Chapter 647: The Living Dead, Ask for a Doctor

After waiting for about seven or eight minutes, a middle-aged uncle wearing gray overalls and black cloth shoes with white soles walked over quickly.

The man walked leisurely, his eyes as sharp as a falcon.

"Young man, do you want to see Mr. Song?" His eyes were directly fixed on Zhou Can in the car.

"Yes, I want to meet Mr. Song, this is my ID." Zhou Can got out of the car and politely handed the documents to the other party for inspection.

took the certificate and looked at it carefully, and compared it with Zhou Can himself, and then the uncle returned the certificate to Zhou Can.

"Get in the car, I'll show you the way." After the uncle finished speaking, he walked directly to the other side, pulled the car door and went to the passenger cab.

The two sentries stood like two javelins, saluted Zhou Can's car, and let him go. This made Zhou Can deeply experience the atmosphere of the powerful for the first time.

Even in Jiangxin Island Villa, where the security is also strong, the price of the villa is over 100 million, but compared with here, there are two feelings at all.

I can't say it, it's just that when I drive close to here, I am in awe and unpredictable. The greenery in this Anyang community is better than the park, and the plot ratio is very low, with only a few buildings in the background.

In addition to the main roadway, you can see some side roads paved with cobblestones, and red carp and flower carp swimming in the fish pond.

And it feels like the water under that arch bridge is flowing living water. I don't know where the water came from?

It can be so clear, it is difficult to do it with ordinary river water and river water. After all, all kinds of sewage discharge in recent years are very serious.

In order to reduce the cost of sewage treatment, some black-hearted enterprises usually dig and repair hidden pipes and secretly discharge them.

Through the open windows, he could feel that the air in the community was particularly fresh. There is a kind of comfort in nature, and the mood also becomes comfortable.

"What's your last name?" Zhou Can's own status is not low, and his net worth is okay, and when facing this middle-aged uncle, he can also be calm.

"My surname is Bian, I am the housekeeper of Mr. Song's house."

"Uncle Bian, may I ask if Mr. Song Dingxian is taken care of by you?" The other party looks like he is in his fifties, and it is appropriate for Zhou Can to call him uncle.

"I am mainly in charge, and there are many people who usually take care of Mr. Song."

"Is Mr. Song's physical condition okay? I mean whether there is a serious deterioration in all aspects of the body after being paralyzed. ”

"It's the house in front of you, you just park outside. If it's not the family's car, you can't drive in. Uncle Bian did not answer Zhou Can's question.

Instead, he refers to a Chinese-style building in front of it. It is only two stories high, with warped cornices and corners, and you can even see the crest beast used to ward off evil spirits and imply good fortune on the ridge of the roof.

Pull over to the side of the road and get out of the car. Upon entering, a sturdy middle-aged man pulled out a metal detector.

"According to the rules, the door to enter this house must be checked, and dangerous items such as knives and guns cannot be carried. Thank you for your understanding. ”

"Yes." Zhou Can spread his hands and let the other party inspect them. After scanning with the instrument, the middle-aged man used very professional movements to conduct a simple body search of Zhou Can from top to bottom.

After searching his body, the middle-aged man took a deep look at Zhou Can.

"I didn't expect the little brother to be a practitioner, you can go in." He made a gesture of please. There has also been a slight change in his attitude towards Zhou Can, and there is a little more respect.

Whether you have practiced or not, as long as you touch the other person's body, you will know. Not only are the muscles of a martial artist stronger than those of ordinary people, but they also form a natural muscle reflex.

When attacked, it will naturally bounce or tense. This is because when you practice professional martial arts and sanda hard, self-defense and counterattack are already integrated into every muscle.

There are such powerful masters, and they are even directly integrated into the depths of their bones. When Uncle Bian heard the middle-aged man say this, he couldn't help but glance at Zhou Can in surprise, but he didn't say anything.

"Please follow me!" Uncle Bian took Zhou Can into the courtyard, the environment inside was quiet and the layout was very ingenious.

Every grass and tree, pavilion, rockery, shadow wall at home, and even the garage are very exquisite.

After entering the main hall, Zhou Can found that there were multiple servants in the house. Young maids in their twenties, maids in their fifties, and male maids all wore black cloth clothes, trousers, and shoes.

There are so many exquisiteness of this kind of powerful people! Zhou Can couldn't help but sigh. The housekeeper took Zhou Can outside a room.

