Chapter 592: In the Dark (4000 words)
After arriving at the hospital, Jiang Feng deeply realized what it means to be deceived by a man's mouth.
It was a lie to say that there were fewer people on Sundays so that physical examinations would be convenient. Jiang Feng almost couldn't find Jiang Zaide among the crowds of people.
Even Jiang Zaide could not be found. One can imagine how crowded the hospital is on Sundays.
In the end, Jiang Zaide discovered Jiang Feng, thanks to Jiang Weiming who was standing next to Jiang Feng. Centenarians are a rare breed, and centenarians in hospitals are even more high-risk and rare. Patients, family members, doctors and nurses who come and go are very careful not to bump into Jiang Weiming, so Jiang Zaide can see him at a glance among the crowds of people. Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng took Jiang Zaide and Jiang Weiming to a corner near the door where there were few people, and asked: "Brother De, are you sure there will be few people in the hospital on Sunday?"
Although Jiang Zaide felt guilty, his expression was firm: "It was Jiang Shoucheng's boy who told me that there are fewer people on Sundays."
"Where's Brother Cheng?" Jiang Feng asked.
"I'm helping Third Grandpa queue up in the Department of Respiratory Medicine. Anyway, he's in the Department of Internal Medicine now, so it's convenient." Jiang Zaide said, "The Department of Influenza and Respiratory Medicine is full during this period. I estimate that the queue will take an hour or two. He asked us to wait here first. Wait, there are more people in the Department of Internal Medicine and it’s not ventilated. There’s a lot of traffic here and maybe there will be seats after a while.”
"Cough cough cough." Jiang Weiming coughed a few times.
"Third Grandpa, how do you feel?" Jiang Feng asked quickly. Jiang Weiming showed that he was not feeling well from the moment he entered the outpatient building. It may be because of the heavy flow of people and the lack of air circulation, and his breathing seemed a little short and unsmooth.
"It's nothing, it's just too stuffy in here, let's go out." Jiang Weiming said.
"It's too cold for Third Grandpa to go out, and the wind is still strong. I think your cold is not cured at all. How about we... let's find a place to stand where it can be ventilated." Jiang Zaide suggested.
Jiang Feng thought it made sense, so he helped Jiang Weiming find a place to breathe. Jiang Weiming was indeed much better than before, at least he was not out of breath just standing.
The three of them just waited, and the physical examination was never mentioned again. After all, the top priority now was to accompany Jiang Weiming to see a doctor and prescribe medicine, and if he needed an infusion, he would have to give it an infusion.
"Dr. Jiang's brother?" Jiang Feng was playing with his cell phone with his head down when he suddenly heard someone calling him. Then he looked up and found that the person calling him was a nurse holding a medical record. He looked familiar.
"Are you here to see Dr. Jiang? Dr. Jiang is now in the Department of Internal Medicine. The Department of Internal Medicine is not in this building but in the one behind." The nurse said.
Jiang Feng finally recognized it. The nurse in front of him seemed to be Huihui, whom Old Sun liked. If he remembered correctly, Huihui was now his friend.
"I know, my brother is waiting in line for my third grandfather at the internal medicine department. My third grandfather has a cold and we are here to accompany him to see a doctor." Jiang Feng said.
Huihui then looked at Jiang Weiming who was next to Jiang Feng: "Oh, yes, there are a lot of people with colds during this period. It will probably take a long time to discharge the respiratory medicine department. Why don't you come and sit here in our emergency room? Our nurse desk There are soft chairs in the back, and it’s too painful to stand here.”
Jiang Feng thought about it and felt that this proposal was not bad. He was familiar with emergency medicine anyway. From the bed to the water dispenser, if the doctors had not changed the location where they hid the snacks, Jiang Feng would have known where they hid the snacks in the lounge.
The emergency department is busy at all times, including weekends, weekdays and holidays. Huihui moved three chairs for Jiang Feng and the others, poured three cups of hot water, and then went about her own business. Jiang Weiming sat on the chair and coughed silently without speaking, with weak, pitiful, and helpless expressions written all over his face. I don't want to see a doctor yet.
I just don't know why, but Jiang Weiming has coughed much more frequently since he came to the emergency room. Jiang Feng even suspected that Jiang Weiming might not have a cold but pharyngitis when he coughed.
"Third Grandpa, do you need me to get you a glass of water?" Jiang Feng asked.
"No, I've already drank several glasses of water. No need." Adhering to the principle that hot water can cure all diseases, Jiang Weiming began to drink hot water non-stop after sitting in the emergency room.
"Then do you want me to make you a cup of tea?"
Jiang Weiming wanted to drink tea. It was as if he had completely lost his sense of taste since he caught a cold. I can't taste anything I eat, everything I drink tastes like plain water, and boiled water tastes like double boiled water.
In a place full of doctors and nurses, he wanted to calm down with a cup of tea.
"Don't go to such trouble. There's no tea in the hospital." Jiang Weiming said.
"Doctor Lu has some. I'll help you borrow some from Dr. Lu." Jiang Feng said, getting up and starting to look for Dr. Lu.
