin understood that he wanted to write something, and he had something important to explain to her.

Lin Yueqin immediately asked the nurse to bring paper and pens and handed them to Xiang Yuehui. The old man trembled and held the pen and paper, and with the last of his strength, he wrote crookedly on the paper with difficulty:

"My body is donated to the country. After a long pause, he continued to write slowly: "Where's my wife?"

When he finished writing, he let out a long sigh of relief. Suddenly, he tilted his head, stretched out his hands, and stopped breathing.

Lin Yueqin hurriedly administered first aid, but it was irretrievable, and on the display screen, his heartbeat slowly turned into a straight line.

Before he died, this veteran Communist Party member and demobilized soldier thought about donating his body to the country for medical research. What a noble sentiment this is! Lin Yueqin and the medical staff in the ward were moved to tears.

And the last sentence "What about my wife?" made everyone cry bitterly, an ordinary person, before dying, is still worried about his wife who is also sick, worried about who will take care of her after she leaves, how will she finish her life alone?......

After three days of riding back to Wuhan, there was no time to rest, too late to greet, and no time to tell about his difficult journey along the way, early in the morning of the 28th, Cheng Shuang came to Longyuantan Hospital against the cold wind, and quickly entered the working state.

She first went to the warehouse to get protective clothing, goggles, gloves, masks, and shoe covers. Put on your protective clothing and start your day. The familiar work procedures have a sense of crisis and a sense of responsibility because of wearing protective clothing, but it also makes her heart steady all of a sudden, and finally returns to where she should be.

"Cheng Shuang, aren't you on annual leave? Why did you come back to work in two days?" asked my colleague Wei Xiaomin while changing into work clothes in the locker room.

"Hey, now that the epidemic is so serious, there are so many patients, and everyone is so busy, how can I still take annual leave with peace of mind. ”

Wei Xiaomin and Cheng Shuang are colleagues and very good friends, and the two usually have nothing to say. Seeing that Cheng Shuang was back to work, he was very happy and chatted with her about the situation in the hospital in the past few days.

"In the past two days, the hospital has admitted a lot of patients, and the hospital vacated Building 3 as a temporary ward the day before yesterday to isolate and treat new crown pneumonia patients, and now every ward is full. There are also more and more critically ill patients. Wei Xiaomin suddenly said with a worried expression, "Sister Chen Jin is also sick, do you know?"

Cheng Shuang was taken aback: "Ah! Sister Chen Jin is also sick? What kind of illness is it? Wasn't she fine all the time ago, and she has been at work all the time?"

"What about the new crown pneumonia, on the twenty-ninth day of the new year, she suddenly had a high fever, a positive nucleic acid test, and was admitted to our hospital after being diagnosed.

Cheng Shuang said anxiously: "Sister Chen's body has always been not very good, she has high blood pressure, diabetes, and her heart is not good, so it's a big trouble!"

Chen Jin, 58 years old, is an experienced deputy chief nurse, gentle and kind, and her colleagues have the impression of being diligent and hardworking. When Cheng Shuang first entered Longyuantan Hospital, Chen Jin was still her nurse on duty, and there was a "master-apprentice" relationship for a period of time, and Cheng Shuang always respected her. For so many years, their relationship has always been very good.

Wei Xiaomin sighed: "Hey, the disaster is not only these, I heard that Sister Chen's parents and younger brother also died of new crown pneumonia two days ago. Everyone hasn't told her the bad news yet, for fear that she won't be able to stand it and aggravate her condition. ”

When Cheng Shuang heard this, his heart suddenly cut like a knife, and tears blurred his eyes. After a long time, she came to her senses and said sadly: "What's the matter, isn't this a 'house leak that rained overnight', it's really a catastrophe and unbearable pain!"

Cheng Shuang endured his grief, and after the shift was handed over, he hurried to the several wards he was responsible for, and began to give injections, change dressings, and measure body temperature for patients, and quickly got busy.

In ward 805, she saw a new nurse intubating a patient because of a laryngoscope problem, and the intubation was still not good, so she was in a hurry. After Cheng Shuang asked about the situation, he comforted her not to panic. After the laryngoscope and negative pressure suction device were exchanged, Cheng Shuang stepped forward like a warrior and completed the dangerous intubation operation for her, calmly and calmly, skillfully, without a single superfluous movement, and the work was extremely comfortable to watch. At the same time, Cheng Shuang kept comforting the new nurses and anxious patients in the room, like a beautiful "angel" in the ward.

After handling the work of several wards he was responsible for, Cheng Shuang came to visit her in the ICU ward where Chen Jin was.

As soon as he entered the ward, Cheng Shuang went straight over, held Chen Jin's hand tightly with his gloved hands, and called softly: "Sister Chen, are you better? Why did you suddenly become like this?" As he spoke, tears filled his eyes.

Chen Jin was full of various tubes, and she could only rely on a ventilator to maintain her breathing, her body was extremely painful, but her consciousness was still relatively clear, she held Cheng Shuang with her hand, her eyes were full of tears.

"Shuangshuang, you...... Don't be upset. This...... This time, I'm scared...... Fast...... It's almost gone. She said with difficulty, tears streaming uncontrollably, wetting the pillow a large area.

Cheng Shuang hurriedly wiped away her tears with a tissue, approached her ear, and gently comforted: "Sister Chen, don't worry, it will be fine!"

"I ...... If...... No, my dad...... My mom...... What to do......? They...... I also had a high fever. As he spoke, tears welled up in his eyes again.

"Don't worry, Sister Chen, you will all get better soon!" Cheng Shuang held her hand tightly, unable to cry.

At this time, the new nurse rushed over to call Cheng Shuang, saying that a critically ill patient might not be able to do so, and asked her to come over.

Cheng Shuang hurriedly comforted him, leaned over, hugged Chen Jin, and went out with the nurse.

Cheng Shuang rushed over and saw an old man in his 70s in another ICU ward, trying to pull out the tube on the breathing mask. Cheng Shuang hurriedly ran over and plugged in the tube: "Uncle, this tube can't be pulled out, you won't be able to breathe if you pull it out!"

The nurse next to him said: "This uncle has been living in for more than 10 days, his condition is getting worse every day, it is very painful, and his family members can't come in to visit, so he is about to collapse and he doesn't want to live anymore." ”

Cheng Shuang comforted: "Uncle, don't worry, it will get better slowly, we will do our best to treat you, please be sure to cooperate with us." ”

After saying that, I wiped his body again and hung up the drip. was busy, Wei Xiaomin hurried over, panting and crying: "Sister Chen Jin, she, she has left just now!"

Cheng Shuang suddenly felt dizzy, his body shook, he calmed down, and hurriedly took Wei Xiaomin's hand: "Let's go, let's go over and have a look!"

The two trotted all the way over, and saw Chen Jin lying straight on the hospital bed, having passed away quietly.

Cheng Shuang was sad from the heart, and tears couldn't stop flowing out. She endured her grief, and together with Wei Xiaomin, hurriedly pulled out all the tubes on Chen Jin's body, brought a basin of hot water, wiped her body, and changed her into a set of clean clothes. She was then lifted onto the hospital's flatbed cart to transport the body and pushed out of the ward.

Cheng Shuang and Wei Xiaomin handed over the cart to a staff member in the corridor, and watched the trolley slowly leave with tears in their eyes, and the two cried out loudly in pain: "Sister Chen, you go all the way, go all the way!"

The cry of sorrow echoed over the wide corridor for a long time......