Wildfire

Chapter 17

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There are not as many people with eye diseases in Tibet. One is that the geographical environment is not so susceptible to eye diseases. In addition, due to ethnic cultural differences and the relative isolation of external communication in Tibet, many traditional Tibetans are not used to relying on technology and doctors to treat diseases. Therefore, the overall pressure this time was not as high as last time, and the doctors were able to take a breath. Although there were many patients, it was not like the last time when they couldn't even find the time to eat.

Tao Xiaodong rarely took Tao Huainan on occasions when there were so many people, for fear that he would be nervous, and that he would be overwhelmed. So this time Tao Xiaodong took Tao Huainan wherever he went, holding his hand all the time. If the hand needs to take something or do something, let Tao Huainan hold on to his clothes and not let go. He must always make Tao Xiaodong feel that he is next to him or behind him, otherwise he will always be distracted to look at him.

Therefore, Tao Xiaodong really didn't wear a shirt on the first day. The shirt was not easy to grasp, and the hem was tucked into his pants, unlike ordinary T-shirts that could leave a margin for Tao Huainan. Every day, from morning to night, every piece of Tao Xiaodong's clothes was deformed.

In the evening, Tao Xiaodong looked at his clothes and laughed for a long time before taking off his clothes to take a shower. Tao Huainan had already finished washing and was sitting on his own bed wiping his hair. Tao Xiaodong said, "Brother, I didn't bring a few clothes out, so take it easy."

Speaking of this Tao Huainan was also wronged, he retorted in the direction of his brother: "It's not that my hand is heavy, you sometimes turn around suddenly, or you suddenly speed up, I don't dare to let go, I can only pull. You stretched it all by yourself, don't rely on me."

Tao Huainan was telling the truth. How could his hand be heavy? His hand was very light and only held one side. However, Tao Xiaodong always made sudden movements and was often stretched out. Later, Tao Huainan could only hold one more piece.

Tao Xiaodong said, "Otherwise you'll have to drag my trousers tomorrow."

Tao Huainan widened his eyes in horror, and looked in this direction emptyly: "Isn't I supposed to pull your pants down just because of your unpredictable movement trajectory? Besides, how old am I, I'll pull your pants waist, do you think it looks good? ?"

Tao Xiaodong was amused for a long time. After taking off the clothes, he rubbed them after taking a shower. He also picked up Tao Huainan's clothes and said, "I think you seem to have some complaints against me?"

Tao Huainan pouted, turned his head to one side, and wiped his hair.

The two brothers had been out together for several days. Tao Xiaodong believed that he had done his best, but he still felt that Tao Huainan made him a little embarrassed, his lips were dry, his forehead was blue, and he even sneezed a few times in the morning.

When Tao Xiaodong went in to take a bath, Tao Huainan's phone rang, he touched it, followed the voice reminder and clicked into WeChat, it was Chi Cheng's voice.

"Have you eaten dinner tonight?"

Tao Huainan immediately replied, "I've eaten, and I've finished taking a shower."

Chi Cheng's voice sounded calm and emotionless: "Have you applied sunscreen?"

Tao Huainan pursed his lips and replied, "You didn't bring it to me."

Chi Cheng: "I brought it to you, it's in your bag, you can't touch it yourself? Why don't you remember to do it yourself if I don't say it?"

He looked a bit fierce like this, Tao Huainan digged his fingers on the sheets and didn't say anything.

In fact, Chi Cheng has never been mild-mannered. From picking him up until now, he has always given the impression that he is a very cold boy. He is better at home, but he is not gentle.

Tao Huainan didn't speak, and Chi Cheng sent another message after a while, and his tone didn't improve: "Did you fall?"

Tao Xiaodong came out of the shower, just in time to hear Tao Huainan complaining: "I fell several times, but brother won't lead me. If there is something in front of him, he will forget me, and he thinks I have torn his clothes out of shape."

Tao Xiaodong laughed softly, still feeling that it was a miscalculation not to bring Chi Cheng out.

No wonder Tao Huainan complained, Tao Xiaodong did not take good care of him, and he spent too little time alone with Tao Huainan over the years. Tao Huainan is always with Chi Cheng no matter what he does. Tao Huainan grew up in Chi Cheng's hands, and the two children grew up holding hands.

