windy city rainy season

At the end of November, Chicago is suffering from the bleakness of winter, the wind is blowing and the leaves are rolling, and the chill is striking.When Tao Yu went out, he took a few breaths of cold air, coughing all the way.The injury caused by the accident two years ago was far more than a simple scar. What almost killed him at that time was the hemorrhage caused by the rupture of the spleen.The spleen tissue is fragile and rich in blood. During the rescue, the chief surgeon had to remove the whole spleen to control the bleeding.Although he underwent autosplenic transplantation later on, the immune function of the transplanted spleen tissue was greatly reduced. Although Tao Yu did not exercise less in the past two years, his physical fitness was still not restored to before.

Holding the collar of his coat tightly, he walked quickly to Mr. Tang's house, and he couldn't see anyone on the road except for the occasional passing vehicles.Thanksgiving is an important reunion festival for Americans. I am afraid that only the police and doctors are still working overtime at this time.Tao Yu sighed, he was used to being called away by a phone call when Chang Zheng was on vacation, leaving him to finish the rest of the dinner, watch the second half of the movie, and go home from the supermarket alone.He admitted that the work of the other party is important, but people are dying of old age, sickness and death in this world every moment, and doctors are not gods, so you should spend a few days with your family in a year!

Turning the last street corner, Tao Yu saw Chen Li who was smoking downstairs in Mr. Tang's house, a little spark looming in the cold wind.Tao Yu's anger cooled down, and he called "senior brother" from a distance.

Chen Li snuffed out the end of the cigarette, smiled as he approached and said, "I heard that someone roasted a turkey, so I came here to greet him."

"Welcome me or the turkey?" Tao Yu smiled holding the food box, and seeing that the other party didn't intend to go back to the house, he asked, "Shall we go in together?"

Chen Li brushed off the cigarette ash on his clothes and said, "You go first, he has a child at home, I'll stand for a while to dissipate the smell of smoke."

Tao Yu didn't move, and stood with him on the side of the street, his eyes were attracted by the Christmas decorations put up in advance in the opposite yard.The owner of the opposite house is an old couple. Tao Yu used to meet them often when he lived here.Every festival, there will be several more cars outside the house, and the children of the old couple who are out of state will bring their grandchildren back, and the whole family will celebrate the festival together.In the past few years, Tao Yu has grown older, and when he is away from relatives and friends abroad, he also feels longing for seeing other people's homes lively and lively during the festival.

"Yan Zhao used to live here." Chen Li said suddenly.

Tao Yu turned to look at him, a little surprised that the other party would take the initiative to mention this name, "Live at Teacher Tang's house?"

"I lived opposite and rented a room from that couple." Chen Li explained, "At that time Tang Hainan planned to buy a house. The previous owner of the house couldn't repay the loan and the house was repossessed by the bank. Yan Zhao heard from his landlord that , recommended it to Tang Hainan. He was there when I accompanied Lao Tang to see the house, so we knew each other."

Seeing Chen Li looking across the street, Tao Yu guessed that at this moment, he also felt regrets and regrets in his heart. Even if he was not yet thirty at that time, Yan Zhao was probably the same age as himself now, and he returned to the beginning in a blink of an eye. At the place where they met, one of them was almost gone, and the other had no news.

"Why did you break up?" Tao Yu asked.

Chen Li smiled, turned his eyes away from the opposite side, looked at Tao Yu and said: "There are so many divorced couples, and each pair has a last resort, such as inconsistent personalities, inconsistent ideals, and differences in living habits... In the end, it's just because passion has been worn down. It's gone, I don't want to accommodate each other anymore. Two people have come to that point, without the constraints of marriage and the bondage of the next generation, what reason are there to be together?"

Tao Yu couldn't answer, the other party's words pierced into his heart, whether he and Chang Zheng were going in this direction, no matter how many things they experienced together, life was still trivial and ordinary, and the concealed contradictions gradually protruded, he didn't know Dare to wonder if they will be numb to each other in the future too.

The cold wind made Tao Yu cough again, causing a dull pain in his left rib.Chen Li turned sideways to block the wind for him, took the food box, raised his hand and patted him on the back a few times.

"You have had such a dry cough for a while, have you checked?"

Tao Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and before he could answer, Tang Hainan yelled from upstairs: "Are you two stealing turkey outside? Tao Yu, you don't pay attention to your broken body, you don't get seriously ill and feel uncomfortable." no!"

"Teacher Tang, you have a crow's mouth." Tao Yu muttered, and followed Chen Li into Tang Hainan's house.

Chen Li asked: "What's wrong with your young body?"

Tao Yu said sloppily, "Don't listen to Mr. Tang's nonsense, it's just that he had two fevers this year."

"Have you had a fever twice?" Tang Hainan stood at the top of the stairs and looked down at him, "During the Spring Festival, everyone ate together, and everyone else was fine, but you had enteritis and fever for a week; just two days later, you caught the flu and had a fever ;I had gastritis when I came back from China in summer. My spleen was removed and my immunity was poor, so I didn’t take good care of myself..."

