CHAPTER XLVII

I hurried to the ward with the nurse, and I saw the old woman lying on the bed, her face bloodless, her eyes tightly closed, her hands hanging weakly at the head of the bed, and her shriveled lips slightly open.

There are a lot of tubes attached to her body, and those tubes lead to medical devices, dripping, dripping, rhythmically ringing.

The doctor was busy in front of her bed, I stood in the ward, my heart was up and down, extremely sour, life is short, time flies, maybe we wake up, we will be a little older in the mirror, the vicissitudes of life are spread all over the face, wrinkles are engraved on the forehead, time is like a ruthless carving knife, changing our appearance.

Life is too good, so fleeting, looking at the old woman who is breathing weakly on the hospital bed, my tears involuntarily overflowed, dripping onto the white floor tiles in the hospital room.

After the doctor was busy for a while, he looked at the blood pressure and heart rate tester next to the bed, breathed a long sigh of relief, walked up to me, took off his mask, the nurse handed him two tissues, he wiped the sweat from his forehead, looked at me and said, "The patient is out of danger for the time being." ”

After hearing this, I hurriedly asked him, "You also said last time that she was out of danger for a while, so will she still be sick?" What the hell happened to her heart? ”

After hearing this, the doctor calmly said: "She has cor pulmonale, which is pulmonary hypertension secondary to various thoracic, pulmonary and bronchial lesions, and finally leads to heart disease characterized by right ventricular hypertrophy. ”

I couldn't understand the medical terminology that the doctor said, so I asked directly, "Is this kind of heart disease easy to treat, and is the mortality rate high?" ”

The doctor said impatiently: "Cor pulmonale exists all year round, and it is more complicated by respiratory tract infections in winter and spring, resulting in respiratory failure and heart failure, and the mortality rate is higher. ”

I was a little short of breath after hearing this, and slowly lowered my head, and the doctor saw this, and said: "If it is developed from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, anti-infection treatment is generally required with antibiotics, and there can also be certain targeted treatment for respiratory failure and heart failure caused by cor pulmonale. ”

After the doctors and nurses were gone, I sat in front of the old woman's bed, dazed and depressed.

The WeChat prompt sounded, and I took out my mobile phone to check, it was Xiao Qing, who was sending me a voice call.

I glanced at the old woman, who was still asleep.

I quietly walked to the door, gently opened the door to the ward, and walked out.

"Hey, Xiaotao."

It was Xiao Qing's familiar and gentle voice.

"Xiao Qing, uh, I haven't been in touch for a long time."

"Yes, Sun Kai is getting married, let you know."

"Well, I was notified, the wedding was held in my hometown, are you still abroad?"

Xiao Qing's soft laughter came from over there, and she said: "I was already home yesterday, for Sun Kai's wedding, can you not come back early, how are you over there, have you booked tickets, what time will you come back." ”

"Well, I'm fine here, I'll be back in the next few days."

At this time, there was a sound of broken cups in the ward, I hurriedly opened the door to check, it turned out that the old woman had woken up, she wanted to take the water cup on the table, but her palm was weak, and the cup fell to the ground and broke.

Seeing this, I hurriedly said to Xiao Qing: "Xiao Qing, I have some urgent matters now, let's go back and talk about it." ”

After saying that, I stuffed my phone into my trouser pocket, walked into the ward quickly, looked at the old woman's face full of tiredness and exhaustion, and asked worriedly, "Are you okay, just call me if you want to drink water." ”

I took out another cup under the square table, filled it with water, handed it to her, and said, "How do you feel, are you feeling better?" ”

She nodded slightly, placed the cup to her bloodless lips, and took a few sips.

After cleaning up the water stains and glass shards on the floor, I sat on the edge of the bed with the old woman.

She leaned on the pillow and said hoarsely: "Child, people live for a lifetime, plants and trees for a while, when you lie on the hospital bed, you will realize this, except for good health and family happiness, nothing is important." ”

I sighed deeply after listening to it, winter goes to spring, the stars change, time flies, white clouds and dogs, nothing is immortal, the most precious thing in life is not the amount of wealth, but the smile is always open, and health is always there.

She looked at me and said lightly, "Child, what are your ideals and goals, can you tell me about this old woman?" ”

After I heard this, I instantly remembered what the noble lady told me: You must do something to be proud of and make her satisfied before you will marry Xue Xinyan to me.

I looked up, looked at the old woman and said, "I want to give my girlfriend a happy future, I want to have a career of my own, so that others can look up to me." ”

After hearing this, the old woman coughed lightly, I handed her the water cup again, she took a few sips and said: "Child, happiness is earned by yourself, if you have a dream, then go ahead, if you don't struggle when you are young, you will be powerless when you are old." ”

She told me a lot in a serious tone, and later when she talked about Xue Xinyan, she asked a few more questions and said, "Your girlfriend is in New York now?" ”

I was a little depressed and depressed, and when I thought of Xinyan's tear-stained face, my heart hurt as if it had been cut by a knife.

