Chapter 816: Mermaids and Siamese Children
In a lavish manor house in Mexigo, a little girl named Gabriel is basking in the sun under the service of a group of servants and nurses.
It is lined with cakes made from the finest ingredients, milk, fruit like an orchard, and luxury toys that many people can't afford in their lifetimes.
It was a lovely little girl with blond hair, a round face, and big eyes, and Gabriel's name means "angel" or "sound of God" in Spanish.
If you look at the upper body, this little girl does look like an angel, but looking at the lower body, people can't help but cover their mouths and dare not make a sound.
Because the lower limbs of the little girl are tightly connected, the abdomen below the waist, the legs and the heels are tightly connected, and the two small feet are open outward in a "V" shape.
It looks very similar to the mermaid in a fairy tale.
When this little girl turns over, she will flick her "tail" at will, and the fluttering appearance is so weird.
But such a deformed child is the heart of his father Carlos, and the baby is very good.
Carlos is one of the super invisible rich people in Mexico, and his family has opened many companies, and his business has even done it all over the world, and he also has many industries in the United States.
But what no one knows is that Carlos is actually a leader of the dark organization in Mexico, and his real business is selling white noodles.
The company is open all over the world, which is also convenient for him to use the business transfer on the bright side to cover up.
is such a heroic character, but there is an unspeakable hidden.
Perhaps he had done bad things in his life, so their God punished him.
Since he gave birth to this freak daughter, the tadpole suddenly disappeared, which means that he can't have any other children in his life.
It also means that Carlos's huge assets of tens of billions of dollars, as well as the huge industry in his hands, will not be taken over.
So this deformed daughter became Carlos's only heir, and the last hope for the continuation of the bloodline.
So despite the fact that her daughter gave birth to a fishtail, Carlos still doted on her very much, gave her daughter the best material life, hired the best medical team and nanny.
At the same time, Carlos also took his daughter to visit hospitals in Europe, the United States and other countries with the most developed medicine in the world, and spent a lot of money to cure his daughter's deformity.
For rich people, there is nothing in the world that cannot be solved with money, and if it cannot be solved, it is that the money is not in place.
It's a pity that the final result that Carlos got made his heart cold, and even a little frightened.
Because every doctor told him that mermaid syndrome is an extremely rare congenital lower limb deformity disease, with only 1 case in every 60,000~100,000 people, and the affected newborns can basically only survive for a few hours after birth.
His daughter, Miss Gabriel, is already the only one who has survived and lived to be 5 years old with mermaid syndrome.
At the same time, the doctor also told Carlos that because his daughter's body structure is relatively special, even a small pneumonia may kill her.
So either you have to find a way to operate as soon as possible, or you can only wait carefully and raise it like a flower in a greenhouse.
Such a result obviously did not satisfy the rich man and big D lord Carlos, so he immediately launched his copying ability, spending a lot of money, and wanted those top doctors to help his daughter with surgery.
Doctors in Europe and the United States are not stupid, of course money is a good thing, but life is more important.
For patients with mermaid syndrome, so far (1991), there is no precedent for successful surgery in the world, and all the children in the trial died on the operating table without exception.
If it was a civilian's daughter who died, at most it would be a few words of condolences by the way.
But the big guy in front of him is the famous Carlos Hayscock, a super-rich man with a private jet at home, and one of the biggest black bosses in the world, who has tens of thousands of lives in his hands.
If his only precious daughter is cured to death, will the doctor and his family still have a way to live?
The top experts have a wide range of connections, Carlos's background is not difficult to investigate, and no one wants to end up exchanging with God for the so-called huge bounty.
Of course, it's still okay to bully a Chinese doctor who has no background and no connections.
The editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery, Gabrieleth, is not a good one, and he handed over such a tricky patient to Chen Qi, and he was introduced to merit in curing him, but if he couldn't be cured, the level of Huaguo doctors was too poor.
