577: Chapter 577: Can You Deliver a Baby?
577: Chapter 577: Can You Deliver a Baby?
When Tangyu returned to the school clinic, he discovered that a group of about a dozen students had gathered at the door.
“Divine Doctor Tang is back.”
Someone shouted that, and suddenly all eyes turned to Tangyu as the crowd of students, both male and female, nearly twenty in total, surrounded him.
The scale wasn’t huge.
Tangyu looked at them, wondering if they were there for another photo op or autograph session.
These little fans were giving him a bit of a headache.
Students could get quite frenzied.
Luckily, the teachers and the principal repeatedly stressed not to bother Tangyu, otherwise, he would likely be overwhelmed as soon as class ended.
“Shouldn’t you be in class by now?
What are you all doing crowding around here?” Tangyu said.
“Divine Doctor Tang, we’re sick.
Er, I mean, we’ve fallen ill and have come to you for treatment,” a male student said.
“Yes, we’ve come to seek treatment from you.”
Everyone vehemently agreed, insisting they were there to see Tangyu for medical help.
Since they had come for treatment, Tangyu didn’t have anything else to say; after all, it was his job.
He sat down and announced, “Fine, if you’re here for treatment, line up.
However, I don’t like liars.
If anyone is pretending to be sick, I’ll definitely find out, and then I won’t treat you even if you actually fall ill later on.” After Tangyu finished speaking, no one left.
The first boy stepped forward and described his ailment.
Tangyu glanced at him and said, “You just have a slight cold.
You should exercise a bit more and sweat it out.
You don’t even need any medicine.”
“It’s just a slight chill from sleeping last night, nothing major.
Don’t bother with it, no need for medication.
Just a bit of diarrhea and it’ll clear up.”
“Bronchitis, huh?
How did someone as young as you get this?
Have you been smoking every day?
You shouldn’t be picking up such bad habits at your age.
Stop smoking, it’s bad for your health.
I’ll prescribe some medicine for you, go to a traditional Chinese medicine store to get it.”
In less than five minutes, the twenty-something students had all been seen, a speed and efficiency that were startling.
Most of these students had only minor ailments like colds and fevers; serious illnesses were extremely rare.
Having dealt with one batch, Tangyu was hoping to take a break, but more students kept showing up for treatment.
Thus, people came and went, and Tangyu was swiftly caught up in the hustle.
In the morning, Tangyu had things to do, and by the afternoon, the students had grown wise, each coming to him under the guise of needing medical attention, with some even asking for autographs while being treated.
Of course, even more were taking photos with their cell phones.
Tangyu could do nothing but let them be.
After a busy half hour, having seen over a hundred students, Tangyu finally got some peace.
“These kids, each one is a crafty little devil.” Tangyu chuckled and shook his head.
Just as he spoke, a figure rushed in, panting—it was a teacher, whom Tangyu had seen but couldn’t put a name to.
It was a male teacher around thirty years old, named Zuo Shao.
Zuo Shao had an urgent look on his face and grabbed Tangyu as soon as he entered, saying, “Doctor Tang, you must come quickly to see my wife.” Without further explanation, he began pulling Tangyu outside, the urgency plainly visible.
Tangyu let himself be pulled along and asked while they ran, “May I ask your name, sir?”
“I am Zuo Shao, the head teacher of senior class 6.” Zuo Shao said.
“Teacher Zuo, what’s wrong with your wife?” Tangyu asked, intending to make an initial assessment.
“I’m not quite sure.
My wife is more than eight months pregnant.
She suddenly started complaining of severe pain in her stomach, so I immediately ran over to fetch you, Doctor Tang.
My home is right over there; we’ll be there soon.” said Teacher Zuo.
Soon Tangyu followed Zuo Shao home, which was inside the teacher’s residence at the school.
Before entering the room, Tangyu could already hear a woman’s screams of pain coming from inside, sounding utterly pitiful.
They quickly entered the room, and Tangyu saw a pregnant woman with a swollen belly hunched over in bed crying in pain, a bloody scent lingering in the air.
There were bloodstains underneath her and quite a bit on the bedding.
The sight of the blood made Zuo Shao even more frantic, and he ran over to her, “Honey, what’s wrong with you?
Don’t scare me.
Divine Doctor Tang, please take a look at my wife quickly.”
Tangyu quickly reached the bedside and took the teacher’s wife’s pulse while comforting them, “Teacher Zuo, don’t panic, let me check her out.
Nothing will go wrong.
Mrs.
Zuo, hang in there, don’t worry, there will be no problem.
Try not to scream too loudly, as it may affect the baby.”
Teacher Zuo’s wife was clutching the blanket, her facial muscles twitching with pain, her complexion ghastly pale.
“Teacher Zuo, lay your wife down flat; I need to check her situation,” Tangyu instructed.
Zuo Shao immediately helped his wife to lay flat, her lower half soaked in blood, a shocking sight to see, along with water, indicating her water had broken.
“This is bad, her water has broken and there’s heavy bleeding.
The baby’s heart rate is unstable; there’s danger to the baby.
We need to deliver immediately, or both mother and child could be at risk,” Tangyu said.
Zuo Shao shook all over with fear, “Th-this, I, I’ll call for an ambulance right away.” He pulled out his phone in a panic, his hands shaking so violently he could barely hold on to it.
The situation with Mrs.
