Young Physician An was blocked at the door, which greatly surprised him.
Since he began practicing medicine, others had always respectfully invited him in. Being blocked at the door was truly a first.
“Physician An, they’re busy inside right now. You see, it’s really inconvenient,” the steward personally received him with a kind and respectful attitude, which at least gave him face.
“I’ll go in and see if there’s anything I can help with,” Young Physician An said through gritted teeth.
This kind of uninvited diagnosis was also a first for him.
The steward smiled.
“Well, I’m afraid that’s not convenient,” he said with some regret. “You see, we’ve already invited several doctors from the street. If you, Young Physician An, were to go in now, those people might feel embarrassed, and we’d feel bad about it too.”
What a joke! When they used to say they only wanted the An family physicians to examine patients in front of other doctors, why didn’t they feel bad then?
Young Physician An looked at the steward somewhat speechlessly.
Fine, he’d take another step back.
“How is the young master doing?” Young Physician An asked.
As soon as he said this, he felt something was wrong. Sure enough, the steward’s face showed a strange smile.
“Well, this humble one doesn’t understand medicine and doesn’t know. Young Physician An has also treated our young master before, so you should know better than me,” the steward said while stroking his goatee, finally laughing heartily.
Young Physician An was so angry he nearly ground his teeth to powder. He deserved it – who told him to rush over and offer his face to be slapped?
This Xie family were originally masons from Shanxi, poor as dirt. By chance, they helped the founding emperor build walls, and relying on their peasant recklessness and fearlessness, they took up swords to kill enemies and actually carved out a path to wealth and status. Now they had transformed into a wealthy family, relying on connections and networks, plus paying teachers to lift their descendants into the imperial examinations. Their lucky star shone bright and one passed the imperial exam, so from then on they could claim to be a scholarly and noble family. But privately, they still couldn’t change that earthy smell!
What kind of master raises what kind of servant – just look at this steward’s expression.
Even if he survives today, who knows about tomorrow. I won’t go in to look. I’ll wait.
Young Physician An flicked his sleeves and left.
“Have the wet nurse express her milk, then use this…” Qi Yue held a syringe, drew the expressed milk from a bowl beside her, then carefully aimed at the infant’s mouth and slowly pushed it in. “…These few days, feed little by little… If there are any adverse reactions, such as cyanosis or vomiting, immediately stop feeding and provide artificial oxygen to the child while calling for a doctor…”
In the room, Zhao-ge’s wife and others stared wide-eyed.
“Artificial respiration is like this…” Qi Yue bent down again to demonstrate for them.
Everyone in the room stared wide-eyed, still looking dumbfounded.
“Sister-in-law, you, you can’t not go back… ah, no, I… I shouldn’t have stopped you from going back…” she couldn’t help but say tearfully, looking at Qi Yue with some pleading.
Qi Yue smiled and straightened up.
“Actually, I’m not much use here. It’s all thanks to these doctors,” she smiled, pointing to the doctors standing nearby.
The doctors were startled and didn’t dare accept this credit, all waving their hands and bowing modestly.
Looking at this woman again, their expressions were shocked and amazed. Was this modesty or modesty?
Everyone knew that without her, how could this child have had the chance for them to treat him? Moreover, she had accurately and timely pointed out the treatment direction. Otherwise, just researching the condition would have taken them a lot of time, and with this kind of pediatric convulsive syndrome, what they feared most was time – life or death in the blink of an eye.
“Don’t worry, it’s very simple. With these doctors here, I’m sure the young master will be fine,” Qi Yue continued.
This made the doctors in the room feel uncomfortable all over. This was really… really… they didn’t dare accept such praise.
“However, you should also prepare yourselves mentally,” Qi Yue said again. “This kind of illness easily leaves sequelae, mainly due to brain edema problems… uh, brain edema is… is… anyway, you know about medication, so I won’t say more.”
This last sentence was directed at the doctors.
The doctors didn’t understand, but anyway, they had pulled the child back from death’s door, and from now on they could diagnose and prescribe medication with familiarity. So they all nodded in agreement, but after agreeing felt something was wrong, and all shook their heads asking Qi Yue to say more.
“…Should we do this for all such symptoms?”
“…Why use wooden boards to clamp the head?”
At first, everyone was still wary of medical secrets, but after spending time together, they completely understood that this woman truly held nothing back.
“Prying into Madam’s secret formulas, we are truly… ashamed…”
But Qi Yue smiled.
“What are you ashamed of? Your willingness to stay and take over this patient shows you think highly of me and gives me tremendous help. If people respect me one foot, I respect them ten feet – this is what you deserve,” she said.
What a… what a… hero…
The doctors didn’t know how to express their excitement. They had been too busy treating the patient to ask questions earlier, but now they finally couldn’t hold back, asking about their doubts one after another. Some even took out paper and brushes to write while asking.
Qi Yue smiled and explained everything to them one by one. After barely satisfying these doctors, she busied herself demonstrating to Zhao-ge’s wife and the servants how to care for the child.
“As the saying goes, illness is three parts treatment and seven parts recovery, especially for such a small infant…” she said while going through the things to use and nursing procedures step by step – how to feed, how to rinse the mouth. Qi Yue herself had almost forgotten these things. She hadn’t learned these from books; they were all observed and learned during her time as a resident physician. Later, with specialized nurses, she didn’t need to do these things. She never expected to pick them up again. Perhaps she should have studied nursing – it seemed this was the most useful thing she could do now.
“What is Young Mistress saying? What do you mean the rest is useless? Stop mocking this servant,” A’Ru rolled her eyes at her.
Qi Yue smiled and poked her forehead.
On the fourth day, the child improved even more. Qi Yue also breathed a sigh of relief. With the New Year approaching, it was time to return home, so she took her leave.
These past few days, busy with treatment, she had stayed here, and even meals were only with Chang Yuncheng. She still hadn’t met the Xie family’s female relatives and men, except for becoming familiar with Zhao-ge’s wife and Zhao-ge. She couldn’t recognize the others.
This time when leaving, there wasn’t much difference from last time. Old Madam Xie still didn’t appear, but differently, everyone’s expressions toward her were no longer distant politeness, but undisguisable gratitude and curiosity.
“You must come during the first month, you must come. I don’t care if Cheng-ge comes or not, but Yueniang must come…” the eldest aunt held Qi Yue’s hand and repeated this phrase over and over.
Chang Yuncheng stood to the side with a smile, which surprised others even more.