Now that Jiang Shoucheng was no longer in the emergency room, he couldn't rush into the doctor's office.
Then Jiang Feng stopped Dr. Cao who was passing by.
Perhaps it was because he was relatively free during this period and did not work the night shift. Dr. Cao seemed to be in good spirits and the dark circles at the corners of his eyes had faded a lot.
"Doctor Cao." Jiang Feng called Dr. Cao who was going out to have brunch.
"Hey, Xiao Jiang, why are you free to come to our emergency department today? Your brother has already gone to the internal medicine department. The internal medicine department is behind..."
"I know, it's my third grandpa who caught a cold. We came with him to see a doctor. There are too many people in the internal medicine department and the air is not good. Come and sit here in the emergency room. My brother is now helping my third grandpa in the internal medicine department to arrange appointments." Jiang Feng explained road.
Dr. Cao nodded: "Yes, there have been so many internal medicine patients in the past two days, more than the number of people in our emergency department during the peak period. How is your third grandfather now? This old man can't wait for a cold. His health is not as good as that of young people. A minor illness may have serious consequences if left unchecked.”
"It should be fine, but the cough is a bit serious, and it may be a little difficult to breathe because the air is not very good." Jiang Feng said, pointing to Jiang Weiming, "My third grandfather is sitting over there. I just want to ask you for some tea. Give me three Grandpa makes a cup of tea.”
"Ah, I don't have tea, Lao Lu does. How about I go get it for you? Just tell Lao Lu. Let's go together. There are some biscuits in the office. You can get some biscuits." Dr. Cao said. As he was about to walk to the office, he didn't forget to grab Jiang Feng and chat with him as he walked.
"Your Third Grandpa looks quite old, almost 90," Dr. Cao sighed.
"99."
Dr. Cao was immediately surprised. Internal medicine departments are more likely to see elderly people. They rarely encounter patients as old as Jiang Weiming in the emergency department.
"You have to be careful. Why don't I take a look for you first? I'll make an order for a blood test or something. I think I'll have to wait in line at the internal medicine department for a while. Your brother is really not flexible. , There are so many internal medicine people going to the internal medicine department now. We can also treat patients in the emergency department, and it’s not like we don’t have doctors in the emergency department of internal medicine.” Dr. Cao said.
Dr. Cao led Jiang Feng into the office. Director Zhong was the only one in the office. Director Zhong smiled at him when he saw that the person coming was Jiang Feng.
Mr. Cao briefly told Director Zhong that Jiang Feng was accompanying Jiang Weiming to see a doctor this time. After hearing this, Director Zhong stood up and said, "I'll go see him. It's not good for him to wait outside at such an old age."
"Sorry, Director Zhong." Jiang Feng felt as if he had the words "Guan Hu" engraved on his head at this moment.
If you want to ask him how he feels, it is refreshing, very refreshing.
Jiang Feng went to make tea for Jiang Weiming, and Director Zhong went to consult Jiang Weiming.
When Jiang Feng walked over with a tea cup, he saw Jiang Weiming sitting obediently on a chair and answering Director Zhong's questions like a primary school student answering a teacher's question. Jiang Zaide sat next to him with an embarrassment on his face that symbolized an unfilial descendant.
"Brother, what kind of medicine has Third Grandpa been taking these two days?" Jiang Zaide asked.
"Ah, it seems... it's just a common cold medicine." Jiang Feng didn't know much about this, "Grandpa San took the medicine yesterday and today. He had been drinking ginger soup before."
"You still need to take medicine when you are sick. Your resistance is not as good as it used to be at such an old age," Director Zhong said.
Jiang Weiming coughed twice more.
"Do you have a bad cough?"
"I didn't cough much before. I started coughing yesterday afternoon. It seemed to be quite severe. Then I didn't cough much at the beginning today. I started coughing after 8 o'clock in the morning." Jiang Feng said.
Director Zhong nodded. He also saw that Jiang Weiming just had a common cold that had been delayed until it became like this. However, he always felt that something was a little weird, so he asked extra carefully.
"Have you eaten normally these two days?"
"It's normal, I just ate a little less." Jiang Feng said.
"How was your sleep?"
"It's okay, the same as before." Jiang Weiming said.
"Is there phlegm in your throat when you cough? What have you eaten in the past few days? Are there any other discomforts? Are there any other symptoms besides coughing?"
Jiang Weiming said honestly: "I'm a little dizzy, and then I don't feel like moving and have no strength these days, and..."
Jiang Feng and Jiang Weiming answered whatever Director Zhong asked. After asking too many questions, Jiang Feng and Jiang Zaide felt that something was not right. It was not like they had never seen a doctor because of a cold. Doctors rarely asked questions even if they had a high fever caused by a cold. So detailed.
"Director Zhong, my third grandfather must have a common cold, right?" Jiang Feng asked carefully.
Director Zhong smiled: "It's just a common cold, but I'm older, so I asked a few more questions. I'll give you an order for a blood test. I'll prescribe the medicine later. I'll be hospitalized for observation for two days first. If you don't If you feel at ease, then do other tests.”
