Chapter 118 - 118 Cerebral Infarction caused by Hypertension
118 Cerebral Infarction caused by Hypertension
Lu Jiao turned to comfort Lady Chen, “Don’t worry, everything will be fine.”
Lady Chen’s anxiety subsided a little after she saw how collected Lu Jiao was.
Everyone walked into Lu Jiao’s home. Lu Jiao gestured to place Master Chen onto her west bedroom bed.
Once Master Chen was laid flat, Lu Jiao went up to examine him. Suddenly, Xie Yunjin’s fear-driven voice was heard, “Lu Jiao.”
Worried that Xie Yunjin would get out of bed due to fear, Lu Jiao went to him. His legs could not touch the ground right now. If his bones dislocate again, he will need a second operation.
She rushed to him. On top of the bed, Xie Yunjin’s handsome visage was full of anxiousness. The moment Lu Jiao appeared, he asked, “Master is sick? Is he okay?”
Lu Jiao tried to soothe him, “It’s okay. I will save him. Don’t worry.”
Xie Yunjin stared at Lu Jiao and his tone was deeply sincere, “Lu Jiao, you have to save him. if you save him, I will agree to one of your favors. Whatever you want, I can work to achieve it.”
Lu Jiao’s eyes flickered, and her lips curled up subconsciously. This was a nice surprise.
Xie Yunjin was going to be the First a.s.sistant one day. Once he’s in that position, she could redeem this favor.
Lu Jiao was just as earnest when she responded, “Don’t worry, I will save him.”
She then walked over. Master Chen likely had a cerebral obstruction. The optimal time for treatment is within the third and sixth hours.
Inside the west bedroom, Lady Chen saw Lu Jiao return and asked hastily, “Yunjin’s wife, please examine him. What’s wrong with him?”
Lu Jiao nodded and knelt down to examine Master Chen. As she did that, she asked Lady Chen lots of questions.
“Did his vision ever go blurry? Did he ever have nosebleeds?”
Lady Chen nodded instantly, “Yes, sometimes. I thought it was because he was getting older.”
Lu Jiao was now certain that Master Chen had a cerebral infarction caused by hypertension.
She looked toward Lady Chen and the two young men behind her. They looked similar to Master Chen – likely they were his sons.
“Master Chen has hypertension. This means his liver is always hyperactive and he has renal insufficiency. When his blood pressure rose too high, it caused cerebral infarction. This was why he pa.s.sed out.
The early signs of cerebral infarction aren’t obvious. For him to pa.s.s out, it means he’s been sick for a while.”
Lady Chen and her two sons were getting nervous, “Is he going to be okay?”
Lu Jiao shook her head, “Don’t worry, I will give him medicine right away.”
If she could give him saline, it would open up his blood vessels right away. However, with so many witnesses here, Lu Jiao wasn’t going to whip that out. So she decided to give Master Chen an injection – a combination of antiplatelet and medicine to calm the nerve.
Even though it was just an injection, she didn’t want anyone from the Chen family to see it. She said to Lady Chen and her sons, “You guys wait outside, Dr. Qi can stay and help.”
The family wanted to stay but they were worried it would interfere with treatment, so they left.
After they left, Lu Jiao went to the corner of the room and pretended to be searching the drawers, she took out a syringe from her s.p.a.ce and some medicine.
Qi Lei stared in shock. He’s never seen anything like this, “Master, what are those?”
Lu Jiao responded calmly, “These are things my Master left me. It’s used for injection. I don’t have a lot left though.”
Suddenly, she realized that she didn’t have much medicine left in storage in her s.p.a.ce. If she saw more patients, she’ll be out very soon. What will happen then?
Lu Jiao thought of her spiritual stream and thought of the lack of medical supplies in this era.
She abruptly got an idea. She could open up her own pharmacy and make medicine that would benefit the villagers. Things like getting a cold were no big deal. However, due to a lack of medicine, many people die from it.
Lu Jiao felt that her spiritual water could benefit the whole nation.
While Lu Jiao thought of this, she never stopped moving. Quickly, she filled up her syringe and injected the medicine into Master Chen’s arm.
After the injection, she took out ant.i.thrombotic aspirin and CDP choline to nourish the nerves. She fed them to Master Chen.
Qi Lei watched all this happen and he was speechless. He’s never seen any of this stuff. Even those pills were unfamiliar to him.
“What medicine did you give Master Chen?”
“Ant.i.thrombotic medicine and nerve calming medicine.”
Lu Jiao then explained the diagnosis for Master Chen and her treatment plan.
Qi Lei was stunned, “What are ant.i.thrombotic medicine and nerve-calming medicine?”
“Ant.i.thrombotic medicine includes antiplatelet agents that prevent platelets from clumping. Nerve calming medicine helps nourish the brain.” She then added, “We can also use ginseng, Panax notoginseng, safflower, or leech to treat the symptoms.”
Qi Lei nodded, understanding. So the patient had blood clots and needed to get rid of those.
That should be what his master meant with all those big words.
When Lu Jiao fed Master Chen medicine, she used some spiritual stream water. Her stream water helps condition the body, and the meridians, and increases the effects of medicine.
Some time after the pills were taken, Master Chen woke up.
Both Lu Jiao and Qi Lei were shocked as they stared at him.
Qi Lei was the first to speak, “Master Chen, you are alright?”
Master Chen thought Qi Lei saved him and thanked him directly, “Thank you.”
Qi Lei brandished his hand and pointed to Lu Jiao, “It was my Mas…”
Lu Jiao eyed him and Qi Lei quickly changed his wording, “Lady Lu saved you.”
Before Master Chen could speak, the Chen family heard noises and walked in, agitated.
Seeing that Master Chen was fine, they went to hug him.
“You’re okay?”
“Dad, are you fine now?”
Master Chen nodded at his wife and sons before he to looked at Lu Jiao. He had a lot of complex feelings at the moment. Honestly, towards the woman who stole her daughter’s husband, he didn’t like her much.
If it weren’t for her interference, Xie Yunjin would’ve been his son-in-law. At the time, he had already requested his daughter and Xie Yunjin to marry.
They didn’t end in marriage all because of this woman. All this time, he thought that his daughter got sick and ended died because she was depressed over Xie Yunjin marrying someone else.
Who would’ve thought that this woman would become his saviour?
“Thank you.”