“I mean, what is your plan in the future?” Emma was stunned for a while after hearing Carl’s answer, and then continued to ask.
“Me?” Carl looked at Emma, and then lit a cigarette. When his whole person is enveloped in the smoke, he said, “Fulfill my agreement with your father, and then, and then continue to live.”
“To live?” Emma asked with some surprise and doubt.
“Yes, to live.” Carl nodded affirmatively.
Emma and Emma were shocked, they did not know what Carl said about, but, from the expression of Carl, they can feel that Carl was not talking about a general life. Perhaps, it was really just the most ordinary life. However, they felt strange when hearing Carl’s words, but they cannot tell why it was strange.
So far, the three people did not speak. Time past, no one knew exactly how long it had gone, and many cigarette butts have been thrown on the ground, and a packet of cigarettes in the pocket also only left the last one.
Just then the door of the operating room opened and the sweating doctor came out, taking off his hat and breathing heavily. Carl was originally sitting quietly, when he saw the doctor come out, he suddenly rushed to the doctor and asked, “Doctor, how is it? Did the operation succeed?”
“The operation was a success. Everything went well.” The doctor gasped.
Hearing the news, Cindy immediately began to cry. Carl suddenly grasped the doctor’s hand with both hands and said with trembling voice, “Thank you, thank you, doctor.”
“You’re welcome. That’s what we should do. However, I still have some words to tell you that although the surgery went well, it does not mean the patient can be cured. It is just the first step on the long journey, later it will be a protracted war. Nobody can guarantee it will be cured. However, as long as the kidney source can truly fuse with the patient without rejection, the patient’s life can be saved and there will be no guarantee of other complications in the future.” The doctor told Carl.
“So how do you make sure the new kidney is fused with her body?” Carl asked eagerly.
“This depends on the observation. First, there should be rejection with the body, then, if the patient can begin urethral catheterization, these days we can based on her urethral catheterization patients to determine the new matching degree of fusion of the kidney. If, matching degree of the fusion is high, the patient will be able to recover slowly in half a month, even healed. Of course, these are just the ideal situation, specific how depends on the observation.” The doctor said and went out.
“Thank you, doctor.” Carl said gratefully again. No matter what, he could hear from the doctor’s words, at least Frost had hope.
At that moment, several nurses pushed the hospital bed out. Frost lay on the bed with a pale face and several medicine bottles hanging on her body. Her eyes were blurred, but there was still a light.
After seeing Carl, Frost said stammering, “Brother, I… I made it.”
“Good for you, I have always believed that you will succeed. Don’t talk, you are under anesthesia, you are weak now. Go to sleep first.” Carl said, and Frost fell asleep soon.
Frost did not live in the original ward, but the intensive care unit, which was not allowed the families in and out. It should get the nurse’s approval first, and get disinfected first and then put on special clothes and shoes and hats, because the patients here were vulnerable patients who cannot contact any bacteria. In principle, it is not allowed to people outside the medical personnel in and out.
Finally, Emma and Cindy were approved into the intensive care unit, and Carl went to the doctor’s office again, and talked for a long time. In general, Frost’s condition depends on her urethral catheterization and the fusion of her body with her new kidney. As long as the condition was good for a few days, her life has been saved.
When Carl came out of the medical office, Emma and Cindy were also driven out of the intensive care unit by the nurse, and told they cannot visit anymore today.
Carl looked at the time, it was more than one o’clock. Carl was stunned, feeling very hungry. He said to Emma and Cindy, “Come on, let’s go to have dinner together, I will treat you to have dinner at noon, thank you very much today. I can tell Frost is very happy with you here.”
“In fact, Frost is most glad you came.” Cindy looked at Carl and said.
Carl did not speak after hearing this, but after arriving at the hospital hall, he said to Emma and Cindy, “Please wait for a while. The hospital has just issued a payment notice to me, and I have to deposit some medical expenses in it. Please wait for me for a while, and I will be ready immediately.”
Carl again deposited 8, 000 dollars in Frost’s hospital card, which can be only used for a few days. It was expensive to live in the intensive care unit, since it cost a lot for just one day. But now whether to stay for a few days in the intensive care unit depends on Frost’s recovery. Now, Carl did not know whether his money can support Frost to complete the whole treatment.
“Have you any money? If you don’t have enough money, I can lend you some. I don’t have much money, but I still have thousands of dollars.” Cindy said to Carl when he was back.
“Enough for the time being.” Carl lightly said.
Carl took Emma and Cindy to a restaurant near the hospital for dinner. The three people just had an ordinary dinner. And they were in a hurry to eat, Cindy needed to go back to school, Emma and Carl needed go back to the company, because Emma would have a meeting in the afternoon. When it came time to settle the bill, Emma and Cindy fought for the bill in front of Carl. However, Carl stopped the two women and said, “I said, this meal is on me. It is my thanks to you both.”
Carl blandly said, and then he went to pay the bill. The two women agreed.