Chapter 554: What I seek is steadiness
On the third day after the operation, Yasmine began to try to walk upright with the help of a walker and a special brace.
This brace is like a pair of boots that protects the fused ankle joint and orthopedic arch, allowing her to walk upright and protecting the fused ankle joint and orthopedic arch from gravity before the bones heal.
Yasmene had never stood up and walked across the street, never taken an upright step in her entire life.
When Yasmine was mentally prepared, Dr. Che and the nurse in charge of recovery helped her stand up from the bed.
Yasmeni's trembling legs supported her body and stood up slowly. She couldn't believe this was true.
Due to her position, Yasmine felt a little dizzy. Dr. Che asked her to hold on and let her heart slowly adapt to the upright circulation.
After about ten minutes, Yasmine felt a little more comfortable.
Dr. Che asked her to hold on to the walker and take the first step boldly.
Yasmeni looked at the doctors and nurses around her, then looked at her lower limbs on both sides, and tried to take the first step. She was not strong enough, and she didn't know how to take a step.
Doctor Che demonstrated three times before she mastered how to take steps, and finally took the first trembling step.
This was the first step she took to stand upright since birth.
It turned out that walking upright and having such a wide field of vision made Yasmine feel good instantly.
The ward remembered the warm applause. Everyone encouraged her to keep walking. As long as she takes the first step, a new life will begin.
The muscle strength of both lower limbs is still not enough, and every step I take is very tiring and difficult.
Yasmeni took a deep breath and took another step.
"One more step!"
Doctor Che led the way, making a guiding gesture with his hands.
After adjusting and preparing with strength, Yasmeni took the third step.
"How do you feel?"
Yang Ping asked Yasmeni.
She nodded excitedly: "I can stand up and walk. Look, I really stood up."
The little girl was so excited that she burst into tears. How many times had she dreamed that she could walk upright like a normal person.
Now that her dream has really come true, Yasmeni cried louder and louder. The nurse and the translator stroked her back together to calm her emotions.
Yang Ping carefully observed her gait. Although her muscle strength was insufficient, her gait was still relatively good.
If you can train for about three months, the muscle strength of both lower limbs will be enhanced, and you can walk completely without a walker.
In the past, Yasmeni's lower limbs only carried half of her body weight, so her lower limbs were thinner than normal and her muscle strength was also poor.
Normal people's upper limbs do not need to bear weight. Her upper limbs participate in crawling and bear the other half of the body weight, so they are thicker and stronger than normal people.
This is the result of the adaptation of anatomy and function.
Yang Ping asked Dr. Che to teach Feida and Yasmine the contents of rehabilitation training during their hospitalization, so that Yasmine could continue their rehabilitation exercises after returning to Oman.
The human body has two organs that can be shaped, muscles and the brain. This is the medical basis for why fitness can achieve strong muscles.
Walking for the first time, Yasmeni took six steps and was already covered in sweat.
Yang Ping asked her to rest and not to rush. Recovery is a gradual process.
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Xiao Minmin's grandmother was transferred from the CCU back to the general ward of the Department of Cardiology. She saw her granddaughter taking out thirty-four needles, and she felt extremely complicated. The old couple began to worry about Xiao Minmin's future.
As a couple in their seventies, time is running out. It is impossible for Xiao Minmin to continue to be left to her father or mother.
The mother has refused to accept it, and even if the law forced her to accept it, the result would not be much better than following her father.
As for the father's current situation, if the child is handed over to him again, there is no guarantee that the child will not be given a hundred needles next time.
None of the relatives were willing to take her in, so she had to find a way to send her to some welfare institution or ask someone to find someone willing to adopt her.
At this time, some relatives came to visit Xiao Minmin's grandma one after another. There were many people talking. Some relatives suggested that the old couple should find trouble with the hospital. If someone had an accident in the hospital, no matter what the reason, the hospital was responsible anyway and spent so much money. You have to bear the out-of-pocket part, which you shouldn't do.
Some relatives even expressed their willingness to come forward, but were rejected by the old couple.
