Chapter 1309: Chapter 1309: Really Don’t Know What She’s After
Originally, the mother and son said they would find a place to grab a quick bite and then co back later, but Luo Qiao did not agree.
Because the cloth bag they were carrying looked empty, they couldn’t afford dical treatnt, and it’s unlikely they could afford food either.
Luo Qiao took them to the cafeteria. Since it was past lunchti, the food selection wasn’t complete. He ordered two dishes, two bowls of soup, and ten stead buns for them.
Worried that they might be too shy to eat freely, she got the sa al for herself: “You eat first, I’ll go back to my office to call a friend, just wait in the clinic lobby later, soone will co for you.”
Zeng Liang tried to stand up leaning on the table, but Luo Qiao stopped him: “No need to stand up, your body isn’t really up for it right now.”
After Luo Qiao left, Zeng Liang bowed his head and wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes: “Mom, we’re really lucky today, we t a good person. If my illness can be cured, I’ll work hard to earn money and be soone like Director Luo’s friend.”
Zeng Liang’s Mother emphatically nodded: “Good, son, mom supports you.”
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Luo Qiao returned to her office at Beijing dical University, took out her mobile phone, and called Xu Shifan to recount Zeng Liang’s situation, asking him to expand the current assistance scale by establishing the Yipin Fund, adding dical aid for impoverished families to the existing educational assistance, and devising necessary supportive asures quickly.
After finishing her explanation, she added: “The foundation will not accept public donations. The funding will co from Yipin’s annual revenue. We shall decide on the specific amount in a later eting.”
The two of them chatted for a bit more before hanging up the phone.
Xu Shifan acted swiftly; right after hanging up, he sent soone over. Zeng Liang and his mother didn’t dare to eat all the stead buns, stashing them in the cloth bag, thinking about making them last over more als.
They arrived early at the clinic lobby and waited.
That afternoon, apart from taking blood which needed to be done on an empty stomach the next morning, all other exams including X-rays of his lumbar and pelvic bones were completed.
Luo Qiao was worried about this case and visited the hospital at noon the next day. After reviewing the X-rays and test results, she realized that the problem wasn’t lumbar muscle strain at all, but ankylosing spondylitis.
This disease is a kind of autoimmune disease that can affect multiple joints throughout the body. Its early stages are often easily confused with degenerative joint diseases.
With the current level of dical practice, there is no permanent cure for this disease; it can only be managed with dication. Fortunately, it wasn’t too severe yet; otherwise, walking could beco a major issue in the future.
Seeing this situation, Luo Qiao thought that hospitalization wouldn’t be very aningful. She once again explained the situation to them, and after making sure they understood, she asked, “You are from the Outskirts of the Capital City, right?”
The hope that had sparked in Zeng Liang’s heart was doused upon hearing Luo Qiao’s words, and he lost his spirits, nodding weakly, “Yes.”
Luo Qiao knew what he was thinking, but she couldn’t conceal the seriousness of the condition since there were many things that needed attention and they must understand the severity of the illness.
Luo Qiao said, “In Western dicine, the treatnt is only controlling with dication, but it does not reach the root.”
After a pause, she continued, “I have been studying traditional Chinese dicine since I was young; I can try to treat it, but I can’t guarantee the outco. Would you like to give it a try?”
Zeng Liang looked at Luo Qiao sowhat bewilderedly, thinking since things were this way already, even if it couldn’t be cured, he shouldn’t waste her good intentions, so he nodded, “As long as you don’t find too much trouble, that’s fine.”
Luo Qiao only prescribed him a box of painkillers to take ho, advising him to take them if the pain beca unbearable, but to try to tolerate it if possible.
She took him to her office and used her lunch break to perform an acupuncture treatnt on him.
After removing the needles, she told them to co back next week to get the dicine and ntioned that they would need to co for acupuncture once a week. They would continue this alongside the prescribed dicine for three months before evaluating the effectiveness.
After giving these instructions, she let them leave and also had to return to the university since she had a class in the afternoon.
Just after Luo Qiao left, doctors in the hallway started talking: “These two are really lucky, to have caught Director Luo’s attention. They were allowed to not be hospitalized, and she only prescribed a box of painkillers.”
Yet she treated them with Chinese dicine in private, not even minding the odor of the patient, really mysterious what she was aiming for.”
Xiao Zhang could no longer stand it; having followed Director Luo for a while, she learned a lot from her. To hear Luo’s na badmouthed right in front of her, Xiao Yeh really had so nerve to say such things.
So she responded coldly, “Xiao Yeh, what are you talking about? His disease can’t be completely cured even with hospitalization. Director Luo has good intentions in treating him with acupuncture. Does it bother you?”
Xiao Yeh, angered by Xiao Zhang’s reaction to just a few words about Director Luo, retorted, “I just spoke a few hard truths, why are you getting mad and lashing out at ? Are you ill or sothing?”
Xiao Zhang countered, “I think you are the one who is ill. Director Luo is doing a good deed, and yet you still speak of her that way. You really have an issue with your thinking.”
Since Xiao Zhang had previously ntioned the assistance matter, Xiao Yeh shouted, “She’s only doing it to save her friend so money, so vain really.”
This really angered Xiao Zhang, “To each their own, but you truly have a lowly mindset. I can’t be friends with soone like you, better we keep our distance from now on.”
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