Chapter 43: Grandpa's Illness
It should come or come back, just like in the movie "The Grim Reaper is Coming", no matter how the characters in it dodge, they can't escape the clutches of death. Ning Zhichu, who was reborn, also had a vain fate, hoping that his grandfather would never be tortured by illness again in this life. It's a pity that maybe he ran out of luck, maybe he had his own destiny in the dark, in short, Ning Wendong still suffered from throat cancer just like in his previous life.
Throat cancer is a general term for nasopharyngeal cancer, oropharyngeal cancer, and laryngeal cancer. The laryngopharynx, also known as the hypopharynx, is more likely to occur in the piriform fossa, followed by the posterior wall of the hypopharynx. There are a variety of treatments, including radiotherapy alone, surgery alone, surgery plus radiotherapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy.
There are three main causes of throat cancer, the first is nicotine in tobacco, which can cause cancer, and in addition, alcohol can be used as a solvent for carcinogens to promote carcinogens into the tongue mucosa; The second is physical carcinogenicity, which is basically caused by poor oral hygiene habits or some dentures and other equipment; Finally, there are some biological carcinogens, such as genetics, and some people are unfortunate enough to inherit this disease.
The reason why Ning Wendong suffered from this disease was mainly the first reason. When he was younger, he used to smoke the kind of homemade cigarettes in the countryside that were very popular in the seventies and eighties, and then he was still a heavy drinker. After Ning Wendong retired from the position of deputy mayor, the whole person was also much decadent, spitting casually, drinking half a bottle of liquor and smoking half a box of cigarettes every night. Over the years, the body has long been like a mountain, exceeding the limit of bearing, and if you don't suffer from this disease, it can really be called a miracle of life.
However, throat cancer is not untreatable, if it is detected early, stage 1 and stage 2 of the cancer can be treated with radiation therapy or laser local resection, and the voice can still be spontaneous after surgery, and then stage 3 and stage 4 will require more extensive surgery or total laryngectomy, the latter requires the use of artificial voice generators to speak. The five-year survival rate is about 75%, 60%, 48% and 40% from the first to the fourth stage, respectively.
However, unfortunately, because the early symptoms of pharyngeal cancer are not obvious, it is easy to delay early detection, and the larynx has to be removed together when it invades the larynx in the late stage, and because of the abundant lymphatic vessels, it is easy to have cervical or distant metastasis, and the prognosis is worse than that of laryngeal cancer, with a five-year survival rate of about 15% to 30%.
In his last life, Ning Wendong was found to have throat cancer, and it was about this time, and he was already in the terminal stage of cancer. In the advanced stage, the cancer cells spread quickly, and Ning Wendong couldn't tell from the appearance that he was terminally ill, but in just a dozen days after being diagnosed, the disease tortured a positive and optimistic grandfather to the point that he couldn't even drink the sparse porridge. Two months after being diagnosed with throat cancer, Ning Wendong died. I have to say that advanced cancer is really easy to take people's lives, although at that time Ning Zhichu suspected that the death of his grandfather Ning Wendong was inseparable from some people.
Of course, Ning Zhichu, who came back from rebirth, also wanted to take his grandfather to the hospital as soon as possible. However, the day he came back from rebirth was only about ten days away from the date when his grandfather was diagnosed with the disease. And people are small-talked, no matter how much Ning Wendong loves his grandson, it is impossible for him to go to the hospital obediently because of his grandson's words. What's more, the current hospital has gradually shown signs of high fees in later generations, and the Ning family, who has not yet reached the well-off level, can only sigh at the high cost of surgery and medical expenses when they encounter a terminal illness.
That's why Ning Zhichu was so anxious, and in just four days after taking a week off due to illness, he copied about 200,000 words of "Ghost Blowing Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City", and it was written by hand. When Ning Zhichu wrote the last word that Friday night, his arm was already sore.
Now Ning Zhichu can finally rest assured, with this 700,000 Hua Yuan, no matter what, he should be able to maintain his grandfather's life for a while. In addition, the black stone that is currently placed at the foot of his bed is estimated to be unable to wait for Wu Xingmin to come to Chengnan Middle School next month to participate in the third year of junior high school oath meeting, so he can only go to his base camp in Xinpu County, the first shopping plaza in the county in the east of the city, Daxin Plaza to find Wu Xingmin.
However, before Ning Zhichu could speak, Ning's mother Chen Yue'e saw the figure of her precious son, and when she thought of some precautions that the doctor told her in her ear this afternoon, in order to prevent the cancer virus from spreading to her son with saliva, Ning's mother drove Ning Zhichu back to his room, just like Ning Ke. I'd rather come back from school, and be kicked back into my room, regardless of the panic in the child's heart. In their eyes, the child's health is good, no matter whether they will be infected with the disease, they must also ensure the child's health, after all, the child's future is still very long, and most of them have experienced the various forms of life, even if they are infected and then die, there will not be too many regrets and concerns.
"Dad, let's go to the hospital tomorrow." Seeing his son Ning Zhichu being driven back to the room by his wife, Ning Guhou took a hard breath, then threw the cigarette in his hand on the ground, and said in a low voice.
"Go to the hospital, go to the hospital, do you have the money to go to the hospital? also said that to go to the hospital, doesn't Xiao Chu Xiaoke need to spend money to study? Don't they have to spend money to go to school! Don't get me some of what you don't have, if you are filial, just grab some medicine for me and stop the pain. Although he still has a love for life, knowing the family and economic situation of his son and daughter, Ning Wendong did not agree to Ning Guhou, but reprimanded him.
"Dad, I've saved a little money over the years, let's go to the hospital first and see what the doctor says." At this time, the second son-in-law Huang Zhongsheng spoke. Huang Zhongsheng is a native of Xinpu Town, his home is not far from the county seat, and his economic situation is much better than that of Ning Guhou and his third son-in-law, who are farmers, and the house he lived in in his previous life was demolished, and he was divided into several houses, all of which were in the county seat.
Ning Guhou waved his hand, he knew that his two brothers-in-law had not had a good time compared to himself in the past few years. Fortunately, he has a baby son who wrote a book and sold it for 700,000 yuan, which can come in handy at this time, so Ning Guhou stopped the third son-in-law Zhang Rongsheng from speaking, but for the sake of insurance, Ning Guhou hid half of his words: "Zhongsheng, Rongsheng, don't talk about it, I have more than 300,000 saved here, and I should be able to pay our father's medical expenses and surgery fees for a period of time." If the money is not enough, let's figure it out together. ”
Before Huang Zhongsheng and Zhang Rongsheng could react, Ning Wendong, who had been upright all his life, couldn't help it first, and said sternly: "Where did you get the 300,000?" I don't know about your situation, why is there suddenly an increase of 300,000? If the path is not right, I would rather choose death. ”
Huang Zhongsheng, who reacted, was also shocked and hated that iron could not become steel: "Yes, so thick, don't do stupid things, our brothers work together, we are not afraid that we will not be able to make money to treat our father." ”
Ning Guhou, who knew that he had been misunderstood, waved his hand again and stopped everyone's gossip: "Dad, Mom, two sisters and brothers-in-law, I can guarantee that this money is absolutely clean." Because, this is the money that Achu earns by writing novels. ”