Doctor of Healing

Chapter 74 A penny beats a hero
Ji Xiang has not seen cash for a long time, let alone those old-looking dim notes.Scanning the QR code to pay has been done for at least ten years. Ji Xiang couldn’t remember the last time he used cash.

So he was a little surprised.

The ten-cent note was covered with a layer of greasy grease, reflecting the light of the setting sun, and Ji Xiang felt a little palpitation.

"Dad, you stand here and wait for me." The young man pushed his back hard behind his back, trying to squeeze out a smile.

After speaking, he didn't accept the tenor, turned around and ran away quickly.

"Why are you going?" the middle-aged man asked loudly.

"I'll go to the cafeteria and buy you some buns, which are cheaper than the ones outside! And there's more meat, so delicious!" The young man shouted and ran away quickly.

Ji Xiang looked back at the middle-aged man standing in the sunset, at his withered hands and the greasy ten-cent notes on them.

Electronic payment has been around for many years, and it is really difficult to see cash.

This scene seemed to bring Ji Xiang back to his childhood.

The boy ran like a rabbit, turned the corner, turned his head, but the figure of the middle-aged man was nowhere to be seen. The little boy finally couldn't bear it and squatted down and put his fist on his left waist.

The pounding of the hammer didn't make him even a little bit comfortable, and there was severe pain from the position where the stone was stuck in the narrow part of the ureter.

Jixiang is very familiar with this kind of pain, he felt it last time.

The little boy was in extreme pain, raised his head, and roared silently like a small animal.

No need to look at Jixiang to know that the little boy has a hideous face at this time, and he is fighting with his illness.

The pain didn't ease, but the little boy stood up and jumped twice vigorously.

When the heel hit the ground, a strong shock was felt, and the pain seemed to have healed for a while.

It seems that he has seen a doctor, otherwise it would be difficult for ordinary people to know the method of heel landing to expel stones.

Quickly ran to the cafeteria, he swiped his card and bought a drawer of steamed buns just out of the cage.

At this moment, Jixiang felt the little boy's mouth secreting saliva, and at the same time, his stomach also made a series of grunts under the cover of pain.

Ugh.

The feeling of hunger is very strange to Jixiang, and the steamed buns don't look delicious, but now in Jixiang's world, this is the most delicious delicacy in the world.

The young man swallowed, packed the steamed buns in a plastic bag, turned around and ran away.

The sunset is beautiful, like chili oil, and the aroma from the plastic bag makes people drool.

A few boys came in front of them holding basketballs and shirtless. Their world was completely different from that of the little boys.

A burst of severe pain came, and the little boy's legs softened and he knelt on the ground.

There was a burning pain in the knee, but this level of pain was completely incomparable with the pain of urinary stones.

In the panic, the buns in the boy's hand were scattered on the ground.

Enduring the severe pain, he hurriedly picked up the bun.

The dusty buns were still so fragrant, the boy hesitated for a while, wrapped up the buns that didn't fall out, picked up a bun that fell on the ground, wiped it on his clothes, and stuffed it into his mouth.

"He will eat it as soon as he guesses." A handsome boy sneered while holding a basketball.

"People are poor and have short ambitions, but horses are thin and long-haired."

"Let's go." One person pulled the others, not wanting to embarrass the boy.

The youthful and beautiful campus seems to have nothing to do with the little boy. He is so out of place compared with the group of peers holding basketballs.

Picking up the buns that fell on the ground and eating them, the scorching heat seems to have become part of the deliciousness.

The boy felt a little regretful, but his regret was interrupted by the pain.

At the corner, he jumped vigorously, rubbed his face with his hands, and tried to force a smile.

"Dad, give you the bun." The boy held the bun and handed it over.

The middle-aged man rubbed his hands, not knowing what to say.

"You and mom don't worry, I'm fine." The boy tried to smile and said, "The money is enough, so you don't need to visit me. I'll go back to help when I'm on vacation."

"No need, no need, the family is very good. This year, another [-] acres of rice fields have been planted, and the cows are also doing well, and they have three pairs in a row!"

Having said that, the middle-aged man smiled from the bottom of his heart.

"Dad, go back." The young man pushed his left waist hard with his left hand. The smile on his face remained unchanged. He walked up to hug the middle-aged man, and then waved.

The middle-aged man felt a little regretful, his mouth moved, but he didn't say anything, he nodded and turned around.

The young man held back the tears in his eyes and ran away quickly.When the middle-aged man turned his head again, he was no longer visible.

Back in the dormitory, the young man put away a pile of ten-cent bills. He picked up the tea mug and drank it all in one gulp, and then started jumping.

When the heel hits the ground, the tremor is transmitted up.

"Fifth, you are still not well." A student in the same dormitory came back and saw the boy bouncing around, so he asked.

"Come on, come on!"

"What a pain." The boy sighed, "Come on."

The little boy waved his arms, endured the severe pain and ran downstairs.

Unfortunately, no matter how much he jumped, it was useless. The stone seemed to be welded to the ureter by electric welding.

Passed [-] times the urine was bright red, but the pain didn't ease at all.

While enduring the severe pain, the young man was bouncing downstairs, his strange posture attracted a few glances and whispered words.

