Chapter 337: Critical Illness Notice
Jiang Laocheng is at the hospital now.
The elderly woman received a critical condition notice last night.
Jiang Xiaoxiao and the others rushed over overnight.
The old lady after all is quite advanced in age. After the surgery, complications indeed appeared. Jiang Xiaoxiao looked at the situation, knowing it was likely dire for the elderly woman.
Doctors and nurses were bustling in and out.
She quietly sought out the doctor, wanting to see her grandma. Initially, the doctor disagreed.
But seeing the old lady critical now, if family weren't allowed in and something truly happened, they might not have the chance to hear a last message. So the entire family donned sterile clothes and entered the ICU.
Jiang Laocheng regretted deeply.
The old lady was already completely incoherent.
The doctor only allowed three people in, so Jiang Laoshi, Jiang Laocheng, and Jiang Xiaoxiao went in. Others were all outside.
Jiang Xiaoxiao realized she couldn't make any moves like this.
The elderly woman underwent heart surgery and the complications were quite critical. Even being a doctor herself, she couldn't reverse science.
The only way to reverse science was with the peach juice she held in her hands. But with so many people around, Jiang Xiaoxiao couldn't make a move even if she wanted to.
After persuading for ages, she finally convinced her father and uncle to leave. But even in the ICU, there were still many eyes watching.
Fortunately, the nurse solved this problem for her.
They assigned her a task to use a cotton swab dipped with water to moisten the old lady's lips. Mainly because it was nearly 24 hours without a drop of water, which couldn't go on long without the old lady suffering.
Jiang Xiaoxiao saw this as an opportunity and promptly dripped peach juice onto the cotton swab.
She then dabbed it on the old lady's lips, letting it seep in bit by bit.
Seeping in wasn't much, but every bit counted.
Looking at her pale and weary grandma, Jiang Xiaoxiao hoped her peach juice would work at this moment, although she knew she couldn't possibly place a whole peach's worth of juice. Nor did she have the opportunity.
But she would use however much she could.
Having even a glimmer of hope was better than no hope.
Her peach juice was definitely trustworthy.
Song Moting was outside pacing anxiously, aware that Jiang Xiaoxiao was surely attempting something inside. Though he didn't know what Jiang Xiaoxiao could do, he felt obliged to do something and divert attention for her.
Thus, Song Moting deliberately asked Jiang Laoshi and Jiang Laocheng about the old lady's situation, and urged them to check with the doctor more thoroughly.
After all, with her being of such advanced age, without detailed inquiry, any unexpected incident might leave them unprepared.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Laoshi and Jiang Laocheng became anxious too.
Moreover, their son-in-law's words were reasonable; early preparations were prudent.
Consequently, all the adults collectively went to the medical office to consult the doctor.
The family members outside the ICU cleared out in an instant.
After about two hours, the doctor came for rounds.
Seeing the old lady's various machine parameters in ICU, the doctor was stunned.
How did the old lady suddenly turn stable, and so quickly improved?
He glanced at her administered fluids, which were regular ones. How did they prove effective so swiftly this time?
From emergency resuscitation till now, it had taken just over five hours for the old lady's condition to stabilize.
All indicators returned to normal.
As if the critical state never happened.
Jiang Xiaoxiao came out, and Song Moting supported his wife, "Are you okay?"
Jiang Xiaoxiao shook her head, what could possibly be wrong with her?
Jiang Laocheng and Jiang Laoshi now, hearing the doctor saying their mother had turned stable, could finally rest easy.
By evening, the doctor happily announced to them that the old lady's condition was entirely normal now, and she had awakened.
Given the current situation, the old lady could be transferred to a normal ward.
The whole family rejoiced.
Song Moting tightly held Jiang Xiaoxiao's hand.
He comprehended what the doctor had just said, it must have been something Jiang Xiaoxiao did.
Not to mention that he himself had healed remarkably fast after drinking the peach-flavored rice porridge last time.
If not for the fact that the tractor driver was completely unaware of his situation, people definitely would have been suspicious.
Now with the old lady, it surely was Jiang Xiaoxiao's doing.
This wife of his, just wouldn't settle down.
But what could be said, must they ask Jiang Xiaoxiao not to help the elderly woman and watch her in critical condition?
Such words couldn't be uttered.
He felt that following his wife's lead in the future was bound to give him heart disease, moving to the rhythm of life and death's speed.
Up and down.
Jiang Xiaoxiao herself knew, she fed the old lady about one-third of a peach, truly unexpected how the old lady's condition had rebounded so quickly.
Not only transferred to a normal ward, but the old lady had also awakened.
All checks from doctors and nurses showed the old lady's vitality was rapidly recovering, even post-surgery issues such as organ failure hadn't appeared.
Jiang Xiaoxiao was stunned too.
The peach's effect was indeed astounding.
She'd known before about the peach's prodigious effects, but hadn't anticipated its extent.
In the future, the use of peaches would need careful handling, with controlled amounts.
Though the old lady didn't recover at the astonishing speed that Song Moting had last time, it still amazed the doctors.
Jiang Laoshi and Jiang Laocheng finally set their minds at ease, with their mother out of danger they felt the fatigue—all day and night they'd been watching over fear of their mother's safety.
Jiang Laoshi looked at his brother, "Brother, you head home first. I'll stay here and keep watch."
On the matter of money, he really didn't feel comfortable speaking. Jiang Laoshi knew the sister-in-law hadn't returned since going to her parents' home.
His brother had come in anger today and promptly handed him 2500 yuan.
Thinking it through, it was surely borrowed money, and indeed, 2500 yuan wasn't sufficient.
With today's rescue efforts and treatment, they had paid an additional 3000 yuan at the hospital.
But how could he ask his brother for more, given his brother's household situation was such, and with a troublesome sister-in-law, his brother managing 2500 yuan once was already a stretch.
Jiang Laoshi hadn't planned to push his brother and sister-in-law to some extent.
After all, it was his brother.
Jiang Laocheng shook his head, "You and your wife take the kids home. I'll stay here and keep watch. Yesterday it was you and your wife here. Today, it's my turn, and my brother over these years hasn't quite acted like a brother.
Quite shamefully, let's now have the brother be a proper person, act like a brother. With mother in this state, even if I went home, I'd be uneasy, unable to eat or sleep, it's better to stay here and keep watch. With mother opening her eyes, at least she can see me."
The old lady had just given them a glance with open eyes.
The doctor said the old lady should awaken shortly.
Jiang Laoshi considered briefly, "Okay, brother, tonight you keep watch here. I'll return and come back during daylight hours, and have Xiuying deliver some food for you."
Someone needs to stay beside the old lady.
He and his brother ultimately have to rotate shifts, given the circumstances, there's no point in being over courteous.
If the brothers continued with pleasantries like this, it'd lose meaning; with arrangements ready, they withdrew the family members, leaving behind Jiang Laocheng.
Jiang Laocheng sat beside his mother, looking at the pale elderly woman, he held her hand, tears streaming down.
Through these years, he had been wrong.
Mother, please wake up.
Your son will surely honor and cherish you well.
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