Free Web NovelChapter 780: Chapter 628: Will This Work?
"My grandmother has been in the hospital for a month now. She had ECMO once, and she’s basically relying on it to breathe. We called in an expert consultation yesterday, but after the surgery, my grandmother’s condition worsened. The expert has already suggested that the family give up on treatment, and our whole family is at a loss on what to do."
Senior Brother Duan usually has a rather introverted personality in the institute. Apart from work, he rarely reveals his emotions to those around him, nor does he talk much about family matters.
Today, due to his grandmother’s poor condition, he was extremely worried and started to show some personal emotions.
This made the colleagues in the lab realize he was burdened with worries, so they all came over to show their concern.
When Ning Youguang came over, everyone had just finished asking him what was troubling him. After hearing his story, everyone could only offer comforting words without knowing what else they could do.
After hearing Senior Brother Duan’s account, Ning Youguang also fell silent.
She knew about ECMO; it was a lifesaving tool for myocardial infarction patients.
But it was also expensive, costing tens of thousands for the startup fee and one to two thousand for daily maintenance.
Senior Brother Duan’s grandmother had been in the hospital for over a month, and the whole family must have made great efforts, hoping to save grandmother’s life.
But unexpectedly, they still ended up facing a situation where death seemed inevitable, and the pain was naturally unbearable.
Seeing Ning Youguang fall silent like the other senior brothers and sisters,
Senior Brother Duan understood that his grandmother’s situation was beyond anyone’s help unless a miracle occurred; thus, they could only offer him emotional comfort.
So he pulled himself together, forcing a grateful smile, "Thank you all for your concern, I..."
Coming back to her senses, Ning Youguang immediately interrupted his thanks, "Senior Brother Duan."
"Our family..." The young man, still immersed in his chaotic emotions, thought Ning Youguang wanted to comfort him like others, so he continued speaking.
But Ning Youguang interrupted him urgently again, "Senior Brother Duan, could you show me your grandmother’s medical reports?"
"?" Senior Brother Duan.
"Would that be possible?" Seeing Senior Brother Duan suddenly freeze, Ning Youguang asked kindly once more, simultaneously explaining, "My grandfather’s family works in the medical field and has some resources in this area. If you don’t mind, you can send me your grandmother’s medical reports, and I’ll see if there’s any way to help."
"Of course!" Surprise and excitement immediately appeared on Senior Brother Duan’s face, "I’ll ask my mom to photograph and send me my grandmother’s medical reports now."
Turning around, he took out his phone to contact his mom.
Shortly after, he returned with the photos of his grandmother’s reports, "Ning Shimei, I’m bothering you."
Ning Youguang took the phone from Senior Brother Duan and began carefully reviewing his grandmother’s medical reports.
For a moment, everyone around fell silent.
Everyone in the "Health and Genetic Psychology Research Laboratory" knew that Ning Youguang understood Chinese medicine.
But when she talked about her family being in the medical field, it was the first time they heard of it today.
With hope in their hearts, everyone wished Ning Youguang could help Senior Brother Duan.
However, the situation with Senior Brother Duan’s grandmother was critical, requiring very good medical connections and interventions to help.
While observing, everyone couldn’t help but speculate quietly in their hearts.
After all, Senior Brother Duan’s grandmother was being treated at the Concord Hospital, and the doctors consulting were specialists from Concord.
With this, everyone was curious to see whether Ning Youguang had the capacity to help Senior Brother Duan or if his grandmother had the luck to encounter someone who could save her life.
Under everyone’s silent observation, Ning Youguang patiently reviewed all the report details of Senior Brother Duan’s grandmother.
Soon, she handed the phone back to Senior Brother Duan.
"Ning Shimei, do you need me to send you a photo of my grandmother?" asked Senior Brother Duan, taking the phone.
"You can send it to me," Ning Youguang replied, "but from your grandmother’s medical reports, I noticed that the doctors treating her haven’t provided substantial treatment."
"What do you mean?" Senior Brother Duan paused his actions, planning to send the photo, surprised by Ning Youguang’s statement.
Others’ expressions also changed because of her words.
Ning Youguang continued calmly despite their reactions, "Using ECMO is just a life-sustaining tool, not a life-saving method. Your grandmother’s lack of blood supply is due to blockages in her body, which require more than temporary fixes. You should ask an expert to check your grandmother’s body for blockages and maybe inserting a new stent could improve her condition."
Half-believing, Senior Brother Duan asked, "Can this really help?"
"You can ask the experts to perform checks on your grandmother. After the assessment, see what the results indicate," Ning Youguang understood Senior Brother Duan’s skepticism and replied with a smile.
Having said this, Senior Brother Duan didn’t say much further, turning around to call his family to discuss it.
He soon returned from the call, "My mom is already requesting the doctors to conduct an assessment on my grandmother."
Ning Youguang smiled and nodded, "Now let’s wait for the results."
"Yes."
Having a method is better than having none.
Even though neither was certain of its effectiveness, the expression on Senior Brother Duan’s face was notably less heavy.
Others were also ready to speak now—
"Ning Shimei, thank goodness you came over today."
"Exactly, if not for you, all we could do was offer Senior Brother Duan emotional support."
"Indeed, let’s hope Senior Brother Duan’s grandmother is exactly as Ning Shimei described."
"Thank you, everyone," Senior Brother Duan said gratefully.
"Old Duan, why be so polite with us? We didn’t really help much."
After some casual conversation, someone finally realized today wasn’t Ning Youguang’s day to come to the office, "Ning Shimei, why did you suddenly come over?"
With a smile, Ning Youguang replied, "I came to ask if any of you would like to have lunch together today."
"Lunch?"
Following her words, everyone immediately took out their phones to check the time.
Only then did they realize it was already past noon.
"Sure, Ning Shimei, where do you want to take us to eat?"
"Where does Ning Shimei want to have lunch?"
"Sounds great."
"I just happen to be hungry!"
"What would you like to eat?" Ning Youguang asked with a smile, "Lunch is on me today."
"Why did you suddenly decide to treat us to lunch?" everyone was curious.
