The independent ward is a newly opened ward of the Institute of Surgery. It was originally used as an ICU supporting the Institute of Surgery. All kinds of equipment have been fully equipped, and they are all the world's top medical equipment. However, the staff is temporarily not in place, so this ICU is temporarily
Not put into use.
Now because of Sisi's experiment, Yang Ping selected the doctors and nurses who participated in the experiment to be stationed in this ward. This is equivalent to an ICU with elite medical care. The only patient is Sisi, and the attending doctor is Yang Ping.
Sisi was lying in the ward. She suffered a cardiac arrest during the third experiment. After being rescued, her heart was extremely weak. The intracranial tumor seemed to have faintly exceeded the critical line, causing the heart to beat weakly. The two were intertwined.
As a result, my heart is currently extremely weak, and I can only rely on ECMO to maintain my life, and cannot be taken offline for the time being.
With the support of ECMO, Sisi maintained a certain level of sobriety. Yang Ping asked the nurse to place her cactus in the corner next to her bed to accompany her. Her parents saw their daughter through the glass every day, although they had already been mentally prepared.
, but still heartbroken.
Yang Ping stood beside Sisi's bed and smiled at her: "Can you still hold on? We will win soon."
Sisi stretched out a hand to hold her fist and touched Yang Ping's fist. A smile appeared on her pale and dry lips: "Can you please help me handle your matter?"
That thing?
It's about body donation.
Yang Ping did not answer directly: "You have to ask me about this first. If I don't agree, then it won't be done."
"What?" Sisi was weak, and there was the sound of machines running next to the bed.
"I didn't even agree, how could you have a chance? Don't worry, things I didn't agree with won't happen." Yang Ping grabbed Sisi's hand and spoke in a firm and unquestionable tone. The little girl's hand was very cold, and he turned his head.
I took a look at my blood pressure and it was within the normal range.
"I believe in you. I see the strong confidence in your eyes. It's the same as the first time I saw you. This feeling can make everyone believe in you. This kind of look can heal everything." Sisi said calmly.
Yang Ping smoothed her hair that was floating on her forehead: "That's right, you have to trust your teacher. I told you to study medicine with me, and I will definitely be able to do it."
Sisi nodded.
Song Zimo next to him said: "Do you want to use sedatives?"
When using ECMO, even if the patient is awake, the patient is usually injected with some sedatives to put her in a sleep state. This facilitates care, reduces the patient's energy consumption, and reduces the patient's irritability and fear.
Yang Ping nodded and let the little girl sleep. This would reduce a lot of psychological pain.
After coming out of the ward, Yang Ping saw Dean Xia and Director Han in the doctor's office. They were also very concerned about Sisi's condition.
"Are you okay?" Dean Xia, who was waiting for Yang Ping, stood up from his chair, held Yang Ping's hand, and patted his shoulder.
Yang Ping looked a little haggard: "It's okay. There is no problem now under the maintenance of ECMO, but it is difficult to get offline."
"We won't go in to see Sisi because we're afraid of disturbing her rest. If you need our help in coordinating, just ask. If you need help from other departments, just tell me directly." Director Han said.
Yang Ping nodded: "I will tell you in time if necessary."
Dean Xia and Director Han only came to express their importance to this experiment. They did not dare to stay for a long time for fear of affecting everyone's normal work. After understanding Sisi's condition for a few minutes, they hurriedly evacuated.
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The fourth experiment is about to begin. This time Yang Ping goes into battle in person. He wants to experience for himself what it feels like after the K virus is injected into the human body. Except for Song Zimo, Xu Zhiliang, and the doctors and nurses participating in the experiment, no one else knows about it for the time being. Yang Ping doesn't want to let anyone know about it.
Others are worried.
If the news leaks out, Dean Xia will definitely not agree to it. With his style, even if Yang Ping demolishes Sanbo Hospital, he probably won’t think it’s a problem. But if Yang Ping takes the risk to inject the virus himself, he will definitely
He would not agree to anything and would probably ask the security guards to tie Yang Ping up.
I also said hello to Yang Ping at home, saying that I would stay in the independent ward for experiments this week and would not go back, and sometimes I might not be able to get through on the phone.
The fourth modified version of the K virus, Yang Ping believes, is the best configuration this time and must have found a balance between safety and effectiveness.
