Chapter 394: Acute appendicitis
But on Friday afternoon, after I had operated on a patient, I saw three missed calls on my phone, all from Ms. Wu, Xu Xiaorou's homeroom teacher.
I called Mr. Wu.
Xu Xiaorou's stomach hurt badly. I told her to go back, and she just kept going to class. But I saw that beads of sweat from her pain were coming out. ”
"Which part exactly?" I asked.
"I'm not sure, she's just holding her stomach." Teacher Wu said.
"I'll come right over."
I took Wang Hao to Yangjiang No. 1 Middle School. When we arrived at the door of Xu Xiaorou's classroom, a teacher was teaching in the classroom. I knocked softly on the door and the teacher stopped lecturing. I told me what I was here for.
Xu Xiaorou, who was sitting in the fourth row, was lying on the table.
I walked into the classroom. The students were staring at me. Xu Xiaorou saw me and straightened up.
"Put your bag away, I'll take you to the hospital." I say.
"Don't use it?" Xu Xiaorou's brows were tightly locked, and there were some small beads of sweat on her forehead.
"Obedient."
Xu Xiaorou packed her schoolbag and stood up. I took her bag and walked out. I didn't pay attention to the position of the "glasses" who had committed suicide by jumping into the river for Xu Xiaorou.
Xu Xiaorou followed me out of the classroom.
"Dr. Wang is here too." Walking to the door of the classroom, Xu Xiaorou greeted Wang Hao.
"What do you call it?" Wang Hao said.
"Brother Wang Hao."
"That's right. Last time, I said that I would call me Brother Wang Hao. I heard from the teacher that you have a stomachache? Wang Hao and Xu Xiaorou were talking like a different person.
Xu Xiaorou nodded.
"Tell my brother how it hurts." Wang Hao and Xu Xiaorou walked forward side by side.
I followed them downstairs.
Xu Xiaorou hunched her waist slightly, covering her stomach with her left hand.
Xu Xiaorou said: "It hurt a little two days ago. ”
"Which part?"
"Here."
"That's the upper abdomen."
"There was a faint pain here and around the umbilical cord, and after a few hours it shifted to the lower abdomen, a little to the right." Xu Xiaorou said.
"That's the lower right abdomen. Has it been here since then? ”
"Yes."
"Are there any other symptoms?"
"I felt a little low-grade fever and didn't have much energy. I also don't have a good appetite and don't really want to eat. ”
"Do you feel like you feel sick?" Wang Hao asked further.
"Nope. It's always a little disgusting though. ”
"Teacher, you see, this is a typical symptom of acute appendicitis." Wang Hao said to me.
"Not bad."
"Is it really appendicitis?" Xu Xiaorou turned around and asked me.
"Wang Hao's judgment is right." We went down to the first floor.
"Will there be surgery?"
"I guess I'll need surgery." I said, "If you tell your uncle as soon as you have a seizure, maybe you can get some anti-inflammatory shots." ”
"But isn't Uncle not at home?" Xu Xiaorou said aggrievedly.
"I've had a bit of a lot going on lately." I said guiltily.
"Your uncle is a busy man, and he has a knife in the yard, so you have to forgive him. If you have something to do in the future, you can find me as a brother, and I will take care of you. Wang Hao said.
"I don't need you to take care of me." Xu Xiaorou said.
"How do you say that?" Wang Hao almost choked.
"Don't mind if a child talks." I say.
"I'm not a child." Xu Xiaorou walked in front of us with pain.
Wang Hao and I looked at each other and smiled. It was clear that Xu Xiaorou was angry.
When I went to the hospital, I arranged for Wang Hao to take Xu Xiaorou for a B-ultrasound examination of the right lower abdomen. Based on my personal experience, ultrasound examination of the right lower abdomen can find out whether there is an inflammatory mass, which is helpful in judging the course of the disease and deciding on surgery, and can rule out diseases of other organs other than the appendix.
A quarter of an hour later, Wang Hao took Xu Xiaorou back to the office and handed me the test results, and I decided to operate on Xu Xiaorou immediately.
Wang Hao went to inform the operating room to prepare.
"Do you really need surgery?" Xu Xiaorou asked.
"Don't be afraid. Give you a good anesthetic and you won't feel pain. It's a very small operation. I comforted.
"I'm not worried about surgery. Uncle is a knife in the hospital, and I don't have anything to worry about. ”
"So what are you worried about?"
"Should I call my dad and ask him to send some money?" Xu Xiaorou said.
"So you're worried about money. It doesn't cost much, and I'll save you a lot of expenses. Believe in uncle. I said.
"But isn't it my uncle's money?" Xu Xiaorou had tears in her eyes.
"Don't be pressured, I'll slowly deduct it from your salary, okay? Don't tell your dad about this minor operation, so as not to worry him. ”
"I'll listen to you."
An hour and a half later, Xu Xiaorou came out of the operating room. Originally, operations like this were basically completed by Wang Hao, but this time I did it myself. I feel that Xu Xiaorou will be very relieved to see me doing it myself.
Xu Xiaorou is very brave. Or she buried her fears in her heart. During the whole period from entering the operating room to getting the anesthetic injection, she was very calm and told me about some people and things in the class. She thought it was funny that I was wearing a surgical cap and a surgical gown.
