Doctor: start with the heart

Chapter 140 Late uremia?Inseparable young couple
The next day.

Three in the afternoon.

The treatment department of the Stem Cell Research Center of the First Affiliated Hospital.

In a ward.

Together with Sun Chang, Zhao Xu was treating a special young male patient with advanced uremia. This patient was transferred from the headquarters of the Beishi Red Cross Society.

The patient was sent over in the morning. Once he was sent over, he underwent related renal function tests, and now the test results have come out.

What Zhao Xu held in his hand was the result of the kidney function test of this young man who had advanced uremia at a young age.

Looking at the young guy lying on the hospital bed with a sickly face, pale face, white and chapped lips, and no blood at all, Zhao Xu also felt very sorry. This guy is at most 25 or six years old, but he is already suffering from uremia late.

Moreover, standing by the hospital bed was his young wife, who looked very haggard and worried. Although she was only in her early twenties, it gave people the feeling that she was already very vicissitudes.

"Doctor, what's the test result?"

The young guy said weakly.

In fact, he doesn't need to look, he knows what the test results are like. Since he got uremia in his sophomore year, he has graduated for four years now. During these six or seven years, he was either in the hospital or on his way to the hospital.

In fact, he no longer wants to be treated anymore. In order to treat his uremia, the family's savings for so many years have been exhausted, and he still owes a lot of debt.

That is to say, he met the most important person in his life, his wife who stood beside the hospital bed. Ever since he got uremia in his sophomore year, she has been by his side forever, not only accompanying him to treat illnesses, but also being with him. He got married and gave birth to a big fat boy. (This matter has a realistic prototype, not the author's purely fabricated story)

It can be said that the boy's will to survive is very weak now, he just wants to leave earlier, and then let his wife and children reduce some of the burden.

"The results are not very optimistic."

Zhao Xu looked at the test results in his hand and said solemnly.

Not very optimistic. This statement is already very euphemistic. Judging from the test results, the boy's bilateral kidneys have failed, and his kidney function has completely lost. Even if he does dialysis all the time, he will only have one month's life expectancy at most. .

"Ah Zhen, I just said don't treat it, let's go back, I can stay with you and your son for a while."

Hearing what Zhao Xu said, the young man turned his head and pleaded with his wife.

This feeling that the whole family suffers with him, but he can't do anything, is really tormenting.

Moreover, if the story of him and his wife had not been widely reported by the media and attracted the attention of the Red Cross Society, he would not have had the opportunity to come here for medical treatment.

The treatment department of the current stem cell research center is a place where many patients from all over the country dream of coming in for treatment.

"Aqiang, don't give up hope, my son and I are waiting for you to get better."

The young wife took the boy Aqiang's hand and encouraged him.

"Doctor, is there really nothing to do?"

His wife, Ah Zhen, comforted Ah Qiang, then straightened up again, looked at Zhao Xu and asked.

This is already her last hope. Just last month, the story of her and Ah Qiang caused great repercussions in the media and on the Internet, which made the Red Letter Book always find them.

It was also from the mouth of the Red Cross that Ah Zhen knew that there was such a newly established treatment center, which had already cured two terminally ill patients, and it was a dream place for all patients in the country.

Therefore, under the mediation of the Red Cross Society, she was able to bring Ah Qiang here for medical treatment.

If it is said here that there is no way, she really can only take Ah Qiang home and wait to die.

"Since you are here, you must trust us."

Zhao Xu said slowly.

In his previous vision, although he planned to overcome uremia, it also started from various complications of kidney damage, and gradually overcome it from easy to difficult, but in the case of this guy, uremia has reached an advanced stage. It can be said that it is the last and most difficult stage.

He is not fully sure whether the boy can continue his life during the last month of his life.

This time is really too tense.

It is almost impossible to overcome late-stage uremia in one month.

Even if Zhao Xu had a cross-age technology in his mind, it would take time to realize this technology.

As far as this guy is concerned, general stem cell therapy is completely useless, because almost all of the guy's kidney cells have been necrotic, and his kidneys have failed.

The only way is to do a kidney transplant, but this guy obviously didn't wait for a matching kidney source, otherwise he wouldn't come here.

