Practicing Medical Skills in a Small Clinic-Chapter 158 - 119: A Major Case Arrives—The Evil Mother-in-law and the Pitiful Daughter-in-law (Part 3)

Li Jingsheng began to scrutinize the infant's admission information at the Children's Hospital once again.

Three hospitals, the medical record information at the Community Health Service Station is the simplest. The Children's Hospital is the most detailed, and the last one is the People's Hospital, which might have considered that the previous hospital's record was detailed enough, so they were somewhat lazy.

Only the important information was recorded.

This infant started showing symptoms over a month ago, with a low fever, but no runny nose or cough.

These symptoms are still absent now.

The child had episodes of abdominal bloating, and even vomiting, sometimes as much as four or five times a day, vomiting out the milk they've ingested.

And for several consecutive days, there was no bowel movement.

The family then took the child to the Community Health Service Station for consultation.

The health service station, equally cautious, did not dare to take on the case, only conducted a symbolic check, and advised the family to seek treatment at a higher-level hospital.

The mindset of being cautious is not unique to Li Jingsheng.

Most grassroots hospitals and clinics are afraid of mishaps, so when faced with high-risk cases, they would rather do less work than risk a problem.

Taking on one less patient might mean earning less, but it keeps the job secure.

If they're too ambitious and a mishap occurs with the patient they've taken on, their job could be lost.

The family brought the infant to the Children's Hospital for consultation, and was directly admitted.

The Children's Hospital immediately implemented fasting, gastrointestinal decompression, and intravenous antibiotic treatment for the infant. This is the most common treatment for unexplained fever.

Antibiotics are considered a 'cure-all' in clinical settings.

This way of treatment lasted for about six days, the infant's fever subsided, the bloating phenomenon disappeared, and after resuming feeding, the infant had a bowel movement the next day.

Up to this point, it was all joy and happiness, as the week-long hospital treatment yielded significant success.

Except the infant's bowel movement turned out to be watery. 𝒇𝙧𝙚𝓮𝔀𝓮𝒃𝙣𝓸𝒗𝒆𝒍.𝙘𝒐𝒎

And progressively got worse, although there was no mucus or blood in the stools.

The family was initially filled with joy, believing that they would be discharged in another two days.

Unexpectedly, the infant began to show symptoms of agitation and frequent crying, and intake also kept decreasing. However, the vomiting did not recur.

This means the earlier symptoms of low fever, vomiting, and constipation were cured.

Now there are newly emerged symptoms of diarrhea, frequent crying, and reduced intake.

What worries therapists the most is encountering such phenomena, akin to playing whack-a-mole; once you knock down one, another pops up.

Moreover, the newly appeared symptoms are different from the original ones.

This is driving the attending physician crazy.

Just as the doctors at Children's Hospital were still trying to find the cause, the infant began to have a fever again.

The body temperature soared above 37 degrees once more.

Always fluctuating between 37 to 37.3 degrees.

The family might have started to doubt the medical skills of the Children's Hospital, so they transferred to the People's Hospital.

In terms of comprehensive strength, People's Hospital and Qiaobang Hospital are the top-tier hospitals in Jiang City.

This city with a million-level population sees a large number of difficult cases and complex surgeries taking place in these hospitals every day.

After receiving the child, the doctors at People's Hospital performed detailed examinations and demanded hospital admission as well.

Due to tight bed availability, the family had to wait another day before being admitted.

The doctors at People's Hospital administered oral hydroxyamphetamine, and used multiple antibiotics such as Cefradine, Amikacin, etc. They even employed Montmorillonite treatment, meant to help the infant with diarrhea.

Li Jingsheng sighed at the medication approach of People's Hospital doctors.

Truly astonishing.

As a doctor from this small clinic, even if his knowledge of medication and pharmacokinetics reached Master Level, he just barely touched the threshold of combined drug use.

At most, he counts as having one foot in the door, not even at the initial entry-level.

However, he was certain that the person administering medication after the People's Hospital received the case was at least an associate chief physician level.

It might even be possible that they are a chief physician.

Since no matter the department, when faced with such a difficult patient, they will go all-out, mobilizing the most advanced forces for treatment.

After combined medication, the child's condition did not significantly improve.

Symptoms fluctuated, the condition recurrent.

Seeing no significant improvement after treatment in two major hospitals, the family was certainly anxious!

The pediatrician from People's Hospital told the family to wait two days, as a chief physician who was studying abroad would return. At that time, treatment would be organized again for the child by the chief physician.

After waiting a day, the child's grandmother, afraid of problems, ultimately couldn't help but discharge the child on her own and took them to Li Jingsheng's clinic.

After understanding the situation, Li Jingsheng felt chills down his spine.

The child's grandmother is truly a remarkable person, somehow believing that Sunshine Clinic's medical skills are great, rather than trusting the capability of People's Hospital, she instead placed her trust in Li Jingsheng's small clinic.

This trust is too profound, Li Jingsheng felt it was beyond him.

"Dr. Li, I beg you to save my grandson, I have only one grandson. If anything happens to him, what would our family do?"

The child's grandmother saw Li Jingsheng deep in thought, unable to refrain from pleading desperately.

The young mother standing behind her softly sobbed.

Her grandmother turned back and glared at her fiercely.

"Cry, cry, cry, the child isn't dead yet! My son married such a jinx, truly unlucky for eight lifetimes. The child getting this strange illness could very well be caused by your constant crying."

It is often said that the wicked mother-in-law bullies the daughter-in-law, Li Jingsheng witnessed this today.

This daughter-in-law looked like a very honest woman, and despite being scolded by her mother-in-law in public, she dared not retort.

Each unhappy family has some problems.

Li Jingsheng only felt this mother-in-law was too domineering.

"Wow..."

At this moment, perhaps due to the grandmother's harsh tone towards her daughter-in-law, the child was frightened.

The infant began to cry loudly.

Its hands and feet moved and flailed continually.

The face turned red.

Only at this time was the complexion red; previously it appeared very pale.

"Why are you still dawdling? Bring the feeding bottle here, I find you so vicious as a mother, totally unconcerned with the child's life or death." The grandma fumed further on seeing her grandson cry.

Scolding the daughter-in-law again.

"Mom, how can you say that about me? I was always at home taking care of the child. You berate me for not working, so I went out to find a job, asking for your help to manage the child. Who would've expected that not long after, the child fell ill? Nobody wanted to see such a thing happen. The child is a part of me; how could I not feel pained for him?"

The daughter-in-law choked as she tried to defend herself.

Not only being scolded by her mother-in-law, but also being publicly wronged, her feelings could be imagined.

Trying hard to suppress emotions, she made this quiet defense.

Simply to avoid letting others misunderstand her as a ruthless mother.

"Hey, what do you mean by this? Are you blaming me for not taking care of the child well?"

The grandmother suddenly rose up, scaring Li Jingsheng.

This grandma is truly ferocious.

The daughter-in-law was frightened and backed away two or three steps, her eyes full of fear and helplessness.