After hearing the doctor's answer, everyone was stunned and couldn't recover for a long time.
It was unknown how long it had been before Lu Jingli asked excitedly, "What do you mean by 'no spontaneous breathing', 'absent brainstem reflexes'... these damn descriptions... aren't they used to describe the dead? Doctor, could you please explain it more clearly?"
The chief surgeon was the dean himself. He knew how important this operation was, but at this moment he could only tell the truth, "In layman's terms, it is... brain death. We are currently using a ventilator and drugs to maintain the patient's vital signs. Once the life support system is unplugged, the patient will die immediately."
Following the doctor's words, the entire corridor fell into dead silence.
Yan Ruyi's face turned pale and she fell down on a bench beside her. "How could this happen... How could this happen..."
Lu Tingxiao sat there like a sculpture, motionless.
The doctor paused as he spoke, then looked at Lu Tingxiao, "Family members, please accept my condolences. I'm sorry, but I still have to ask you a routine question. Should we... continue to maintain the patient's life, or... unplug the system... and let the patient pass away peacefully..."
"What will happen if we continue to maintain the patient's life?" After a while, Tang Lang asked in a trembling voice.
"If you continue to maintain the condition... it will be what is commonly known as a vegetative state, and you may lie in bed for the rest of your life. Generally speaking, even if you are maintained by machines and drugs, you can only last for a dozen years at most, because the patient's vital functions will gradually degenerate over time..." The doctor replied, sighing. Although this is considered living, it is actually a living hell.
With every word the doctor spoke, everyone felt a little more depressed.
“Of course we should continue to maintain it. Even if he is a vegetative person, there is always a chance that he will wake up one day!” Lu Jingli said hurriedly.
The doctor nodded and said, "That's right. Although the chance of this happening is very small, there are many precedents."
“Do you still need to ask? Of course we should continue to maintain it!” Lu Jingli made the decision directly.
The doctor looked a little uncertain, but he finally turned to Lu Tingxiao and asked, "Mr. Lu, what do you mean..."
Lu Jingli was very anxious when he saw the doctor was still questioning his brother. Asking his brother such questions was like stabbing him in the heart with a knife, wasn't it
After an unknown amount of time, the man's hoarse and broken voice finally rang out in the empty corridor: "Keep going."
"Okay, I understand." The doctor sighed and left.
…
In the senior ward.
At this moment, the girl who was always so unrestrained and free as the wind was lying quietly on the bed, covered with bruises, having lost all consciousness, and could only rely on a ventilator to maintain her life.
Lu Tingxiao sat expressionlessly in front of the bed. He carefully held the girl's small hand, which was covered with tiny scars. He lowered his head and gave her a kiss very lightly, as if he was afraid of disturbing her, even though he knew she might never wake up again.
Xiao Xi... I'm sorry...
Forgive my selfishness...
I can't let you go...
sorry…
Outside the door, Yan Ruyi and Lu Chongshan did not go in due to self-blame and guilt. They looked at the situation in the ward through the window with serious expressions.
They saw that their eldest son, who was always serious and emotional, and who never changed his expression even when faced with great difficulties, was now holding the girl's hands, with his head down, his shoulders shaking... and crying...
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