"Expert Lin, I'm truly sorry. I was too impatient and rash!"
The tall and thin Xu Bin, wearing glasses, said anxiously, "Yesterday, An Keng told about you. With so skepticism, I looked up so information about you online."
"After checking, I was so excited that I couldn't sleep all night. Early this morning, I begged An Keng to bring to you."
"Expert Lin, I apologize for the abrupt visit. Please forgive my rudeness."
Seeing the bloodshot eyes of Xu Bin, Lin Jie believed he wasn't lying.
"Brother Jie, Teacher Xu and I have been sitting here, waiting for you for more than an hour!"
An Keng covered her mouth with her hand and let out a small yawn, continuing, "Sister Miaomiao wanted to wake you up, but Teacher Xu and I thought you needed a good rest, so we both suggested letting you wake up naturally."
Lin Jie reached out to ruffle An Keng's hair, mussing it a bit, and then gestured to the sofa, saying, "Teacher Xu, please, have a seat! I understand your feelings. After all, it's all for the child."
Lin Jie sat down first and then said, "Let see the dical records and the original test results!"
At this mont, Zhang Xiaoxiao brought over a cup of plain water and handed it to Lin Jie, reminding him, "Ah Jie, have a cup of water first!"
"Actually, the cause has been identified!"
Xu Bin waited for Lin Jie to finish drinking and then took out several X-rays from a large paper bag, "These are X-rays taken using cerebral angiography. Please have a look!"
Lin Jie took the X-rays and held them up to the light, frowning as he looked.
Arterial malformation in the right hemisphere of the brain.
The X-ray clearly showed a section of the arterial branch twisted like a tangled ss.
If this vascular anomaly appeared in other parts of the body, Lin Jie could easily perform surgery to straighten it out, but this vascular malformation is deep in the brain!
Surrounded by fragile brain tissue, there's simply no space for surgery, nor a clear field of vision!
Moreover, the branch is too thin, too twisted, and using interventional thods to clear it wouldn't be effective!
"Expert Lin, when the cause was found out, the doctor told ."
"Because this segnt of the vessel is too twisted, when the brain's function speeds up and the oxygen demand increases, the blood flowing through this small branch becos congested due to the sudden increase in flow rate..."
In a slow tone, Xu Bin said, "That part of the brain tissue suffers from severe hypoxia, causing physiological pain, and in more severe cases, it leads to fainting."
"The doctor said that the headache symptoms will beco more frequent with age."
"Previously, as long as Liang Liang had a headache, it would get better with a little relief. In the past year or so, every ti Liang Liang had a headache, it usually ended in fainting."
"It's like a computer crashing and restarting!"
As he spoke, Xu Bin's eyes turned red, he choked up, saying, "The doctor also said that this situation would last maybe another two or three years. Once Liang Liang gets older, one day, when he faints, he might never wake up again!"
"Expert Lin, I'm begging you to save my child!"
Anxiously, An Keng, sitting beside him, tugged on Lin Jie's arm, tearfully saying, "Brother Jie, if you have the ability, please help Teacher Xu!"
Lin Jie noticed that not only An Keng but also Zhang Xiaoxiao beside her had reddened eyes.
He slowly placed the X-rays on the coffee table, considered a mont, and said, "Teacher Xu, the complexity of your son's situation is sowhat beyond my expectations..."
"For the mont, I can't think of an appropriate treatnt thod..."
Xu Bin's face suddenly turned ashen white, pleading, "Expert Lin, please don't give up on my child, I'm begging you..."
Lin Jie raised a hand, stopping him, and said, "Leave these materials with first, I need so ti to study them!"
"No problem, no problem!"
Xu Bin said eagerly, "I'll leave all these materials here. You can research them as long as needed..."
Lin Jie didn't want him to have too much hope and reminded him, "Teacher Xu, I hope you understand, I will work hard to research and find a suitable treatnt plan."
"However, I cannot guarantee that I will definitely co up with this treatnt plan..."
Xu Bin gave a bitter smile and said, "Expert Lin, I understand what you an."
"Actually, my wife and I have co to terms with the fact that our child may eventually leave us."
"It's just..."
He caressed the X-rays on the coffee table with a gentle expression and said, "After all, he's our child. Seeing his obedient deanor, seeing him clutch his head in pain..."
His voice choked up a bit, he continued, "My wife and I think we ought to try everything within our power, no matter what!"
Xu Bin stood up and gave Lin Jie a deep bow, saying, "Expert Lin, please take care of it!"
After seeing Xu Bin off, An Keng tugged Lin Jie's hand and asked, "Brother Jie, is there really no way?"
"A solution, naturally, exists!"
Just as a smile appeared on An Keng's face, Lin Jie added, "I just haven't thought of it yet."
The smile on An Keng's face froze for a mont, and then she looked disappointed and said dejectedly, "Brother Jie, you're bad, joking about such matters."
Lin Jie patted her head again and laughed, saying, "Doctors in hospitals face birth, aging, illness, and death every day, as well as all kinds of tragedies. If we didn't maintain so optimism, we'd probably beco depressed."
"You haven't had breakfast, right? Join for a bit!"
An Keng shook her head to break free from Lin Jie's grasp and huffed, saying, "Earlier, I had a little with Sister Miaomiao before she went to work, but I didn't eat much because I didn't want to leave Teacher Xu waiting alone for you."
She patted her little belly, considered, and said, "I can eat a bit more."
The two walked into the dining room, and Zhang Xiaoxiao had already set out breakfast.
An Keng picked up a boiled egg, saying, "Brother Jie, I don't like eating egg yolks, can you eat them for ?"
Seeing Lin Jie nod in agreent, she happily began peeling the egg and asked, "How is that patient you call Little Raindrop doing?"
Lin Jie said softly, "Last night, one of my students perford a post-operative examination on her."
"He called to tell that besides the expected loss of language ability, there were no other symptoms of damage found in Little Raindrop, so I guess all is well."
An Keng gave an "Oh," handed the egg yolk to Lin Jie, and happily said, "You've saved another life."
"As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I think it won't be long before the pagoda you're building, Brother Jie, will develop into a forest, a whole woodland..."
Lin Jie tapped her bowl of porridge with his chopsticks, saying, "No need to praise like that, let's just eat!"
Zhang Xiaoxiao also sat down to eat.
She had just picked up her chopsticks when she suddenly said, "Ah Jie, last night I got so calls from people claiming to be journalists, wanting to interview you..."
Without thinking, Lin Jie directly said, "Refuse them all! I've got quite enough fa as it is, no need to expand further!"
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