I nodded and said, "Yes, she was sent to New York by her mother to study business management, just to separate me from her and not socialize, but fortunately I asked her mother for Xinyan's contact information a few days ago to make sure she was in New York." ”

When the old woman heard this, she asked me thoughtfully, "Oh, why don't you go to her, young people should have no hesitation in falling in love." ”

After hearing this, I smiled bitterly and said, "I want to go to her, but I don't speak English well and I don't have much money." ”

She straightened up, withdrew her feet exposed from the quilt, and after a moment of thought, asked me, "Do you want to go to her?" ”

I nodded subconsciously.

She said abruptly: "Since you want to go to New York, then come with me, I want to go to the United States for a while after I am discharged from the hospital, and also see my grandson and daughter-in-law, after all, time is running out, and my family and relatives always have to go and see." ”

When I heard this, I looked at her with wide eyes, not knowing what to say, and I was speechless for a while, and my face was full of orange and red.

She seemed to see my nervousness, and hurriedly explained: "Child, you don't have to be nervous, and you don't have any burden, I was a professor before I retired, my surname is Liu, you can also call me Professor Liu, my son is also a professor in New York, he teaches biology, you take care of me so carefully, I must help you, so it can be regarded as my reward for you." ”

After hearing this, I hurriedly stood up and said, "Professor Liu, how can this be done, I should do to take care of you, so that no one can see you unconscious on the road and ignore it, as for going to the United States to find my girlfriend, don't bother you." ”

I thought to myself, the lady was afraid that I would meet Xue Xinyan frequently, so she sent her to the United States, if I went to find Xinyan now, would it be extraordinary, and I was afraid that the lady would bite back and say that I had not fulfilled the agreement.

But now that I think about it, I haven't signed any treaty with her, it was she herself who said that I would look good in the future and make her satisfied, so that she would marry Xinyan to me, and I will go to see Xinyan now, and she is not qualified to restrain me.

After hearing this, Professor Liu looked at me calmly and naturally: "Okay, this matter is settled, you don't push it, my son is here tonight, and he will help you arrange the matter of getting there." ”

I saw that she looked haggard, and thought to myself, since the matter has come to this point, and there are nobles to help me, then I should naturally agree to her.

Suddenly, I thought that Sun Kai's wedding was approaching, and whether it would conflict with the time for me to go to the United States, so I hurriedly asked Professor Liu, "Professor Liu, I want to go back to my hometown in a few days to attend my friend's wedding, I don't know if it will delay your return to the United States." ”

After hearing this, she said kindly: "Child, you can be busy with you first, and when everything is taken care of here, remember to call me." ”

I said excitedly, "Thank you so much, Professor Liu, thank you for your success." ”

Professor Liu smiled faintly and said: "The beauty of a gentleman as an adult, the villain wins the love of others, and I am also thanks to you that I can see the light of day again." ”

At this time, in the corridor outside the ward, there was a noisy and rapid footsteps, and I glanced at Professor Liu and walked towards the door in some surprise.

As soon as he opened the door, he bumped into the shoulder of a middle-aged man, he had slightly dark skin, neat hair, a neat beard, a pair of gold-wire glasses, about 45 years old, wearing a white T-shirt, black slacks, white sneakers, and a black leather briefcase.

He is about 180 tall, with a strong and burly figure, and his eyes are lean and bright.

He looked at me with a puzzled look on his face and said, "You, are you?" ”

Professor Liu said weakly on the hospital bed: "This is the young man who saved me. ”

After hearing this, the middle-aged man quickly stretched out a big hand, his face was full of gratitude, and he said: "Thank you so much for saving my mother, I really don't know how to thank you." ”

I hurriedly shook his hand and said humbly, "This is what I should do, don't take it to heart." ”

After hearing this, he patted me on the shoulder with satisfaction and walked to the hospital bed.

Professor Liu showed joy and longing, she held her son's hand, and said in a choked voice: "I thought I was going to see your father, woo woo..."

The middle-aged man also cried bitterly, and said to himself: "Mother, I will never leave you again, it's all my fault, I didn't take care of you when you fainted, and my son is not filial." ”

Professor Liu rubbed his face and said softly: "Son, don't think so, it's my own stubborn temper that refuses to go to the United States with you to live, you have a successful career over there, and you can't be busy, and I don't want to go there to disturb you." ”

After hearing this, the middle-aged man said guiltily: "Mom, don't say that, whoever wants to return to his hometown when he is old, I can understand you." ”

I sat in a chair in the hallway, and the mother and son talked for a long time in the hospital room, and half an hour later, the middle-aged man opened the door and walked out.

He smiled and said to me: "Young man, my name is Mike, you can also call me Uncle Dawei, just now my mother told me something about you, she is very concerned about your situation, don't worry, I will help you arrange your trip to New York." ”

After hearing this, I said excitedly: "Thank you, Uncle Wei, for worrying about my affairs, it's too troublesome for you." ”

At this time, the mobile phone rang, I took it out to check, it was Zhang Xueyao calling, I suddenly remembered that I was going to her house for dinner tonight.