"Ji Xiang, are you still okay?" The man with glasses arrived as scheduled.

Ji Xiang was speechless to the system's perfunctory, wouldn't he be able to name it?You can call him Ergouzi, why call him Jixiang.

This is an immersive spectator experience, even calling my own name.

"Instructor, I'm still in pain."

"Didn't you break a stone once?" The man with glasses adjusted his glasses, feeling a little distressed.

"After the gravel, I have been drinking a lot of water and trying to jump as the doctor said." The boy was panting, "Don't worry, instructor, I'm sure I'll be fine."

As soon as I said this, there was a colic in my waist, as if a knife had been pierced and stirred continuously.

"Ah~~~"

The young man finally couldn't bear the piercing pain, and knelt on the ground, screaming.

Ji Xiang watched in silence, and found the relevant process in his memory.

Three days ago, the boy suddenly suffered from pain in the left side of his waist, and he was persuaded by the counselor to go to a nearby second-level hospital for treatment.

Ultrasound examination revealed a stone in the lower segment of the left ureter, with a diameter of about 9 mm. Immediately, extracorporeal ultrasonic lithotripsy was performed in that district-level second-level hospital.

Unfortunately, no stones were discharged after lithotripsy.

At that time, "a lot" of money was spent, nearly one thousand, which was no less distressing to the little boy than the pain caused by urinary stones stuck in the ureter.

So the little boy obeyed the doctor's orders after finishing the gravel, drinking a lot of water, jumping and other things did not delay at all.

However, the sky failed, and the damned stone has not been discharged.

"Yuck~"

The boy started to feel nauseous and retching.

Seeing him kneeling on the ground, pale and sweating profusely, the counselor was terrified.

Ordinary people have never seen this before, he thought that the little boy would die at any time, so he panicked.

I called a few male classmates for help, and despite the young man's refusal, I took him to a nearby second-class hospital again.

"Is it out yet?"

Today's doctor is the same one 3 days ago.It seems that they have a shift every 3 days, and it is fate that they can run into each other again.

"Doctor, not yet, let's see what to do. Isn't it just a stone, why does Xiaoji look like he is in shock? There must be other problems." The counselor said in a panic.

"The stones hurt like this. If the stones are not discharged after crushing, it will be difficult. You can go to the Second Affiliated Hospital." The doctor sighed, "There are requirements for external ultrasonic lithotripsy. The density and hardness of the stones should not be too high. He needs to be tall. Now it is estimated that his calculus is very serious and needs laser lithotripsy."

"Okay, okay." The counselor said repeatedly.

"Doctor, how much is laser lithotripsy?" The little boy asked struggling.

His thinking focused on how he could get rid of this hellish pain, and more importantly, how much it would cost.

"1 to 3." The doctor said, "After you go there, explain the situation to the doctors of the Second Affiliated Hospital. I estimate that it will be more than 1."

The counselor hesitated, but the little boy said firmly, "No, doctor, I want to try extracorporeal lithotripsy again."

"In vitro lithotripsy has indications." The doctor shook his head, "One week at most..."

"Doctor, I will sign!" The little boy was sweating profusely, his face was pale, and his lips trembled.

The doctor looked at him and knew that he could not afford the cost of 1-3 laser lithotripsy. Extracorporeal ultrasonic lithotripsy is much cheaper than laser lithotripsy, so it should be the best choice.

If he could get out by himself, he definitely wouldn't even want to spend the money.

I have seen too many people who are in trouble, and a penny beats a hero. The doctor knows that there is no way out.

However, frequent lithotripsy has too many side effects, and doctors are also very embarrassed.

After repeated explanations, the little boy finally signed and the doctor carefully asked him to press his fingerprints before he was admitted to the hospital for gravel preparation.

Jixiang watched all this silently. He knew that the little boy knew everything, and that laser lithotripsy was the best way, but because he had no money, he could only make bad choices and try his luck.

I was a bit slanderous at first, but didn't this make more and more trouble?

But when Ji Xiang thought of the steamed stuffed bun that fell on the ground, he understood that there was no other way.

"I'll save the cost for you as much as possible." The doctor sighed and said, "It's usually more than 800, and it's not convenient for you. It's estimated that about 400 will be enough for this treatment."

"Thank you doctor." The young boy said tremblingly.

"Oh." The doctor sighed deeply, and took the signature sheet to the office.

But a few seconds later, Ji Xiang saw him turn out with the signature slip and went to the duty room.

This is because I feel unsafe, afraid of losing the signature slip, and want to lock it in my locker.

Jixiang knew that doing so would take a lot of risk, whether it was a doctor or a boy.

It is the greatest kindness for him to do so.

After completing relevant inspections, Ji Xiang was sent to the stone crusher.

Lying on the diagnosis and treatment bed, there is a fluorescent screen on it, similar to an X-ray machine, and a lithotripter under the bed.

The moment he lay on the bed, Ji Xiang felt the little boy let out a sigh of relief, as if he would be fine after finishing the work.

"It's ready." The doctor patted the little boy's shoulder, "I hope it works this time."

"It will definitely work!"

(End of this chapter)