Chapter 1 Li Yi is crazy
Yucheng, Municipal First Hospital.
In winter, the autumn in the south is not as desolate as in the north, and the leaves on the treetops are still green.
Zhao Si got off the taxi. This small city hospital on the 18th line is pitifully small, and the parking lot is only an open space between the inpatient building and the clinic.
He rubbed his hands together, trying to dispel the cold above. Entering the inpatient building still makes people shiver with cold, and the lack of heating in the south is what he is most uncomfortable with. Although there is no cold air that can freeze people to death in the north, the cold and humid environment makes people feel like they are soaking in water.
This may be the so-called magic attack.
"Little Four, Little Four, this way."
A middle-aged man waved to him. His skin was dark and rough, and the wrinkles on his facial features were as many as the ravines on the Loess Plateau. The clothes are mended, with some traces of cement on the construction site, and there is always a trace of lingering timidity on his expression.
This person is Li Xingguo, a migrant worker who can be seen everywhere, and also his junior high school teacher.
His son's name is Li Yi, who was hit by a battery car ten years ago. Because it was an illegally modified battery car, it was so fast that it directly knocked Li Yi into a vegetable, and the rider was a little worse than him and died immediately. up.
In order to take care of him, Li Yi’s mother quit her job in a sugar factory and went to a coastal city to do three jobs alone. Later, due to an injury, she stepped on a sewing machine at home to help others make clothes collars. Li Xingguo, a 50-year-old rural teacher, went to the cement factory and got pneumoconiosis in order to earn more money. He persisted without going to the doctor. A good family was ruined like this.
Maybe the emperor paid off, and today, ten years later, Li Yi miraculously woke up. The only fly in the ointment is that he is mentally disturbed, maybe because he has been asleep for too long, or maybe he can't accept that ten years have passed by closing his eyes and opening them.
Li Yi's grades were very good back then, and he hoped to be admitted to Beijing University, but his whole life was ruined by such a bump.
And I am Li Yi's childhood playmate, and now I am a psychiatrist, and I rushed back from other places non-stop when I heard that Li Yi had mental problems.
"Uncle, how is brother Yi doing?"
"It's much better, it's much better," Li Xingguo said with joy, and his smile made the wrinkles deeper. "Although I can't defecate by myself, at least I can eat what I put in my mouth."
"Let's go up and see how Brother Yi is doing."
"Good good good."
Ward 304.
Zhao Si knocked on the door and entered. There were three beds in the room, two of which were empty, and Li Yi was lying on the bed by the window. He looked out the window with dull eyes, the breeze lifted his hair, and there was an indescribable desolation on his skinny face.
A nurse is doing daily checkups, nothing more than taking temperature, checking oxygen delivery, etc. Small hospitals don't pay that much attention, and Li Yi's family can't afford to live in large hospitals.
Li Xingguo asked daily: "Nurse, how is my Li Yi? Is there any problem?"
"No problem." The nurse took another look at Zhao Si, who was handsome and tall in a suit and leather shoes, and then unconsciously put away his contemptuous posture, and replied with a smile: "He is in good health, clean and tidy, and has no skin diseases. , the muscle atrophy is not serious, it is not like a person who has been bedridden for a long time, and it can be seen that he is usually well taken care of."
In front of excellent opposite sex, both men and women will subconsciously pay attention to their own image. Zhao Si is obviously an excellent opposite sex, handsome and tall in a suit and leather shoes, dressed as a social elite, and may also sell insurance.
But in terms of appearance, nurses prefer the former.
Zhao Si took a look at his friend since he was a child. He was indeed neat and tidy, not like a vegetable who had slept for ten years.
After chatting for a while, the nurse left the ward.
Zhao Si stepped forward to check on Li Yi's condition. His body was as bad as that of a person who had been bedridden for many years, but there was not much smell, his eyes were dull and out of focus, and his consciousness had not yet recovered.
Mouth opened and closed, as if muttering something.
"To the extreme of emptiness, to keep quiet"
A very unfamiliar tone, never heard of it, and Zhao Si didn't care about Quan being the patient's unconscious idiocy.