A relative also came forward to say that she was shopping for groceries and was passing by a restaurant when she accidentally fell down. She climbed to the door of the restaurant and cried and made a fuss. Later, her son took people to the restaurant and made a big fuss, blocking the door for several days. Later, she also took receive compensation.
This relative guaranteed the ticket. In a situation like Grandma Minmin’s, if she found someone to make a fuss, she would definitely get the money.
Not only are medical expenses free, but you can also have some cash on your own.
The old couple said that one cannot be without conscience. They accompanied their granddaughter to the hospital for treatment. They fell ill in the middle of the night and the doctor saved them. If they still caused trouble to others afterwards, it would be unjustifiable.
This relative did not give up and encouraged her to stop being so stubborn. Now that her granddaughter had undergone surgery, there was no need to ask the hospital for anything. You can use this to make some money for retirement, or you can keep it for your granddaughter. Anyway, you can't make any money at such an old age.
The relatives finally confessed, and the couple did not need to come forward. As long as she nodded, the relatives asked her son to come forward to find the hospital, and then paid some activity fees in proportion to the situation.
Relatives said angrily, how could the hospital not be held responsible for something that happened to someone in the hospital?
The old couple hurriedly stopped them. They must not do this, otherwise they will not be at ease until they die.
The relative left the ward angrily, very disappointed, and scolded the old couple, saying that they were behind the times and could not make money.
The old couple had their own ideas. Although they had worked hard all their lives, they had no idea how to teach their son. They had raised a bastard son who had never done anything immoral or conscientious. It was impossible for him to do such an immoral and unreasonable thing.
If we do this, if similar things happen in the future, will any doctor dare to save people?
It is very likely that when an elderly person goes to the hospital for medical treatment with a child in his arms, the hospital will stay away and find excuses to postpone the treatment.
Most of the elderly are in poor health, and many are at risk of potential sudden diseases.
By extension, in the future, in order to avoid liability, all public places such as restaurants, shopping malls, stations, etc., will put up a sign prohibiting the elderly from entering. If things get more serious, anyone who goes to a public place in the future will have to provide a health certificate from the hospital and sign a liability exemption agreement.
Just like an old man who falls to the ground and dare not help him.
The hospital saved him and he went to blackmail the hospital for money!
What is this thing called?
There is no bottom line, pigs and dogs are inferior.
Is there always a difference between being a human being and a pig or a dog?
The old couple cursed fiercely after their relatives left.
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Six-year-old boy Cui Shukai came to Sanbo Hospital under the leadership of his parents. His father Cui Xubing heard that his son was the first to receive a new method to treat scoliosis. This method is minimally invasive. He was very happy.
Cui Xubing took a month's leave from his work, and went to Nandu Province Sanbo Hospital with his wife and son.
They had great trust in Yang Ping, especially when they saw with their own eyes the recognition of Yang Ping by the academicians of the Imperial Capital at Sanbo Hospital last time. The couple even placed all their hopes for treating their son on Yang Ping.
After returning home last time, Cui Xubing did a lot of homework. He searched for information about Yang Ping everywhere on the Internet and asked local doctors and relatives to check Yang Ping's information.
The result of the final investigation was that Yang Ping, a young professor, performed a folding human spinal deformity surgery that was more serious and complicated than his own son's.
His son's spinal deformity was just a routine operation in Professor Yang's hands.
However, Professor Yang considered the six-year-old child and tried to use minimally invasive methods so as not to interfere with the normal growth and development of the spine, so he used innovative techniques for treatment.
Cui Xubing's family is from Yan'an, an old revolutionary area. They came all the way to Nandu. To express their gratitude, they brought some local specialties, Yan'an red dates and Luochuan apples.
After completing the hospitalization procedures and settling in the ward, he handed the specialties he brought to Head Nurse Cai, and then went to the office to find Yang Ping.
Sitting down, Yang Ping explained to him the details of the new technology and told him that the data from animal experiments were very gratifying. Now Cui Shukai is the first clinical trial patient of this technology.