Zuo was very grave; if the bleeding wasn’t stopped quickly, she could bleed out.
Likewise, the unborn child could be at risk of life-threatening complications due to oxygen deprivation.
“There’s no time for that; I’ll stabilize your wife’s condition first.
Find someone to help me, quickly, get Teacher Mo over here, fast,” Tangyu ordered.
“What?
Doctor Tang, you, you know how to deliver a baby?” Zuo Shao was taken aback.
“I have to know.
Human life is at stake.
There’s no other way.
Getting to the hospital is definitely too late; we have to deliver the baby quickly or it will be in grave danger, and then I will be powerless to help.
Hurry up,” Tangyu urged again, channeling Pure Yang Qi into her, aiming to stop the bleeding and stabilize her condition while also ensuring the baby’s wellbeing.
The effort was tremendously draining; Tangyu couldn’t hold on for much longer.
The best course of action was to deliver the baby as quickly as possible; after that, they should be out of danger.
Zuo Shao didn’t dare to ask more questions and immediately made a phone call to Teacher Mo.
“Mrs.
Zuo, I know you must be in great pain right now, but you have to endure it, you have to be strong, because only if you’re strong, can your baby come out safely and smoothly.
For the sake of the baby, I believe you’re willing to endure some hardship.
Follow my lead, keep the rhythm of your breathing, and don’t be scared or panic.
It’s best not to move around too much, you really have to endure.
I believe in you, you can do it, for the sake of the baby, you definitely can,” Tangyu said, offering encouragement to Teacher Zuo’s wife.
At this moment, what a pregnant woman needs most is encouragement, belief, and the strength to support her.
Once she loses that support, she could collapse at any time, and once she collapses, it could become extremely dangerous.
For Tangyu, delivering a baby was definitely as new as it gets, and he actually hadn’t had any experience with this kind of thing.
But there was simply no other option now.
It was the peak of the workday, and the nearest hospital to Linshan Middle School was a ten-minute drive away, which assumed no traffic congestion.
Under these circumstances, it would be extremely lucky to reach Linshan Middle School within twenty minutes.
Twenty minutes was just too long to wait.
Just to arrive would take twenty minutes, and to go back would be thirty or forty minutes.
Any delay on the road and it could cost two lives.
While Tangyu couldn’t say he was incapable of turning a blind eye to someone’s distress, it depended on the situation.
A pregnant woman and an unborn child, he definitely couldn’t disregard.
Besides, he was the school doctor, and it was his responsibility during work hours.
Mo Xiaoqing rushed over as fast as she could, of course, accompanied by many other teachers.
Seeing everyone so eagerly coming to help, Zuo Shao was deeply moved.
“Xiaoqing, come in and help, everyone else wait outside, and don’t let anyone come in and disturb me,” Tangyu ordered seriously, only keeping Zuo Shao and Mo Xiaoqing to help, with everyone else waiting outside.
“Zuo Shao, go prepare some hot water.
Xiaoqing, remove Mrs.
Zuo’s clothes from the waist down,” Tangyu instructed.
Mo Xiaoqing gave Tangyu a glance, didn’t ask any further questions, and immediately started following Tangyu’s instructions, both of them busying themselves with the task.
“Teacher Zuo, go and have your wife grab onto your hand, and keep encouraging her and giving her strength,” Tangyu said.
Zuo Shao immediately went to the bedside, letting his wife grip his hand tightly.
He also started encouraging his wife as he learned from television shows, and she kept screaming in pain, her cries sharp and pitiful.
“Xiaoqing, hold her legs like this, try to keep her from moving too much.” Tangyu arranged Mrs.
Zuo’s legs and then pressed a palm on her belly, using Pure Yang Qi to maintain the condition of the fetus, noting from her belly that the baby was somewhat large, predicting a difficult birth.
Tangyu was deadly serious, sweat beginning to bead on his forehead.
He said to Teacher Zuo’s wife, “Mrs.
Zuo, follow my rhythm, let’s work together to welcome your baby.
One, two, three, push!”
“One, two, three, push!”
Mo Xiaoqing and Zuo Shao also started shouting along with Tangyu’s rhythm.
Life is not a TV drama, but sometimes life can be just as melodramatic as a TV drama.
TV dramas might not lack such clichéd scenes, but Tangyu never thought he would find himself in such a situation, and that he would have to act as a midwife.
“Ah, it hurts, I’m going to die!” Teacher Zuo’s wife cried out in agony, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.
Everyone was gripped by the heart-wrenching screams, incredibly tense.
“One, two, three, push harder, come on, you can do it, you definitely can!”
The encouraging shouts mingled with the cries of pain, composing a stirring anthem, the melody of life, the most magnificent notes.
“The head is already coming out, keep going!” Mo Xiaoqing suddenly shouted.
“One, two, three, push!”
The process was painful, lengthy, and arduous, keeping everyone’s nerves taut and the tension high, but there was also a tinge of excitement.
Life, it’s miraculous, full of anticipation.
Life is also precious.
A new life carries so much love.
“The head is almost completely out, Mrs.
Zuo, you’re almost there, you’re so great, come on, let’s keep it up,” Mo Xiaoqing encouraged.
As time ticked by, the teachers waiting outside became increasingly nervous.
Giving birth under these circumstances brought a feeling reminiscent of several decades past.
“Wahhhh!!!!!”
With a cry from the baby, everyone’s hearts finally settled down.
It’s a birth!