When Cathy heard that Anna had died in a car accident, she was shocked.
"Anna is a good person. I didn't expect that she would walk in front of me." Cathy sighed with emotion. She immediately closed her eyes with a solemn expression and made the sign of the cross on her forehead and chest with her right hand to express her silence and prayer.
After her ceremony was completed, Zhou Qiao expressed his gratitude, but Zhou Qiao's mood suddenly became heavy.
Although the aunt only hugged him when he was a child and didn't see her much later, she was a blood relative after all. She left all the inheritance to herself before she left, which was really good for her.
Elena made Cathy a cup of coffee and put in her favorite yellow sugar cube.
Cathy said that she had never had such a sweet coffee in a long, long time.
When the test report was faxed, Zhou Qiao looked at it and saw a decrease in the white blood cell count and a relative increase in lymphocytes, and he became confident.
This was just a viral cold and fever, so Cathy was given some antiviral cold medicine, antipyretics, cough drops and vitamin C, and she was informed of the specific dosage and frequency of taking it.
Taking vitamin C when you have a cold can effectively improve immunity, accelerate the body's metabolism, and help the body recover faster.
Cathy is very thin and weighs only about 88 pounds, which is equivalent to about 40 kilograms. Therefore, Zhou Qiao reduced her dosage of medication, which is only about two-thirds of that of an average adult.
This was also an area that Zhou Qiao was uncomfortable with after immigrating to the United States. Temperature and weight here are measured in degrees Fahrenheit and pounds, which is quite different from the domestic Celsius and kilograms. Fahrenheit = Celsius × 1.8 + 32, and a The British pound is approximately equivalent to 0.4535 kilograms.
Whenever encountering this kind of situation, Zhou Qiao still needs to do the conversion silently in his mind. Sometimes he will mutter it orally to speed up the conversion efficiency.
However, it should get much better in the future as time goes by.
Elena and Ava were quite surprised that Zhou Qiao could quickly convert these two units. In their hearts, Zhou Qiao was like a god!
Because, with only a vocational high school degree, they are completely scumbag in mathematics.
This is not because they are stupid, but because American education has not given them a foundation in this regard. They haven't learned the multiplication tables, have they?
Elena is quite obsessed with Zhou Qiao, maybe she also has the admiration of a scumbag for a top student?
In fact, Zhou Qiao is really a top student, but he didn't perform well in the college entrance examination. He could usually get a score of 630 or above in the basic test. However, during the college entrance examination, various difficulties came one after another. In the end, he only scored about 550 points and got a second grade. Book.
These are things of the past and not worth mentioning. Now that Zhou Qiao has a system and a clinic, her life has opened a new chapter!
Zhou Qiao gave instructions on what to pay attention to, and after chatting with Cathy for a while, it was time to practice speaking. Then he asked Ava to drive Cathy back in the clinic's car. The service was very considerate.
Cathy originally said no, but Zhou Qiao insisted, saying that it was just a matter of stepping on the gas. He also told her that if she needed help with other things, she could still call the clinic and they would be very happy to help.
Cathy was very moved. She sat in the car and kept talking, telling Ava that Zhou Qiao was a very good person, like his aunt Anna, and that the young man from China was quite handsome.
Ava also agrees with these two points.
Privately, she and her sister Elena had talked more than once about Zhou Qiao's appearance and how attractive he was compared to local boys.
The two even made some exciting jokes in private.
The clinic's classic car is a bit old, but it is well maintained and can be driven in the city without any problems.
This car is used to follow up patients at the clinic and deliver samples to testing companies.
Since Zhou Qiao had just immigrated not long ago and had not yet obtained a driver's license, Elena or Ava became part-time drivers.
Cathy has also purchased medical insurance. The U.S. government has additional medical subsidies for seniors like her over the age of 65, namely federal medical insurance, commonly known as the "Red and Blue Cards."
There is also a "white card", which is specifically targeted at low-income people, especially pregnant women and children, and does not require premiums. It can be understood as a "relief plan for the poor."
For this reason, Cathy only paid fifty US dollars. However, the total amount spent was more than four hundred US dollars. After deducting various costs, the clinic could earn at least one hundred and fifty US dollars.
This is still the case where Zhou Qiao charges relatively low fees. Because hospitals and clinics in the United States set their own prices and have poor transparency. Some hospitals and clinics are so shady that the prices are at least 3-4 times the cost!
I have to say that harvesting wool in the United States is very satisfying. You don’t have to do too much work and you can make amazing profits.
Zhou Qiao remembers that some domestic experts once said that your patients’ little money is nothing. Our main income comes from medical insurance funds.
Well, in the United States, it's pretty much the same. In addition to commercial health insurance, social medical insurance also accounts for a considerable proportion.
Ava went to see Cathy off, but she didn't know that in the clinic, Zhou Qiao and Elena took this opportunity to make love to each other again.
The room is full of spring.
Elena smiled sweetly and said: "Next time you have to go out to work, let me do it. If you send her out every time, she will become suspicious."
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There was surprisingly little business in such a large clinic. In the few days since its opening, except for Mr. Westin on the first day, there were only five patients in total after that. Three had colds and fevers, one had eaten something bad and had acute gastroenteritis, and one had a case of gastroenteritis. I fell down and bruised my arm, so I came over and gave him some medicine.
The clinic was idle most of the time, which made Zhou Qiao very worried. He wondered whether to open it at night, but Elena and Ava did not recommend this because of safety issues.
Firstly, the public security is not good, and secondly, most of the patients at night are the injured caused by gang fights. Even if they are treated for their injuries, they may not be given money, and they may cause other unnecessary troubles.
Zhou Qiao thought about it, especially, how could two such beautiful white twins be exposed in front of those gang members?
A common man is innocent, but he is guilty of having a jade!
Fortunately, Elena and Ava are both gentle and well-behaved, and usually stay at home at night.
Therefore, after seven o'clock in the evening, the door of Iris Clinic is closed.
Zhou Qiao is quite satisfied with the indoor nightlife after closing, except that he can't make any money.
On this day, not long after the Iris Clinic closed, there were rapid knocks and shouts downstairs. It seemed that there were many people there. Elena, Ava and Zhou Qiao had just arrived in the living area on the third floor. Startled, the three of them looked at each other in silence for a moment.
However, Zhou Qiao listened for a moment, but his eyes suddenly lit up!
Because, he vaguely heard someone calling in Chinese, "Xiao Zhou, Xiao Zhou, are you there? Open the door and help!"
It's a fellow countryman!
