Chapter Thirty What They Did to the Doctor

  On Monday morning, Ma Pei drove over and had breakfast with the three of them. The four of them got in the car together and headed to G City First Hospital.

  All the way, Ke'er seemed very happy, chattering non-stop; Ling Ziwai's face showed a hint of excitement and comfort; Zhang Sen made some not-so-funny jokes with Ma Pei while occasionally teasing Ke'er and secretly observing the expressions of the two sisters. Among the four people, perhaps only Ma Pei was carefree!

  The car soon arrived at the First Hospital of G City. The First Hospital of G City is the best hospital in terms of hardware, especially orthopedics, and it's even famous nationwide, with many well-known professors and doctors practicing here.

  Since Zhang Sen had already made contact beforehand, the four of them went directly to the orthopedic department on the sixth floor. Three people sat on a long bench in the corridor waiting for Zhang Sen to go inside and find someone, while Ling Ziyu looked around nervously, and after a while, as if she hadn't seen the person she wanted to see, Ling Ziyu disappointedly lowered her head.

  Ke'er gazed at her with a warning and sympathetic look, and gently grasped one of her hands. Ling Ziwai woke up with a start, lifted her head, and met Ke'er's gaze, which was both cautionary and comforting. She took a deep breath to calm herself down, but found that the palm of her hand was slightly damp due to nervousness.

  At the corner, Zhang Sen took in both of their expressions, lowered his head to think for a moment, then hastily flashed out and walked to the front of the three people. Without saying much, he simply said "go inside" and pushed Ke Er's wheelchair forward. He didn't even glance at Ling Ziyu before turning around and walking away. Ling Ziyu and Ma Pei hurriedly followed behind him.

  Sitting opposite the doctor, Ling Ziwai took out the X-ray photo of Ke'er taken at B City Hospital six years ago. The doctor studied it for a long time, and the four people didn't dare to breathe, watching the doctor nervously.

  After a while, the doctor frowned and opened his mouth: "Captain Zhang, based on this film six years ago, I suspect that the patient's meniscus may have already had severe damage to the avascular zone. If so, it will increase the difficulty of surgery. However, it is still difficult to say for now. You go with the patient to do a CT scan first, and I can decide on the surgical plan after comparison."

  Ma Pei supported Ke'er's wheelchair and said to Zhang Sen: "I'll take her away, you and Weiwei stay here and listen to what the doctor has to say."

  Looking at the back of Ma Pei and Ke'er leaving, Ling Ziwai hastily asked: "Doctor, what is a meniscus? What is called the avascular zone of the meniscus? Why can damage occur? If so, can my sister still stand up?"

  The doctor pushed his glasses and pointed to a place on the X-ray film, saying: "Look here, the meniscus is two crescent-shaped fibrocartilages located on the medial and lateral joint surfaces of the tibial plateau, between the femoral condyle and the tibial plateau. It's like a shock absorber that protects the joint surface of the two bones and absorbs the shocks transmitted downward, especially when over-bending or straightening, this effect is more pronounced."

  "In short, the function of the meniscus is to stabilize the knee joint, distribute the load on the knee joint, and promote nutrition within the joint. It is precisely because of the stabilizing and load-bearing effect of the meniscus that it guarantees the long-term weight-bearing movement of the knee joint without causing damage."

  "The meniscus is also divided into a blood supply area and a non-blood supply area. The injury of the non-blood supply area cannot be healed after suture surgery, making it a difficult problem in knee joint surgery."

  After hearing the doctor's words, Ling Ziwai almost fainted and tears burst out: "A difficult problem?! Doctor, are you saying that if my sister's meniscus is seriously damaged like you said... then she will never be able to stand up again?!"

  It can't be said that way, when the meniscus is severely damaged, a total resection surgery can be performed, and after the operation, frozen meniscus or meniscal prosthesis transplantation can be done. However, there are many problems with meniscal prosthesis transplantation, such as the biomechanical function of the prosthesis cannot meet the requirements, the prosthesis is difficult to fix, and the joint degeneration is still obvious after transplantation.

  "Compared to surgical treatment, a more ideal therapy is to let the meniscus regenerate. Using pure natural Squalane, also known as shark cartilage powder, to achieve meniscus regeneration, thoroughly recovering the meniscus from within, although it's a bit expensive."

  Ling Ziwei let out a slight sigh of relief: "As long as there's hope for rescue, I don't care how much money it costs."

  The doctor nodded and continued, "However, it's too early to say these things now. I'm just suspicious based on the situation shown in the six-year-old footage. Let's talk about everything after taking the C-scan, okay?"

  Ling Ziwei nodded and stopped talking.

  Seeing Ling Ziwei's true feelings revealed, Zhang Sen couldn't help but be moved, and silently patted Ling Ziwei's shoulder to comfort her.

  After a while, Ma Pei pushed Ke'er back and said to them: "The filming is done, the doctor there said that the film can only be developed after 2 pm."

  The doctor nodded and said to Ling Ziwai: "Yes, you push your sister into the examination room inside, I'll do a preliminary joint mirror check for her first."

  Ling Ziwei and her sister followed the doctor into the examination room, Zhang Sen gazed at their backs, lost in thought.

  After a long time, the three of them came out of the examination room. Zhang Sen keenly noticed that the doctor's expression had lost its previous sharpness and looked slightly dazed; Ling Ziyu had a slight unease; while Ke Er, that Ou Yang Fei Fei, had a tired look on her face!

  "How is it, doctor?" Ma Pei asked somewhat anxiously as the doctor sat down.

  The doctor was asked by Ma Pei, first looked at Ma Pei with a slightly dazed expression, snapped his fingers, as if suddenly awakened, hesitated for a moment before opening his mouth to say: "A regular arthroscopy examination requires inserting a thin tube into the joint, which is a minimally invasive surgery. I just did a preliminary examination and didn't perform the surgery, so it's really hard to say anything. The specific situation will have to wait until the C report comes out this afternoon, and then I'll tell you in detail, okay?"

  After listening to the doctor, Zhang Sen didn't say a word. He looked at the doctor thoughtfully and wondered: If the examination was done, then the doctor should have known that Ouyang Feifei's illness was fake. With their friendship, he should have given some hint to himself, why didn't he react at all? So, what happened between the three people in the examination room during the past half hour? Or should I say, what did Ling Ziyu and Ouyang Feifei do to the doctor? Why did Ling Ziyu look a bit uneasy, while Ouyang Feifei looked so exhausted?