Chapter 26 Stem Cell Interventions
The three doctors came in again, and Jiang He didn't leave this time. Dr. Wang put away his eight teeth and said to me, "From today onwards, we will enter the second stage of treatment, which is very critical, but it will also bring some pain, Mr. Lou should be mentally prepared." I will give you a general introduction to the treatment method, and I hope that Mr. Lou can also understand and cooperate with some coercive measures in the treatment process. ”
"Is it going to be tied up, I noticed that there is a strap next to the bed." I interrupted his nagging.
The three of them looked at each other for a moment, and then Dr. Wang did not answer positively: "If it is other diseases, the doctor will consider using Demerol for this level of pain, but your situation is relatively special, and after consultation with General Manager Jiang, we agreed that it is still not suitable for the use of analgesics." ”
"Still? In other words, Jiang He has not used it before, since it can't be used, don't use it. "I don't know what the point of Dr. Wang's verbosity about these measures that cannot be taken to me is to hear me, maybe it is part of the obligation to inform.
"But we will have local anesthesia for spinal and intrathecal injection, because we can't take measures, and Mr. Lou must take the initiative to cooperate at that time, otherwise there will be great risks." Dr. Wang pointed to a device behind me and said, "The first thing that started today was the stem cell isolation intervention, and once the process started, it would be seven days in a row,"
I turned to look at the black machine, and since Dr. Wang said that the injections were all anesthetic, it seemed that it was the one that would inevitably cause me pain.
In addition, Dr. Wang has a lot to say today: "We will add psychotropic drugs through intravenous infusion, and a certain degree of lethargy may help reduce the pain of stem cell intervention." ”
Actually, I don't think that knowing more about therapy will help stabilize your mood, and when you don't know anything, you will fantasize that the pain may end at any time, but not anymore.
After the doctor left, Jiang He said that she reached a consensus with the doctors yesterday, and she could participate in the treatment after that, that is, she could accompany me at any time.
I was surprised that the doctor had changed his position so casually and advised her not to be forced, she would be exhausted, and that seven days of treatment must have made me embarrassed, and there was really nothing to look at.
She looked at me seriously and said, "Don't think I'm a little girl, I am involved in the treatment, understand?" ”
Nurse Ye came in with a nurse and got busy, first putting on all the monitoring instruments for me, and then pushing the so-called stem cell intervention machine over and turning it on.
Sure enough, I was about to be sentenced, and the two nurses fixed my arms to the bed with a strap, one by one. Jiang He's eyes and I met unexpectedly, and I said, "How many men's dreams are this." The two nurses laughed knowingly.
Nurse Ye said that blood was drawn from the left arm, and the blood was processed by the machine and then fed into the body from the right, so the left and right arms were disinfected at the same time. The two needles are much thicker than the infusion needles, and the connected tubes are directed into the machine. At this time, Dr. Xiao Wang came in, carrying a box, he checked the machine, and then took out a jar from the box and loaded it into the machine, and at the same time told the head nurse Ye: "The temperature must be controlled below 20 degrees, although once the temperature is high, the machine will alarm, but it is still necessary to remind the nurse on duty to pay attention at all times." ”
I asked Dr. Wang, "Why does this look like dialysis?" ”
Dr. Wang smiled, as if he was proud of what he was doing: "This is much more complicated than dialysis, we first draw the blood to isolate the stem cells, and then carry out genetic intervention, this bottle is the intervention, and then from the other end into the body, the blood flow is very similar to dialysis." ”
Nurse Ye first pierced her left arm and fixed the needle with tape. The sound of the machine running was low, but it would rattle periodically, and I watched as the blood slowly pumped up from the left. A few minutes later, the blood appeared in the right tube, and when the blood came out of the tip of the right needle, Nurse Ye pierced it into my arm and fixed it, and the blood felt cold when it entered the blood vessel.
After the nurses left, Jiang He said: "I haven't used this machine, at that time, they used a stem cell separator to separate some every day, take it for processing, and then come back and inject it back into the body, which has to be done step by step." ”
I said, "They can't come up with such a set of automation equipment, they can't just wait for me to use it, right?" ”
Jiang He obviously didn't want to continue chatting in my direction, and motioned for me not to continue, I thought it should be because there was a monitoring and listening device in the ward, and then she said: "I chatted with Dr. Li yesterday, and she said that if you like it, she can help you provide some customized services." ”
I was curious: "The films I watch are usually about a female nurse providing services, what does she want?" ”
Jiang He said: "For example, change the color of your pupils, gray, blue, or red of a pervert. ”
I asked, "Why did she suggest these tricks?" ”
Jiang He pouted: "Because it can be done technically, she said that anyway, when you do this step now, the basic conditions are met, as long as a gene mutation called OCA2 is stimulated by the way in the treatment, limiting its ability to produce melanin, the eyes will slowly turn blue, and if you want to customize green eyes, you will stimulate another gene mutation." ”
I shook my head: "As a descendant of the Black-Eyed Dragon, I am deeply shocked by this technology, and I strongly condemn and resolutely oppose it, and if she dares to change the status quo without authorization, I will regard this behavior as a serious provocation." ”
"Interested in blonde hair?"
