novelraw Chapter 473 - 85: Two Healthy People Can’t Have One Healthy Child!
Chapter 473 - 85: Two Healthy People Can’t Have One Healthy Child!
"I’ll first take your pulse and then prescribe some routine medications for you."
"What I can do here is to help boost your resistance as much as possible. You need to make sure you don’t get overly tired, don’t have extreme mood swings, and avoid excessive sun exposure..."
Dr. Chen continued to list over a dozen things for Bai Mao to follow.
Bai Mao nodded in agreement at each point.
Only then did Dr. Chen say, "Give me your ID card and your parents’ ID cards too. I’ll input some information here."
Parents’ ID cards?
Su Bingbing, who hadn’t fully processed what she was hearing, upon hearing Dr. Chen’s request.
Instinctively.
Asked, "Dr. Chen, I remember when you attended to other patients, you only asked for an ID card or medical insurance card?"
Why with Bai Mao?
Are his parents’ ID cards needed too?
Su Bingbing speculated.
Maybe.
It’s because Bai Mao’s situation is quite severe, but that shouldn’t be the case. In the university hospital, students sent to the ICU are common.
Yet Bai Mao can still sit here in good condition.
How could it possibly be more severe than those lying in the ICU?
Upon hearing Su Bingbing’s question, Dr. Chen was momentarily stunned.
Then.
He smiled somewhat helplessly, "Reporter Su, I wasn’t speaking to you. Gu He isn’t a student at Hai City University..."
Su Bingbing was equally taken aback.
Her mind went blank and slow to respond.
Instinctively asked: "Not a student from Hai City University, and can still receive treatment at the university hospital?"
The university hospital of Hai City University.
Apparently doesn’t provide treatment rights to outsiders, right.
Isn’t Dr. Chen afraid of being reported for this?
Dr. Chen, speechless: "Reporter Su, have you forgotten that besides students, the university hospital also treats the staff and their family members?"
Su Bingbing: "..."
It’s over.
Her brain was malfunctioning.
Dr. Chen pointed to the person in front of him, Bai Mao: "This young man, Gu He, is the child of our university’s professor."
Speaking of which.
Dr. Chen couldn’t help but sigh: "To be honest, the two professors from our university, also the parents of Gu He, are quite extraordinary..."
"After giving birth to a child with albinism, these professors sought medical help everywhere with their child until Gu He’s condition stabilized."
"They began to consider whether they should have another child, so when Gu He gets gravely ill and if they are no longer around, there will be someone he can rely on."
"Of course, the two professors never intended to morally coerce their yet-to-be-born child. They worked very hard to earn money, merely hoping in the future, someone could hire a nurse for Gu He, or sign on the surgery consent form..."
Sharing the story, Dr. Chen lightly sighed again, casting a silent glance towards Gu He.
Honestly.
Dr. Chen had no interest in discussing others’ personal lives in front of the camera.
But every word he said now.
Was at Gu He’s request.
Gu He wishes for more people to know about their siblings’ condition.
He remembers when he first met Gu He.
The young man cried like a rain-soaked child.
Throughout extensive years of treatment.
Gu He had long accepted the fact that he is an albino patient.
However...
He couldn’t accept that his sister is also a patient.
That day.
When Gu He first learned about his sister’s illness.
He immediately attempted suicide.
It was Dr. Chen who saved him.
And since that day, this albino young man had just one mission in his heart, to seek treatment for his sister.
He could accept living as an albino all his life.
Yet wished his sister could be cured.
Meeting Dr. Chen’s inquisitive gaze.
Gu He merely nodded slightly, roughly expressing his own attitude.
After Dr. Chen sighed, he continued: "These professors, being highly educated individuals, naturally know that if the parents have genetic issues, it’s inappropriate to have children."
"Before getting pregnant, the two of them went to many cities, both domestically and abroad, for pre-pregnancy examinations. Every examination report told them they didn’t possess genes unsuitable for childbirth, and the professors began preparing for pregnancy..."
—
"My God, I now understand, they did everything within their power yet couldn’t defy fate..."
"Everything that could be done was done, yet they didn’t get a good result. It’s hard to imagine just how desperate the two professors must have been."
"Back then, they wouldn’t have known they would have a second child with a condition, would they?"
"Is there really no genetic problem, how can it be so coincidental that both children have issues?"
"Many things cannot be explained by our current medical technology."
"Why do I feel that, considering Gu He’s attitude, his sister’s illness may be even more severe than his?"
"Albinism, although severe, has allowed Gu He to live safely so far..."
"Look at Gu He, are you sure his life has been peaceful?"
"Their parents must be bearing an even greater burden, right?"
"..."
—
"Having faced bad results the first time, even after getting pregnant, the professors remained extremely cautious."
"For every prenatal checkup, they were very proactive. It delighted them greatly that all maternity tests had nothing but green lights."
Even though it was his own demand.
Listening to Dr. Chen talk about his family’s story, Gu He felt an unexplained sadness.
Throughout these years.
He had always been very concerned about his sister’s illness.
Seemingly overlooking.
The emotions of his parents.
If it were possible, their parents probably are the last ones wishing to see their children suffer from illness, right?!
But reflecting now...
When he learned his sister was ill.
Understanding that her condition wasn’t only hard to cure,
even her intelligence might be stunted for life, he was devastated.
Confronting his parents.
He said many hurtful things, like why they chose to have the two of them...
Yet at this moment.
Sitting in the university health clinic, listening to Dr. Chen’s recounting.
Suddenly.
He understood everything.
Their parents had already strived earnestly for their siblings’ health.
All it could be said is...
Sometimes, fate is unkind.
Despite their parents’ countless efforts, they still ended up with two unhealthy children.
Many of his parents’ contemporaries, professors.
Have sent their children to university or watched them get married.
Only his parents.
Throughout all these years.
As long as they earned money, they would try everything to seek medical help.
Clearly...
The doctors have already explained that while money can assist in treating the condition, it cannot provide a cure.
Dr. Chen: "What the professors never expected was, when their second child was at the age of three, they realized this child also had issues..."
"Furthermore..."
"This child, despite looking like a beautiful doll, will likely struggle to manage daily living on their own in the future..."