The patient's mother had been asking the same question over and over for the past few minutes. But it was understandable given what had happened. The young lady held her shivering mother in her arms. She felt helpless and pathetic seeing her mother like this.
The doctor that approached them this time looked more experienced than the one before. Why were there two doctors taking care of the patient? Did the situation get worse?
Rachel didn't have time to pay attention to the patient until she was finished with her other patients.
She swung by the ICU to check on the patient before she got off duty. They told her that the patient was in a stable condition now.
Rachel took a look at the medical record and prescription prepared by Kevin. When she spotted something, she furrowed her eyebrows.
As soon as Rachel left the ward, the young lady from earlier had bought some food from outside.
When she saw Rachel, she was a little surprised. "Hello, doctor," said the sweet young lady. She tried to put on a brave smile for Rachel.
Rachel put her hands in her pockets and nodded at her. She looked at the bags that girl was carrying. "Did you go to buy dinner?"
The young lady nodded at Rachel and smiled sheepishly. "Have you eaten yet, doctor?"
"Not yet, I'm about to get off work," said Rachel. "I just checked on your sister, she's going to be fine."
Rachel saw how the young lady's mood changed. She even wept tears of joy. "Thank you so much, doctor!" she said as she wiped away her tears.
"You're welcome. Actually, I'm not her attending doctor."
The woman was confused and asked,
"Then who's my sister's attending doctor?"
"Your sister's
king when the woman sitting across the room jumped up. If the man next to her had not stopped her almost immediately, she would've tried to scratch Sheila's face.
Rachel was in disbelief of what she had just witnessed. She had never seen such a hysterical scene in reality before. This kind of thing only happens in soap operas.
The wild woman groaned like a beast and pointed at Sheila.
Sheila was so scared that she was inching closer to the wall while embracing her mother. On the other hand, guilt and shame were written all over the man's face as he tried to comfort the woman.
Rachel didn't know how to handle this kind of situation. Should she try to help them make amends or separate them? If she chose poorly, things are bound to get worse. She couldn't figure out what kind of misunderstanding or conflict they could have had to drive a woman so mad that she had almost turned into a wild animal.
The crazy woman suddenly spoke and gave Rachel a vague idea of the situation.
The woman struggled and broke free from the man's grip. She pointed at his nose and cursed, "Jason Shi, you son of a bitch!" She swung her arm at Jason but he was able to grab ahold of her wrist. "How dare you! Your son is fighting for his life right now, and you have the fucking audacity to send money to your first love?" The woman threw her hand to release it from Jason's grip. "How could you?" she screamed. She started crying hysterically. She was wailing like a banshee. Her cries resounded across the room, and Rachel felt the tension rise. "It's like you want him to die, you callous bastard!" Jason tried to embrace her, but the woman pushed him away and cried in the corner.