Reborn! I Ditched the Run and Married the Heir-Chapter 314: The Common Cold Is Contagious

Xiao Li nodded, "Yes, because this family member suspects the hospital might deceive them. The more we insist her son should be hospitalized, the more she feels we are trying to rip her off.

If I really let her leave, she would actually feel at ease.

Moreover, she’s trying to find a scapegoat for herself because she can’t bear the blame of having harmed her child.

With such people, you have to provoke them, push them to a dead end, then they’ll listen."

"Aren’t you afraid she’ll actually leave the hospital? The child is already very sick," said Yang Wangcheng.

"I’m not afraid, because the child is so sick that his mother wouldn’t really leave. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

As soon as the child’s oxygen mask is removed and the infusion is stopped, anyone who sees the child’s condition wouldn’t leave, let alone his mother."

Yue Wenwen nodded in agreement, "Sister, what you said makes a lot of sense!"

"Doctor Xiao, there’s a patient in the ER," the on-duty nurse called out.

Xiao Li turned to Yue Wenwen, "You go down to receive the patient! Yang Wangcheng, go with her."

"Okay."

Yue Wenwen took Yang Wangcheng down the elevator, "Ah... I knew tonight would be like this. It just never stopped!"

Yang Wangcheng looked over, "Is the night shift always this busy? I feel like it’s busier than the day shift."

Yue Wenwen shook her head, "Not really, to be honest, the night shift isn’t busier than the day shift. The number of patients admitted tonight isn’t more than during the day.

It’s just that there are fewer doctors on a night shift, so we have to look after not only our patients but also those of other teams, making it relatively busier.

Also, tonight is considered a busy night; it’s usually not this hectic. Do you know why?"

Yang Wangcheng shook his head.

Yue Wenwen glanced at him, "Because of you!"

Just as the elevator arrived on the first floor, Yue Wenwen walked straight out, with Yang Wangcheng following, "What did you mean by that just now? Because of me?"

"Because tonight is your first night shift. When a newcomer reports for duty, there’s always a bit of chaos, very annoying. When I had my first night shift, it was just as hectic."

As they spoke, they reached the ER and brought the patient back to the department.

However, upon returning to the department, Xiao Li was nowhere to be seen, and the nurse’s station was also empty.

Yue Wenwen and Yang Wangcheng exchanged a glance, wondering what was going on.

It wasn’t until they heard sounds coming from the front ward that Yue Wenwen said, "You take the patient to the ward first; I’ll go check it out."

With that, she walked straight to the front ward, where Xiao Li was instructing a nurse to administer medication while the boy’s mother stood crying nearby.

Yue Wenwen approached, and Xiao Li just nodded at her. After everything was handled, Xiao Li led Yue Wenwen out of the ward.

"Sister, what’s the boy’s condition?" Yue Wenwen asked.

Xiao Li replied calmly, "Myocarditis caused by childhood pneumonia."

"That’s serious."

"Yes, I’ve just given him medication. We’ll need to monitor him closely tonight. What’s the condition of the new patient?"

Yue Wenwen said, "The patient is eleven years old this year, had a low fever this afternoon. The family took him to see a doctor, but after taking medicine, there was no improvement. He suddenly developed a high fever in the middle of the night, so the family sent him to the hospital.

The ER preliminarily diagnosed it as a viral cold, so they sent him to us."

Xiao Li nodded and went directly to the ward to check the situation. Upon entering, Xiao Li took the medical record, glanced at the blood work results, and used a stethoscope to listen, "Add an X-ray to check if there’s any lung infection."

Xiao Li, while speaking, took the slip Yue Wenwen handed over, filled it out, and asked the nurse to take the patient for a check-up.

After the examination, Nurse Liu came to Xiao Li with some news, "Doctor Xiao, the two children admitted tonight are from the same school and even the same class."

Xiao Li looked up at her, "How do you know?"

"When they came back from the check-up, the two kids’ moms greeted each other as we passed bed four."

Xiao Li’s eyes flickered, catching a cold can be trivial or serious, and some viral colds are contagious. Schools are particularly prone to such infections.

After all, not many children will consciously wear masks to school when they are sick, and the parents of the child who came in earlier don’t seem like they would make their child take the necessary precautions not to infect classmates.

"Nurse Liu, when you go in later to change the medication, ask Fang Yuanlei’s family which school they attend. If Fang Yuanlei is in good enough condition, ask if there are any other classmates in his class who have caught a cold."

Nurse Liu nodded, "Okay, I’ll ask later."

After a while, Nurse Liu came to find Xiao Li in the office, "Doctor Xiao, I asked. They are from Siheli Primary School. Fang Yuanlei said that more than half of his classmates have caught a cold recently, including his deskmate and the seats in front and behind him. He’s often heard them coughing in recent days.

Do you think, with so many in one class catching a cold, could it be that thing again?"

Nurse Liu was one of those who fought the epidemic alongside Xiao Li back in the day, so she tends to be a bit sensitive to this kind of situation. Otherwise, she wouldn’t have immediately come to inform Xiao Li upon hearing that two children with similar symptoms came from the same school.

Xiao Li shook her head, "Let’s not scare ourselves yet. With so many people in a class, even a common cold can infect all classmates."

Xiao Li checked the time; it was already 4 AM, "I’ll call the director and explain the situation to see what he says. You go back to work, and take care to stay protected!"

Nurse Liu made an OK gesture and left. Once she was out, Xiao Li immediately called Bai Yu.

Bai Yu, who was asleep, woke up immediately upon hearing the phone ring. After years of being a doctor, he was used to receiving calls in the middle of the night.

"Hello, Xiao Li, what’s up?"

Xiao Li spoke calmly, "Bai Yu, I have a situation to inform you about. You decide how to proceed."

Xiao Li explained the situation of the two young patients to Bai Yu, who immediately asked, "Are their symptoms the same as those of the patients back then?"

"Currently, the patients’ symptoms are still in line with those of viral colds. One of the patients has a more severe illness, already developed into pneumonia, which has caused myocarditis. I took X-rays for both of them; one is fine, and one has lung inflammation.

But the X-rays are different from those back then.

One of them mentioned that more than half of his class has caught a cold. I think it’s unlikely to be what it was back then, more likely just viral colds. But even ordinary viral colds are contagious. We can’t just ignore it!"

"Alright, I’ll head back to the hospital right now to assess the situation of the two children once I arrive," Bai Yu said as he got up and dressed.