I Can Talk to the Internal Organs

Chapter 377 - 343: Sending Every Patient Home Cured

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In the hospital ward, Yan Ruohan looked at Jiang Hongming.

"How many times has Xiao Shu gone to the bathroom?"

Jiang Hongming replied, "Nine times."

Yan Ruohan asked worriedly, "Is it okay?"

Jiang Hongming said, "It’s definitely fine. Before, Xiao Shu could barely go once every few days and would always complain about his bloated stomach. Even though he went more frequently today, I can see his belly has visibly shrunk."

"Moreover, Dean Lu also said that the medicine given to Xiao Shu is to regulate his sleep, diet, and bowel movements. Let’s see how he sleeps tonight."

Yan Ruohan nodded, "Hmm."

At night, Jiang Shu started feeling sleepy around nine o’clock.

Because before this, he had exercised for more than half an hour.

After taking the medicine, Jiang Shu felt his body become lighter and warmer.

Unlike before, when he always felt cold and any slight breeze seemed to penetrate to his bones.

Often, he had trouble sleeping because his feet were too cold, so cold that he couldn’t fall asleep.

And then there was the pain.

The occasional dull pain inside his body was also tormenting him.

But today, after taking the medicine, he found his body warming up. Not only was he not cold anymore, but the pain also disappeared.

That wasn’t all. After going to the bathroom, the bloated feeling in his stomach was gone too.

Before, regardless of whether he ate or not, his belly always looked like a balloon.

But today, after going to the bathroom five or six times, his belly shrank a size.

Ever since the leukemia diagnosis, Jiang Shu had never felt so good!

"Dad, I want to sleep," Jiang Shu said.

Jiang Hongming patted his head, "Sleep, but don’t pretend to sleep if you can’t fall asleep. If you’re uncomfortable, you have to tell Dad so that the doctor can treat you properly, okay?"

Jiang Shu blinked in surprise, as if not understanding how Jiang Hongming knew he was pretending to sleep.

In fact, as a father, having watched his child grow up, how could he not understand his every move?

Whether Jiang Shu was asleep or pretending to be, Jiang Hongming knew very well.

But he understood why Jiang Shu pretended to sleep.

And the more he understood, the more it pained him.

For him, a grown man, to have a seven-year-old worry about money matters.

As a father, Jiang Hongming felt he had failed.

But he didn’t want his sense of failure to affect Jiang Shu.

So one pretended to sleep to avoid worrying his father, while the other pretended not to know to avoid his child noticing.

However, this anxiety completely disappeared after Jiang Hongming carefully calculated the medical expenses over these days.

Because when adding up the diagnosis fees, medicine costs, food therapy, exercise rehabilitation, and hospitalization, over eight days, he spent less than four thousand yuan.

The biggest expense was the hospitalization fee, followed by food therapy and diagnosis fees, with medication costs being the lowest.

And the hospitalization fee could be reimbursed.

So, with this calculation, over ten thousand yuan per month for treatment would be enough, or possibly even less with reimbursement.

Even though the pressure was still significant, if treatment could continue like this, allowing their son to live healthily and happily, they could grit their teeth and keep at it.

Before, just one chemotherapy session in the hospital cost seven or eight thousand, not including various tests.

In those three months, he spent a total of over eighty thousand.

Now, with the pressure to survive lightened, the burden on Jiang Hongming’s mind was finally lifted.

This gave him the confidence to tell Jiang Shu not to endure the pain any longer.

Because his father could allow him to continue living, like a normal person.

Jiang Shu’s eyes widened, "Hmm."

He’s no longer feeling uncomfortable, so there’s no need to pretend.

After speaking, Jiang Shu closed his eyes.

He knew that only when he was better, his dad and mom wouldn’t constantly worry.

Watching his son’s eyes close, Jiang Hongming couldn’t help but smile.

He didn’t know if his son’s leukemia was improving.

He didn’t care about these things anymore either.

Just like the elderly man in the next bed said, as long as his son improved daily, could eat and sleep, run and move, what did it matter if the disease was there or not?

The next morning, Jiang Shu unusually slept from around nine or ten at night until five or six in the morning. When Jiang Hongming awoke, he thought Jiang Shu was pretending to sleep, but when he approached and felt his breathing, he realized the child was indeed asleep.

This made the couple overjoyed.

Calculating the time, Jiang Shu must have slept over seven hours, almost eight hours.

This was the amount of sleep a normal child should have!

In the ward, the couple looked at the clock on the wall, exchanging glances.

Unknowingly, their eyes moistened, and the rising sun outside the window caressed their backs.

Over the next few days, Jiang Hongming went to get the medicine punctually, not daring to delay.

Three days quickly passed, and after Jiang Shu finished the medicine, his changes were far more evident than the previous week.

His once pale face not only had color but also showed a healthy glow; his movement no longer floated but was grounded, yet light.

Practicing the Vajra Skill daily also gave him a sense of strength, with his movements becoming more precise.

Additionally, he was able to complete an entire set of the Vajra Skill movements initially.

Regarding diet, the food therapy plans Lu Jiu set now couldn’t satisfy his needs; after lunch, by three or four in the afternoon, he’d feel hungry again.

Clearly lacking in nutrition, Jiang Shu’s energy, however, only increased.

"Not bad, recovering very well, better than I expected. It looks like you’re following the medical advice seriously," Lu Jiu said with a smile.

After learning that Jiang Shu’s sleep, eating, and bathroom habits were normalizing, Lu Jiu was very pleased.

Within three days, they adjusted his routine to about seventy to eighty percent of a normal child’s, indicating the prescription was right.

Next, he just needed to adjust some dosages of certain medicines, like raw aconite.

Since children have strong Yang energy, temporarily using raw aconite to expel his internal cold was enough, then based on the reduction of his cold symptoms, gradually reduce the use of raw aconite.

After all, raw aconite is a potent Yang-warming herb, and if a child’s cold symptoms aren’t obvious, overuse could do more harm than good.

This balance must be carefully maintained!

"Dean Lu, can we continue with that medication?" Jiang Hongming, considering it a wonder drug, asked.

Lu Jiu replied, "Wait a moment, let me adjust... Here, this is the new prescription, which can be taken for a month directly. Continue with the food therapy and exercises. By the next follow-up, Jiang Shu’s Spleen and Stomach function should be more or less restored, allowing him to have regular meals. Practicing the movements at home is just as effective once the actions are learned, and by then, you can handle the discharge procedures and continue medication at home."

Ah?

Jiang Hongming looked at Lu Jiu in stunned silence.

He imagined his son might have to reside long-term in the hospital, perhaps a year, maybe two.

But he hadn’t expected Lu Jiu to say discharge could happen in just over a month.

Wouldn’t that halve the burden on his shoulders?

"Dean Lu, isn’t a month too short? It might be more convenient to monitor at the hospital," Jiang Hongming said.

Lu Jiu laughed, "Here, I need to correct a misconception. Our hospital’s mission is to treat patients and send them home in the best and fastest way, not to keep them here. If every patient entered and never left, it could only mean the doctors here are incompetent!"

"Of course, if you can afford it and feel more at ease with your son staying at the hospital, we won’t stop you!"

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