Chapter 2: Collapse
Sleepless all night, Wei Mingxia lay on the bed and wept silently, Zhang Weiguo held his head, pondered all night, and did not say a word. The four old men sat outside the ward and sighed worriedly, but no one dared to make a decision.
After all, this decision is the life and death of the child!
In the morning, Wei Mingxia's mother went to the cafeteria to buy a breakfast, a millet porridge, two eggs, and a beef bun. This is only Wei Mingxia's breakfast, and the rest of the people have no appetite to eat, but after Wei Mingxia gives birth, she needs to supplement her nutrition and must buy her food.
Wei Mingxia shook her head and said hoarsely, "I can't eat it", only said this, and her tears couldn't stop flowing.
Her mother wiped her tears and persuaded her: "Xiaoxia, no matter what happens, eat first, you can take care of the child only after you have taken care of your body."
Child?
Wei Mingxia thought of the child, yes, I want to eat well, I want to recover as soon as possible, my child still needs me to raise it. Wei Mingxia didn't know where she got the strength, she sat up, took the breakfast her mother bought for her, and ate it in a big gulp.
Zhang Weiguo looked at his wife who was struggling to eat, his nose was sore, he was afraid that his wife would see him shed tears, so he choked up and said to his wife: "Xiaoxia, I'll ask the doctor."
Wei Mingxia nodded, Zhang Weiguo hurriedly left, he didn't dare to look at his wife's tired eyes, those eyes that were once full of smiles are now full of tears!
After Zhang Weiguo left, Wei Mingxia's tears could no longer be held back and flowed out of her eyes. However, she took a piece of paper, wiped her snot and tears, and continued to stuff rice into her mouth.
"Weiwei, have you made your decision?"
As soon as Zhang Weiguo stepped out of the ward, his mother pulled him and asked.
Zhang Weiguo replied, "I'll ask the doctor" and walked straight away, and his parents followed him closely and also ran to the ICU ward.
Unexpectedly, the doctor told them that the child was stable overnight, and there was no further rescue, and that he would be observed for two more days, and if there was nothing abnormal, he could be transferred to a general ward.
Zhang Weiguo was relieved, if he was allowed to choose, it would be difficult for him to kill his own child. This is the child's own choice, and the child chooses to stay in this world.
Since the child has made a choice, and God has made a decision for himself, so be it.
Perhaps, the child will grow up well and healthily.
People always hold on to hope and shake hands with life. If there was no hope, life would have been abandoned long ago!
However, this hope is only an expectation after all, and the reality is still cruel, it will not go down with your expectations, but force you to go down the path it designed.
And that road is full of thorns!
However, even if the thorns cut through the calves and ooze blood, you have to go on!
Because, the rest of the way leads to the abyss!
People, in order not to break their bones, would rather live with injuries!
Wei Mingxia and Zhang Weiguo chose such a path, holding the child from the ICU to the children's rehabilitation department.
The director of the Children's Rehabilitation Department is a female doctor who is about to retire, and she has an amiable smile under half of her gray hair.
After Director Yao did a comprehensive and detailed examination of the child, he was diagnosed with cerebral palsy!
This diagnosis is like a bomb, blowing up all the expectations and self-deception of Wei Mingxia and his wife these days. All of Wei Mingxia's gritted teeth and insistence fell apart all of a sudden, and she hugged the child and cried bitterly.
Director Yao sighed, she has been engaged in this profession for nearly thirty years, and she has seen a lot of parents' collapse and parents' despair. She knew that at this time, all comfort was pale.
In everything, it is easy to persuade others, because it has not happened to me, and I have not experienced that kind of pain.
In the profession of rehabilitation physician, the only thing that can comfort parents is the curative effect, which is that the child is improving day by day in their rehabilitation treatment, rather than the words that even feel empty to themselves.
The first year of age is the rapid stage of brain development, and it is the best time for recovery progress. Therefore, Director Yao arranged the child in the second rehabilitation group.
Under the guidance of the nurse, Wei Mingxia and his wife came to the second rehabilitation group and met the team leader Zhou Yao.
On the way, the nurse told them that Team Leader Zhou Yao had a double degree in acupuncture and massage and children's rehabilitation, and was a proud student of Director Yao. After graduating from graduate school, I stayed here.
Team leader Zhou Yao led the second rehabilitation group, focusing on the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy within one year of age, and those children made very rapid progress under the rehabilitation treatment of team leader Zhou Yao.
The nurse's introduction gave Wei Mingxia and his wife confidence, and after seeing Dr. Zhou Yao, their belief was even stronger.
Dr. Zhou Yao wears a simple ponytail and wears a light blue rehabilitation therapist's isolation gown, but it is difficult to hide her temperament, but it shows her connotation like the sea.
Zhou Yao did a comprehensive examination of the child, and the detailed diagnosis was spastic quadriplegia. She told Wei Mingxia that the child's upper and lower limbs were restricted and could not move freely.
"Dr. Zhou, is the child okay?"
Zhou Yao replied gently and seriously: "The child's condition is more serious, but within one year of age is the best time to recover. This year, we must insist on rehabilitation treatment, and the best rehabilitation effect is to be able to take care of oneself."
"What is self-care?"
"You can walk, even with the help of a brace. You can brush your teeth, wash your face, dress, eat, and go to kindergarten normally."
Zhang Weiguo nodded, if the child could do this, he would already be very content.
"However, it is a long process that requires perseverance in rehabilitation, learning and training one by one, and perhaps, a button-fastening action requires thousands of times of training. Freezing three feet, not a day's cold, the process of rehabilitation treatment is boring and hard."
Zhou Jin patiently explained.
After settling Wei Mingxia and his wife, it was time to get off work, and the rehabilitation therapists in the second group went home from work one after another.
"Zhou Yao, it's time to get off work", the head nurse urged Zhou Jin.
Zhou Jin lowered his head to study Zhang Ziqi's medical records after birth, and did not raise his head, replying: "I know."
"You're working overtime again?"
Zhou Yao nodded and said, "I have a new child today, I have to finish writing the medical records before leaving, you go first."
"It's like this every time, can't the rehabilitation doctors in your second group write it?
Zhou Jin smiled: "They are already working hard, I'll write it." Besides, tomorrow morning, Director Yao will ask me to introduce the child's situation and make an initial assessment and treatment plan. If there is a slight mistake, Director Yao is very strict. ”
"Director Yao has high expectations for you, but you should also pay attention to your body, work overtime in moderation, don't forget, your mother still needs you to take care of it," the head nurse reminded.
Zhou Yao finally raised his head, smiled at the head nurse, and said, "Got it, thank you Sister Zheng."
"We still need to be polite, oops, no, I have to hurry home to see the child, bye-bye", the head nurse finished and hurried home with her bag.
After the head nurse left, Zhou Yao's smile disappeared and turned to sadness, as soon as she mentioned her mother, her heart was clenched, and she sighed heavily!