At this time, there was a rumble of thunder in the sky.
At this moment, Cheng Xiang suddenly felt helpless and subconsciously touched her pocket. She really wished she could take out a mobile phone from her pocket and call Zhou Tianlei.
It's a pity that this was not in that era of convenient communication.
The doctor on duty kindly gave her a raincoat and asked her to take the child to the county hospital quickly.
Zhou Yang's body was getting hotter and hotter now, and he had no time for Cheng Xiang to think about it.
She put her raincoat on Zhou Yang, carried her to the motorcycle, got on and started it.
From memory, the county seat is about 20 kilometers away from here, and it takes about half an hour by motorcycle.
It might rain at any time, so we must set off immediately without further ado.
Zhou Yang held Cheng Xiang in his arms in a daze.
Cheng Xiang could feel the heat on his body through the raincoat.
If it rains again, I'm afraid the condition will get worse.
"Hurry up, hurry up, speed up." Cheng Xiang thought to himself and unconsciously increased the accelerator.
Entering the county town, raindrops like soybeans began to fall.
After a while, the rain gradually intensified, leaving rainwater running down his hair. Cheng Xiang could hardly see the road clearly.
She asked Zhou Yang to tighten his raincoat while speeding towards the county hospital.
There were few people and few cars at night. In just a few minutes, the motorcycle drove through the gate of the county hospital.
Cheng Xiang picked up Zhou Yang and walked into the emergency room. After all, it was a county hospital. At ten o'clock at night, the doctor on duty was still on call in the office.
The doctor watched a wet woman come in holding a half-year-old child.
Quickly stand up and help.
I took out the stethoscope and took the temperature. I felt obvious pain when I pressed the right abdomen.
The doctor's initial diagnosis might be appendicitis, but he still asked Cheng Xiang to take Zhou Yang for a blood test for further confirmation.
The blood test results confirmed the diagnosis of appendicitis.
The doctor on duty looked at the test results and hesitated a little.
Zhou Yang was already showing signs of drowsiness at this time, and his breath was hot.
Seeing that the doctor was hesitant, Cheng Xiang said anxiously: "Doctor, since the diagnosis is appendicitis, let's do an operation."
The doctor looked up at Cheng and thought, "Do you agree to the operation?"
"Of course"
"Okay, wait a moment, I'll ask the director to come over."
The doctor on duty hurriedly walked out of the duty room.
Cheng Xiang came back to his senses. After calming down, he remembered that this was the 1980s. More than thirty years later, appendicitis was only a minimally invasive surgery, but now, it is still a relatively risky surgery. No wonder the doctor was hesitant. .
Cheng Xiang sat on the stool in the office with Zhou Yang in his arms, watching his face turn red, his energy getting more and more depressed, and the uneasiness in his heart became more intense.
A few minutes later, an older doctor rushed over, looked at the test results, and then at Zhou Yang. He asked, "Are you the child's parent?"
Cheng Xiang nodded: "I am his mother."
The doctor looked at Cheng Xiang's young face with some doubts.
But he immediately said seriously: "For mild cases of appendicitis, you can choose conservative treatment, with water and infusion to delay the condition. For severe cases, you can choose surgical removal, but it still depends on your parents' opinions."
Cheng Xiang instinctively wanted to blurt out "operate", but suddenly remembered the current medical level.
Instead, he hesitated.
For a moment, my mind was filled with chaos: surgery, children, stepmother, and decisions.
It turns out that no matter that era, doctors would not make decisions without authorization and would let the family decide.
Cheng Xiang licked his dry lips, glanced at the groggy Zhou Yang, raised his head and said, "Surgery."
The moment the doctor heard her decision, he nodded and motioned to the young doctor beside him: "Get ready and operate immediately."
After Zhou Yang was settled, Cheng Xiang ran down to pay the fee, signed the surgery consent form with the doctor, and accompanied Zhou Yang to make preoperative preparations.
Zhou Yang shouted drowsily: "Mom"
Cheng Xiang held his head and said, "Don't be afraid, Xiao Yang, mom is here."
Zhou Yang curled his lips and whispered: "Will I die? Can I still see my father, uncle and sister?"
Cheng Xiang touched his face and said softly: "Xiao Yang will go in with the doctor in a while. He will just take a nap. When he wakes up, his stomach will no longer hurt and he can see his father. Xiao Yang is very brave, isn't he?"
Zhou Yang nodded slightly and said with a cry: "Well, I'm not afraid."
After sending Zhou Yang into the operating room, Cheng Xiang sat on the stool outside.
I had been running up and down just now, and when I stopped now, I realized that I was soaked through and my clothes were sticking to my body.
It was already raining heavily outside, and it was starting to get cold indoors. Cheng Xiang shivered and crossed his arms to tighten himself a little.
She kept staring at the door of the operating room, thinking about Zhou Yang's small body lying on the operating table, and her whole heart twitched.
There were footsteps in the corridor, and she glanced back almost unconsciously.
Just this glance, and he was stunned.
It was Zhou Tianlei. Even with the light behind him, Cheng Xiang recognized his tall figure standing at the other end of the corridor.
Cheng Xiang murmured softly: "Zhou Tianlei."
The man walked up to Cheng Xiang in two or three steps.
Cheng Xiang sat on the stool and looked up at the man in front of him. Although he was wearing a raincoat, his hair was already wet, and water dropped down from his hair to his face. The man's eyes were full of anxiety and worry. He leaned down and picked up Cheng. With a thinking face, she lifted up her hair that was stuck to her face by the rain, and said in a deep voice: "Think about it, I'm here."
Cheng Xiang's eyes turned red for a moment and he felt his throat was tight: "Are you here? Xiao Yang... Xiao Yang is still inside. I... don't know how to contact you, so I ...I agreed to have the operation...I don't know if the operation will go smoothly, I..."
Zhou Tianlei held her in his arms and rubbed her back: I know, I know, don't be afraid, I'm coming. "
From the moment she took Zhou Yang to the clinic, her whole body was tense, suppressing all her anxieties, worries, and fears deep in her heart to calm herself down.
Until this moment, all the emotions came out, and his whole body became as soft as a puddle of water. He was buried in Zhou Tianlei's arms and choked with sobs.
Zhou Tianlei took off his raincoat, hugged the trembling Cheng Xiang, and held him tightly in his arms. At this moment, his heart fell to the ground.
We were supposed to arrive home in the afternoon, but the car broke down halfway and it started raining again. It was muddy all the way home. It was already late at night. As soon as he walked in the door, Tian Xing ran out and told him that Xiao Yang had a fever and Cheng wanted to take her there. There is a health clinic in town.
"How long have you been there?"
Zhou Tianxing said worriedly: "It's been more than an hour."
Zhou Tianlei's heart sank and he drove to the town clinic.
The doctor on duty in the clinic sent Cheng Xiang away. Seeing that it was going to rain, he packed up the utensils and clothes hanging in the yard and returned to the duty room. He listened to the sound of rain and slept soundly.
"Bang bang" there was a knock on the door, and I was almost frightened to death: "Who is it again?"