This technique does not require fusion of the spine, and a normal functioning spine can be obtained after correction.
However, any surgery has risks, especially new technologies, which are even more uncertain.
Yang Ping told him the risks of the operation one by one. The biggest risk was pinhole infection, but the probability was very low.
Compared to a normally functioning spine, this risk is nothing.
It is much safer than major surgery.
Cui Xubing still knows a lot about scoliosis and surgery, and he expressed his willingness to accept clinical trials.
Scoliosis is divided into functional and structural. Functional scoliosis is not fixed and is caused by certain reasons, such as incorrect posture, lumbar disc herniation, etc. Scoliosis can be corrected by correcting the cause.
Structural scoliosis is already established, and structural scoliosis is divided into idiopathic and congenital.
Congenital means a deformity present at birth.
Idiopathic, no specific exact cause has been found in medicine. Generally speaking, medical terms with the word idiopathic mean that no clear cause has been found, such as idiopathic hypertension.
What most people face is this kind of idiopathic scoliosis.
Generally, scoliosis within 20 degrees can be observed without special treatment. A full-length frontal and lateral X-ray of the spine will be taken every year for measurement. If the scoliosis increases by more than 5 degrees every year, intervention and treatment are required.
The conservative treatment that has been proven effective is brace treatment. Wearing orthopedic braces is more laborious, but it is effective.
There is currently no evidence to support the effectiveness of other methods such as manual correction, but if you must feel that it is effective, then so be it and be happy.
If the scoliosis reaches 30-40 degrees, surgical treatment needs to be considered.
Whether it is scoliosis of the thoracic spine, thoracolumbar, or lumbar spine, surgery is generally required to reach this degree. The indications for thoracic scoliosis are a little wider than those of the latter two.
Thoracic curvatures generally require surgery above 40 degrees, and lateral curvatures of the thoracolumbar and lumbar spine generally require surgery above 35 degrees.
Cui Shukai has congenital scoliosis.
Cui Xubing still understands these basic knowledge. As for the risks of surgery, notification of clinical trials, and ethics notification, he has learned about these in advance and understands them very well.
"I'll sign now!"
Cui Xubing didn't want to waste Professor Yang's time.
Yang Ping told him: "There is no rush. The surgery will be arranged only after completing the preoperative examination. The doctor in charge will ask the couple to sign before the surgery."
Surgery for scoliosis is relatively concentrated. There are only a few first-line hospitals, such as Xiehe, 301, and Nanjing Drum Tower. He has been to all of them and checked relevant information online.
Cui Xubing stood up, saw that no one was outside, closed the door of Yang Ping's office, locked it, and then secretly stuffed a bulging envelope to Yang Ping.
"Thank you for your hard work, Professor Yang. I'm sorry to trouble you about Shukai."
Yang Ping originally wanted to refuse, but Cui Xubing was very persistent: "No one saw it. Don't worry, no one will know. We, husband and wife, thank you sincerely."
The 20,000 yuan had been prepared by Cui Xubing a long time ago, and they were indeed sincerely grateful to Yang Ping.
Well, Yang Ping doesn’t want to push things around, it’s pointless.
It is common for patients to send red envelopes. Yang Ping has a standardized handling process. He accepts the red envelope on the spot, and after the patient leaves, he hands the red envelope to the head nurse. The head nurse will count the number with another doctor and record it.
The head nurse will help deposit this money into the patient's hospital account before the operation, and then give the receipt to the patient or family member - the person who gave the red envelope - after the operation.
In fact, many patients give red envelopes just for peace of mind. If they refuse on the spot, pushing and pulling will waste time and make the patients or their families think wildly. For example, they are worried that the surgery is not sure?
Therefore, Yang Ping usually accepts it first to reassure patients and their families, and then follows the procedure.
Cui Xubing came out of Yang Ping's office feeling comfortable and at ease.
Sending red envelopes is for peace of mind.
Sending this red envelope shows that Professor Yang will do his best to support his son's illness.
(End of chapter)