Then there is the last way left, through the means of stem cell cultivation, to re-cultivate a brand new artificial kidney, and then transplant it to the guy to completely solve the problem.

"Thank you doctor, I know my situation, so don't waste the country's medical resources."

The boy pulled the corners of his mouth, smiled weakly, and said slowly.

It can be seen that before the boy got sick, he should be a very optimistic person. Now that he is almost dying, he still jokes like this.

"Rest well and don't give up hope."

Zhao Xu comforted the boy and said.

After speaking, he left the ward with Sun Chang and Fang Wei.

When she walked out of the ward, Fang Wei said with emotion: "It's not easy for this girl. She has been so persistent since she fell in love. If it were me, I would definitely not be able to do it."

The love story between the boy and the girl, Fang Wei also saw related videos on her mobile phone.

In such an era of impetuous people, there can still be such a love that never leaves, which moves everyone who knows about it.

"In this patient's case, the only solution is a kidney transplant. According to reports from the kidney transplant bank, since the patient was diagnosed with uremia, they have been queuing up for type matching, but because the patient's blood type is extremely rare and RH negative, so until now So far, there has been no matching success."

Sun Chang said slowly.

Before kidney transplantation, blood typing, tissue typing, and cross-matching checks are required.

Blood type examination means that the ABO blood types of the kidney transplant recipient and the kidney donor need to match, which is the first condition for kidney source matching.

And the guy's blood type is Rh negative. Rh negative blood is a blood type without the d antigen on the red blood cell membrane. The probability of this blood type occurring in the population is 0.3%, so blood of this blood type is very precious.

Among such a rare group of people, someone happens to be willing to donate a kidney, and the source of the kidney just matches the patient. The probability of this is really negligible.

Therefore, during the boy's six-year wait for matching, there has been no news.

"Ah? Isn't this completely hopeless?"

Fang Wei exclaimed, seeing the steadfast and inseparable love between the young man and his wife, anyone who watched would hope that the young man could be matched with a kidney source and recover completely.

Only true love is the most precious thing in the world!
"It's not hopeless. There is still a way to cultivate kidneys. This is why the Red Cross sent patients here."

Zhao Xu said slowly.

The Red Cross sent this patient, who had no other options in other medical institutions, to the research center. It was also a glimmer of hope, hoping that the artificially cultivated kidney could be taken here.

"Artificially cultivated kidneys? Although it is theoretically feasible, this patient has at most one month left. Within this month, the artificial kidney cultivation technology must be overcome from scratch, and a viable It is simply impossible to operate on an artificial kidney for transplantation."

Hearing Zhao Xu's words, Sun Chang shook his head and said.

Although foreign medical institutions are already conducting research on artificially cultivated kidneys, they are only doing animal experiments and transplanting artificial kidneys on humans. There is no such precedent in the world.

"As long as you do it, it's always possible. It's just that the schedule is so far ahead of time that the plans made before don't apply."

Zhao Xu thought for a while and said.

As a doctor, you often face a dilemma. A doctor is a profession that finds the only possibility in the impossible.

Although the possibility is very low most of the time, both patients and doctors often have such hopes.

"We can use stem cell cultivation technology to first cultivate a part of renal mesenchymal stem cells and inject them into the patient's failed kidney to restore part of the function of the kidney. In this way, if combined with dialysis treatment, it can also prolong the patient's life span and buy time for the patient to recover. We cracked the technology."

Sun Chang thought for a while and said.

"Well, wait until you notify everyone in the group to have a meeting and study the next treatment plan together."

Zhao Xu nodded. With Sun Chang as a capable assistant and right-hand man by his side, it was very comfortable to do things.

Sun Chang could check and make up for almost everything that Zhao Xu didn't think of, and Sun Chang's execution ability was also very strong.

In today's world, in any field, nothing can be achieved by fighting alone. Individual heroism is no longer applicable in this era.

"it is good."

Sun Chang nodded, and soon went to inform the meeting.

"Doctor Zhao, Sister Sun and Supervisor Tian have already confirmed the residence in the morning. Everyone will move in tomorrow. Do you want to come?"

Seeing that Sun Chang was busy, Fang Wei stood beside Zhao Xu and asked suddenly.

"Didn't I say it all yesterday, you four girls, if I live alone with a man, it will definitely affect you."

