Medical road ahead

"what's the situation?"

At this time, Yang Yang had already returned home from get off work, and the 120 medical staff were greeted by a doctor on duty, Zhou Xiaolan, who was also Yang Yang's student.

A doctor at 120 pointed to the boy's "hunched back" and said: "The patient's lower limbs were suddenly paralyzed, which may be caused by the tumor on the back compressing the nerves."

Hearing this, Zhou Xiaolan hurriedly approached, gently lifted the thin blanket on the boy's body, and carefully inspected the giant tumor on the boy's back. "It is about 18 centimeters in diameter, grows into the spinal cord, and grows into the chest cavity. Is it possible that this Is it Cobb?"

As for this Cobb syndrome, which has only 45 confirmed cases in the world, based on her current clinical experience, she still dare not completely link it with the giant tumor on the boy's back. assumed.

The doctor at 120 saw her hesitation at the moment, and immediately said: "I have already found someone to contact your Director Yang, and she should be here soon."

"Okay, thanks for your hard work."

After Zhou Xiaolan thanked him and completed the handover with them, she sent someone to send the little boy to the single ward, and waited for Yang Yang's arrival.

During the period, Zhou Xiaolan tried to communicate with the boy who hung his head and said nothing to learn more about his condition.

"Your name is Meng Hui, right? My surname is Zhou, you can call me Dr. Zhou."

The little boy named "Meng Hui" did not answer, but blinked in response.

Seeing this, Zhou Xiaolan smiled and continued, "You are 12 years old, are you in the sixth grade, or are you already in the first grade?"

Meng Hui shook his head.

Zhou Xiaolan frowned and guessed: "Didn't you study?"

Meng Hui nodded.

Zhou Xiaolan asked softly, "Is it because of this tumor on your back?"

Meng Hui nodded again.

Zhou Xiaolan then asked: "When did this tumor appear? Have you been to the hospital for an examination before?"

Meng Hui closed his eyes, not sure if he didn't want to answer this question, or he was thinking with his eyes closed.

Zhou Xiaolan didn't urge her, but quietly sent Yang Yang a WeChat message, telling her about Meng Hui's situation in detail, along with her own speculation.

Yang Yang replied quickly: "I'm going to the hospital right away, your analysis is good, this patient may indeed suffer from Cobb syndrome, also known as spinal segmental hemangiomatosis, which is a rare congenital disease , is a vascular malformation involving segmental multiple tissues of the vertebral body at the same time. It is manifested as a segmental vascular malformation and can involve the skin, subcutaneous tissue, vertebral body, dura mater and spinal cord in the same segment. This disease is more common in Clinical symptoms begin to appear in adolescence, a small part of which is caused by acute spinal cord dysfunction due to rupture and bleeding of vascular malformation, which leads to sudden acute onset, but most of them still have a slow onset, and the main clinical manifestations are numbness and weakness of one or both upper and lower limbs Accompanied by muscle atrophy, and gradually worsened."

Whoa!Director Yang typed so fast.

Seeing Yang Yang's long reply, Zhou Xiaolan was amazed at first, then carefully comprehended the message she sent, then compared it with Meng Hui's situation, and asked again: "Meng Hui, before your lower limbs became paralyzed, were you Didn’t you experience intermittent numbness?”

Meng Hui hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding.

"Then have your hands ever felt numb?" Zhou Xiaolan asked again.

Meng Hui didn't nod or shake his head, but moved his fingers.

Seeing Meng Hui's nimble fingers, Zhou Xiaolan was relieved a little, and reached out to hold his little hand, "Don't worry, we will try to cure you. Our director Yang will be here soon, she is a neurotumor specialist." The experts are very experienced in various tumor diseases.”

"Can I still walk by myself?"

Perhaps feeling the warmth and care that Zhou Xiaolan had conveyed to him, Meng Hui finally spoke, but his voice was extremely hoarse, as if he hadn't spoken for a long time.

"If the disease is cured, you will be able to walk freely."

Zhou Xiaolan relieved himself, and then asked him if he was thirsty or hungry.

Later, Zhou Xiaolan asked someone to buy him a lunch box and a box of milk, and at this moment, Yang Yang rushed to the ward.

She first checked the records left by 120 and Meng Hui's personal information. After understanding the situation, she called Zhou Xiaolan out of the ward and asked in a low voice, "How is he doing?"

Zhou Xiaolan shook her head, frowned and said, "I'm very depressed, and I don't cooperate with treatment. The most important thing is that his 12-year-old child was sent to the hospital for treatment by 120, but there is no family member around him. I am worried, this child Maybe he is not valued by his family, or he is a left-behind child."

"What did 120 say? Who called the emergency number?" Yang Yang asked again.

Zhou Xiaolan recalled: "It seems to be a neighbor. Seeing that Meng Hui suddenly fell to the ground, he dialed 120. After explaining the situation to his colleagues at 120, the neighbor was going to inform Meng Hui's family, but Meng Hui was sent to the police station. For so long, his family members have not rushed to the hospital."

Yang Yang thought for a while and said, "Go ask your colleagues at 120 to see if you can get in touch with Meng Hui's family members. After all, this child is only 12 years old, so it is appropriate to have a guardian by his side."

"Ok."

Zhou Xiaolan nodded, turned around and walked towards the emergency department.

Yang Yang returned to the ward, waited until Meng Hui had finished eating his boxed lunch, and then sat beside his bed, and asked with a smile, "Do you still want to eat some fruit?"

"No, thank you."

Meng Hui shook his head politely, raised his eyes and glanced around the ward, then frowned, "Where's Dr. Zhou?"

"Doctor Zhou is going to contact your family. I am her teacher, and my surname is Yang." Yang Yang said.

"family."

Meng Hui lowered his eyes and bit his lower lip.

Yang Yang noticed something different, and immediately asked: "What's the matter? Are your parents not at home?"

Meng Hui shook his head, nodded quickly, and explained hoarsely: "My father has gone out to work, and my mother lives in an uncle's house. I live with my grandfather, but my grandfather's ears are not very good. You can call He, he may not be able to hear what you are saying, so we can only send text messages to contact him, he can read some words."

In just one sentence, it has already explained the complicated situation in Meng Hui's family and why no one cares about why he is so seriously ill.

"My family doesn't have the money to treat me, so...so."

Meng Hui wanted Yang Yang to send him back, but when Zhou Xiaolan said that he could be cured, he became hesitant again.

If he just went back like this, grandpa would still take care of him, and his mother would despise him even more.

"Don't worry about the money in advance. If your family really can't afford your medical expenses, I will apply for some subsidy funds from the hospital. The most important thing right now is to help you treat the disease and remove the tumor on your back. Get you back on your feet."

Yang Yang patted his hand, looking at him with firm and confident eyes, which made his originally bewildered and hesitant heart settle down, and under Yang Yang's patient guidance, he took the initiative to talk about his illness and the history of the disease .