Chapter 271: Those About Hate ②
After Zhang Haiyang learned the news from Li Mingxue, he called Huang Yan. He was very worried about Nie Qiu, but he was caught by his own brother three times when he tried to climb over the wall. He had no choice but to wake his parents and tell them about Nie Qiu before he was allowed to go out. His brother was the one who saw him off.
At five in the morning, he arrived at the hospital, and the sky was just beginning to lighten. After asking the doctor on duty in the lobby, he headed to the operating room on the third floor. There were many people waiting outside the operating room. At a glance, he saw Huang Yan, who was crying and sleeping while leaning on her dad’s shoulder, Li Kai… Li Kai’s elder sister, Li Mingxue… Peng Yu Yang… Peng Yu Yang’s Mom… Nie Qiu’s Mom, whom he had met… and someone he hadn’t met, possibly Nie Qiu’s Dad…
At six in the morning, the operating room light went out. The Dean, the expert, and the chief surgeon came out of the operating room. The expert and the Dean nodded to the chief surgeon, then turned and left. Everyone looked at the doctor. Huang Yan, who had been crying and fallen asleep, suddenly woke up and turned to look at the doctor.
The chief surgeon looked at everyone’s expectant eyes and breathed a sigh of relief, nodding.
Nie Aifang, held in Nie Aiwen’s arms, suddenly felt her legs go weak. It was as if she had been tense all over, and after receiving the doctor’s affirmative answer, she finally relaxed. If Nie Aiwen hadn’t been holding her, she would have collapsed to the ground by now.
“The nurse will now transfer the patient to the ICU ward for observation. Once the patient is out of the danger period, they can be moved to a general ward,” the doctor said, looking at Nie Aifang, who was slowly walking forward. “We have already had the nurses transfer the patient from the operating room to the ICU intensive care ward. We need you to prepare a washbasin, a towel, a water cup, and toilet paper, among other supplies.”
“Thank you, Doctor,” Nie Aifang said, snapping out of her joy. Her voice trembled, “Can I… can I go see my daughter now?”
“No,” the chief surgeon shook his head. “Visiting hours for the ICU intensive care ward are from 10:30 AM to 11:00 AM and from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM. Only one person is allowed to enter per visit. Before entering, you need to wash your hands and feet, and put on a sterile gown and shoe covers… During this time, please complete the necessary procedures and make the payments!”
“Doctor… my daughter, she… what happened?” Nie Aifang’s lips moved several times before she finally managed to ask what she wanted to know.
“She drank a cocktail mixed with sleeping pills,” the doctor said, looking at Nie Aifang. “The dosage of sleeping pills wasn’t high, but the problem was mixing it with a cocktail. Normally, small amounts of alcohol and tobacco are ‘stimulating’ substances that quickly activate and excite the cerebral cortex. This is the opposite of the calming effect of sleeping pills, so when both are used together, there’s a ‘canceling out’ effect, and the sleeping pills become ineffective. However… the patient’s situation was a bit different. The alcohol content in beverage-based cocktails is low, and they are highly volatile. Mixing sleeping pills with this kind of alcohol can create a dual inhibitory effect, causing sluggishness, weakness, drowsiness, and in severe cases, coma, suppression of respiratory and circulatory centers, leading to slowed breathing, decreased blood pressure, shock, and even respiratory arrest and death…”
“When you brought the patient in, she was already in shock, and we tried our best to resuscitate her…” The doctor didn’t want to say that she could have been saved but wasn’t, only adding, “Fortunately, the patient is now out of danger.”
Nie Aifang listened, feeling as if a lifetime had passed… If… if her daughter had just left like that, what… what would she do? She looked at the doctor, opened her mouth, but couldn’t bring herself to demand that the doctor let her see her daughter.
Nie Aiwen sat with Nie Aifang on a resting chair outside the ICU. Li Mingxue took the ID card and bank card that Nie Aiwen handed her to complete the procedures. Peng Mama withdrew a thousand yuan from an ATM downstairs and brought it up to give to Nie Aifang, saying it was to buy some food and necessities for Nie Qiu. Nie Aifang didn’t accept it. She knew this person had helped send Nie Qiu to the hospital, and she also knew this person was the mother of Nie Qiu’s classmate. She had eaten at the restaurant her family owned twice.