"Thank you, doctor." Jiang Weiming stood up and coughed twice more, his breathing sounding heavy.
Jiang Zaide helped Jiang Weiming draw blood.
Director Zhong glanced at Jiang Weiming, frowned and asked, "Xiao Jiang, has your third grandfather been out of breath like this since this morning?"
"Ah, it seems to have been a little bit since the morning, but Grandpa San seemed to be a little out of breath in the morning because his scarf was tied too tight, causing chest tightness. Then after arriving at the hospital, the air was not flowing well, so he was a little bit..."
"Chest tightness?" Director Zhong's expression suddenly became serious, and he quickly stepped forward to stop Jiang Weiming, who had already stepped half out of the emergency room.
"Old man, wait a minute, I have another question for you?"
"Huh?" Jiang Weiming looked puzzled.
"Have you ever felt flustered?" Director Zhong asked.
"Frustrated?" Jiang Weiming thought for a while, "It seems that I was a little bit nervous when I woke up in the morning, but that was because I went downstairs..."
"Hui Hui, call Xin Nei to come down for consultation." Director Zhong turned to Hui Hui at the nurse's desk and said.
Huihui was stunned for a moment and started to call.
"Xiao Jiang, let me make an order for you first and you go and pay the fee. Your third grandfather may need to do an electrocardiogram. Don't let the old man move around and let him sit down."
Jiang Feng froze on the spot.
Jiang Weiming and Jiang Zaide were also stunned.
"Heart...electricity?" Jiang Feng said these two words with some difficulty. He felt as if he had lost the ability to speak in an instant. It was easy to open his mouth but difficult to pronounce.
Although he didn't understand why Director Zhong asked Jiang Weiming to do an electrocardiogram, and he didn't understand why Director Zhong asked Xin Nei to come down for consultation, he knew that ordinary cold patients definitely didn't need an electrocardiogram.
"Don't worry, it's just a matter of doing some relevant examinations first. The old man is getting older, so more examinations will give you more protection. There won't be any big problems." Director Zhong smiled comfortingly at Jiang Feng, "I'll call you. Brother, come here first.”
"Little brother?" Jiang Zaide looked confused and could only ask Jiang Feng.
Jiang Feng forced a smile, and his heartbeat surged to an extremely terrifying speed the moment Director Zhong smiled at him. Even when he opened his mouth to speak, he could feel his beating heart in his chest.
That fearful, rapidly beating heart.
"It should be nothing. It should be just a routine check-up for the elderly. After all, Director Zhong may just be worried because of Third Grandpa's age. Director Zhong is always very careful when seeing doctors, so that's why he asked so many questions just now," Jiang Feng said.
Only after Jiang Zaide helped Jiang Weiming sit on a chair and made sure that they could not see the expression on his face did Jiang Feng dare to take a deep breath.
For some reason, he just felt uneasy, very uneasy. From the moment Director Zhong started asking Jiang Weiming small and detailed questions, and even asked the same question two or three times in different ways, he felt a little bit uneasy.
Just like human instinct, the instinct is to be afraid of things that one can think of but dare not think of, and is very afraid of rejection and fear of things.
Jiang Feng took a few deep breaths, comforting himself in his mind, and pushed out all the messy social news that had just flashed through his mind.
Jiang Weiming had already eaten Lucky Buff's carrot and beef stew, how could something happen?
It's just a common cold, how could something happen?
Grandma Jiang goes to the hospital every year because of a cold. When the illness was most serious, she was even hospitalized for a CT scan.
Normal, absolutely normal.
Even if Director Zhong asked Jiang Weiming to do an electrocardiogram, it would be absolutely normal.
After finishing his psychological preparation, Jiang Feng took out his cell phone and started calling Jiang Shoucheng.
Before the call was connected, Jiang Feng looked like Jiang Weiming again and felt that his face seemed a little paler again.
The heart that had calmed down began to beat uncontrollably again.
The call was connected.
"Hey, little brother, there are really too many people in the Department of Respiratory Medicine. Why don't you take Third Grandpa to the emergency department first and let Director Zhong or Dr. Cao take a look at him? There shouldn't be too many people in the emergency department at this time. I'll go to the emergency department again. "No." Jiang Shoucheng's voice came from the phone.
"Director Zhong has already checked it out for Third Grandpa," Jiang Feng said.
"Ah, that's good. How is Third Grandpa? There should be no big problem. Do you want to be hospitalized?" Jiang Shoucheng asked.
"Director Zhong said he wanted me to be hospitalized, and Director Zhong just called suddenly..."
Jiang Feng just looked at Jiang Weiming while talking on the phone, watching him suddenly fall off the chair.
It's like watching a slow-motion movie.
With a cry, nothing could be heard and nothing could be said.
His brain was full of noise, and everything had no sense of reality. He was holding the phone but couldn't feel anything. Jiang Feng saw someone shouting, but couldn't hear their shouts.
All sounds turned into electromagnetic noise.
Just like in a dream, I can move, jump, open my mouth, and roar, but there is nothing I can do.
Until a sharp female voice woke him up from his dream.
"Director Zhong, the patient you just saw passed out!" (End of Chapter)