My Wife Is A Miracle Doctor In The 80s

Chapter 424: Chapter 417: Contributing Younger Brother

It was possible that Gu’s mother was truly tired, as she fell asleep shortly after, her complexion still somewhat pale, not the color of someone in good health.

Tang Yuxin walked over and slowed the drip rate. “Uncle Gu, your mother looks so young,” she remarked. After all, she reckoned that Gu Ning’s mother had to be over fifty. Considering that she herself was almost thirty – though, she didn’t voice this – and Gu Ning was only twenty-seven, it was conceivable that he too could be a father by the time he reached thirty.

“My mother had my brother at sixteen and me at twenty. She’s only 47 now,” Gu Ning said carefully, tucking his mother in. “Her health was compromised when she gave birth to my brother. Despite poor health, and ignoring medical advice, she gave birth to me as well. Since then, her mental state has gradually deteriorated, and she’s grown frailer with the passage of years.”

Tang Yuxin realized there was no easy cure for this, but she had no good solution. As for Gu Ning’s elder brother, was he the same elder brother Tang Yuxin had seen when she was a child? But why had Gu Ning seldom mentioned him? And what else was there that she did not know?

Still, Tang Yuxin did not ask, understanding that these matters were private, and it wasn’t her right to probe.

“How’s it going? Is there a solution?” Gu Ning inquired about the snake meat poisoning incident. “My grandmother is also affected, so Yuxin…” He extended a hand and placed it on Tang Yuxin’s shoulder, “Please do your best to save them.”

“I will.” Tang Yuxin knew she had to save lives, as she was a doctor, and her duty was to heal the injured. In many ways, she had already made significant sacrifices: her studies had been disrupted, her summer vacation had been forfeited, and she had offered up even her own skinny little brother.

The light filtering in through the windows refracted slightly within the room, casting a fresh green shade and a sense of vitality over the ward, though the atmosphere within the hospital remained somewhat grave.

The patients inside grew increasingly critical, and three more patients exhibiting the same symptoms had been brought in.

“The saying goes ‘illness enters by the mouth,’ a veritable maxim handed down by our ancestors. But why won’t some people listen?” Tang Yuxin pondered.

By the next morning, Tang Zhinian and a special police officer arrived at the hospital entrance. Little Chengcheng had already fallen asleep on his father’s shoulder, munching on his little fingers and drooling on his father’s shirt.

“They’ve arrived,” Dean Zhu was informed, and he rushed out immediately. The officer handed him a container filled with ice. Amongst the ice were the gallbladders of the purple-red snakes, which were an excellent antidote. Despite the fact that the venom in the flesh was different from that in the fangs, at the very least, it would alleviate the patients’ symptoms for a while and buy time.

The hospital staff didn’t hesitate and followed Tang Yuxin’s instructions, promptly using the gallbladder liquid on the affected patients.

By the afternoon, the situation had indeed improved somewhat, at least all the patients’ fevers had subsided. The conditions of the severely ill patients had also been stabilized. These gallbladders became the essential lifesaving drugs within the hospital. However, more treatments were still needed, including antivirus drugs.

After all, these gallbladders were really only effective for people like Chengcheng who had been bitten. But for these patients suffering from the mutated virus after consuming overheated snake meat, while the gallbladder could help suppress, but couldn’t eradicate the virus. In such cases, drugs targeting these viruses were needed.

Tang Yuxin squatted down, facing her little brother at his eye level.

“Chengcheng, we’re about to do a good deed. Chengcheng can save a lot of people like your sister does. But for this, Chengcheng has to endure a little pain. Are you willing?” she asked.

Chengcheng tilted his head, thinking over the proposal before firmly nodding. He stood up and hugged his sister around the neck.

“Sis, Chengcheng isn’t afraid. Dad said Chengcheng is a brave child. I want to save people who were bitten by the snake,” he declared.

“Such a good boy,” Tang Yuxin ruffled her little brother’s hair, then picked him up. Once they entered the phlebotomy room, brave Chengcheng extended his thin little arm. This poor child had lost so much weight over the past half month that his tiny arm was very thin, thin enough that the nurse hesitated to draw his blood.

Tang Yuxin gently stroked her brother Chengcheng’s head.

Finally, the nurse carefully inserted the needle into Chengcheng’s little arm. Amazingly, he didn’t cry, his little hand holding tight to his sister’s shirt, his tiny fingers tightly clenched.

Chengcheng was so small that they couldn’t draw much blood from him, yet they ended up drawing three large tubes of blood. By the end, Chengcheng had passed out. Tang Yuxin felt sorry for her brother but knew that if they didn’t use Chengcheng’s serum, more people might die. Chengcheng would only suffer a little bit more, and it wouldn’t have a significant impact on his health. But at his tender age, he would be saving many lives.

She believed that his sacrifices would bring him blessings in the future.

Gu Ning held the boy in one arm and opened the door to the ward. The moment Gu’s mother saw the child in his arms, she was thrilled.

“Chengcheng, come show aunty,” she beckoned.

Gu Ning’s mother happened to be at a loose end, so the boy’s visit was a welcome distraction. Furthermore, Chengcheng enjoyed the company too. His sister was busy at the hospital, and his father had to return to work, so Gu’s mother was now his primary caregiver.

Chengcheng stretched out his little arm to Gu’s mother.

“Hello, pretty aunty,” he said sweetly. Chengcheng was indeed a lovable child, with his adorable face and polite behavior. Moreover, he was a lifesaver; his serum had been sent to the poison repository for research. The medical team had developed an antibody against the new virus from Chengcheng’s blood sample, and an anti-virus medication was in accelerated development. It was expected to come out in the next few days.

Recently, several more patients had been admitted due to snake meat consumption. But thanks to the snake gallbladders, their conditions had stabilised quickly. They were now just waiting for the antiviral drug to be developed, and then they would make a full recovery and be able to go home.

“Chengcheng, will aunty take you to eat meat later, okay?” Gu Ning’s mother doted on children, especially the young ones like Chengcheng. All he needed was to eat more food and regain his strength.