Zhongyun Hong Feng Hospital VIP area, Sue.
Lu Qinming and others are receiving a special patient. A middle-aged man is sitting in a wheelchair, his limbs are limp, his neck is crooked, and he is supported by a stent.
Behind him, stood a middle-aged woman, a young man, and a young woman, they all looked at Sue with hope.
Waiting for someone.
"Doctor Su, doctors, please be sure to cure my husband." The middle-aged woman pleaded.
"I'm afraid we can't do anything about this disease."
Lu Qinming sighed, and other doctors also shook their heads. They are all thinking that the 100% success rate of treatment in the VIP area will be broken today.
The middle-aged man sitting in a wheelchair has an incurable disease, one of the world's five major terminal diseases. It can't be compared with the previous glaucoma, cough, infertility, and so on.
This disease is called amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as motor neuron disease. There is also a more vivid name, called Lou Gehrig's disease.
This is a malignant disease, as its name suggests, people with the disease are like being frozen by ice and snow, losing any ability to move, but this process is not rapid, and part of the body atrophy and weakness.
It is after the upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons are damaged, resulting in the gradual weakness and atrophy of the muscles including the bulbar (the so-called bulbar refers to the muscle innervated by the medulla oblongata), limbs, torso, chest, and abdomen.
The Ice Bucket Challenge has been popular for a while in the past two years. The purpose is to let more people know about this rare disease known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and also to achieve the purpose of raising money to help treat it.
The world's most famous patient with Lou Gehrig's disease should be the world-famous physicist Hawking. It is undeniable that he is a legend. He proved the singularity theorem of general relativity and the black hole area theorem, proposed the black hole evaporation theory and the boundless Hawking universe model, and took an important step in unifying the two basic theories of 20th century physics – Einstein's theory of relativity and Planck's quantum mechanics.
His "A Brief History of Time" caused a sensation in the world and sold nearly 10 million copies.
He is recognized as one of the most outstanding physicists after Newton and Einstein, known as the "King of the Universe".
However, this genius could not resist the disease. Because of Lou Gehrig's disease, he was confined to a wheelchair for half a century, and no one could cure him.
Unfortunately, he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease at the age of 21. He had only two years to live, but miraculously, he managed to survive for two years, and the deterioration of his condition gradually slowed down. However, the damage caused by Lou Gehrig's disease was permanent. He could only move three fingers, and the disease had severely deformed his body. His head could only tilt to the right, and his shoulders were low to the left and high to the right. His hands were tightly clasped in the middle, holding onto a palm-sized keyboard. His feet were twisted inwards, and his mouth was almost twisted into an'S 'shape. Whenever he smiled, he would immediately grimace.
To put it simply, Lou Gehrig's disease was a worldwide problem. Faced with such a problem, Lu Qinming and the others could do nothing but feel helpless. They thought to themselves, Sue
He should also be very helpless. He suddenly had such a patient. This was too much.
But he heard Sue.
"We will try our best to treat him, but I think you should also know the difficulty of treating this disease. I can't guarantee that I can cure him."
Lu Qinming's eyes widened when he heard that, and he looked at Sue in disbelief.
Why did Sue sound like he was really trying to cure this disease?
In other words, it seemed that he was really trying to cure this disease. It shouldn't be that he couldn't guarantee that he could cure it, but that he definitely couldn't cure it.
"We understand. As long as Doctor Su is willing to try his best." The middle-aged woman nodded happily.
"Doctor Su, is there really a possibility of curing my father's disease?" The young man and the young woman stared at Sue.
Of course, they hoped that their father's disease could be cured, but they also knew that it was an incurable disease.
In fact, before they came, they did not have much hope. Sue's answer
His answer was completely out of their expectations.
However, they were a little worried. Sue might just be making money.
Perhaps it was just a delaying tactic to earn money. It sounded nice, but in fact, there was no possibility of curing it.
"To tell you the truth, I'm researching a new treatment method. It has a high possibility of curing it, but after all, I haven't used it before, so I can't guarantee it," Sue said.
"You haven't used it before?
Isn't that the same as treating my father as a test subject? "The young woman suddenly raised her eyebrows.
"Doctor Su, you're going too far," the young man said angrily.
"Lil Hao, Lil Die, calm down."
At this moment, the middle-aged man in the wheelchair spoke. The only parts of his body that could move were his eyes and mouth. It was a little difficult for him to speak, so he rarely opened his mouth, and his words were unclear. "Lou Gehrig's disease is an incurable disease. Only a miracle doctor like Doctor Su dares to say that there is a chance of survival. You want a 100% success rate?
I don't have long to live in this state. Why not take a gamble?
It's worth it to be able to contribute to the cure of this disease before I die. It's better than waiting for death. "
This middle-aged man, even though he was ravaged by the disease, could still be so calm and still have such a bearing. This made Sue nod in admiration.
"Doctor Su, don't worry about them.
I agree to help treat me. If you can't cure me, I won't blame you, "the middle-aged man said very decisively.
"Wait," the young man suddenly said.
The young man suddenly said. When he saw the middle-aged man glaring at him, he said, "Dad, I understand how you feel and I understand you, but please think about us. How can we let you try this kind of treatment that is full of unknown factors?
What if something happens to you?
Of course, I'm not stopping you. I have a foolproof plan. "
"What foolproof plan?" the middle-aged man asked.
"I'll bring a few other patients who also have Lou Gehrig's disease. Mr. Su, help them first. If the cure is successful, you can help my father," the young man said.
Sue narrowed his eyes and was silent for a moment.
Squinting his eyes, he was silent for a moment before he said, "Okay, but there are two conditions.
First, the patients you bring must agree on their own. You can't force them. Second, the patients you bring are equivalent to me spending multiple times more energy and medicine. I'll pay you the same amount of money for the number of patients I cure. One hundred million for each patient, and it's the same amount of money. "
"No problem." The young man nodded. The middle-aged man did not speak, which should be a tacit agreement.
"Deal." Sue shook hands with the young man.
In fact, it was a good thing to have a few more patients to try. After all, he had not treated them before. Sue was not sure.
He was not sure.
They did not plan to carry out this kind of treatment that was full of uncertainties for the time being, but they still stayed in Hong Feng Hospital to take care of the patient. After arranging the middle-aged man's ward, Lu Qinming was very worried about Sue.
He asked, "Ah?
You really want to try to conquer this incurable disease. Do you know that this is a world-class problem? "