Chapter 3 ICU

Wait, this ...... This is very strange. I started to panic, but I was able to keep my thinking. According to common sense, according to common sense, since I am a living person, then I must have both parents, right?

No, I can't remember. No matter how hard I tried, let alone remembering their appearance and height, I didn't even have an impression of them.

Nothing, nothing.

All in all, calm down first. I continued to reassure myself, but it seemed to be much harder than usual to control the spread of my thoughts. Ever since I found out that I couldn't remember my parents, the panic has not been able to be controlled. It's even getting to the point of being upset.

It's a wonderful result to be upset and irritable because you're scared.

Yes...... No, if I continue to think so divergently, I don't think I'll be able to come up with a clue in my life. I don't know how long it took, but those thoughts that I didn't have finally disappeared. It's okay, it's okay, I'm going to go crazy if I think about it like this.

For a moment, I even started to think seriously about the possibility that I might be a robot and sent to the repair shop for a check-up because my brain got water.

I can still think normally, and I can remember what went wrong with me this morning. But I'm not supposed to be an orphan...... If you are an orphan, you should be able to know your situation directly and clearly, and you will not be bothered by the appearance of "why can't I remember my parents?"

After thinking about it like this, I suddenly felt that the pressure on my heart relaxed a lot.

"Dr. Sun. As I continued to ponder, a voice suddenly sounded beside the bed. "The patient should not have regained consciousness. ”

I'm recovered! I'm conscious! When I'm recovered, I'm going to go out and complain about you!!!

I was yelling in my head, and when the poor little Dr. Sun saw me, he began to stare at the top of my head in a daze as before.

Can't you just look down a little bit?

Hey, Sun thief, look here!

I shook my eyes to the point where I almost fainted, and finally, as if nectar had fallen from heaven, I heard Dr. Sun's questioning "Huh?"

"Sir, can you hear me?" Dr. Sun walked over and looked me in the eye and asked, "If you may, please look down." ”

Great! I cheered inwardly, and stared down, trying to look at my feet.

"Okay, you can come and see me. Dr. Sun's voice seemed to be quite happy. "Please stare at my fingers. ”

He stretched out an index finger and placed it in front of me, then slowly moved up and down, left and right.

"You can move up and down, but not left and right...... "He moved his fingers for a moment, frowning to himself, "can you blink?"

That's great. I blinked my eyes twice slowly but firmly. Then he blinked a few times quickly to show that "Lao Tzu can still do this!"

"So, please blink your eyes for 'yes' and double for 'no'. He made a suggestion. "There are devices out there that are specifically designed for your situation, but even if it's just a borrowing, it will take some time. ”

This one...... I thought about it for a moment, and blinked.

Dr. Sun looked pleased, and he nodded and began to ask questions.

"Do you know you're in the hospital?"

Blink.

"Do you feel when I touch your body like this?"

He touched my limbs – even the part of my right leg. Luckily, I can feel it.

Blink.

"Do you know you've had surgery?"

I really don't know this, the surgery has already been done, but I feel a dull ache in my legs and head - of course, much more comfortable than the previous feeling of going crazy.

Blink twice.

"Did you feel anything wrong with yourself before you were in the car accident?"

Dr. Sun asked a question that surprised me.

Before the car accident? Seriously, I can barely remember being in a car accident. As for whether I was walking or riding a bike when I was hit by a car, I don't remember at all. It's hard to remember from earlier times.

Should I blink a few times at this point? or two? I was confused, and then all sorts of thoughts came back to my mind. It's hard to figure out what you're thinking.

"Mr. Zhao, Mr. Zhao?" Just when I fell into all kinds of strange thoughts, Sun Lien suddenly interrupted my strange thoughts in time, "Are you okay?"

You'll have to blink twice. Seriously, there's definitely something wrong with my current state - what normal person can't even blink because they have too many thoughts in their heads?

"Did you just think that there were so many thoughts that they hindered your actions, or was it because there were too many thoughts to determine which one was the one that should be considered?" Sun Lien squinted his eyes and looked at the top of my head again, wondering, is there any instrument or sign showing my current situation? But he asked these two questions very accurately...... Could it be that this is the sequelae of surgery?

I blinked twice, and the interval between the two blinks was long. to indicate that the answer to both questions is "yes".