It was at his estate that Carlos received a call from Editor-in-Chief Gabrireth:
βwhatοΌ Mr. Gabrieth, are you kidding? You recommended me to go to Huaguo to have surgery on my daughter? β
In the eyes of this big man, isn't Huaguo as poor and backward as Haiti?
"Yes sir, I'm not kidding, the doctor I recommend is amazing, he is a member of the board of directors of the two major medical societies of WGO and ISAPS, and he also presided over a very important new genetic laboratory, which has already overcome many rare diseases.
Even Mr. Rupert, the owner of our FOX Film and Television Company, once made a special trip to Huaguo for treatment and received Dr. Chen's surgery, so under the premise that European and American doctors dare not operate, this Huaguo Dr. Chen is your daughter's only hope. β
(Chen Qi: I thank you for helping me lure the wolf into the room.) οΌ
"Rupert from FOX also went to Huaguo to have surgery on him?" Carlos got interested.
Although Carlos should surpass this media tycoon in terms of personal wealth, Rupert takes the "white road".
Moreover, Rupert is still a Judah, belongs to the upper class of the United States, and is very influential in the world, far from being comparable to him, the emperor of Mexico.
The trust of this Chinese doctor has also increased Carlos's confidence, and this is indeed his only chance.
"OK, Editor-in-Chief Gabrieleth, you have convinced me, you have a good contact over there, and I can bring my daughter over at any time."
In fact, this is bragging, you are not a member of the Society of International Organizations, there is no visa-free treatment, and you can't get a visa without a half-month waiting period to go to China.
"Yes, Mr. Carlos, our New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery will accompany you to China."
Meanwhile, the Cincinnati Children's Medical Center, inside the respiratory ward.
Dr. Oswald wears a stethoscope and examines the little patients in the hospital bed.
Dr. Osveld listened carefully to the lung sounds, assessing the progress of the disease, and couldn't help but wonder as he looked at the twins in the hospital bed.
This is a pair of conjoined babies.
The two 4-month-old babies are connected in their abdomen, so they are always facing each other and cannot be separated for a moment.
But it is only the abdomen that is conjoined, and the other limbs and heads are separated, so this should theoretically be regarded as two complete individuals.
In this world, conjoined twins occur about 1 in 100,000 pregnancies, and most conjoined fetuses die in the embryonic stage, with a success rate of only 1 in 200,000.
So the birth rate of conjoined twins is about 1:40000, but the proportion of live births is only 1:100,000 to 200,000.
One of the rarer ones is the two-headed conjoined man, who are not separated except for their heads glued together.
Conjoined people with two heads are most likely to be 70% girls, as male twins are more likely to have miscarriages.
Similarly, the proportion of conjoined people who can grow up alive and live safely is very small.
The longest-lived conjoined people in the world are the Garyan brothers from the United States, who are 63 years old this year, and they lived for 62 years and 8 months.
The Galyan brothers have 4 arms, 4 legs, and each heart and stomach, but they share a digestive tract, a large intestine, and a XX.
It is recorded that in 1908, the Eagle Kingdom was born with such a pair of conjoined sisters with buttocks connected, and they not only became famous "little stars", but also lived together for 61 years.
But the lives of the Siamese sisters are tragic and legendary.
After the two were born, they were sold by their mother because they were freaks, and the people who bought them exhibited the sisters like monsters and charged tickets to make money, and they suffered a lot and were humiliated.
This is the sadness of the Siamese people, in fact they are monsters in the eyes of the people.
Why do conjoined people have a short lifespan? In fact, it is very simple, let's not talk about genes, genetic diseases, underlying diseases, etc.
Siamese people are originally two complete people, but because of creation, people are connected, if one of them is sick at this time, and it is a little more serious, and it is terminally ill, what should the other do?
However, people are always born, old, sick and die, and because conjoined children often have underdeveloped organs and low immunity, they are more likely to get sick.
If one of them dies due to ineffective medical treatment, the other half of the conjoined child can only die with him, and it cannot be separated from the cabin like a rocket launch.
