Rebirth 1977 Great Era

Chapter 1105 Same Style as Old Hu's Family? Three Miscarriages, Seeking Protection (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets: 3K Chapters)

Everyone present was taken aback upon hearing this request.

This person is someone we all met at the banquet last time. He's a young man from Singapore named Wei Ziyu, whose ancestral home is Guangxi.

His grandfather was a friend of Director Liao, and his family currently owns some factories in Singapore.

It's said to be a precision instrument manufacturer, but nobody knows exactly what kind of precision instruments they produce.

However, the fact that they were among the first to arrive today means they must have something special about them.

Don't look at the monk's face and look at the Buddha's face.

"I'm really sorry, this is a bit private, and it's not convenient for so many people to know."

"Please do me a favor! Thank you!"

Wei Ziyu cupped his hands in a gesture of respect to the people present:

"Everyone, please cooperate!"

There are some illnesses that people genuinely don't want others to know about, and such requests are understandable.

However, some of the traditional Chinese medicine practitioners present were reluctant to leave.

We've already seen three people. After witnessing the medical skills of the dialect, they felt that today's trip was definitely worthwhile, and now they're just thinking about seeing one last person before we're done.

As it turned out, the dialect didn't drive them away; it was the patient's family who drove them away.

Hearing that the other person had a private illness made them even more curious.

These diseases are rarely recorded to begin with, and now that they've encountered one, especially one spoken in a local dialect, their curiosity is practically exploding.

An awkward stalemate ensued. Just then, Fang Yan spoke up, addressing the crowd:

"Since this involves the patient's privacy, let's all leave for a moment!"

After saying that, he turned to Zhao Qingkai beside him and said:

"Let's take you all to the meeting room for some tea or something!"

Zhao Qingkai nodded and said:

"Please follow me, everyone!"

Now that Fang Yan had expressed his opinion, the others had no reason to stay there any longer. Jin Wubing was the first to lead the way and follow Zhao Qingkai out, and then the others followed suit.

Huang Qiming and He You walked at the back, one in front of the other, instead of walking side by side as they had when they first arrived, as if they had a disagreement because of what had happened before.

After everyone left, Fang Yan went to the door and closed it, then looked at Wei Ziyu:

"Mr. Wei, do you know who you are seeing?"

Fang Yan glanced at the people who came in with him; there was a middle-aged woman and a young woman in her twenties.

None of the assistants who came in with him earlier came in.

“It’s my wife who needs to see a doctor,” Wei Ziyu said, pointing to the young woman in Fang Yan’s voice.

"Hello Dr. Fang! My name is Jiang Xue." The patient introduced herself in dialect.

Fang Yan nodded, raised his hand in a gesture, and said:

"Please take a seat."

Jiang Xue sat down at the dialect clinic.

He said in dialect:

"Please tell me where you feel unwell."

"I don't feel uncomfortable anywhere..." the patient said.

"Huh?" Fang Yan was taken aback.

Patient Jiang Xue said in dialect:

"I came to see you this time because of this matter. I have been married to Ziyu for two years and have been pregnant three times, but I have miscarried all three times. Except for the first miscarriage when I felt severe abdominal pain, I did not have any special symptoms for the next two miscarriages."

After finishing speaking, the patient emphasized:
"It happened so naturally, without me even feeling anything!"

“We heard from Director Liao that Mr. Hu and his wife are pregnant in mainland China, so we would like to ask Dr. Fang for help.”

Wei Ziyu said to Fang Yan:

“That’s right, we can stay here and invest in building factories here as well.”

“My mother-in-law also came back this time, which means she was already prepared for this.”

When Fang Yan heard them say that, he immediately thought of the messy things that had happened in Lao Hu's family.

So he tentatively asked:

"You suspect someone..."

Before he could finish speaking, the woman standing to the side, presumably Jiang Xue's mother and Wei Ziyu's mother-in-law, interjected:

“That’s right, we do suspect someone is tampering with things. My daughter is only 24 years old this year. She was 22 when she had her first child two years ago. Everything was healthy during the check-ups, but she just inexplicably had a series of miscarriages. Someone must be tampering with things!”

Fang Yan raised an eyebrow and asked:

"Any suspects?"

"Yes!" his mother-in-law nodded.

Fang Yan nodded thoughtfully, then asked Jiang Xue, "Tell me the dates of these miscarriages. Specifically, how many months pregnant were you when you miscarried?"

Jiang Xue thought for a moment, then said:
"The first miscarriage was three months into the pregnancy, the second was five months into the pregnancy. The third was in February of this year, when I was six months pregnant. I thought everything was fine, but then I suddenly miscarried."

Fang Yan glanced at the time and asked:
"Did you feel nothing before or after the miscarriage?"

Jiang Xue said:

"As I just mentioned, apart from the severe abdominal pain I experienced during my first miscarriage, I didn't feel anything during the other two miscarriages."

“Since my first miscarriage, I have hired someone to take care of my wife. All her diets are recorded, and she has regular check-ups, but nothing has been found to be abnormal.”

"After the miscarriage, we had several check-ups at several hospitals, and the results were all normal."

Fang Yan asked her:
Did the report bring this?

Jiang Xue nodded:

"Bring it!"

After saying that, he turned to Wei Ziyu and said:
"Where's the stuff?"