Using the words of the grandfather at home, I lost my soul and wanted to bring it back. If it wasn't for the fact that the hospital didn't allow the summoning of souls, maybe Uncle Li had already hired someone to do the summoning of souls, which would cost him a lot of money. Just like the various magic medicines and health products that were tricked into buying in order to wake up Li Yi.
Zhao Si really feels the ignorance of people. Even though technology is so advanced, there are still feudal superstitions. Just like the government's tireless crackdown on fraud, some people will still be deceived by clumsy routines for popular science fraud.
Concern leads to chaos.
Dangling his palm in front of Li Yi's eyes, his pupils didn't respond. There was no response to shaking the body, and the body was not straightened when it was gently pushed down. There was a slight tremor in the body of the person pinched by the fingertips, but not too much.
Zhao Si secretly thought that he might suffer from thinking disorder, mental retardation, and will disorder.
"How is Xiaosi?"
Father Li has been paying attention to Zhao Si's expression from the very beginning. His mood changes with the other's expression, and his whole heart is lifted when he sees the frown.
Zhao Siwei said truthfully: "At present, it seems that Brother Yi's mental state is not bad. I don't dare to guarantee the specific situation. I will only find out after doing relevant inspections. But uncle, you have to be mentally prepared. This may be a long-lasting battle. There is currently no effective treatment for mental illness.”
Rehabilitation of a vegetative person is an extremely long process, especially for a vegetative person who has been sleeping for 10 years. Being able to respond to external stimuli is already a very big progress. As for whether it can be recovered, no one dares to guarantee it. At present, medical technology is in a very primitive stage in the field of brain, and the mental aspect is even more blind.
"It's okay, it's okay, ten years have passed, even if he is stupid, I will support him." Li's father's short body of less than 1.6 meters made the opposite determination.
"Then let's do some checks for Brother Yi first, such as blood sugar, liver and kidney function, and B-ultrasound. It should be fine here. Afterwards, we need to transfer to a large hospital in the capital of the state for CT, MRI, single-photon emission computed tomography, etc. Positron emission computed tomography. Psychiatric examination, EEG, polysomnography, EEG topography, brain evoked potentials, etc. are all required."
"We need to have a comprehensive understanding of Brother Yi's body before we can prescribe the right medicine. After a few days of observation, we will be transferred to the big hospital in the capital of the state, where I have friends."
Zhao Si noticed Father Li's expression, and immediately added: "Uncle, don't worry about the cost, I will pay for it first."
"." Father Li hesitated to speak, he wanted to refuse, but they didn't have the money to go to the big hospital.
Zhao Si continued: "In the future, with Brother Yi's ability, he can always pay back. Now the most important thing is to cure Brother Yi first."
"Okay, okay, thank you, Xiaosi. Yi'er was able to make friends like you, it is really a blessing from the third generation." Li's father nodded repeatedly, his spine bent as if he was bending over him. I didn't even realize it, I had already formed an instinct.
The words that Li Xingguo taught him are still vivid in his mind, but at this moment, they **** well appear in his mind.
Riches and honors cannot be promiscuous, and poverty cannot be moved.
In the past ten years, working from dawn to dusk did not kill Li's father's love for Brother Yi, but it did kill his teacher's character. His dignity and pride were all ground to dust little by little in the rush for medical expenses.
Ring ring ring!
When the crisp phone sound rang, Father Li took out a PHS that was not as big as a palm, and immediately received a scolding after connecting:
"Li Xingguo, you **** don't want to do it, do you!?"
"No. Brother Cao, didn't I ask for leave?"
"Did you **** dare to ask for leave to catch up with the project! Did you take what I said the day before yesterday as a fart? Come back immediately, or you will be fined three days' wages!"
"But I asked a doctor to see my son in the hospital, Brother Cao, can I come later?"
Beep beep beep.
