Their Teacher Ren is very nice, but he truly doesnât quite understand the thoughts of children from poor families.
Teacher Ren might think, it doesnât matter if you donât have money; once youâre here, fellow students and teachers can donate funds together to solve the problem immediately. But this approach, for her and Student Geng, would become a mental burden.
Having already troubled the teachers for medical help, asking them to donate money too? Isnât that the epitome of shamelessness? As students, they couldnât bring themselves to do it.
Itâs like when her cousins left last time, to thank the teachers and senior students who helped, she sent fruit and candy to express her gratitude, donated to the hospitalâs charity box in the name of her teachers, and ensured she wouldnât bear a psychological burden.
To ensure Student Geng and his brother have no mental burden in seeking treatment, the approach cannot be like Teacher Renâs. It should be as she previously suggested: spending money judiciously. As long as the money is spent judiciously, even if not in large amounts, they can find a way to gather it themselves.
The biggest expense in treatment is the inability to diagnose the cause of the illness. Repeated examination fees and ineffective initial treatment costs would encroach upon the funds needed for actual treatment. The priority is to have an accurate direction for examination.
"Come first for a CT scan. This is precisely what I want to discuss with you. Besides seeking help from Doctor Lin, we need to seek help from an orthopedics teacher," Xie Wanying said.
"The counselor helped me find an orthopedics teacher," Geng Yongzhe added.
"The counselor likely didnât find an Orthopedics Three teacher," Xie Wanying said.
"Orthopedics Three?" Geng Yongzhe recalled the past. His brotherâs issue was addressed shortly after he enrolled four years ago, with a counselor seeking input from clinical doctors. The feedback from orthopedics was that his brotherâs calf fracture might not have been adequately treated at the county hospital back then, leading to imperfect bone healing, thus causing occasional pain, possibly due to insufficient nutrition later on. However, it was deemed largely unrelated to the calf fracture, seeming more like his brotherâs psychological issue, as many patients experience psychological trauma after severe accidents.
After the orthopedics teacher spoke, there was no further follow-up. He could only think about becoming an orthopedic doctor himself in the future to consider how to help treat his brotherâs leg.
Thinking this way, he surely harbored some skepticism about this orthopedic diagnosis.
Student Geng is very much like her in this regard. She also perpetually doubted her grandfatherâs diagnosis back then, thinking she could only treat her familyâs illness by becoming a doctor herself.
"For a calf fracture, you likely went to Orthopedics One. Orthopedics One specializes in hand and foot surgery, Orthopedics Two focuses on artificial joints, and Orthopedics Three is developing spine surgery," Xie Wanying explained. "You should have heard this mentioned before."
During the internship phase, teachers talked about the three sections of orthopedics. Geng Yongzhe asked, "For a calf fracture, seeing Orthopedics One is correct; why do you suggest Orthopedics Three? Do you suspect an issue with his spine?"
"Yes," Xie Wanying nodded, "If you donât quite believe me, I think we can discuss it with Teacher Chang from Orthopedics Three, show Teacher Chang the medical records."
"Teacher Chang?" Geng Yongzhe realized she meant Chang Jiawei, surprised why they would seek out Chang Jiawei. People in the class said he was quite unorthodox, famously a playboy and unreliable.
Whether Teacher Chang is a playboy or not, Xie Wanying couldnât easily conclude.