Zhao Xu said helplessly.

I don't know why Sun Chang proposed this idea, and he persuaded several girls to agree with this proposal.

Of course, if these girls want to live together, then it's fine, but Zhao Xu feels very helpless when it comes to himself.

Changed to another man, lived with four beauties, and lived under one roof, even if he didn't do anything, just looking good is what men dream of.

But for Zhao Xu, it became a problem. He now has a real girlfriend, and he really has no luck with this kind of beauty.

"It doesn't affect that, what era is it now, Dr. Zhao, why are you still so conservative..."

Fang Wei continued to fight for it.

"Let's talk about this later."

Seeing that Fang Wei was still trying to persuade him, Zhao Xu could only push the matter back.

Anyway, no matter what, it cannot pass.

Boys must learn to protect themselves when they are outside!
Zhao Xu couldn't help but think in his heart at this moment.

After a while, in the conference room, all the members of the group arrived.

Zhao Xu first said: "I believe everyone understands the situation of this patient. The only way to cure late-stage uremia is to undergo kidney transplantation. However, since the patient's blood type is RH negative, the matching cannot be successful. To obtain a suitable kidney source. Then the only way before us is to use stem cell technology to cultivate an artificial kidney that can be transplanted from scratch, and then transplant it to completely solve the patient's late-stage uremia."

"Isn't this time enough to develop an artificial kidney?"

Lu Chen continued.

"Regarding this issue, I think we can proceed in two steps. On the one hand, we can cultivate kidney mesenchymal stem cells and inject them into the patient's failed kidneys, so that the patient's kidneys can temporarily restore some functions. Add dialysis treatment to buy as much time as possible. On the other hand, it is to overcome the artificial kidney cultivation technology."

Sun Chang expressed her thoughts.

"It can be done, but how to divide the work?"

Su Xiao asked.

Now there is only one team in the research center, and there are only five people including Zhao Xu.

If they were to be divided into two groups, then Zhao Xu must be leading the most difficult technique of artificially cultivating kidneys, and the other group would be cultivating kidney mesenchymal stem cells step by step.

What she cared about was whether she could follow Zhao Xu's group.

"To overcome the group of artificially cultivated kidney tissue is the most difficult. At least three people are needed. In addition, the group of cultivated kidney mesenchymal stem cells needs two people because of the accumulation of technology."

Sun Chang continued.

As soon as she finished speaking, everyone's eyes turned to Zhao Xu. Obviously, everyone was very concerned about which group they would be assigned to.

In fairness, no matter who it is, they are naturally more willing to follow Zhao Xu to overcome the technology of artificially growing kidneys.

This kind of thing that conquers a technology from scratch is not common. This kind of experience is very precious, and with this kind of qualifications, it is considered a big deal in the medical circle.

"Dr. Sun and Dr. Lu will work with me to overcome the artificial kidney technology. Dr. Xu, you and Dr. Su will find ways to prolong the patient's lifespan as much as possible."

Zhao Xu quickly came up with a plan for personnel allocation.

This allocation plan is also the result of his careful consideration.

Xu Minghang is mature and prudent, and Su Xiao is also very capable. It is no problem for these two to work together to cultivate kidney mesenchymal stem cells.

It is very difficult to overcome the artificial kidney cultivation technology, and he must bring Sun Chang and Lu Chen together.

"Ok."

Hearing Zhao Xu's distribution plan, Xu Minghang nodded first.

He had thought of this a long time ago. Zhao Xu must have chosen to work in a team with someone who cooperated with him tacitly. Neither he nor Su Xiao had any experience working with Zhao Xu.

Although Lu Chen said that she has not worked with Zhao Xu for a long time, she has advantages that others do not have, that is, her hands-on ability and surgical operation ability are extremely strong.

As for Sun Chang, she worked with Zhao Xu from the beginning, and they had a perfect understanding.

It can be said that this allocation plan is very scientific.

Xu Minghang's reaction was flat, but Su Xiao felt a little disappointed.

She had just entered the research center, and she hoped to study and work with Zhao Xu even more.

As for Sun Chang and Lu Chen, they looked like nothing unexpected. They had already thought of Zhao Xu's decision.

(End of this chapter)