Around half-past seven, the nurses were busy again. This time, it was quite surprising that after the usual tests, they actually brought in a strange equipment that looked very heavy. The odd instrument was somewhat similar to an old-fashioned typewriter. The nurses carried it with great care, and went straight to the young man's father, where they carefully placed it gently on the bedside table.

Now, my father hasn't started the infusion, and I don't have much to do but help him wipe the saliva from his cough. Therefore, I was very interested to carefully observe the every move of the nurses at the bedside next door.

I noticed that there was a large syringe on the strange device, and the syringe was filled with white liquid, and I didn't know what it was. The nurse attached a large syringe to the young man's father with an infusion tube. Then, after powering up the odd instrument and expertly adjusting it, I saw the large syringe begin to push forward slowly and automatically. As the syringe moved spontaneously, the white liquid inside it slowly flowed into the young man's father's body.

"What the hell is this?" The young man's father was the first to ask the questions that everyone wanted to ask.

When the nurse heard this, she replied with a smile: "Yesterday's examination showed that you have a lack of sodium in your body. Therefore, yesterday Director XX (the name of the attending physician of the young man's father) asked us to come over early in the morning to make up for your sodium. ”

"This thing can make up for sodium?" The young man's father asked with a puzzled expression.

"Of course!" The nurse said with great certainty, "To put it in layman's terms, this is saline, do you think you can supplement sodium?" ”

"Since it's saline, why can't it be injected directly through the nasal cannula? Why do you have to do this? The young man's father still didn't quite understand.

"It works better that way!" The nurse shrugged helplessly, "Even if the effect is the same, as long as it is ordered by the director, we have to do it." Because that's not something we can do. ”

"Dad, don't be embarrassed!" When the young man heard this, he hurriedly persuaded him, "They are right, they are just doing what the doctor tells them." ”

When the young man's father heard this, he didn't say anything more.

"If you're done, let us know." The nurse breathed a sigh of relief and reminded herself.

"How long will it take?" Seeing that the nurse was about to leave, the young man hurriedly asked.

"Don't worry, if you finish losing, this machine will automatically alarm you." The nurse explained.

"How do you call the police?" The young man's father asked with great interest.

Hearing this, the nurse didn't know what button she pressed, and the strange instrument made a "didi" and "didi" sound. "Did you hear that? After that, there will be such an alarm sound. After saying that, seeing that the young man and father and son nodded very firmly, the nurse pressed it again in the same place of the strange instrument.

The quirky instrument regained its composure, and the nurse left the room.

It didn't take long for the doctors in white coats, who were the upper echelons, to officially go to work. This time, the first to come was the attending physician of the young man's father.

"I told you to eat and eat, but you didn't fight well!" As soon as the attending physician came over, he complained, "It's okay, in yesterday's test report, several indicators were low." Otherwise, I won't be supplementing with you sodium! ”

Under the restraint of the young man's eyes, his mother finally did not break out. I know she must be whining at this point. Hey, you're still justified! What did you say other than shouting "food, food" all day long? Do you think that with the simple word "food", we will know what to do? If it weren't for the meticulous guidance on the bed next door, maybe we would still be at a loss? You yourself are irresponsible and unclear, but you rightly blame us! Is this unreasonable? I think that if it weren't for the presence of the young man, the straightforward and short-tempered mother would have been intimidating. Hey, it's good luck for this self-righteous director so-and-so!

The attending physician didn't notice the ugly face of the patient's family at all, and just continued to take care of himself: "If you don't eat well, you won't be able to keep up with this nutrition, and if you can't keep up with this nutrition, the patient's recovery will be slow." That's why I've opened an extra bottle of nutrient solution for you today. Hey, there's no way around it. He shook his head and sighed as he staggered out.

I don't know if the attending physician felt a chill down his spine at that time. If the eyes can kill, then it is estimated that he has died several times in that moment.

Wave after wave of attending physicians' self-directed so-called ward rounds began.

The attending physician in our family is one of the kindest, and he always smiles every time he comes over. Today, he still carries out routine check-ups with two assistants. I was relieved that they didn't notice anything unusual about my father. It's business as usual, and that's what I want to see the most.

When the attending physician was just about to stand up, I opened my mouth and asked, "Director so-and-so, sodium supplementation early this morning on the south bed......

"I saw it. How, do you have any questions? The attending physician didn't wait for me to finish, but asked with a smile on his face.

"I wonder if my dad needs sodium supplements?" For the sake of my father, I just hesitated in my heart, and I had to ask such a question.

"It depends. As you know, there is still a lot of blood loss during esophageal cancer surgery, so after surgery, it will generally lead to a large loss of trace elements in the patient's body, especially sodium. Therefore, the nutritional supply of patients after surgery is very important. If the supply of nutrients is normal, then the patient's missing in the operation can be quickly replenished, and the patient will have a better body to recover. Therefore, sodium supplementation is a must! But whether you need to be like the one in the south bed or not, it's up to your family. If the patient's body needs can be met through normal nasogastric feeding, then this method of supplementation by external force is completely unnecessary. (It's all from memory, so this description is inevitably different from the attending physician, if you make any scientific mistakes, then please forgive me.) The attending physician patiently explained.

The attending physician's answer was inevitably mixed with a bit of jargon, so I didn't understand it all thoroughly. However, I can still accurately grasp the key to this. "You mean, this sodium supplement can be done by eating?" I asked, as if a hungry desert traveler had suddenly discovered an oasis.