After the operation, Cui Shukai, who had an external fixator on his lower back, was sent back to the ward like a robot warrior.
This external fixator will follow him for about three months. During this period, he can walk normally, but he cannot lie down when sleeping and can only sleep on his side.
But it didn’t matter to Cui Shukai, because he couldn’t lie down normally before the operation because of the deformed ridge.
Cui Xubing and Guo Liu stayed by the bedside, staring at the strange device on their son's back. The nurse explained to them in detail the precautions during treatment with this external fixator.
If one day, my son's spine is successfully straightened by this thing, how happy that would be.
Because of their son, the couple has been unable to hold their heads high in front of relatives and friends, and they are often criticized behind their backs.
After the operation, Nurse Cai returned the red envelope to Cui Xubing, and handed 20,000 yuan into Cui Shukai's hospital account. The original large envelope contained the payment receipt.
When Cui Xubing received the returned red envelope, his face was filled with uncertainty, and his heart began to beat, fearing that his son's operation failed?
This father, who is very capable of thinking, immediately sketched a mind map in his mind, with the core of returning red envelopes, and his thoughts spread in all directions.
Then think about the rules and regulations of the pre-operative conversation and signature, what is pinhole infection, and what is damage to the spinal cord and nerves.
Pinhole infection means pus develops in the pinhole and the pus will flow out.
Damage to the spinal cord and nerve roots can cause paraplegia.
After thinking for a while, Cui Xubing shuddered. Every exposed fixation nail in contact with the skin was covered with gauze. Nothing could be seen. He fumbled and lifted the gauze to see if there was any pus.
As soon as he stretched out his hand, his wife Guo Liu slapped the back of his hand: "We just finished the operation, how can you touch it? Aren't you afraid of causing infection? The doctor just told us not to touch the external fixator for the time being."
Lao Cui couldn't express his worries, so he asked his son to take action.
But the son was a little obsessed with the lake and kept wanting to sleep. He didn't cooperate with Lao Cui at all. Lao Cui pulled the chair closer and stared at his son's feet to see if they could move.
"What do you want to do?" Guo Liu felt that something was wrong with her husband, but it was not a matter of a day or two for her husband to be suspicious, and Guo Liu was used to it.
After observing for more than ten minutes, my son’s feet began to move.
What is the problem? Lao Cui has been thinking about it.
"Are you afraid that there is something wrong with the operation because of the red envelopes returned?" Guo Liu sneered and asked her husband softly.
Lao Cui looked disdainful and lowered his voice: "What do you, a woman, know? Who in this society can't get along with money? There must be something wrong here."
"Do you think everyone is like you, focusing on money all day long?" Guo Liu thinks that her husband has a "little man's heart, but a gentleman's belly."
Lao Cui gave him a sharp look: "Don't talk nonsense, I don't make money just for this family."
If he were at home, Lao Cui would definitely give his wife a good education. No matter in terms of IQ or social experience, he felt that he was a step above his wife. He often regarded himself as a smart man and looked like a big man. All the big and small things at home were done by Lao Cui.
Cui calls the shots.
Guo Liu was too lazy to argue with him and stopped talking.
Cui Xubing spent several days in the hospital in anxiety. Sometimes he went to Yang Ping's office to ask about his son's condition. Yang Ping told him that everything was going well and all that was left was to wait patiently. This kind of orthopedic surgery is different from traditional orthopedic surgery.
It is a gradual process, just like the growth of a sapling. It grows every day, but you cannot see this change every day.
Although Yang explained clearly, Cui Xubing felt uneasy. He came to the door of Yang Ping's office several times, walked back and forth in the corridor, and returned to the ward to sigh and frown.
On the 7th day, the external fixator on Cui Shukai's lower back began to turn the knob to move the bone, 1 millimeter per day, four times, and 0.25 millimeters at a time.
This job is very simple, just rotate each knob four times a day on time and by the amount.
Although it is simple, it requires seriousness and persistence.
If the knob is turned incorrectly, or if the knob is often forgotten to be turned, the surgical effect will be directly affected.
In the hospital, this work is specifically carried out by nurses, and real-time registration is carried out.
After discharge, this work is left to the family members to complete.
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Yasmine from Oman is already able to walk back and forth in the corridor. She and Dr. Feda have mastered the rehabilitation training. In a few days, they plan to leave the hospital and return to China.
Xiao Minmin successfully removed the stitches and was discharged from the hospital. Her grandparents sent a banner to thank everyone for their care.
Cui Shukai's spine model stands on his desk, and the external fixator is installed on the model.
This model was specially designed by Ruixing Company and placed in Yang Ping's office as a souvenir.
Yang Ping was sitting in his office, thinking about his next plan. After Cui Shukai's operation was successful, he would receive a large amount of system points.
In this way, he can carry out experiments on stem cell cultivation of muscles. This experiment is huge in scale and requires tens of millions of points, which exceeds the points consumption of any previous project.