Tao Xiaodong listened to the two of them chatting, and it was quite enjoyable to sit next to them. There was a knock on the door, Tao Xiaodong stood up to open the door, and Tang Suoyan was at the door. He just came from the hospital, and he hasn't changed his clothes yet.

Tao Xiaodong had finished taking a shower and was wearing the short-sleeved and big shorts that he wore to bed. The contrast between the two was quite obvious. Tao Xiaodong called out "Brother Yan" and asked him, "What's wrong?"

Tang Suoyan handed him a few packets of snacks in his hand, all of which were pistachios and walnuts, and said, "Given by the nurse, let Xiaonan pass the time."

Tao Xiaodong took it and said "OK".

Tang Suoyan looked at him and asked, "Are you going to rest?"

"Ah," Tao Xiaodong said with a smile, "I heard Xiaonan sued me with his little brother, saying that I fell on him."

Tang Suoyan nodded and said to him, "You are not wronged."

"It's not wrong," Tao Xiaodong looked back at his brother, "his face is slapped."

Tang Suoyan said, "I have to leave later for my transfer tomorrow. Why don't you two wait for me in the morning?"

"Okay," Tao Xiaodong certainly didn't have to say, "wait for you, just call me when you're done."

Tang Suoyan has been with these two brothers this time, and he is used to it. Sometimes when someone has something to ask Tao Xiaodong and can't find it, he will ask Tang Suoyan. Tang Suoyan is in the hospital during the day, so how can he know, the most he can do is to call him and ask. After a long time, others will get used to it. If they can't find Mr. Tao, they will ask Director Tang.

The next day, the hospital team left early to go to the next county seat. The journey would take about four hours, and most of them were mountain roads. Tang Suoyan promised a parent the day before that the child would come back tomorrow morning and wanted to show the child's eyes, but the child said something was blocking the eyes.

Tang Suoyan agreed, and he was the only one waiting here the next morning. They were all cleaned up anyway. Tao Xiaodong and Tao Huainan had nothing to do, so they waited together in the county hospital. Then came the patient, a ten-year-old boy.

The boy was a little afraid of life, and kept shrinking behind his father. Tang Suoyan waved at him and said, "Come here."

The boy moved over, Tang Suoyan asked him to sit opposite him, and asked him warmly, "What's wrong with the eyes?"

"There are things blocking it on both sides, and sometimes I can't see clearly, like fog." The boy's voice was small, and he was afraid of the doctor.

Tang Suoyan looked at his eyes and asked him, "What else?"

The little boy looked very nervous under the ophthalmoscope and didn't dare to speak. Tang Suoyan asked him again, and the boy said slowly, "I can't see clearly at night."

His dad didn't seem to know about it, and asked him why he didn't say it. Tang Suoyan asked the father, "Is there anyone in the family with poor eyesight?"

The other said, "My father is blind."

Tang Suoyan didn't say anything after that, looked at his eyes in silence, then glanced at Tao Xiaodong, and signaled to him whether to take Tao Huainan out.

Tao Xiaodong understood immediately, and shook his head at him, indicating that it was all right.

Except for the boy and his father, all three of them knew what was wrong with him. Originally I was not sure, but the look that Tang Suoyan and Tao Xiaodong exchanged became clear.

Tao Xiaodong sighed inwardly.

Tao Huainan was holding a thermos cup to drink water, his long eyelashes covered his drooping eyes, and others could not see that there was something wrong with his eyes.

Tang Suoyan won't tell them directly here. His diagnosis relies on experience, and he can basically confirm it by looking at the fundus of his eyes, but he needs to rely on examination sheets and data for feedback to patients. Tang Suoyan could only ask them to go to the city hospital for further examination.

He only said suspected or preliminary diagnosis, and the father began to listen to Tang Suoyan calmly, as if he didn't know what this unfamiliar term represented.

Retinitis pigmentosa, a disease that is not difficult to diagnose but cannot be cured. Tao Huainan lost his eyesight because of this disease, and countless people became blind because of it.

Tao Huainan quietly listened to Tang Suoyan's words with the boy and his father. The father was a little scared after hearing it, and even asked the question directly: "Doctor... Can this disease be cured? Will I be blind?"

Tang Suoyan was silent for a moment and said, "It can be slowed down."

