Daily American Drama

medical center.

Saying goodbye to Meredith the upside-down heifer, Adam goes to the ER.

Doctor Duncan.

The nurse handed Adam a medical record: I have been here four times in three months, and there seems to be something wrong.

Adam looked up and saw that the patient was a cute little girl of five or six years old, but there was a very scary wound on her calf.

Notify child protection, talk to her parents.

Adam explained, and walked over with the medical records: I am Dr. Duncan.

I'm Megan Cleaver, and it's not as bad as it looks.

The little girl bypassed her parents and spoke directly in a very sophisticated manner.

She fell in the playground and bled profusely, the wound was deep.

The mother strokes the girl's head.

We know the injuries are terrible, she plays rough at times...

The father was a little embarrassed: Here are her medical records, including those before we got her.

Are you foster parents?

Adam took the more detailed medical record, read it, and said casually.

right.

The mother came over and said sincerely: Megan is a good child, but she played too rough, and we all love her.

I believe.

Adam glanced at them, nodded and said, Go to the nurse's station first, and hand over the documents to the nurse for copying. I'll show Megan's legs first.

Ok.

Megan's adoptive parents nodded helplessly.

They also knew what Adam meant.

Honey, we'll be right back.

Ok.

The little girl Megan bid farewell to her adoptive parents obediently, and then emphasized to Adam with a stubborn expression: It's not what you imagined, they are the best parents I have ever met.

do not worry.

Adam calmly comforted: I believe what you said, this is just a process, don't worry, it's okay, let me stitch up the wound for you first, you don't want to leave ugly scars, do you?

No...you know what I'm worried about?

Megan blinked her beautiful big eyes and looked at Adam.

certainly.

Adam sat down, took the suturing instruments sent by the nurse, and smiled while cleaning the wound on Megan's leg: I have two good friends, one of them adopted a large group of children like you, and the other only adopted got one.

So I know exactly what you're thinking.

Although both of them have given enough love to these children.

But I know that every child wants a complete family and a parent who loves them a little more, right?

In the orphanage, whenever someone came to adopt a child, all the children would carefully dress up in advance, look at them eagerly, and then show the brightest and saddest smile, staring closely at the adopter who came in.

They are really just a child, but they have entered the society ten or twenty years in advance, and they have learned the rules of the society without a teacher: greet people with a smile, choose me, choose me!

Ok.

The little girl Megan looked at Adam seriously for a while, then she lifted her vigilance and lay back very relaxed.

what?

It was only then that Adam noticed that there was also a scar on the inside of Megan's arm, and immediately stretched out his hand and pulled away her sleeve, frowning, What's going on?

But there was a ten-centimeter-long wound on the inside of her left arm, which was not stitched up at all, and was directly stapled with three staples.

I did it myself.

Megan shrugged indifferently: I don't want to come to the hospital again, so I will deal with it myself, it's no big deal.

Aren't you in pain?

Adam looked serious.

The wound hurt even when he looked at it, but the little girl Megan didn't respond at all, she just stapled it to her arm with staples.

It doesn't hurt at all.

Megan said something, then hooked his hands at Adam: Come here.

Adam's mouth twitched.

Why does this sentence sound so awkward?

But he still leaned over.

Secretly tell you, I have superpowers.

Megan leaned close to Adam's ear, and said mysteriously: No matter how you hit me, it won't hurt. If you don't believe me, just punch me in the stomach, and hit me casually.

You really don't feel any pain at all?

Naturally, it was impossible for Adam to hit her, he confirmed.

not at all.

Megan proudly said: The children in our school didn't believe it at first, but I let them hit them. I punched them 25 times. They were all out of breath. Even if they used a baseball bat, I didn't feel any pain at all. !

bat?

Adam narrowed his eyes and pointed at Megan's stomach: Hit your stomach.

correct.

Megan nodded as a matter of course.

Adam lifted Meghan's clothes slightly and immediately saw the severe bruises.

I'm going to take you for a CT scan.

Adam picked up Megan and walked quickly to the CT room.

Wounds on legs and arms, you can wait.

He is now seriously concerned about the severe trauma to Meghan's abdomen, which may have caused internal bleeding.

In the last train derailment incident, the person who appeared to be fine, called his relatives and friends to complain about his safety, talked and laughed, but suffered from slow internal bleeding, finally died silently in the emergency room.

Sorry, cut in line!

In the CT room, Adam said to the doctors and patients who were about to enter.

You go first, Dr. Duncan.

The doctor was very talkative, waited for Adam to go in, and began to appease the unhappy patient.

CT room.

Sure enough, there was internal bleeding.

Adam looked at the display on the scanning screen and let out a long breath.

As long as you know it in advance, you don't have to be afraid.

The scariest thing is not to notice at all.

Go and inform Megan's parents.

Adam asked the nurse.

Not for a while.

Megan's parents arrive.

Adam pointed to the CT scanning screen and said, Meghan has internal bleeding and must undergo surgery immediately. I will take care of the wounds on her body during the surgery.

We really didn't hit her.

Megan's parents said helplessly.

I believe you.

Adam nodded and said: Megan should be suffering from congenital painlessness, which is an extremely rare autosomal recessive genetic disease, which causes her not to feel any pain when she is injured.

OMG!

Megan's adoptive mother covered her mouth and said, That's why she plays so rough and always gets hurt.

right.

Adam said: This is still pending genetic testing. The top priority now is to perform surgery on Megan to stop the bleeding... Where are you going, Megan?

But while he was talking, his peripheral vision caught Megan running outside.

Adam immediately caught up with Megan.

I don't want surgery!

Megan struggled: It's too expensive! They can't afford it. Don't keep telling my adoptive parents that I am defective, they will send me back.

Don't worry, they won't.

Adam met her pleading eyes, and listened to her pitiful words, his heart ached.

If his diagnosis is correct and Megan has congenital painlessness, under normal circumstances, she should have been detected at a very young age.

But after listening to her, Adam understood that Megan must have transferred a lot of families.

None of the foster families were willing to treat her seriously, and they always sent her back to the orphanage immediately after finding out that she seemed to have a problem.

This leads to no diagnosis, and then take good precautions and protect yourself.

Woo! Baby!

When Megan's adoptive mother heard such distressing words, she rushed over crying and hugged her daughter: Mom and Dad will never send you back, you are our daughter!

right!

Megan's adoptive father also came over and hugged his wife and daughter with distressed expression: Don't worry, Dad can afford it. We are a family and will never be separated.

Seeing such a scene, Adam smiled gratifiedly.

There are still good people in this world.