Chapter 777 - 362: The Cause of Hypertension Found, a Heartbroken Mom

Chapter 777: Chapter 362: The Cause of Hypertension Found, a Heartbroken Mom

"How is the child’s condition now?"

Li Jingsheng was ready to get straight to the point.

He didn’t have much time to persuade this stubborn and doubtful father.

"Let’s talk over there."

The child’s father glanced at the nurse, then pulled Li Jingsheng aside.

"Dr. Li, is the director you recommended reliable? She said she wants to insert a needle into my son’s belly to see if there’s any pus. My wife looked it up online, and if this puncture is done poorly, it could be deadly! The child is already in so much discomfort, and if this continues, I’m not sure if my son will even get out of the hospital.

The attitude of the doctors and nurses here is also bad.

When I ask them questions, they always seem disinterested."

The family member ended up feeling wronged and started complaining to him.

This highlights the importance of mutual trust and communication between doctors and patients.

Some family members always think doctors are trying to cheat them out of money, deliberately ordering more tests and prescribing more medication. With this kind of subjective presumption, no matter how much doctors explain, it’s pointless.

Li Jingsheng was willing to come, partly to save the child, and partly because he saw that the family still had some basic trust in him, as an act of goodwill.

There’s no need to wait until the child develops a severe condition, needing emergency rescue, and then scold the family.

"Mr. Chen, since you are a regular at our Sunshine Clinic, I’ll speak frankly. Normally, I’m at the orthopedic clinic with a whole crowd of patients waiting for their turn, and I really don’t have time for other matters. But regarding your son, I cannot sit back and watch the situation worsen, or worse, become an incident.

Let’s talk about your son’s situation first.

Director Xiao examined him with a digital rectal exam and found a mass on the right front side, meaning the mass is in the lower right abdomen. When you brought your child to my clinic yesterday, I suspected appendicitis. Later, I suggested you get an ultrasound done at my clinic, but you thought it would be better at a major hospital, so it wasn’t done.

This morning when you came to me, I checked the child’s abdomen, and his pain had actually lessened.

If what the child has is truly acute appendicitis, do you know what that means?"

Li Jingsheng asked the family member.

The other person shook his head blankly.

"It means the child’s appendix might have already become purulent, perforated, and peritonitis has formed. This condition can quickly lead to death, especially with children who have a higher mortality rate. If the cause of the illness is identified now, and treated promptly, the child might just suffer a bit and you may spend more money. If you continue to delay and refuse to let the doctor do an abdominal puncture, with every hour of delay, the child’s condition worsens.

Many healthcare personnel at the hospital get off work at six in the afternoon.

You are most aware of Chen Huan’s situation now; the condition is rapidly deteriorating. If you insist on waiting until the child can’t endure any longer before agreeing to let the doctor run tests, it’ll be too late. And with appendicitis perforation, surgery is the best way to completely cure it.

Once the doctors are off duty, the child might have to wait until tomorrow for surgery, and you can imagine the consequences.

There are definitely risks associated with performing an abdominal puncture examination, which is why you need to authorize it as the family. While the doctors are doing their best to save the child’s life, you as family members are opposing them; do you think the doctors and nurses could have a good attitude toward you?

Let me say something you don’t want to hear: hospital doctors and nurses are on a salary. Whether they treat one more patient or one less, it almost doesn’t affect their income at all.

Why else would they be so eager to get through to you?

Do you think they’re trying to make money off you? They’re simply driven by their sense of responsibility as healthcare providers."

With both empathy and logic, Li Jingsheng tried to reason with the child’s father.

This was truly words of earnest advice.

"Then... what if my child has an accident during the abdominal puncture?"

The family member remained hesitant.

"I can only say that although there are risks in doing an abdominal puncture, it is typically carried out by experienced doctors. The risk is actually very small. But if you insist on getting a guarantee from the hospital that the abdominal puncture is absolutely safe, you might consider changing hospitals.

I’ve been in this line of work for seven or eight years, and I can tell you bluntly, no legitimate hospital will give you such a guarantee.

A doctor needs the trust and support of both the patient and their family to treat the patient."

Li Jingsheng needed to pour cold water over this confused family member.

These family members who like to oppose the doctors are often very smart.

It’s just that sometimes they’re too smart for their own good, and love to dispute the doctors with medical knowledge found online.

As you can imagine, even if a doctor has 800 patience reserves, it wouldn’t be possible for them to be pleasant.

Especially since doctors in big hospitals are generally very busy, they don’t have the patience to idle away with families.

"Alright, I agree to the examination."

The child’s father saw Li Jingsheng being very honest and highlighted the severe danger of the child’s current condition.

He finally agreed to the abdominal puncture examination.

"Just go find the doctor in charge of the case; don’t delay this. This examination should have been done in the morning, and the child’s condition might have been lighter. After appendiceal perforation with pus leaking into the abdominal cavity, if not dealt with in time, the entire abdominal cavity will get infected, and if it ultimately progresses to a severe condition, even selling your house may not guarantee saving your child."

To prevent this indecisive family member from changing his mind again, Li Jingsheng went on to scare him with more words.