My Medical Skills Give Me Experience Points Chapter 1589 646: Patients, Families, and Doctors Working Together to Repay a Mentor's Kindness (Part 2)

To be honest, what you see most in the hospital is harsh reality and the dark side of human nature.

Many women or men, upon learning that their partner is permanently paralyzed or has become a vegetable, choose to leave without a word and disappear entirely.

And the most despicable are those who took money donated by kind-hearted people to a female patient for treatment.

Only for the man to take the money and run.

Leaving the woman in the hospital crying her heart out, attempting suicide seven times, eventually requiring two nurses to watch her 24/7.

Zhou Can couldn't help but soften his heart when he saw the pleading look in this woman's eyes, even if his heart were made of iron.

"Alright, I'll discuss it with Director Wu again. Please don't go through the discharge process yet. We can try a second surgery for your husband, but no one can predict the final result. After all, he's already paralyzed from the waist down. The worst outcome is that it can't be cured, and he'll be paralyzed for life. If the treatment is successful, he could stand up again, which would be a huge benefit for your family, for you, and for your child."

Zhou Can wouldn't easily say these words to the family members.

Because some family members secretly record the conversation, and if the treatment fails, they turn against the doctor.

Even taking the doctor to court.

Do you think the family wants to sue the doctor for any noble reason? They want to ask the hospital for a large sum of compensation to cover the patient's losses.

This kind of action undoubtedly chills the heart of the doctor.

There's nothing one can do about it, as some family members are just like this.

"Dr. Zhou, as long as there's a glimmer of hope, please help treat my husband. I'll sell everything I have to gather the medical expenses. No matter what the final outcome is, I can accept it."

This woman is truly admirable.

Sometimes, having a virtuous and kind wife can indeed be a blessing for generations, the result of accumulating good karma over lifetimes.

Upon the consent of the family member, Zhou Can went to discuss with Wu Baihe.

Wu Baihe believed that the patient's lumbar spine nerves were damaged, which is irreparable.

However, after some research, Zhou Can discovered that the patient wasn't completely suffering from nerve damage. There was also pressure on the spinal nerves caused by lumbar vertebra injury, which constitutes dual damage.

This is quite rare in clinical cases.

It's a condition caused by more than one cause simultaneously.

After the two delved deeper into studying and discussing, Wu Baihe acknowledged that Zhou Can's discovery was correct.

They then developed a complete surgical repair plan for the patient. Zhou Can would personally perform the surgery, while Wu Baihe would step back and support from the sidelines.

Because multiple surgeries were necessary, the expenses were enormous.

The vertebra reconstruction, in particular, was extremely complex.

The total expenses amounted to over 370,000 yuan.

For this impoverished family, having already exhausted their savings, this was an astronomical figure.

Zhou Can used his influence to start an online fundraiser for the patient.

Perhaps the heartfelt essay was well-written, or the patient's family situation resonated with many people's compassion. In just one day, more than 420,000 yuan was raised, after which Zhou Can promptly halted the fundraiser.

The extra over 50,000 yuan could be used for the patient's future rehabilitation expenses.

After five surgeries, the patient's lower body remained paralyzed, but pain sensation and knee jerk reflex had returned.

Zhou Can boldly predicted that the patient's spinal nerves had been successfully repaired, and with scientific and reasonable rehabilitation training, there was hope for the patient to stand up again.

About five months later, Zhou Can suddenly received a phone call from the patient's wife.

"Dr. Zhou, I have good news: my husband urinated on his own today."

Patients with lower-body paralysis often suffer from incontinence.

For the patient to regain voluntary urination was a significant improvement.

The patient's wife on the other end of the line had a choked voice.

It seemed she was in an emotional state of crying tears of joy.

Zhou Can encouraged her, telling the patient to continue with rehabilitation training and to start trying the second phase of rehabilitation exercises.

Of course, this would surely need the help of the patient's wife.