"Can't be cured?" Father's voice trembled, "Can't surgery be done? There's no way?"

"Not for now," Tang Suoyan affirmed again, "there will be in the future."

Now that it will be a cake in the future, the family knows it, but there is still some hope.

Tao Xiaodong glanced at Tao Huainan, he was still drinking hot water calmly, Tao Xiaodong reached out and touched his head.

In fact, as an ophthalmologist, Tang Suoyan has seen too many diseases. There are too many things that can be cured, those that cannot be cured, and those that others cannot treat. Today, it may be because Tao Huainan is right in front of him, or it may be because of these eye diseases that they are powerless to do, or it makes people feel helpless from the bottom of their hearts.

Tao Huainan was not as sensitive as they thought. He had been blind for so many years, and he was already numb. So after getting in the car, both his brother and Dr. Tang were a little silent, as far as he seemed to be normal, teasing this and teasing that, teasing and teasing himself that he was sleepy.

I didn't hear him for a long time, Tang Suoyan looked back, Tao Xiaodong said, "Sleep."

Tang Suoyan said, "If you're tired, sleep for a while."

"I'm not tired." Tao Xiaodong took a sip of water to moisten his throat.

There were no cars on the road, it was noon, and it was extremely hot outside. Tao Xiaodong was a little afraid that the driver would be sleepy, so he found something to talk to him. The driver was a local, and his Mandarin sounded a bit difficult. Tao Xiaodong often listened in different directions and spoke in other directions, and was corrected by the driver. Tang Suoyan laughed from time to time as he listened to their laborious chat.

Tao Xiaodong said to him: "Don't laugh, go to bed, you have a busy afternoon."

Tang Suoyan said, "It's okay."

It was very useful for Tao Xiaodong to chat with the driver. The driver was not sleepy at all, but they still failed to get to the place smoothly. The driver muttered to himself a sentence before, the car got heavier and heavier as he drove, Tao Xiaodong didn't take it seriously.

After a while the car stopped completely and the driver pulled over.

Tang Suoyan asked, "What's wrong?"

The driver unbuckled the seat belt: "Maybe there is a leak."

Tao Xiaodong went down with him, the right front wheel was deflated, and the left front wheel was obviously short of air. This is definitely impossible to drive, Tao Xiaodong asked the driver: "Is there a spare tire in the car?"

The driver shook his head: "I changed it last time."

Tao Xiaodong is simply confused, this can't go away at all.

Tang Suoyan also came down and asked, "What's wrong?"

Tao Xiaodong frowned and said, "The tire is punctured."

If they are following the team, they can go with other cars. Now that the others are probably already there, they have no other choice but to call for repairs, so they can only wait.

It's almost halfway through when they've driven out, and they can't reach the mountain road before the village or the store.

If the car does not turn on the fire or the air conditioner, no one can stay in it, and it can suffocate people to death at this temperature. The driver kept talking on the phone, Tao Xiaodong opened all four doors to let the wind in the car. Tao Huainan was still sleeping, so it wasn't too hot with the wind blowing.

Tao Xiaodong went to the trunk to get his suitcase, briefly covered the two inner doors with his clothes or something, and created a small shadow.

"Brother Yan," Tao Xiaodong called Tang Suoyan, "come and sit."

At noon, people were roasting everywhere, and after a while, both of them were sweating. At this time, don't think it's good to sit on the ground. The two men were sitting under the shadows, with Tao Huainan sleeping in the car. Outside the car, they were speechless and helplessly forced to watch the scenery.

Half an hour later, Tao Xiaodong turned around and took out the bottle of water he had just drank from the car. Before drinking, ask Tang Suoyan, "Where's your water?"

Tang Suoyan said, "I didn't take it, I forgot."

Tao Xiaodong turned back and asked the driver beside him, "Is there water in the car?"

The driver said, "I still have half a pot."

Tao Xiaodong was speechless again: "Mineral water, no?"

The driver shook his head.

Tao Xiaodong was too suffocated by the eldest driver. After suffocating, he looked at Tang Suoyan: "I just drank it, if you don't mind..."

Before he finished speaking, Tang Suoyan had already twisted it open and drank it.

The Adam's apple slid up and down when he raised his head and swallowed, and the sweaty neck, the tendons gradually became obvious from top to bottom, and then completely hidden into the shirt collar.