For example, the pair of conjoined sisters of the Eagle Country who lived to be 61 years old mentioned earlier.
First, my sister died of illness, and my sister was healthy at the time.
But my sister also saw it, and after the death of her conjoined sister, my sister did not notify anyone or call an ambulance, but guarded her sister's body alone for several days, and finally passed away.
This is one of the biggest health risks for conjoined people.
That's what Dr. Osveld is facing right now.
One of the conjoined twins had pneumonia, a high fever that persisted and a cough that worsened, which made doctors and parents very nervous.
Because the blood of the two people is exchanged, one of the babies has bacteria in the blood, and soon the other baby will also be infected and cause pneumonia or other inflammation.
If one is not done well, the fragile conjoined twins may die directly.
Even if only one dies, the ending will still be the same, because it is impossible for the two babies to be separated.
So when one of the conjoined twins just started to have a fever, the parents rushed to the hospital and arranged for admission to the hospital as soon as possible.
Of course, the money spent is also a big drop, because the Cincinnati Children's Medical Center they are staying in is one of the top children's hospitals in the United States, and the fees are also top-notch.
Fortunately, the child's father, Jamie, is an executive at Microsoft and has a good income to support the medical expenses of the conjoined twins.
"Doctor, how is my child?"
Dr. Osveld put away his stethoscope and smiled with relief:
"This time the difficulty is over, and the recovery of the two little ones is good, and it is estimated that they can be discharged from the hospital after two days of observation."
Jamie and his wife were also greatly relieved when they heard this, and they kept thanking God and Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Dr. Osveld opened his mouth, but decided to tell the truth:
"But sir, I think if there is a condition, it is better to do separation surgery on this pair of conjoined children as soon as possible, while they are still young and ignorant, so that they have no relevant memories in the future, and they can face life better.
At the same time, there is no need to worry about one of them getting sick in the future, and the other will also suffer. What's more, even if they grow up, if they are still in such a conjoined state, I am afraid it will be difficult to integrate into society. β
The conjoined people who can be searched in the newspaper and on the Internet seem to be living happily and being favored by the people around them.
In fact, in fact, how can it be so simple, Siamese people are monsters in the eyes of ordinary people, they are the product of the devil, and it is good to be looked at with strange and disgusted eyes when walking on the road, and they may even be thrown leaves and insulted.
Therefore, even if the conjoined people survive tenaciously, they will not be able to live and work normally, or even fall in love, get married, have children, and there are not a few who commit suicide.
Jamie understood the doctor's advice, but was a little embarrassed and asked puzzled:
"Dr. Oswald, didn't you tell us that the separation technology for conjoined babies is not yet mature? It also tells us that there is no precedent for successful separation surgery in the world, and the risk is so high that we are not recommended to operate. β
Doctor Oswald smiled:
"Now there is an opportunity, the New England Journal of Medicine and Surgery is working with a well-known doctor in China to carry out research and surgical treatment of gene-related diseases, especially teratotypes, which may be a good opportunity."
"Doctor Huaguo?"
Jamie frowned a little when he heard this, thinking to himself that even if you say it is a Chilean doctor, the doctor of Huaguo, what is it called Chen Qi, can he do it?
(If Chen Qi is present, tell him that he is one of his bosses, so be respectful.)
Microsoft stock went public in 1986, when Chen Qi bought a large number of original shares, and has been buying shares for the next few years, never selling.
Although it was diluted several times in the middle, Chen Qi bought it when he had money and continued to increase his holdings, and the shareholding ratio has been maintained at 4.9%.
This shareholding ratio is already the largest shareholder, but the information revealed is the name of an offshore company, and the word Chen Qi does not appear, and there is no need to disclose more information, so the risk is minimized.
As long as Chen Qi maintains this ratio, even if it is slightly diluted, when Microsoft's market value reaches 3 trillion, he can become the richest man in China with this stock alone, and then go into happy exile...... (End of chapter)