1841 Can't let go
Xia Hua sat quietly in the provincial capital, thoracic surgery ward. (Note 1)
He had done his best, but fate did not favor him.
My father was lying on the hospital bed, losing weight and having almost no fat. Because of the esophageal tumor, he had not eaten for a long time and he had entered the end stage.
When the disease was discovered last year, the diagnosis was advanced lung cancer. Xia Hua's father firmly refused surgical treatment and subsequent chemotherapy and targeted drug treatment.
He wants to see the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland.
Under the care of Xia Hua and his lover, the old man got what he wanted.
It took three months to walk seven or eight provinces intermittently. After he returned to the provincial capital, he thought he would leave like this.
Xia Hua was unwilling to give up. He found Gao Shaojie and wanted to try it with the least trauma method to see if it could extend the old man's lifespan.
A small amount of chemotherapy drugs are infused with chemotherapy + radiofrequency ablation, and the tumor tissue is reduced. Although it has not been cured, the life span can be extended by about one year.
This is the result that Xia Hua needs.
But an unexpected situation happened.
Two months ago, Xia Hua's father was diagnosed with esophageal cancer again. (Note 2)
The cruelest thing is not to fall into the abyss of despair from the beginning. Instead, after giving some hope, things seem to get better, but in fact they become worse at some unintentional moment.
It is Xia Hua's bottom line to die of illness but not starve.
The old man refused to radio and chemotherapy, and this time he refused the next surgery for the lungs, although radiofrequency ablation did not cause any substantial harm to him.
When people are desperate, they always give up on themselves, hoping that all these bad things can be ended soon.
He refused all treatment and didn't even want to order sugar saline.
Mr. Xia was already unconscious, and at this time Xia Hua left him a pi channel. He always felt that there was still a way. If it ended like this, Xia Hua would be unwilling to accept it.
Although letting go is a good way, the elderly can suffer less, as long as they have the strength, who is willing to let go like this?
"Dangdangdang~" a knock on the door sounded.
Xia Hua wiped his face with his hands to make himself more energetic. He stood up and opened the door. Seeing that it was Gao Shaojie, he forced a smile and whispered: "Professor Gao, let's talk outside."
"Xiao Xia, I've watched the movie." After walking out of the ward, Gao Shaojie said: "It's a bit late. The old man has heart disease. It's very difficult to get the esophageal stent."
"Professor Gao, how sure do you think you are?" Xia Hua asked.
"If you can undergo sudden death on the operating table, I can try it." Gao Shaojie said.
Xia Hua was a little confused.
As a doctor, he has told the patient's family countless times about this method of explanation.
But when he became a patient's family and his identities were exchanged, he immediately felt that this kind of explanation could be said to be the most bastard communication.
But this is the fact, Gao Shaojie also told the truth, he knew it in his heart.
Long-term malnutrition, cardiopulmonary failure, and malignant tumors in the esophageal area are located near the heart.
If the esophageal stent is opened, malignant tumors will definitely touch the heart.
A small squeeze may cause arrhythmia and other complications. These are what Professor Gao Shaojie and Gao said.
Xia Hua's face looked ugly. He had not relaxed well for too long. He took a break and overdrawed his energy and physical strength.
"Xiao Xia, just do your best. You have to take a good rest and don't let you get sick." Gao Shaojie gently patted Xia Hua's shoulder and comforted him.
"Professor Gao, I know. As for the risks..." Xia Hua was about to say that he could bear it, but he stopped at the last moment.
Gao Shaojie also knew Xia Hua's psychology. He sighed and said, "I'll ask Lao Liu, what do you think?"
"Professor Liu Zewei, where has he been?" Xia Hua asked.
"I went to Boss Zheng to study. It was the doctor you met on the plane when you took your old man out to play last year." Gao Shaojie said.
Xia Hua spent most of the past six months on his father's treatment and care, and he didn't know much about other things.
"Then I'll bother you." Xia Hua said gratefully.
Although he had doubts about why professors of Liu Zewei should continue to study, he just had a flash of thought and stopped thinking about such things that had nothing to do with him.
Gao Shaojie comforted Xia Hua a few more words, then took the film down and sent it to Liu Zewei.
Lao Liu has been studying for several months, and his level is probably soaring. Gao Shaojie is in a complicated mood. Should he go to study?
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"Boss Zheng, Lao Gaofa came here to have a movie. Do you have a look?" After watching the movie, Liu Zewei had a headache and thought it was difficult to treat.
But after being in the imperial capital for a long time, he habitually gave the right to the final diagnosis to Zheng Ren.
"Oh? What patient?" Zheng Ren spent the afternoon basking in the sun, went to the system library to read books, and listened to Liu Zewei's words and asked.
"The advanced stage of lung cancer and the advanced stage of esophageal cancer." Liu Zewei said concisely first, and then sent the film to Zheng Ren.
Zheng Ren held his cell phone and opened the video information.
The lung t shows that the patient's lung cancer treatment seems to be good, and the tumor reduction surgery was performed.
The so-called tumor reduction surgery refers to a way in which surgical removal cannot be performed, reducing part of the tumor, and extending the patient's survival by 6-12 months.
The mediastinal lymph nodes have metastasized, and Zheng Ren judged that the survival period is about 6 months, which is the longest expectation.
The advanced stage of lung cancer is not fatal now. What is fatal is that there is a 63m tumor in the middle and lower sections of the esophagus, which has almost blocked the esophagus.
Upper gastrointestinal tract symptomography does not use barium and has poor fluidity, but is orally administered panimitol gluamine.
Even if it is liquid, the underside is not very smooth. There is only a slit, and it is hard to say whether the super-slip guide wire can penetrate this narrow section.
If it is completely blocked, the esophageal stent will definitely not be able to get in.
This patient can be confused and hesitated for a short time, at most only about 1 week.
Moreover, it is a relatively reluctant statement for one week. Zheng Ren did not see the medical record and did not know the time when the patient's tumor grew.
If there is a more fierce esophageal tumor, the esophagus may be completely blocked in about 3 days, and there will be no chance to get off the esophageal stent.
Of course, this is just one of the problems. The main problem is that the tumor is near the heart. After the stent is inserted, the tumor will have a certain impact on the heart.
Note 1:172: Boss Zheng went to the imperial capital for the first time and met the doctor who was in the same journey with an elderly man with advanced lung cancer on the plane.
Chapter completed!