"Okay, Mr. Tang, I will definitely pay attention in the future." Tao Yu interrupted, "Hurry up and eat, the turkey should still be warm in the thermos bag."

While Tang Hainan and his wife were busy in the restaurant, Tao Yu stepped into the bathroom, lifted his shirt and pressed on his left rib, feeling a swelling pain, which could not be seen from the outside.In the first half of the year, no problems were found during the routine reexamination. He didn't know if the cough caused the old injury.The re-examination in the second half of the year will be in mid-December, and he is hesitant to call ahead.

After coming out of the bathroom, Chen Li leaned against the door and looked at him, blaming himself: "I don't know that you are not in good health. I have asked you to drink wine several times before. Is your gastritis caused by being in China..."

Tao Yu waved his hand: "A splenectomy is not a big deal, but it's easy to get a fever. The doctor said that it's okay to drink a little alcohol. Now I'm being watched everywhere, so don't imitate them."

"If there is a chance, I really want to take care of you." When Chen Li said this, his tone was natural and casual, but his eyes were fixed on him without blinking.

Tao Yu wasn't sure whether the other party was joking or serious. He was stunned for a moment, then said lightly, "My health is actually not that bad. I..."

"You don't have to be nervous." Chen Li smiled slightly, "I'm ten years older than you, and now I'm a teacher-student relationship. I don't really have any ambitions for you. But sometimes you remind me of Yan Zhao, you and him As sensitive as you are, you like to hide things in your heart, and people can't help but want to discover your true thoughts."

"Senior brother..." Tao Yu didn't know how to answer the words, the other party expressed his attitude towards him frankly, but it didn't make him feel relieved - in fact, he really felt a blockage in his heart.

Chen Li didn't expect Tao Yu to respond to his words, so he patted him on the shoulder, turned and left.Tao Yu stood there for two or three seconds, and followed Chen Li to the restaurant.

After eating, Tao Yu felt the distending pain in the left upper abdomen became more and more obvious, and he even felt a little nauseous. He bid farewell to Tang Hainan and went home. Seeing that his face was not looking well, Chen Li offered to drive him back, but Tao Yu did not refuse.The two didn't talk much along the way, Chen Li only asked if he wanted to go to the hospital for a checkup, Tao Yu forced a smile and said that there was a doctor at home, so Chen Li didn't say any more.

When he got home, Tao Yu found the car keys hanging at the door, and Chang Zheng had already returned.The dishes on the table in the living room remained intact, and half of the turkey was well placed in the baking tray, but the only remaining chicken leg was missing.He walked to the door of the bedroom, and saw the thief who stole the chicken legs leaning against the head of the bed, with his cell phone dropped to the side, and he was already asleep.

Tao Yu leaned over to pick up the phone, pressed it and it turned off.He has long been familiar with Dr. Chang's state of falling asleep when he gets home. Surgical residents work an average of 110 to [-] hours a week, and even record [-] hours at the craziest time.Every morning, Chang Zheng would go out before five in the morning. When he got home at night, he could not say a few words and dreamed that Duke Zhou had gone. How could the two of them have a chance to communicate? They obviously lived in the same room, but they seemed to be separated by time zones.

"Scaple..."

In the dream, Chang Zheng spoke a string of English quickly, but Tao Yu could only vaguely understand the word "scalpel".He tried to adjust the other party's awkward sleeping position, but he woke him up.

"Where have you been?" Chang Zheng half-opened his eyes and asked in a daze.

"Have dinner at Teacher Tang's house."

Chang Zheng let out a "huh" and closed his eyes.

"I brought half a roast chicken over there."

"it is good……"

"The Bears lost the game today."

"..."

"Chen Li is also at Teacher Tang's house at night."

"..."

The other party's snoring announced the end of today's conversation, and the sum of them was not as much as the sleep talk just now.Tao Yu sat in despair for half a minute, then suddenly leaned forward and kissed the other party, ignoring Chang Zheng's unconscious dodge due to sleepiness, and refused to stop lifting his shirt.

"What's wrong with you?" Chang Zheng was completely awakened, catering to his inexplicable enthusiasm.

Tao Yu tore off his clothes and threw them aside, angrily said, "I didn't understand enough?"

Chang Zheng yawned and turned over, and said in a nasal voice, "I have four surgeries today..."

The light was not turned on in the bedroom, the other person's face became blurred, Tao Yu felt his chest constricted, he was no more interested than the exhausted Chang Zheng, but he found sadly that he could not find any other way to communicate .

The pain in the left upper abdomen permeated the entire abdomen, covering up other sensations in the body. Tao Yu's eyes gradually lost focus, as if he heard Chang Zheng calling his name in his ear, but he couldn't respond...

On the night of Thanksgiving, Tao Yu was sent to the operating room. Thrombosis formed at the anastomotic site of the transplanted spleen tissue, causing infarction of the transplanted spleen, unable to re-establish blood supply, and was eventually completely removed.