Like helping the patient lift his legs, supporting the patient to stand up, and so on.

And this kind of rehabilitation training is extremely painful. Whether it's the patient or the family, as long as either party gives up, all previous efforts would be wasted.

About three months later, by then Zhou Can had already treated several cases of high-difficulty central nervous system damage in Neurosurgery, becoming quite renowned. He could even handle central nervous systems within the cranium.

The brainstem area, however, remained a semi-forbidden zone.

He could handle the peripheral area, but dared not cross the core region.

Because it was too risky.

Should the patient die or suffer larger-scale disabilities, paralysis, or organ function loss, it would be a serious medical accident.

The brainstem is the central hub of the body's nervous system; sometimes a minor injury could lead to loss of autonomous respiration in the patient.

This is no joke.

They once encountered such an instance while rescuing a car accident patient.

This day, Zhou Can was in the Emergency Department operating room performing surgery on a patient. He heard a nurse rush in and tell him that there was a lion dance team outside, holding a large banner.

Apparently, they came to thank Tuya Hospital, Zhou Can, and Wu Baihe for curing paralysis, hiring a lion dance team, and driving over 600 kilometers to express their gratitude.

Zhou Can handed over the surgery to two other doctors and went outside to take a look.

Wow, outside there was a lion dance team, accompanied by a drum team, as if it was New Year's.

Performing actively outside the Emergency Department.

The person at the front was holding a banner, wearing a bright smile.

The two people holding the banner were none other than the paralyzed man and his wife.

Seeing this scene, Zhou Can felt particularly gratified and delighted.

After treatment and rehabilitation training, the patient finally created a medical miracle and stood up again.

You could see he still had some stiffness in his lower limbs while walking, but with continued exercise, maybe after a few months, he would be no different from a normal person.

Treating this patient wasn't just Zhou Can's achievement alone.

He called Wu Baihe, passed him a message urging him to accept the banner, and let the patient go. And not to block the hospital's lifeline.

Upon hearing Zhou Can's plan to take the patient and the lion dance team to Neurosurgery, Wu Baihe anxiously cursed.

Threatening him that if he dared, he shouldn't come to Neurosurgery anymore.

Love for fame and fortune is human nature.

But after reaching Wu Baihe's level, he viewed fame and fortune more lightly.

Zhou Can accepted the banner from the patient and his family, thanked them, and promptly dispersed the band and lion dance team.

Unexpectedly, this incident made the news and was reported by various media outlets.

Zhou Can's reputation in the field of Neurosurgery skyrocketed by more than one dimension.

After becoming famous, more patients came seeking treatment.

Every patient longs for doctors to help alleviate their suffering and cure their ailments.

Zhou Can's capacity and time were actually quite limited.

Most of the patients flocking here went to the Neurosurgery department, where they were seen by other doctors.

The workload of the Neurosurgery department surged, which delighted Wu Baihe quite a bit.

Zhou Can saw the timing was about right.

That day, he drove alone to an official enclosure within the city.

This place was lush with greenery, and you could see buildings nestled within. Only those with power and status could live there.

The soldiers standing guard were poised and upright.

There weren't many places in the provincial capital with such high-level security.

Zhou Can's Mercedes slowly drove to the entrance.

Unsurprisingly, he was immediately stopped.

"Hello, I am Dr. Zhou Can from Tuya Hospital. Here is my work ID and identification card. I came specifically to visit Mr. Song Dingxian."

This Mr. Song Dingxian was none other than the patient involved in the medical accident by Dr. Xu.

Who also changed Dr. Xu's life forever.

Zhou Can had long harbored the intention of repaying his mentor's kindness, and had been preparing for it all these years; now he had the means to do it.

Even though he wasn't fully confident, he had enough to qualify him to meet Mr. Song Dingxian.

"Do you have an appointment?"

"No."

"Please wait a moment, we'll make a report."

The sentry treated Zhou Can cordially and went back to the guardhouse to make the call for authorization.