The successful match was a Chinese-American living in Country M, a middle-aged man around 40 years old. His HLA matching nine points were completely correct, and he was in good health, very in line with the donation conditions.
Zhang Chengye also looked very excited when he heard the news. He originally thought he would have to wait a long time, but he didn’t expect it to go so smoothly this time. The next afternoon, he bought a big cake and took it to the hospital.
Each of the little nurses in the ward was given a piece of cake. Li Xi was afraid that they would disturb Chu Yan’s rest, so he almost drove Zhang Chengye out as soon as they finished eating.
Without the doctor’s permission, Li Xi didn’t dare give Chu Yan these things at all, so Chu Yan didn’t even taste a bite of the cake he bought.
Now everything he eats is made at home, and all the dishes, chopsticks, and cutlery need to be disinfected to prevent reinfection.
Chu Yan looked at the remaining half of the white porridge and shook his head. He had already eaten a lot under Li Xi’s coaxing and didn’t want to eat anymore.
Li Xi saw the discomfort on his face and did not force him anymore. Because of the side effects of chemotherapy drugs, his appetite has always been bad. He can only eat a little bit every time he eats, and he is prone to vomiting if he eats too much.
After dinner, Li Xi went to the balcony and made a phone call. It was still about the matching. The person was actually unwilling to accept the high matching. Later, Li Xi went to Country M to talk to him once, and promised a generous reward in return, so that person agreed.
In fact, this kind of unwillingness has happened many times in various places. After all, donors have every right to reject this kind of voluntary donation.
But after Li Xi talked to the doctor about the operation for a while, the joy of successful matching in his heart was diluted a lot.
Not to mention that many unknown accidents are likely to occur after the operation, such as rejection reactions and infections… Even during the operation, the risk is great.
However, he didn’t want his mood to affect Chu Yan, so he waited outside for a while before walking in the direction of the ward.
The door of the ward was ajar. It should have been the nurse who didn’t close it after she came out. When Li Xi was about to push the door in, he heard the sound of someone talking on the phone from inside.
From this angle, he could only see Chu Yan’s back, thin and lonely, his voice was not heavy but very clear.
“Sister.”
…
“No…I just want to call you…”
He paused before he finished speaking. It seemed that he was suddenly interrupted by the other party. He didn’t know what was said over there. She had already hung up on the phone before he could speak again.
Li Xi could obviously feel that his mood had become a lot lower because of the call, and he sat motionless for a while before moving his eyes back from the window.
Li Xi looked at him, feeling a little uncomfortable, as if something was pressing heavily on his heart.
As his sister said, there are so many easy ways to go, why do you have to go this way where thousands of people point and scold… But what really made Li Xi feel distressed was that he was now the most vulnerable and needed the comfort and care of his family the most. Why does he have to bear this?
Perhaps because the indoor light was too dim, Li Xi even felt that his vision was a bit blurred. He wiped his eyes vigorously and calmed down for a while before pushing the door open and walking in.
Chu Yan heard the sound, raised his head and glanced at Li Xi blankly, then lowered his head to look at the tablet for himself; he couldn’t see any sad emotions.
He had not had much time to cut his hair since he was ill. The tips of his hair were a bit long. A few strands would cover a little bit of his eyes when he bowed his head. The bridge of his nose was very straight, and his eyelashes were long. This way, when he bows his head and doesn’t speak, it always gives people a calm and beautiful feeling.
Li Xi sat over and couldn’t help rubbing his face. “What do you want to eat at night?”
Chu Yan pursed his lips, as if he didn’t have the slightest interest in dinner. “You’re asking me as if I can eat whatever I want.”
His tone was obviously not very happy, and he was faintly depressed. Li Xi knew what he meant. He had a high fever and a bad appetite. He had been eating liquid food for several days. The taste was too light, and it was normal to not want to eat it.
Li Xi struggled for a while, “But your husband can cook delicious porridge, and there are many kinds. How about eating assorted shrimp tonight?”
Chu Yan glanced at him, then turned his head and continued to look at the tablet. No matter what Li Xi said to him, he didn’t say a word.
Chu Yan didn’t pay much attention to him until he went to bed at night. Li Xi watched him go to the bathroom with his clothes in his arms and then close the door with a bang, feeling uneasy all the time.
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Starting tomorrow, he will go into the laminar flow room for treatment. Because all infected lesions and bad cells in the body must be removed, the immunity of the patient who has completed the pretreatment is almost zero, so in order to prevent infection, it is necessary to stay in the sterile room before the operation.
Li Xi looked at him through the glass, but the other party was in a lethargic state most of the time, and he rarely woke up.
Zhang Chengye saw that Li Xi’s face was almost on the glass, his eyes were dumbfounded, and he couldn’t help laughing. “You will scare the little nurse inside like this.”
“Come over and have something to eat. The operation will not take place until tomorrow.” Zhang Chengye ordered a takeaway from a nearby hotel. He has eaten this one, and it tastes very good.
But Li Xi didn’t seem to hear it; his forehead was still against the glass window, and he didn’t say a word.
Zhang Chengye waited with him for a while before seeing the nurse inside come out and saying to Li Xi, “Come to deliver a meal at 11 a.m.; remember that it can only be liquid food.”
Li Xi thanked her and asked about Chu Yan again, before walking away as if he had recovered.
Zhang Chengye obviously saw the nurse’s relieved expression, but he didn’t know what she was relieved for.
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The operation was performed in the afternoon of the next day. Only local anesthesia was required, a soft, thin catheter was inserted into the deep vein, and new hematopoietic stem cells were inserted through the venous tube, so the operation process was not long.
However, the postoperative recovery period was very long and torturous. Because of the initial radiotherapy and chemotherapy damage, he was basically unable to eat and could only sustain his life through high-protein nutrients.
Li Xi could only look at him through the glass every day. Sometimes he could make a phone call and chat with him when he was in good spirits. When he was not feeling well, he was basically asleep all day.
This state of complete isolation from the whole world was actually slowly killing people’s will. Li Xi could only comfort him and encourage him through daily phone calls, but Chu Yan’s mental state seems to have always been good, and there have not been many mood swings, so the psychiatrist prepared by the hospital did not come in handy.
This situation lasted for more than ten days, and when he was transferred to the general ward, the doctor announced that all indicators of his body had returned to normal and he could be transferred to the general ward.
Li Xi cleaned up the ECG patch on his chest for him. When he felt his weak but real vitality, his nose became sour, and he finally choked out with an uncontrollable smile, “Thank you…”
