Chapter 1368 - 1395: Giving Birth to Triplets 15
Chapter 1368: Chapter 1395: Giving Birth to Triplets 15
Li Tingyan asked, "Then how were you cured that time?"
Nianyang said, "I still have the prescription, but I’m not sure it’ll work, because Ni Jia’s virus was transmitted directly, which is different from natural infection, so the way the illness presents isn’t the same. Still, we can try and see if it works."
Li Tingyan made a snap decision and said, "Then give me the prescription. I’ll have the hospital try it. Maybe it’ll work."
"I’ll go with you. I’m about to give birth, I should be going in to wait for delivery anyway. If there’s a problem with the prescription and I’m there, I can stop it in time."
Nianyang’s reasoning left Li Tingyan with nothing to refute, so he could only take their luggage and rush to the hospital.
Everyone on the island who had SARS had already been isolated, and the hospital doctors and nurses were working around the clock.
Right now they were using Western treatment methods to try to contain the patients’ conditions and prevent them from deteriorating as much as possible.
But that could only control things for a short time and couldn’t guarantee their safety afterward, so the medical staff were in a state of constant high tension.
Li Tingyan settled Nianyang in the delivery room on the top floor, with strict isolation from the patients on the lower floors. He took the prescription to the hospital for notarization, then had the doctors decoct it for the patients to drink.
But it didn’t work; after drinking it, the patients didn’t show the slightest improvement.
And by then, some of the patients’ conditions had already worsened, progressing from fever to convulsions.
Nianyang said, "We can’t go on like this. I have to join the treatment effort. I need to find a way to fight this virus, otherwise everyone can only sit and wait for death."
Li Tingyan absolutely forbade it,
"I’m not going to let you play the hero, Nini. This isn’t a common cold, this is SARS. Don’t talk to me about a doctor’s vocation. You’re about to give birth—what if you catch it? What am I supposed to do then? In my heart, no one is more important than you!"
Nianyang gripped his hand. "But Tingyan, if we don’t suppress it, this disease is extremely contagious, it could be taken to Pingjing very soon. Other people might not matter, but what about our family? Li Tingyan, we have to face this."
Li Tingyan’s expression darkened. "You don’t need to worry about that. You’re not the only doctor in the world. The Hua Country Institute of Quarantine and Scientific Research already knows about this. They’ll be sending experts to crack the virus any moment now. They don’t need you to step in!"
"But I don’t trust anyone else. I only trust myself."
Nianyang spoke quickly. "Right now medicine still has no way to completely cure this. When the experts come, all they’ll do is keep people isolated. The patients can’t wait, you know that?
Besides, every patient has a different tolerance for Western drugs. Some people can’t absorb them at all, and they might even have allergic reactions, which would make things worse.
It could trigger early onset of symptoms like rapid breathing, shortness of breath, and other signs of respiratory distress.
In extremely rare cases, patients with special constitutions could develop respiratory failure, and if diagnosis and treatment are delayed, it can cause Speed death."
Li Tingyan’s face was grim; he didn’t say a word.
"I’m a Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner. Herbal medicine is very gentle. Only I can prevent that from happening." Nianyang stroked her belly,
"I’m also thinking of our child. If we can’t control the Speed of transmission within these ten-odd days,
if we can’t reduce the virus’s power to a minimum, then our child will be infected as soon as it’s born.
A newborn’s immunity is nowhere near that of an adult. I have to plan a way out for our child!"
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