"It's exactly like what you see on TV." Xu Xiaorou said.
"The little girl is so brave." Said the doctor who injected anesthetics.
"I've heard that my uncle does surgery on people and patients don't feel any pain at all."
"It's so expressive, could it be that I'm a miracle doctor?" I say.
"But I have a concern, my incision?" Xu Xiaorou looked at me.
"You're worried about a big scar, aren't you?"
"Won't it be ugly?"
"The incision will not be very large. After the stitches are removed, I will buy you a scar patch, it will be much better. ”
"You have to remember. You can't remember me reminding you, though. Xu Xiaorou smiled.
As soon as she was admitted to the ward, all of Xu Xiaorou's feelings were focused on the pain. Her face was slightly pale. The pain after the effect of the anesthetic wore off made her frown slightly.
"Do you still think it doesn't hurt for your uncle to operate on someone?" I asked her with a smile.
"I was fooled." Xu Xiaorou said.
"Tonight was the hardest. As soon as tonight passed, it didn't hurt much. ”
"Really?"
"Really."
"But there's no way you can make the pain a little less?"
"Yes. But I didn't give it to you. ”
"Why don't you give it to me?"
"The side effects are huge. You'd better talk less. The most important thing after surgery is rest, and the better the rest, the faster the recovery. ”
"Good. But it really hurts. ”
That night, Xu Xiaorou's injection lasted until two o'clock in the morning. Due to the lumbar anesthesia she was using, I always asked her to lie flat in the hospital bed, and although I repeatedly told her that this was to prevent the CSF from being exposed and causing headaches, she still seemed a little annoyed by my request, and I had to encourage her constantly.
I'm tired. However, I didn't let Wang Hao take over from me in front of Xu Xiaorou's bed. Every hour, I called the nurse on duty to come over and measure Xu Xiaorou's blood pressure and pulse. Xu Xiaorou has good blood pressure and a stable pulse. After three consecutive measurements, I was completely relieved.
After the potion was injected, I went to the pool to wet the towel and wring it out, and wiped Xu Xiaorou's face.
"Thank you, uncle." Xu Xiaorou said.
"You're my little patient now. What's wrong with you? I suddenly noticed that Xu Xiaorou's eyes were a little red.
"I miss my mom. Your actions remind me of my mother. ”
"Do you think your uncle is as kind as your mother?"
"Well, one time, it seems that when I was ten years old, I was so sick and gave birth to a terrible child, and my mother served me like this, wiping my face and feeding me."
"Don't worry, I'll feed you too." I say.
"Poof. Oops. ”
"Don't laugh."
"Didn't you tease me?"
"I hope you're not too sad."
"Time flies." Xu Xiaorou put away her smile, "At that time, my mother was lying in the hospital, and I came to accompany her when I was free." But today I am lying in the hospital, but my mother is no longer there. ”
"Don't be too upset, Rou. Although I am a doctor, I still have to tell you that life and death are fate, really. ”
"I'm not sad. Maybe it was because of my illness that I remembered her. I haven't thought of my mom in a long time. My mother would be relieved to have my uncle treat me like this. ”
"Say no more, get some sleep. Everything will be fine when you wake up. ”
"Uncle, what about you?"
"We doctors have a rest room." I say.
"Then you go to sleep."
"I'll wait until you're asleep, and then go back to sleep."
"I'm fine." Xu Xiaorou said.
"If you want your uncle to go to bed early, you should go to sleep quickly."
In fact, it took a long time for Xu Xiaorou to fall asleep before I went to the lounge. I'm still a little uneasy.
Xu Xiaorou slept soundly, although occasionally she would moan softly. But I know that her condition is stable.
Xu Xiaorou's quiet sleeping appearance is very charming. Her eyelashes are very long. The bridge of the nose is a bit higher than that of the average girl. The lips are thin.
I'm tired. There were times when I fell asleep on the edge of Xu Xiaorou's hospital bed, but I woke up after less than ten minutes. When you wake up, your eyes hurt and the lights in the hospital room are very harsh. I got up and walked down the aisle. At the moment, everywhere is quiet. The aisles were empty. There was a coughing sound coming from a hospital room.
I went to the office and talked to the doctor on duty for a while, and then I went to the nurse's station to have a look. The nurse on duty has changed. She was surprised by my presence. I explained it to her.
"I knew that I should have asked Sister Jin to be on duty for me." The nurse was joking with me.
"Even you laugh at me."
"Who doesn't know the relationship between Sister Jin and you now."
I hurried out of the nurses' station and back to the ward. Xu Xiaorou is still asleep. She could barely be heard moaning in pain anymore. I lay on the edge of her bed for a while. I waited until the family members of the patients in the same ward woke up and went to the toilet, and I asked him to take care of them before going to bed.
Before going to bed, I looked at my phone, and at about five o'clock, I guess the east was already white.
By the time I woke up, it was already dawn. The doctor on duty in the break room had already gone out, probably seeing that I was sleeping too soundly and didn't wake me up.
I found my phone, and it showed the time at 8:40.
I hurriedly ran to Xu Xiaorou's hospital room. The aisles are full of nurses in a hurry and the anxious faces of patients' families. A nurse walks down the aisle pushing a trolley full of potion bottles, the iron wheels of which run over the concrete floor, the shock of the heavy weight traveling far away.