After hanging up the phone, Father Li smiled awkwardly: "Xiao Si, I'll go back to the construction site to collect ashes first. I'm at a nearby construction site. If you have any questions, you can call me, and I will come over immediately Yes. And the money is checked, you keep it.”
"No, no, no."
"Put it away"
After some refusal, Zhao Si still held the money in his hand, there were hundreds, fifty, ten, and one piece scattered, each of which was folded a bit old, just like Li's father.
Wrinkled and old, but worthwhile.
Father Li left. He walked carefully through the city for fear of disturbing any beasts. He might even shrink back on the bus.
Zhao Si sighed: "Brother Yi, you have to cheer up, otherwise."
"...To." Li Yi uttered a sound with difficulty. Although it was very weak, Zhao Si heard it, and it wasn't the babble that he couldn't understand in the past.
"Brother Yi, what did you say?"
Zhao Si cheered up, and quickly put his ear to it.
"To the virtual extreme..."
Very clear three words, but why these three words?
What is a virtual pole?
Zhao Simian showed doubts. Before he could sort out the thoughts in his head, Li Yi uttered three words again. This time the pronunciation was more standard than the last time, obviously it was not idiocy.
"Keep quiet..."
"To the extreme of emptiness, to keep quiet?"
Zhao Si took out his mobile phone, and found the meaning of "Zhixu Jishou Jingdu" from the Internet, and said in his mouth:
"To achieve the extreme of emptiness and to keep quiet means to keep the mind in an extremely stable state of emptiness and tranquility, without being affected, so that when everything happens in parallel, I use this mentality to observe the law of things going back and forth."
Several days later, Zhao Si still didn't understand why Li Yi would say this. Even if he played various Taoist classics on his mobile phone, he didn't get more responses to the words repeated in Li Yi's consciousness.
To the extreme of emptiness, to keep quiet.
At the same time, there was a phenomenon that confused Zhao Si very much. For some reason, he felt a sense of peace of mind when he heard Li Yi chanting these words. As if slightly drunk, the brain empties and all complicated thoughts are left behind.
Being confused, Zhao Si did not delay the treatment, and with the help of his friends, Li Yi was transferred to the First Hospital of Qingzhou Capital. There are more professional doctors and equipment there, which can effectively treat Li Yi and help him recover.
Because the large hospital has specialized personnel to take care of it, Li's father chose to stay in Yucheng to work and earn money, hoping to make up a little more medical expenses.
Although his monthly salary is 7,000, he may not even be able to pay the expensive nursing fees in large hospitals.
The troublesome thing is that Zhou Guo's mental illness cannot be covered by medical insurance, and Li Yi has never purchased relevant medical insurance. This means that the treatment process will generate high costs, and if the treatment cycle is long, the cost will be tens of millions.
After paying the money, Zhao Si sat on a bench outside the hospital, lit a cigarette, and began to puff.
"...Am I an idiot? If 100,000 is spent in a blink of an eye, even my own brothers may not spend so much money. Brother Yi, if you don't wake up within half a year, my marriage won't be possible."
It is a lie to say that he has no regrets. The 100,000 is not too much for him, but it is definitely not much. And this is only one month's fee, and it needs to be paid next month.
Zhao Si stubbed out the cigarette butt, left the hospital on foot, and it was a month after he went to see Li Yi again.
The treatment effect was better than I imagined. After several treatment procedures in the hospital, Li Yi became more sensitive to external stimuli. Zhao Si visited several times, and he could clearly feel the difference in Li Yi.
If you want to describe it, it is probably from a puppet to a dementia.
Another month later, good news came from the hospital again. After comprehensive treatment, Li Yi has recovered his self-awareness, is able to talk, has a clearer logic, and has even started physical rehabilitation.
Zhao Si told Li's father the news, and the other party was crying on the phone.
Before they were happy for too long, bad news came from the hospital on the second day.
After a psychiatric appraisal, Li Yi suffers from severe hypochondria, showing fantasies about going to another world where he has been asleep for ten years, fantasizing that he is a god, and accompanied by various strange behaviors.
Li Yi is crazy.
Gentlemen please collect
(end of this chapter)