I watched as the doctor pressed the many instruments beside the bed to my father. Immediately, the instruments began to function, constantly emitting "tick-tick" and "tick-tick" sounds. Of course, I couldn't understand the data on the instrument, and the doctor didn't want me to understand it. After finishing the work, he motioned to the nurses in the intensive care unit to explain the explanation to the patient's family.

The caregiver first asked us to prepare two towels, two basins (one for washing the face and one for the feet), and two stacks of toilet paper. This request immediately kept me busy, but by this time my mother, sister, and wife had already reached the twenty-first floor, and with their help, I was not in a hurry. Unfortunately, we didn't know what we needed in the intensive care unit beforehand. Although there is some preparation, it is not complete. I checked it, but there was a lack of paper. I arranged for my wife to go downstairs and buy it immediately.

"We have, you can get two stacks of paper first. Now, the intensive care unit is waiting for you! ”

It was the patient's family member on the bed south of my father, who looked very young, in their twenties, but smiled very sincerely.

"Thank you!" I was a little moved in my heart, "I'll return it to you when we buy the tissue paper." ”

The young man kindly handed over two stacks of paper. "Take it! If you haven't paid it back yet, you'll talk about it later. ”

People are so bold, I can't be stingy, I didn't say anything like thanks, picked up the tissue, and hurried to the intensive care unit.

Seeing that I had brought the items they needed, the nurse briefly checked them and then said to me in a non-emotional working language: "During this time in the intensive care unit, we are responsible for all the nursing work. You family members only need one person to wait in the ward. Under normal circumstances, there will be no problems, but if there is any emergency, we must make sure that we can find you as soon as possible. Every day, your family will have two visiting hours, from 7:30 to 8 a.m. and from 4:30 to 5 p.m. It is best not to have too many people and not to be noisy for each visit, and it is best not to exceed five minutes. Actually, it's nothing to look at, because most of the time, they should be resting. ”

"Okay, I got it." My answer was quite emotional, "During this time, I will ask you to help take care of it!" ”

My sincerity touched the caregiver's little emotional cells. "It's okay, that's what we're supposed to do." This time, the nurse's words were missing the professional indifference.

The most heart-pounding wait is finally announced as a paragraph. When I returned to the ward and gave me a general explanation, my mother wanted to wait in the ward, but we dissuaded her. We said that there was no need for family care in the intensive care unit, and even if they were here, they were generally not allowed to visit them. When your father comes out of the intensive care unit, he basically can't do without you. Therefore, we all advise my mother to take this opportunity to go back to rest and rest and recuperate, so that she can take better care of her father when he needs to take care of him. After hearing this, my mother felt that it made sense, so she stopped insisting. My sister and wife want to take their children to school, which is obviously inappropriate. My brother-in-law couldn't ask for leave, and he had to go to school. So, in the end, I was obviously the only one left to stay in the ward and be on standby. Of course, all other factors should be the first choice of the crowd.

My brother-in-law was on duty here for a while, and I went back with my mother, sister, and wife. After dinner and a brief wash, I went to the hospital again.

There was only one person in the northernmost bed in the ward, and it was a grandmother in her seventies. The old woman seemed very talkative. Through communication, I knew that she had been in a car accident and was hit by a motorcycle, and then came to the hospital. Looking at it, it doesn't seem to be serious. According to her own words, it was a knee injury, and it was difficult to walk, but there was nothing wrong with the rest. With no one to help her, the old woman was able to go to the toilet by leaning against the wall. As far as I've observed, even the knee shouldn't be too much of a problem. Overall, the grandmother was lucky.

After chatting for a while, the young man from the southernmost hospital bed came over.

"You, where have you been?" I asked very curiously. Because, I know, this young man must have been told by the nurse that someone must be waiting here.

"I went back for a while, took a shower, and brought some necessities with me." The young man replied lightly.

"Go back? No one is waiting here? His answer made me even more confused.

"Wait?" The young man seemed to be more confused than me at first, but then after thinking about it, he was relieved, "By tomorrow, you will know." Actually, there's nothing to do here at all, at most it's just to send tissue paper. ”

"So, what if something happens?" I still don't quite understand why he dared to be so bold.

"Actually, when I go to the intensive care unit, I just want to deal with emergencies. Rest assured, if something is wrong, the nurses there will deal with it as soon as possible. They'll do better than we do, and we can't help even if we're on the ground. What's more, the attending physician has our mobile phone number on his side. If they can't find us, the hospital will definitely call us. ”

Although the young man seemed to have a point, I still felt that it was irresponsible, so I decided to stick to my "post". I mentioned tissue paper in the conversation just now, which reminded me that I borrowed two stacks of paper from others and didn't return it.

"Oh, I almost forgot, I haven't paid back the paper I borrowed from you!" I'm very sorry to say.

"It's okay, it's just two stacks, it's just a trivial matter." The young man said it very boldly, which means that it doesn't matter if you don't pay it back.

Of course, how can I take advantage of others at will? "Thank you very much, we've already bought it, I'll take it and return it to you."

The young man didn't pretend to excuse himself, but just smiled and took the two stacks of paper I handed over, and after putting them away, he lay down on the southernmost hospital bed and fiddled with his phone.

Although it was only a short contact, the young man's enthusiasm and honesty undoubtedly aroused my good feelings.

While we were talking, the son of the grandmother on the north bed had also arrived. It was a middle-aged man who walked with a slight limp. When he came, he moved a stool, sat down in front of the TV, and turned on the TV wholeheartedly. At this time, I had nothing to do, so I lay down on my father's hospital bed, which was the most suitable for watching TV, and followed the middle-aged man to watch TV programs together.