Professor Zhang Zhiwei, who brought the virus preparations, was stopped by the security guards at the door and was not allowed to enter the ward. He was very confused. He could go in a few times before, but why he was not allowed in this time. But the security guards didn't know the reason. They just
Act as ordered.
Professor Zhang heard that the little girl who was doing the experiment was admitted to the ICU and was in critical condition. She relied on ECMO to maintain her life. Maybe the little girl's life would be in danger after the fourth experiment, so other personnel were not allowed to enter the ward to see the tragedy.
Professor Zhang Zhiwei did not continue to inquire, and returned after delivering the virus preparation.
Yang Ping was lying on the hospital bed, with Song Zimo, Xu Zhiliang, and Xia Shu watching over him. The nurse's hand holding the syringe was a little trembling, and she didn't know whether she should inject or not.
"Don't be afraid, just get the injection!" Yang Ping encouraged the nurse.
The nurse felt uneasy and mustered up the courage to slowly push the virus into Yang Ping's blood vessel. Everything was calm and nothing happened.
While Yang Ping was dictating his feelings, Song Zimo was recording beside him. He didn't feel any discomfort now.
Half an hour later, Yang Ping began to feel that his body was hot. The nurse quickly took his temperature and found that Yang Ping began to have a low-grade fever. The nurse measured her temperature every half an hour. In order to ensure the accuracy of the data, in addition to using an ear thermometer
In addition to measuring the ear and hearing, the original mercury thermometer is also used to measure the axillary temperature.
Yang Ping's body temperature gradually rose, rising by one degree in about two hours. By night, the body temperature had risen to 42 degrees, and sometimes exceeded 42 degrees.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Under the high fever, Yang Ping's whole body shivered and felt extremely uncomfortable. It was as if his body was being torn and reorganized. In a daze, he felt
His body was suddenly very big, and suddenly very small, like a balloon scaling. Now he understood how strong the will of this little girl Sisi was.
Although he was dazed, Yang Ping could still maintain a vague consciousness and was not completely comatose.
Under the high fever, his heart rate also began to accelerate. In fact, the increased heart rate is the most dangerous, as the heart can easily collapse under high load.
Various instruments nearby, including ECMO, are ready to save lives at any time. Song Zimo, Xu Zhiliang, and Xia Shu are all standing by. They take turns on duty and guard the bedside 24 hours a day.
The high fever lasted for 3 days and then slowly subsided. Yang Ping was not completely comatose during the whole process. Even in the most severe cases, he still had a glimmer of consciousness, but it was just a vague consciousness.
Blood was drawn three times a day and sent to the virology laboratory of Nandu Medical University for examination, but there was a call from there to ask: Is there anything wrong with the experiment? Is there a mistake in the procedure? Why does the titer of the virus not gradually decrease, but gradually decrease?
Increase, then decrease, and finally remain at a level.
This is completely contrary to common sense. The injected virus is a virus that cannot replicate. If one dies, one will be lost. It stands to reason that after three days of immune confrontation, there will be very few viruses left. This was the case in the first three experiments.
How does the virus titer change curve this time look like a living virus that can replicate?
In order to confirm, the nurse drew a few more tubes of blood from Yang Ping this time. In order to prevent any problems on the way, Lu Xiaolu was sent to send the blood specimens with two doctors and three people.
The test results surprised Yang Ping and all those involved in the experiment. The viruses were not cleared by the immune system and the number increased. Could it be that they successfully replicated in the body? How is this possible? The virus has had its replication genes knocked out.
In order to solve this mystery, Professor Zhang Zhiwei over there immediately sent the virus to the genetics laboratory for genetic sequencing.
Indeed, the genetic sequence of viruses is actually complete, that is, their knocked-out replication genes have been completely replenished. This is impossible and goes against the current biological laws.
This result made Yang Ping very puzzled. There are two possibilities. One is that the virus really repaired itself in the body and restored the replication gene. The second possibility is that during the culture, the virus sample was mixed with genes that had not been knocked out.
K virus, these viruses have the ability to replicate. Other castrated viruses have died under the attack of the immune system, but these viruses not only survived through replication, but also multiplied in large numbers.
I didn't expect such an accident to occur in this experiment. As for the cause, it won't be found out for a while. The top priority now is to remove the virus from Yang Ping's body, otherwise it will definitely be a big trouble.
The experimental team became anxious. Now that Yang Ping was carrying the virus, it was equivalent to being infected with a brand new viral disease. If the immune system cannot eliminate these viruses, it will remain in the body for life.
