Chapter 981: Incurable Disease
In the Supreme VIP area of Zhongyun Kangfeng Hospital, Su Jing, Lu Qinming and others were receiving a special patient, a middle-aged man was sitting in a wheelchair, his limbs were weak, his neck was crooked, and he was supported by a bracket. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 Behind him, there stood a middle-aged woman, a young man, and a young woman, all of whom looked at Su Jing and the others with a look of hope.
"Dr. Su, doctors, please cure my husband. The middle-aged woman pleaded.
"I'm afraid we can't do anything about this disease. Lu Qinming let out a long sigh, and the other doctors also shook their heads, they were all thinking that the 100% treatment success rate of the Supreme VIP Zone would probably be broken today.
The middle-aged man in a wheelchair has an incurable disease, one of the world's five major terminal diseases, which cannot be compared with the previous blue blindness, cough, infertility, etc. This disease is called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neuron disease, and there is also a more figurative name, called ALS.
It is a malignant disease, as its name suggests, the person who suffers from it loses any mobility as if frozen in ice and snow, but the process is not rapid, but the body shrinks and weakens in part and part. It is caused by damage to the upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in gradual weakness and atrophy of the muscles including the bulbar (the bulbar refers to the part of the muscles innervated by the medulla), limbs, trunk, chest and abdomen.
In the past two years, the Ice Bucket Challenge, which has been popular for a while, aims to make more people aware of this rare disease, known as ALS, and also to raise funds to help with treatment.
It is undeniable that he is a legend who proved the singularity theorem of general relativity and the black hole area theorem, put forward the black hole evaporation theory and the boundaryless Hawking universe model, and took an important step in unifying the two basic theories of physics in the 20th century - the theory of relativity founded by Einstein and the quantum mechanics founded by Planck. His "A Brief History of Time" became a sensation around the world, selling nearly 10 million copies. He is recognized as one of the most outstanding physicists after Newton and Einstein and is known as the "King of the Universe".
However, this genius could not resist the disease, because of ALS, he was confined to a wheelchair for half a century, and no one has been able to cure it so far. At the age of 21, he unfortunately suffered from ALS, originally only had two years to live, but he miraculously survived for two years, and the deterioration of his condition gradually slowed down, but the damage caused by ALS was permanently left, he only had three fingers to move, the disease had severely deformed his body, his head could only be tilted to the right, his shoulders were low left and high to the right, his hands were tightly in the middle, he held a palm-sized onomatopoeia keyboard, his feet were twisted inward, his mouth was almost crooked into an S shape, as long as he smiled slightly, it would appear immediately"Grinning" look.
In short, ALS is a worldwide problem, and in the face of this problem, Lu Qinming and others, in addition to being helpless or helpless, thought that Su Jing himself should be very helpless, and suddenly a patient like this is too much to look up to.
But listening, Su Jing said: "We will try our best to treat it, but I think you should also know the difficulty of treating this disease, and I dare not guarantee that it can be cured." ”
Lu Qinming's eyes fluttered when he heard it, and he looked at Su Jing incredulously, how could he listen to the meaning of Su Jing's words, as if he was really trying to cure this disease, this shouldn't be that he can't guarantee that it can be cured, but that it definitely can't be cured?
"We know that Dr. Su is willing to do his best to treat it. The middle-aged woman nodded happily.
"Doctor Su, is it really possible to cure my father's disease?" The young men and young women all stared at Su Jing, of course they hoped that their father's illness could be cured, but they also knew that this was an incurable disease. In fact, before they came, they didn't have much hope, and Su Jing's answer was much more than they expected. However, they were a little worried that Su Jing might just be trying to make money and come up with a delaying tactic, which sounds good, but in fact, there is no possibility of cure.
"I'll tell you the truth, I'm working on a new treatment that has a good chance of being cured, but I haven't used it yet, so I can't guarantee it. Su Jing said.
"I haven't used it, doesn't that mean that my father is a test subject?" the young woman raised her eyebrows.
"Doctor Su, you're going too far. The young man also said angrily.
"Hao, Fluttershy, calm down. At this time, the middle-aged man in a wheelchair spoke, he was up and down, basically only his eyes and mouth could move, and he had some difficulty speaking, so he rarely spoke, and his words were not clear, "ALS is an incurable disease, and only a miracle doctor like Dr. Su dares to say that there is a glimmer of life, and you still want a 100% success rate? I look like this, I have not lived long, why not give it a try? Before I die, it is worth it to make a contribution to overcoming this disease, it is better than waiting for death like this." ”
This middle-aged man, even if he was devastated by the disease like this, could still be so calm and have this kind of bearing, which made Su Jing nod appreciatively.
"Doctor Su, don't pay attention to them, I agree with myself, help me treat it, and I don't blame you if I can't cure it." The middle-aged man said, very decisive.
"Wait. The young man said suddenly, seeing the middle-aged man glaring at him, he said, "Dad, I understand your feelings, and I understand you, but please also consider for us, how can we let you try this kind of treatment full of unknowns? ”
"What's the best solution?" the middle-aged man asked.
"I brought a few other patients who also had ALS over, and Mr. Su helped them treat them first, and then helped my father treat them if the cure was successful. The young man said.
Su Jing narrowed his eyes, was silent for a moment, and said, "Yes, but there are two conditions. First, the patients you bring must be agreed by themselves and cannot be forced; second, if you bring many patients, I will pay many times the energy and medicine, and I will give as many times as much money as I cure, one hundred million, as many as billions. ”
"No problem. The young man nodded, and the middle-aged man did not speak, which should be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.
"Deal. Su Jing shook hands with the young man, in fact, a few more patients came to try, but it was a good thing, after all, there was no treatment, and Su Jing was not sure.
They didn't plan to carry out this kind of treatment full of unknowns for the time being, but they still stayed in Kangfeng Hospital for inpatient care, and after arranging the middle-aged man's ward, Lu Qinming asked Su Jing very uneasily: "Ah Jing, are you really trying to overcome this incurable disease, do you know that this is a worldwide problem?"
"I know, so it's up to me to make or break it, and I'm going to need you to help me. Su Jing said, he took out a book from the drawer, and at first glance it was newly bound, and the cover had the word "Medical Scripture" written on it. Lu Qinming was stunned, this seems to be a copy of the Eastern Han Dynasty Medical Scripture?