"Please wait outside, I'll go in and talk to Mr. Song." When I opened the door, I could vaguely see that this gatehouse was very large, at least sixty square meters, which could catch up with the living room of a large apartment.

There is a bed in the middle of the room. There are various instruments on both sides. On the west side of the room, you can even see the amazing ECMO, intensive ultrasound, and blood purification machine...... It's a small intensive care unit with all the necessary resources.

If that's nothing, two middle-aged men and women in white cloth clothes are guarding the ward.

These two are definitely medical professionals. At this moment, in addition to shock, all Zhou Can can think of is two words, Niu B.

It's real cows. The cost of purchasing those instruments is already terrifying, and daily maintenance is a big expense.

Then at least two professional medical staff should be hired to be on duty at the bedside. This kind of cost is really not affordable for ordinary people.

The side butler came out quickly.

"You can go in." Zhou Can walked into the room, the age of the two medical staff was not too young, and the man should be forty-seven or eighteen years old.

The woman was obviously a nurse, and I felt like she was at least in her early forties. The medical profession is very experienced, especially for patients with severe paralysis, and it is even more difficult to take care of them.

The two just glanced at Zhou Can indifferently, doing their own work, and they seemed very dedicated. The men stared at the ventilator, while the women stared at the infusion bottles, checking in on the patient's condition from time to time.

Perhaps because of the special situation of the patient, the intravenous infusion is not the common intravenous access from the arm and the back of the hand, but the deep venous catheter is selected from the neck.

The risks are understandable. Drugs used in some critically ill patients are irritating and require long-term infusions, and phlebitis may occur when infusions are given into peripheral small veins.

If the drug accidentally leaks out of the blood vessels, in severe cases, it can even have serious consequences of local tissue necrosis.

But there is no need to panic, deep venous catheterization will be performed by experienced nurses, and trainee nurses do not have the courage to do so.

If there is any abnormality, the nurse will rush to the ward in time to deal with it. Think of it as a more advanced form of infusion.

Zhou Can's eyes looked at the patient lying on the bed, wearing a ventilator. Fortunately, it is non-invasive breathing.

According to Can's clinical experience in critical care, invasive respiration not only requires a strict sterile environment, but also has various complications over time.

The most common is pneumonia. This is almost inevitable. And the longer you use an invasive ventilator, the more likely you are to have various complications.

Inflammation is the most common. No matter how advanced hormones and antibiotics you use, you can't completely prevent this.

The patient on the bed was a man with withered roots, and his real age was not recognizable. I guess I should have it at the age of sixty.

Despite being bedridden for a long time, the whole person still looks quite kind. It's not the kind of face that is fierce and vicious.

Patients with severe paralysis like this are most likely to have bedsores, muscle atrophy, and then some organ failure over time.

However, the male patient's condition is okay. From Dr. Xu's accident to now, ten years should have been.

When Zhou Can first arrived at Tuya Hospital as a trainee, Dr. Xu had been in an accident for several years.

Now Zhou Can has been promoted to attending physician and has become the new famous doctor of Tuya Hospital. So it is estimated that the patient has been paralyzed in bed for at least ten years.

It is not easy to be paralyzed and bedridden for such a long time, but still keep the body muscles from atrophiing and the skin looking fuller.

It is important to ensure that the patient's body is massaged every day and that the limbs are stretched. It usually takes two to three hours to do it.

This has to be done manually, and it has to be a professional nurse. Ten years is like a day, every day, by no means a caregiver can persevere.

The workload itself is so large that a single caregiver can't do it. Also, it's not enough to just make sure to massage patients on time every day.

Nutrition has to keep up, too. Patients now need to wear a ventilator to breathe, and it is impossible for them to eat on their own.

Aside from the cost of nutrient solution, the combination of nutrient solution alone is a test of the level of doctors and nurses.

At least you have to be a deputy chief nurse and have studied nutrition to be barely competent. Muscle massage, stretching exercises for blood vessels and ligaments, muscles, and skin, and nutrition are all solved.

The patient's vital signs remained stable, which was also an extremely difficult task. In the past ten years, in order to save the patient's life, the manpower, material and financial resources consumed are incalculable.

Zhou Can originally thought that Dr. Xu only kept a small part of his salary every month, and donated the rest to the family of the victim, and insisted on it every year, and the victim's family received all the orders, and never thanked him.