But what makes Yang Ping strange is why there is no response to these viruses in the body now. Could it be that they coexist with his own immune system.
With this question in mind, Yang Ping asked the nurse to draw blood from himself again, and then took the sample to the virus laboratory of Nandu Medical University for observation. But now he dare not leave the isolation ward in the independent ward. It is not known whether the virus in his body is contagious.
If it was contagious, how could it be transmitted? While the virus laboratory was unable to make a conclusion, Yang Ping could only be quarantined.
Soon, the analysis from the virus laboratory came to the conclusion that this virus is not contagious because it is very fragile and will die within a few seconds after being separated from the human body's blood and body fluids. It cannot survive in the external environment, including the air.
This at least gives Yang Ping a lot of peace of mind. If it is not contagious, then at least it will not cause danger to others, and the danger will also be to himself.
There is also a very special phenomenon. When the viruses taken out of Yang Ping's body are cultured outside the body, the second generation viruses will lose the K factor, which means they will become ordinary viruses and do not have the functions of K viruses.
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Professor Zhang Zhiwei believes that the K virus in Yang Ping's body has now mutated and become an independent species. This species can only survive in Yang Ping's body for a long time.
In order to verify this conclusion, Professor Zhang Zhiwei decided to use experimental monkeys to conduct some experiments. He would extract blood containing viruses from Yang Ping and directly inject them into the monkeys. These viruses magically lost the ability to replicate in the monkeys and were slowly eliminated by the immune system.
kill.
These viruses can only survive in Yang Ping's body. Could it be that they have reached some kind of tacit understanding with Yang Ping's immune system? This is a side issue born out of experiments. Not only Yang Ping himself is interested, but Professor Zhang Zhiwei is also interested.
In order to verify whether this accident can be replicated, Professor Zhang Zhiwei conducted experiments on monkeys. Without exception, these viruses had no reaction in the monkeys and all died, even those that did not knock out the replicating genes.
It seems that Yang Ping is right to directly enter clinical experiments, because the immune system of monkeys is completely different from the human immune system, especially in the process of evolution, the viruses that humans are exposed to are completely different from the viruses that monkeys are exposed to in the jungle.
This determines that humans and monkeys have completely different reactions when facing some new viruses.
The virus in Yang Ping's body was most likely caused by an extremely low-probability mutation. If it was a mutation, it would be impossible to replicate such a low-probability event.
Professor Zhang Zhiwei also developed a strong interest in the viruses in Yang Ping's body. In fact, many major scientific researches in history were produced by accidents. For example, the production of penicillin was caused by a certain amount of chance.
Since the virus in his body is not contagious and has not caused any negative impact on him for the time being, Yang Ping is not too worried for the time being. He will slowly study ways to eliminate it later when he has time.
He hadn't gone back these days, so he called Xiao Su to let him know he was safe.
Yang Ping now wants to study what happens when the virus in his own body is injected into another person. Judging from speculation, it should no longer have a fierce immune confrontation and it can be compatible with the human immune system.
But there is also a risk. These viruses will remain in the body. It is not yet known what negative effects they will have if they remain in the body.
"How about I give it a try." Professor Zhang Zhiwei was eager to try, because these viruses, whether theoretical or clinical, can cause high fever, but are not life-threatening. Now the two volunteers participating in the experiment are safe, and even Yang Ping
He seems to be in good spirits now.
"It's okay if you want to experience it."
After Yang Ping's personal experience, he is very confident about the nature of the virus and nothing serious will happen.
The once famous old Chinese medicine doctor Mr. Li Ke was very good at using the traditional Chinese medicine Aconite to treat difficult and miscellaneous diseases. Aconite is a toxic traditional Chinese medicine. Most doctors dare not use it casually, let alone use it in large quantities. But Mr. Li dared to use Aconite in treatment.
It is better than many difficult and complicated diseases.
Why did he dare? Because he once tested poison on his own body and took aconite himself to see what the reaction would be after taking aconite. In this way, he thoroughly mastered the characteristics of aconite through his own poison testing and used it with ease.
Under the premise of ensuring a certain degree of safety, Yang Ping agreed to give Professor Zhang Zhiwei a try.
PS: It is indeed a bit chaotic, including this chapter, which is not very good. I will slowly recover later, thank you! It is not finished so quickly, and there are still a few major events that have not been finished.