"All at the same time?" he asked, frowning.

Blink once.

Dr. Sun fell silent for a long time, then he nodded at me and said in a low voice, "Your situation is more complicated right now. As your primary care physician, I will give you a rough explanation of your current situation. ”

After seeing me blink once, he pulled out a folder of metal from the bag he had. Then I flipped through the contents.

Feed...... Since you're my doctor, remember my situation!

"First of all, you're now under the influence of a condition called 'locked-in syndrome.' Sun Lien glanced at the top of my head again, and then continued, "The main feature of this disease is that the whole body is paralyzed, and only the eyeball can move up and down - some patients can blink their eyelids. ”

Oh, so how do you cure it?

"Before that, because of the car accident...... Dr. Sun continued, "you had an open fracture of the femur in your left leg and a dislodgement injury in your left leg. At the same time, you have a fracture of the left side of your skull. ”

So you operated on me. I blinked, indicating that I understood.

So what the hell is this syndrome going to be treated?

"We need to do some other tests to determine why you're stuck in locked-in syndrome. Dr. Sun put away the papers in his hand, "After clarifying the cause, maybe we can find a cure for your disease." ”

Wait, maybe? That is, there is a possibility that you can't find a way?

I started to panic.

My situation was like a real recreation of a nightmareβ€”a living person trapped in his body, you know? I tried to shake my eyeballs, trying to make the young doctor in front of me understand what I meant.

I don't want any "maybe I can find a way", you have to heal me!

"We'll need to observe you a little bit, and if nothing else, you'll be able to meet them this afternoon. "Dr. Sun clearly didn't understand what I meant. He gave me a gentle smile. But it seemed to me that the smile was no different from mockery.

"Your parents and wife have been in the hospital for two days. Dr. Sun suddenly said, "I forgot to tell you that it's the second day after the operation." ”

I didn't care about the time at all, and all my attention was focused on the words "parents and wife". God, the excitement in my heart is indescribable. I thought I had nothing to rely on, but I learned that there were three people waiting for me...... This feeling...... It's like a man who is about to die of thirst after a long trek in the desert and suddenly finds a can of cold Coke in his hand. What's even more exciting is that this angel who came down from the sky with Ganlin tells you that there is a convenience store about 400 meters ahead and turning left, which has forty-eight large refrigerators, and all the drinks in it are all-you-can-drink.

If it weren't for the fact that I couldn't cry, I would have wanted to cry right now.

"I'm going to arrange the rest of the inspection first. Dr. Sun patted my hand very kindly, "At least you're awake, that's a good thing." ”

If you don't have this can of Coke, maybe it's better to just sleep to death. But since the convenience store is ahead, let's hold on a little longer.

I started staring at the ceiling in a daze. The ceiling of the hospital always gives a surprisingly boring feeling. There are at least some things on the ceiling in other places that can be observed, but the ...... in the hospital Nothing. I couldn't even find a lamp to look at.

After falling asleep several times in a daze, and being frightened twice by strange, uncontrollable thoughts in my head, I finally heard something moving. Something different from the doctors and nurses coming to check on me.

"Son......" I heard a trembling voice, a woman who sounded a little older, "you...... Don't scare Mom!"

Who could I scare when I lay motionless on the bed?Although such a thought flashed through my mind, I could guess that this person was probably ...... It's the mother I have unfortunately forgotten.

"You keep your voice down, he needs to rest. "This is the voice of a middle-aged man, and it is common sense to assume that this is my father.

"Husband......" The timid female voice sounded trembling as if she was about to cry, "You...... Wake up!"

That one...... I couldn't talk or move, but I was still awake.

Faced with a complete stranger to my loved ones, I fell into some trepidation that I could not describe in detail. Reason made me know that these three people were probably the closest people in the world to me. But emotionally, I can't feel any "closeness" to them at all. Rather than a loved one, I seemed to be receiving the eager attention of three strangers. And being unable to move and speak at the same time made me feel even more embarrassed.

Dr. Xiao Sun...... Didn't you tell them what my state was before you let them in?

"He can't speak or move now, he can only move his eyeballs up and down and blink at the moment. "Doctor Sun's voice came from behind, you kid...... Sure enough, I didn't explain it to them in advance?

I heard the sound of pushing things.