"Next time you talk to her, you can greet her mother for me."
After ten minutes, I felt my stomach slowly stiffen up, like a severe indigestion, and then the muscles in my body began to cramp and throb from time to time, at first I could still hold back, and finally I still hummed.
Nurse Ye came in at this time, and she tied my entire upper body and legs with a strap. I said to Jiang He, "You better go out, I'm a little more comfortable alone." ”
Jiang He stood up without saying a word, picked up the stool and sat down where I couldn't see it above my head.
Finally my head was also immobilized. Another nurse walked in with a bottle of medicine and quickly connected the needle to the tube on my right.
Half an hour later, the sharp pain had left me with no scruples, and I screamed loudly and writhed desperately. The pain in the liver area was particularly unbearable, and there were a few spider-like blue lines on the arm as far as the eye could see.
The bottle of medicine also began to work obviously, and the fatigue could come on in the midst of this sharp pain, like a sudden desire to doze off while driving on the highway and swimming in the dark sea, and the intense fear of crisis pushed me to struggle even more frantically.
Cold sweat soaked the hospital gown, sweat flowed wantonly on my face, an arm reached out from behind to wrap around my neck, I felt the warm lips kiss against my cold heavenly spirit cover, I tried to raise my head, saw Jiang He's eyes full of tears, and then I fell into a half-awake and half-unconscious state.
What used to be a small sound of instruments running now sounded like a roar, the periodic clicking sound was no different from the changing tracks of a train, I was like a sleeper under the tracks, the wheels whistling and crushing the bones of my body, and the train seemed to grow forever.
I don't know how long it took, but when the sound of the train faded away, I woke up, there was no one else in the ward, I couldn't judge the time, I was lonely, like a passenger who was thrown in a deserted station in the middle of the night, and I was still disheveled. The tubes on both arms are still there, the machine is still running, but the pain seems to have eased a lot, and the blue spider stripes on the arms are gone. The strap that binds me all over my body is still there, but the one on my forehead has been removed. I tried to writhe, and my spine ached terribly. I rang the bell, and the nurse and Jiang He walked in quickly. Jiang He smiled and said to me, "Ring the bell when you wake up, are you in a hurry to get an injection?" ”
I asked her, "What injection?" ”
Jiang He looked at me and still smiled: "Haven't you been injected three times?" ”
I shook my head: "I didn't, did I pass out?" ”
Jiang He tilted his head to look at me and said, "Today is the fourth day of stem cell intervention, and the intravenous administration will be suspended at about this time every day, and then you will wake up and cooperate with the spinal injection." ”
There was a rusty smell in my mouth, and my eyes didn't open for long, but they were swollen and painful like staying up for days. I was silent for a while, combing through what she said, and then said to Jiang He, "I may have lost time again." ”
It's obvious, four days have passed, three injections have been performed, and I have no memory, this is the most obvious loss of time.
Jiang He didn't show obvious surprise, and said to me lightly: "Now is the critical moment of treatment, if you think you are the subject, you have to find a way to keep yourself online." ”
I smiled wryly: "How can I say the same as an online game, if I say that I am stolen." ”
Jiang He didn't continue my topic: "Can you eat something?" You need to try to replenish some fiber, which is good for maintaining a normal digestive system, and you can't rely on nutrient solutions alone. ”
I shook my head and refused, the bloating did not go away much, and the liver area was still aching, I asked Jiang He: "How have I behaved in the past three days?" Eating harder than you do now? ”
Jiang He said: "If you ask such a question, it will confuse everyone. ”
I said, "I fell asleep not long after I started the intervention, and it really wasn't me who woke up these days." ”
Jiang He approached me, stared at me and asked, "If the other one you say the same, who should we listen to?" I want to hear how you define the real you, after all, we are facing the same face, speaking with the same voice and intonation, and having the same memory, and for everyone, it is you who wakes up every day. ”
I said, "That's not what you said the other day, isn't your job to discern me?" If you're confused, then it seems that if I don't wake up by myself at the next critical moment, I'll be dead. ”
Jiang He said: "The one who is not online at the end of the treatment does mean that the game is over and the number is deleted, and his world will cease to exist, isn't this the biggest risk of this treatment?" ”