Wei Ziyu took a file folder out of his bag and handed it to Fang Yan.

Fang Yan looked inside and saw that it was full of densely packed medical reports, from hospitals in Singapore, Japan, and Hong Kong.

There are also timelines marked by themselves, showing the pregnancy before and after the miscarriage.

Among them, the first miscarriage occurred at Singapore General Hospital in 1976.

The report was written in typical English cursive, with some words circled in red and annotated in Chinese as "normal".

The cover paper is printed with "Obstetrics and Gynecology Diagnosis and Treatment Report". In the upper right corner, it is written in pen: "Jiang Xue, 22 years old, medical record number: SGH-76-04321". The date column is stamped with a red stamp of "1976.05.12", the edges of which have been blurred into a pink color.

The gynecological examination report stated: "The uterus is of normal size, the cervix is ​​smooth, and no organic lesions were found. No abnormal masses were found in either ovary."

In addition, there are six hormone levels: estrogen (E2) and progesterone (P) values ​​are printed in the table, with reference ranges marked with dotted lines. Jiang Xue's values ​​are marked with green checkmarks, but the number "18.5 ng/ml" for "progesterone (P)" is underlined, with a small note below: "Progesterone function may be insufficient?"

Finally, Fang Yan looked at the pathology report:

Tissue examination of the miscarried embryo showed "no abnormalities in chorionic villus development and no indication of chromosomal abnormalities".

I really can't see the problem. I'll continue translating the dialect and move on to before the second miscarriage.

This is Keio University Hospital in Japan.

Cover: Light blue medical record paper, with a one-inch black and white photo of Jiang Xue pasted in the upper left corner; the edges of the photo are frayed from repeated folding. The title is written in Japanese as "Pregnancy Management Record," and the date column is handwritten as "1977.03.05," with the hospital's red circular stamp next to it.

The record includes an ultrasound examination: Attached is a black and white B-ultrasound image. In the snowflake-like image, the gestational sac in the uterus is circled with a pen, and next to it is marked "GS 3.2×2.8cm, fetal bud visible, heartbeat (+)".

However, the doctor's comments below, written in English, read: "Uterine mobility appears normal, no obvious abnormality found."

Next, the thrombosis markers were: "Anticardiolipin antibody (ACL) test: negative. D-dimer: 0.3 mg/L (normal range <0.5)."

Dietary record: An appendix page has a printed recipe booklet, which records the ingredients and cooking methods for each of the three meals a day. Next to it, it says in red pen, "No allergens or irritants found".

Fang Yan continued flipping through the pages, turning directly to the latest one, which was the report after her third miscarriage in 1978.

The hospital is St. Paul's Hospital in Hong Kong.

Cover: White coated paper, the gold-stamped hospital name is somewhat worn, the upper right corner is written in traditional Chinese characters "Ms. Jiang Xue's Obstetrics Follow-up Visit Record", next to the date "1978.02.28" is a plane ticket stub (Hong Kong-Singapore round trip), which seems to have been casually slipped in during the visit.

Hysteroscopy examination: "The uterine cavity is normal in shape, the endometrial thickness is 8mm, and no adhesions or polyps are seen." However, there is a handwritten note at the end of the report: "Cervical insufficiency? It is recommended to perform cervical cerclage at 14-16 weeks of the next pregnancy."

In addition, there is an analysis from husband JY:

Wei Ziyu's test report was attached at the end: "Sperm density 60×10/ml, motility grade A 25%, grade B 20%", with the doctor's comment below: "No obvious abnormalities were found in semen quality".

Next is the list of medications Jiang Xue used after her miscarriage.

Fang Yan saw that the vitamins and folic acid tablets Jiang Xue took during her pregnancy were listed in a table, with "progesterone capsules (200mg/day)" highlighted in bold and written next to it "take from week 12, as directed by your doctor".

Fang Yan recalls that this was a common method for preventing miscarriage in the 1970s, but it had limited effectiveness against "miscarriage of unknown cause".

There were also some water quality test reports from their home. It seemed the couple had sensed something was wrong after the third miscarriage. Fang Yan flipped through one of the reports, which read, "Third pregnancy, 24 weeks: Water broke suddenly at night, no abdominal pain, miscarried after emergency admission." Next to it, "February 14th, Valentine's Day" was circled in red.

Fang Yan saw that the date was traced three times, and the marks made by the pen tip could be seen on the back of the paper.

It's quite obvious that there are suspects.

However, Fang Yan didn't ask any questions. He simply packed everything up and then said to the patient:
"Stick your tongue out so I can see it."

"Take my pulse on my left hand as well."

The patient nodded, stuck out his tongue, and then extended his left hand.

Fang Yan was slightly taken aback when he saw the appearance of her tongue.

Jiang Xue's tongue was paleer than normal, a pale red, giving off a sense of blood deficiency. If one had to describe it, it would look like cotton that hadn't been properly dried in the sun.

More importantly, Fang Yan noticed several pinhead-sized bluish-purple bruises on the base of her tongue near her throat, distributed on both sides of the veins on the tongue surface, like ink drops splashed on white paper, which is quite rare.

Fang Yan asked her:
Do you usually experience sudden constipation during your period?

The patient was startled and exclaimed in surprise:
How did you know?

P.S.: I currently owe everyone 39000 words after finishing this chapter.

That's all for today, please come early tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)