This is excessive. Only now do I realize that Dr. Xu's donation is tantamount to a drop in the bucket. It may only be enough for the victim's family to pay for the caregiver.

It is conservatively estimated that at least four nurses are needed, who take turns to massage and stretch the patient's limbs 24 hours a day.

One caregiver costs 6,000 yuan a month, and four get 24,000. The salary of professional caregivers will be higher, and it is possible to double the expenses of helping them buy social security and provide them with food and housing.

To put it mildly. Patients are already in this state, is it really necessary to spend so much financial, material, and human resources to hang patients all the time?

Even if the victim's family can afford it, for the patient, living is a pain and suffering.

And it's every minute and every second, the pain and suffering that is like a year.

"Mr. Song, my name is Zhou Can, I am a doctor from Tuya Hospital, and I came to see you today." Zhou Can said to the patient in a very gentle voice.

"Hmm......" the patient made an indistinct sound. This made Zhou Can a little surprised. Being able to make sounds indicates that the nerve damage is much better than expected.

Before he came, he thought the patient was in a vegetative state. Being able to understand what Zhou Can said and express his thoughts in a sound of Mohu shows that the patient's mind is clear.

There is no problem with hearing or language. On the one hand, the patient is wearing a ventilator, and on the other hand, it is caused by the deterioration of language ability due to long-term non-speech.

If a person is left on a desert island for ten years, even if the person survives, his ability to express himself verbally will be lost.

Only simple syllables with indistinct lakes are pronounced.

"After the accident, many of the medical staff in our hospital have been concerned about you and have been trying to find a solution. In the past ten years, medical technology and medical technology, as well as treatment experience in the field of neurology, have made great progress. I'll give you a check-up, is that okay? Zhou Can asked the patient.

"Hmm......" The patient tried to nod in agreement, but couldn't move. It can only be expressed by blinking.

"Uncle Bian, then I'll check it on Mr. Song." Zhou Can asked for the opinion of the side housekeeper.

"Yes, but make sure Mr. Song is safe." The side butler agreed.

"Please be careful during the examination, so as not to affect the stability of Mr. Song's physical signs." The male doctor said indifferently.

Zhou Can was allowed to examine the patient. The patient was wearing only a pair of underwear, presumably to protect the patient's privacy and dignity.

Try to pick up the patient's left hand. Weight, skin elasticity, body temperature, muscle and fat thickness, and pulse, Zhou Can was quietly checking.

"Mr. Song, if I can feel it when I touch your fingertips, you will blink." Zhou Can said to him.

The patient blinks in understanding. Zhou Can tried to touch the tip of the patient's index finger, but there was no big reaction.

With a slight increase in his squeezing, the patient reacted this time and winked at him. It seems that the sensory nerve function of the hand is still there.

Both arms were tested separately and then the rest of the body. From the junction of the neck and the back of the head, the patient's neurological function gradually weakens.

By the time it reaches the lower limbs, there is almost no sensory function. Because the patient's identity was too noble, Zhou Can did not dare to ask for a needle prick test.

For this kind of case, the further down, the nerve function gradually decays, Zhou Can has diagnosed and treated many cases. There are all sorts of reasons.

Before coming, Zhou Can also specially checked the file and learned in detail about the patient's surgical records that year.

Caused by removal of a brain tumor. According to Dr. Xu, his hands were faster than his brain at that time, and he accidentally cut his cranial nerve during the knife.

The patient's eyes can move, see, and hear, and the sensory nerves should be normal although the hands cannot move...... According to neurosurgical anatomy, the cranial nerve is the general hub, and the nerve signals it emits from top to bottom, from head to toe, throughout the body.

The core center of the cranial nerve is the brainstem, which is enlarged through the pons, medulla, and neck, all the way down. The spinal nerve can be thought of as the main transmission artery.

The brachial plexus determines how the hand feels. The patient's hand has sensation, suggesting that the brainstem to the brachial plexus is at least open.

Then the patient's thoracic nerve test was okay as well. Only when it comes to the lumbar plexus, ponytail, and sacral plexus are not good.

Zhou Can began to fall into deep thought. According to clinical experience, blood vessels will shrink and narrow after blood loss. This is the reason why some patients who are bleeding profusely often cannot find blood vessels.

Nerves can also atrophy. Moreover, its atrophy is more complex, and has many effects on nutrition, exercise, and nerve signals.