Chapter 126 - 126 0126 Confirming a Dead Fetus

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126: Chapter 0126: Confirming a Dead Fetus 126: Chapter 0126: Confirming a Dead Fetus Through the colored B-ultrasound images displayed on the computer, the conditions inside could be clearly observed by the attending doctor, who first used a small stick to point at the images on the screen. Initially, nothing unusual was noted, but upon close inspection, an additional dark shadow was discovered, toward which the attending doctor pointed with the stick. Upon close examination, it was found that the shadow resembled an infant and seemed to have hair, teeth, and the like. “Miss Zhous, can you see if there’s something extra here?” Wang Yulian’s vision wasn’t very good, and without her reading glasses, she couldn’t see clearly. However, Zhou Yuxia, Zhou Lili, Zhou Haiyan, and Zhou Wenting all had good eyesight. Looking toward the spot the attending doctor had indicated, they indeed noticed a black shadow, clearly different from a normal scan. Upon closer examination, it appeared to have hair, teeth, even limbs, though they didn’t look complete. The four women took a closer look and were truly terrified! Could this be the stillbirth Ye Qiu had mentioned? “Doctor, what is inside here?” Zhou Yuxia asked. “I can’t confirm at the moment, but according to your private doctor’s statement, it is very likely correct; it should be a retained dead fetus. I wonder if the old Mrs. Zhou had any abortions or miscarriages in the past?” After saying this, the attending doctor looked at Wang Yulian for an answer. If it were a retained stillbirth, it would have been at least five or six months along. Wang Yulian shook her head. How could she have possibly had an abortion? Back then, the Zhou Dabao Jewelry Group wasn’t as large as it is now, but even then, the family was quite well-off, and jewelry and gold were highly profitable businesses. “Mom, could this really be what Doctor Ye said, that you might have carried twins initially, but only Wenting was born and the other wasn’t?” Zhou Yuxia said. “I don’t know.” Wang Yulian said. Zhou Yuxia asked Zhou Wenting to go downstairs and call Ye Qiu, as Zhou Yuxia was increasingly impressed by Ye Qiu’s medical skills, to have deduced that there was a dead fetus in their mother. Zhou Wenting hurriedly went downstairs where Ye Qiu was still sitting in the corridor on the first floor, enduring the unpleasant smell, occasionally seeing patients and their families hurry by. When Zhou Wenting came down and saw Ye Qiu sitting there, she quickly said, “Come upstairs with me.” “Were the findings out?” “They did the examination and saw a black shadow, but they couldn’t determine what it exactly is,” Zhou Wenting said. Ye Qiu and she went up to the office next to the ultrasound department. When Ye Qiu entered, he saw several doctors in white coats reviewing the images. When he entered, the doctors there didn’t recognize Ye Qiu and naturally did not know that he was the private doctor Zhou Yuxia had mentioned. “Doctor Ye.” When Zhou Yuxia saw Ye Qiu arrive, she hurriedly called him over. The doctors gave a curious glance at this plainly dressed young man. “This is Doctor Ye, the one who cured my father’s illness. Now he has diagnosed a retained dead fetus inside my mother,” Zhou Yuxia said. Zhou Yuxia simply stated. These doctors already knew that Zhou Yuxia’s father was Mr. Zhou Bao, who was the founder and chairman of Zhou Dabao Jewelry Group. Previously, he suffered from lung cancer and had been receiving treatment at Jinling Hospital. The doctors had heard about it, but they had never imagined that the young man before them had actually cured Mr. Zhou Bao’s advanced lung cancer. The doctors couldn’t believe it! But it was the young Miss Zhou herself who had said it, so it couldn’t be false. “Dr. Ye, what did you study?” The attending physician who had just completed the examination asked. “I have studied traditional Chinese medicine as well as Western medicine, and I’m now preparing to take the college entrance examination.” Just as Ye Qiu had said this, the doctors almost burst out laughing, as they hadn’t expected Ye Qiu to have not yet attended university. However, since he had studied both Chinese and Western medicine, these people assumed he must have taught himself. “Then how did Dr. Ye determine that there was a dead fetus inside Mrs. Wang’s body?” Zhou Wenting was also very interested in this question. Of course, now through imaging, it was fundamentally possible to identify the dark shadow remaining inside Wang Yulian’s body as probably the dead fetus. Why could these doctors only see it through imaging, while the young man before them could directly tell? “I have my own methods of diagnosis,” Ye Qiu said. He did not wish to elaborate further. The attending physicians seemed very disappointed, and so was Zhou Wenting, who still wanted to hear how exactly Ye Qiu had made his diagnosis. But now, Ye Qiu was unwilling to reveal it. It was certain that the dead fetus remaining inside Wang Yulian’s body was definitely a significant reason for her discomfort. Currently, Wang Yulian often felt insomnia, vivid dreams, dizziness, vague pain, and even mild depression. However, in Ye Qiu’s view, Wang Yulian appeared aged, and the reason might not just be simple. “I just want to say that the dead fetus inside, although dead, needs to draw nutrients from the mother to sustain itself; hence, part of the nutrition in Mrs. Wang’s body is being absorbed by the dead fetus, which makes her look much older than her actual age,” Ye Qiu explained. As soon as Ye Qiu finished speaking, Wang Yulian and the four Zhou sisters were shocked; other doctors, despite having heard of such cases, had not expected such a situation to be true. “Four Miss Zhous, we need to conduct scientific testing and analysis to confirm this, but I think it is necessary to surgically remove the dead fetus as soon as possible,” one of the attending physicians said. Although he agreed with most of Ye Qiu’s views, he still felt that scientific testing and analysis were necessary to confirm them. However, the Zhou sisters were now very convinced by Ye Qiu’s explanation and greatly admired his medical skills. Zhou Wenting said, “If we proceed with the surgery, I’m worried that my mother’s body may not be able to withstand it.” Currently, Wang Yulian looked less healthy compared to a regular person and, being elderly, the surgery could greatly impact her. Of course, the surgery, although invasive, was not considered dangerous; it had a ninety-nine percent chance of complete recovery. It was still uncertain how extracting the dead fetus through such a simple surgery would affect Wang Yulian’s body, which would also require multiple doctors’ examinations, diagnoses, and meetings to decide.

Chapter 126 - 126 0126 Confirming a Dead Fetus

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