Doctor Song, are you married?

Chapter 243 243. Bereavement leave?

"Mom, don't worry, I'm back right now." The man named Qiangzi's eyes dodge and he walked to his father's bed. When he saw his father's old face and head full of white hair, he couldn't control it anymore. I cried silently.

A grown man in his thirties cried like a child.

"Qiangzi, don't cry. Your dad will be sad if he sees you crying." The old lady wiped the corners of her eyes.

"Well, the patient's condition is not very optimistic. My suggestion is to go for dialysis as soon as possible. Take a look. If there is no problem, pay the hospitalization fee as soon as possible, and then we will arrange dialysis here as soon as possible." Song Qi stepped forward.

"Doctor, I have a few questions, can I ask them?" The man walked towards Song Qi.

Song Qi nodded, "Follow me to the doctor's office."

The man followed Song Qi to the doctor's office.

"Doctor, how much will it cost to completely cure my dad's disease?"

Sure enough, the man's first question was about money.

Song Qi smiled. This is not shameful. Everyone's economic situation is different, and it is their right to know their consumption situation.

"You may not know much about your father's disease. He has renal failure, which means there is a problem with kidney function. There are currently two treatment options, one is kidney transplantation and the other is dialysis. Kidney transplantation can be completely cured, but the cost is very high. "High, the total cost is at least 40 to [-] yuan. This is based on finding a suitable kidney donor. Dialysis can only alleviate the condition, but cannot completely cure it." Song Qi tried his best to popularize science for him in the most popular language.

While Song Qi was doing science popularization for him, Qiangzi's phone kept ringing. He pressed the first few calls, but the latter ones seemed more important. He smiled sheepishly at Song Qi, "Doctor, no. Sorry, I’ll take a call first.”

Song Qi nodded and expressed understanding. After all, everyone is here to make a living, and no one's life is easy.

"Manager Li, I'm sorry, I'm asking for leave today. My father is sick. How many days will I be off? It's not clear yet. Okay, I will come back as soon as possible."

"I'm in sales, and I'm usually quite busy." Qiangzi smiled awkwardly.

"It's okay, let's continue. Your father's laboratory parameters are not very good, and his creatinine is very high." At this point, Qiangzi's phone rang again.

"I'm sorry." Qiangzi answered the phone again, "Honey, what's wrong? I just arrived at the hospital? What? The power was cut off? It's all my fault, it's all my fault. I've been too busy recently to pay the electricity bill."

The man hung up the phone, quickly took out his mobile phone, and paid the electricity bill on the mobile app.

"I'm sorry, the electricity bill at home has been cut off because of arrears. Doctor, where did we just talk?" Qiangzi forced a smile.

"Your father's condition has reached the point where he needs dialysis." Song Qi said.

"Well, doctor, let me ask again, with my father's condition, how many times a year does he need dialysis?"

"At present, it should be three or four times a month. In the future, it may be more frequent. It mainly depends on your father's physical condition."

Qiangzi didn't speak for a long time, probably calculating the cost in his mind.

"Doctor, what will happen if there is no dialysis?" Qiangzi asked again.

"If you don't have dialysis, you'll probably be waiting to die. I'm currently taking medication to maintain it, which could be one or two weeks at the earliest, or one or two months at the earliest. In short, there won't be too much time." At this point, Qiangzi's phone rang again. He got up. Before he could speak, Song Qi smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. Just take it. It's not easy for everyone."

Qiangzi smiled gratefully at Song Qi, and then quickly answered the phone, "Minister Lin, I just got home, and I really don't know when I will be back. My father, he, is not in a good condition. What? Mourning? Fake? You shouldn't need it, right?" After Qiangzi finished speaking, he hung up the phone, looking a little ugly.

"Dr. Song, that is to say, my father will die without dialysis. Even with dialysis, his disease cannot be completely cured. Is this what you mean?" Qiangzi asked.

"Yes, he needs long-term dialysis." Song Qi nodded.

"How long is the long term?" Qiangzi asked again.

"Well, it's hard to say, maybe three to five years, maybe ten or eight years, or even longer."

"Doctor Song, can I go back and think about it again?" Qiangzi looked at Song Qi in embarrassment.

"Okay, but please make a decision as soon as possible." Song Qi sighed.

As a doctor, sometimes we face incurable diseases and feel sad; sometimes we face curable diseases and feel short of money and sad.

In the observation ward, the old lady was not there, and she didn't know where she had gone. Only her son and daughter were standing by the hospital bed.

"Yingzi, I'm begging you this time. Please pay 2000 yuan for my dad to do dialysis first. When I go back and pay my salary, I will pay you back." Qiangzi lowered his voice and told his sister. said.

"Brother, it's not that I don't pay for it, it's that I really don't have any money now. I've taken leave again, and this month's perfect attendance bonus is gone. I don't know where to borrow this month's mortgage. I need it. No? Brother, do you want your finance department to advance your salary first?" Yingzi also had a sad look on his face.

"Salary advance? Do you think this unit is run by our family? I asked for personal leave for a few days, but my boss scolded me and kept urging me to go back. Our unit does not allow leave at all unless there are special circumstances. I estimate that I will only stay for three days at most this time. I want to take a few more days, but our minister is so damn disgusting that he actually asked me to take bereavement leave. Isn’t this a curse on our dad?" Qiangzi said, He looked up at the hospital bed and saw that the old man had woken up at some point.

"Dad, are you awake?" The brother and sister stood up in surprise.

Song Qi also saw this scene and quickly walked forward to check on the old man.

The old man is conscious, his vital signs are stable, and his urine output is okay. All signs show that he is getting better.

"Qiangzi, you are so busy, why are you back? And you, Yingzi, why are you coming to the hospital if you don't work hard?"

"Dad, aren't you sick? Let's come back to see you." The brother and sister spoke almost at the same time.

"I have this old problem. It's not a big deal. I'll just ask the doctor to prescribe some medicine and I'll take it later." The old man said, struggling to sit up from the bed.

"Dad, this is not a minor problem for you. The doctor said you have a kidney problem and need dialysis. I just discussed it with Yingzi and asked you to go to dialysis as soon as possible." As if seeing his father wake up, Qiangzi was in a good mood. Forgetting the unpleasantness for a moment, he said smoothly.

"Ah, yes, Dad, have a good rest, don't worry." Yingzi nudged her brother with her elbow.

Qiangzi suddenly stopped talking.

"You two, please don't torment me. I'm in good health and don't need any dialysis. I'm going to find a doctor right now and ask him to prescribe some medicine for me. We'll go home later." The old man said, Just get out of bed.

(End of this chapter)