Yang Ping took stock of the equipment in the system space laboratory, but still lacked an electron microscope. This microscope is a necessary equipment.
Stem cell cultured muscles, if you go in the direction of 3D printing, I am afraid it will take a lot of time to catch up with others.
3D printing is actually a relatively low-level route. It uses stem cells to cultivate cells of the target organ, and then uses these cells as raw materials to print the three-dimensional shape of the organ.
Organs harvested in this way can achieve functions similar to those of the target organ, but they will never achieve complete functions.
Because this kind of combination between cells is passive and very rough, it cannot simulate the complex connections between real organ cells at all.
To truly grow muscles, the best way is to simulate how muscles develop when the human body develops from a fertilized egg into a human body.
Why can some of the same stem cells differentiate into the heart, some into the lungs, some into the bones, and some into the muscles? What is it that guides these cells to undergo precise differentiation?
If we can find the secret and use stem cells to directly grow muscles, this will be several generations ahead of biological 3D printing technology.
Someone knocked on the door, and Yang Ping immediately put down what he was doing: "Please come in!"
It’s Cui Xubing again.
Yang Ping is a little disgusted with this entangled person. If it is not a doctor-patient relationship and he has to face him, Yang Ping would not want to deal with this person at all.
The same question was explained many times, but he still asked it again and again, thinking he was right.
"Professor Yang!"
Cui Xubing accompanied the smiling face, and he was too embarrassed to bother Yang Ping all the time.
"What's the matter?" Yang Ping asked him.
Cui Xubing was a little hesitant: "Professor Yang, there is nothing wrong with my son's surgery. Why is there no progress these days?"
This question has been explained no less than five times, and now it is the sixth time.
"I explained it to you yesterday, have you forgotten?"
Yang Ping was not polite. He had so much time to spend with him. He struggled with a problem over and over again for at least half an hour, sometimes more than an hour. Yang Ping could do a lot of things in an hour.
At this time, Song Zimo saw Cui Xubing in Yang Ping's office again and came over immediately.
"Old Cui, Professor Yang is very busy, let me explain to you."
Cui Xubing was unwilling and said, "I will only delay Professor Yang for a few minutes."
Talk for a few minutes at a time, no less than half an hour at a time.
Cui Xubing closed the door of Yang Ping's office by himself. Song Zimo had no choice but to chase him away. Xu Zhiliang said: "Only Zhang Lin can handle this guy. If Zhang Lin was here, I'm sure he wouldn't have the guts to even walk around the door." p>
Zhang Lin is now on maternity leave, and no one can be as shameless as Zhang Lin, who was furious at him and made him doubt his life.
Cui Xubing came out of Yang Ping's office and left quickly, as if he had succeeded in his bad deeds.
Yang Ping grabbed the phone and called Head Nurse Cai.
"Hey! Why do you have to accept this red envelope? You gave it to me once yesterday, but I rejected it, and you want to give it again today."
Yang Ping pointed to the envelope on his desk and saw that the weight was estimated to be another 20,000 yuan. This man still had some money.
"How can anyone be so persistent in giving red envelopes?"
Yang Ping asked Nurse Cai to register and return the red envelope again.
Nurse Cai smiled with a smile on her face: "Professor Yang, didn't you see that after the red envelope was returned, the family member kept looking sad. He caught a nurse and asked if there should be no problem with the operation. It seems that if he didn't accept the red envelope, his heart would be relieved.
Not prescribed? The treatment process will take another three months. It is estimated that he will be depressed during these three months."
"You can't return it to him after three months, right?" Yang Ping really doesn't want to be bothered by this kind of thing.
Even if you don’t accept the red envelope, you are still suspected of not doing a good job?
Why is this person’s thinking a bit morbid?
Head nurse Cai shook his head and said: "You definitely can't retreat after three months. If something goes wrong along the way, you won't be able to clear up this misunderstanding even if you jump into the Yellow River. Now there are a lot of family members taking photos and videos. This has happened before.
A patient from a small county asked a professor from Imperial City to perform a surgery with a flying knife. The family paid the service fee at a pre-agreed price. However, the family secretly videotaped the payment. When the operation was completed, the family complained that the doctor had received a red envelope and demanded a refund.
The professor in the imperial capital was a mute and had to pay back the money. From then on, patients in this county wanted to go out to ask experts for consultation and surgery, but no expert dared to go. Who would jump into the shit pit for a little labor fee?" p>
Head nurse Cai continued: "You don't have to take care of his feelings. Whether he is worried or anxious, it's his business. You can't take the risk of being bitten back just to take care of his feelings."
"Okay, go and get this thing done. Don't let him bother you with the same problem all the time."
Yang Ping doesn't want to waste his time on such boring things. Of course, his principle in doing things is to stick to his duty.
What is one's duty? It is one's duty to perform surgeries conscientiously and do our best to treat illnesses and save lives.
He doesn't want to pay attention to things other than his duties, let alone take care of them.
