"Soyorin~" Aiyin slowly raised her hand, gently grasped Su Shi's hand, and shook it slightly, "I'm sorry, I won't do it again. I will listen to you guys from now on."
As she spoke, Aine smiled slightly and withdrew her hand, her small canine tooth gleaming in the sunlight.
Looking at Aiyin's appearance, Su Shi clearly felt her heart skip a beat. She turned her face away, her face flushed: "You said that you should listen to us from now on."
“Yeah, everyone heard it anyway.” Aine looked up at the others, her eyes full of smiles. “I will listen to you guys carefully from now on and never do this again.”
"Well... let's make it clear first, even if the results of the subsequent neurological examination are unsatisfactory, then... you can't have the surgery again." Su Shi stared at Aine intently.
Aiyin was stunned. She was about to try to escape this choice by acting coquettishly, but when she thought about what she had said before, that she should listen to them carefully, and saw Su Shi's eyes, she knew that she had no other choice.
After a long while, Aine finally made up her mind and nodded slightly.
Finally, Su Shi breathed a sigh of relief. She reached out and scratched Aine's nose: "That's good."
After Su Shi finished speaking, Chu Hua asked, "By the way, Xiao Ai, how do you feel about your body now?"
"Your health?" Aine lowered her head, looking at her hands hanging on the quilt. She gently lifted them up and moved them slightly. "Do you feel...better than before the surgery?"
"Aizi, when you were sleeping just now, you turned over by yourself without relying on anyone else." Miao Meng continued.
“Eh?” Aine looked at Meow Meng in disbelief, “Are you kidding me? I… I turned over by myself?”
Just a few words shattered Aine's perception of herself. After being hospitalized, she never thought she could successfully turn things around.
"It's true." Hailing nodded. "I feel... this operation will have a lot of positive and negative feedback, but... Doctor Yamada said that the residual efficiency will not be much... so it's hard to say for sure."
Aine nodded, and the doubts in her heart became clearer: "Is that so..."
"Knock knock knock."
The crisp knock on the door interrupted everyone's conversation. Whenever they heard a knock on the door in the ward, Xiangzi and his friends would subconsciously become nervous.
Lixi opened the door, and when she saw that the person coming was Dr. Yamada, she subconsciously closed the door.
"Rikki? Who is that?" Aine looked at Rikki and felt very confused.
"It's a mountain... No!"
Li Xi's face tightened, and she quickly opened the door to apologize. She lowered her head in embarrassment: "I'm sorry, Dr. Yamada."
Although he was speechless and confused, Dr. Yamada gently waved his hand and said, "It's okay."
Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief and quickly made way.
Doctor Yamada walked into the ward. His eyes fell on Aine who was sitting on the bed, and the corners of his mouth curled up: "It looks like you are recovering well, Chihaya-san."
Aine nodded in thanks. “Dr. Yamada, thanks to you, I survived the microenvironmental manipulation surgery.”
Dr. Yamada shook his head slightly. "If I were to name the people who made the greatest contributions during the operation, first was the director of immunology, then the director of anesthesiology, the director of neurosurgery, and the doctors in the ICU, and finally, me."
After saying that, Doctor Yamada chuckled. He looked Aine up and down. Well, compared to before, she looks much better. As expected of a young body, she recovers quickly.
“Dr. Yamada is amazing too.” Aine smiled slightly. “By the way, Dr. Yamada, when should I go to the neurology department for a full body checkup?”
Dr. Yamada crossed his arms and asked, "When do you want to go?"
"When do I want to go?" Aine pondered for a moment, "As soon as possible... I want to know how my health is doing as soon as possible."
"Is that so?" Dr. Yamada nodded. "Then let's do it now."
Dr. Yamada looked at the bewildered Aine and continued, "I came here to have you undergo a full body checkup, and it just so happens that you wanted to do so too."
"Oh, I see." Aine slowly got out of bed. Motoyo and Shoko wanted to support her, but Aine refused. Although it was slow, Aine still got out of bed on her own and slowly walked to Dr. Yamada.
Looking at this strong girl, Dr. Yamada's eyes showed admiration: "Let's go."
Walking out of the ward, Dr. Yamada watched Aine, who was staggering, from the corner of his eye: "How are you feeling now?"
"They just told me that I turned over by myself while I was sleeping." Aine's voice was obviously fluctuating.
"Turn over on her own?" Doctor Yamada frowned slightly. He admitted that he had thought Aine's body would recover better than before, but turning over on her own was still beyond Doctor Yamada's imagination. "It seems that the recovery is beyond imagination."
“Yeah, I was also shocked when I heard it.” Aine chuckled softly, covering her mouth. “After all, I used to rely on others to do things like turning over.”
After a pause, Aine turned to look at Dr. Yamada: "By the way, Dr. Yamada, when I was doing this surgery... Sakki and the others told me that you issued them two critical illness notices?"
"Yes." Dr. Yamada didn't hide it. "They are indeed very worried about you. I heard it from the nurses."
Hearing this, Aine fell into a brief silence.
"If the results aren't satisfactory, will you continue with the surgery?" Dr. Yamada paused and met Aine's eyes. "Your mother doesn't want you to continue with the surgery. She says she can't handle it. Have you talked to her about this?"
“No.” Aine shook her head, “Mom isn’t in the ward.”
Dr. Yamada seemed to remember something and said, "Your mother went to pay the bill. After all, ECMO and CRRT are so expensive."
“I…” Aine’s body trembled slightly, and she lowered her head. “I guess the surgery won’t continue…”
Dr. Yamada nodded gently. "Actually, this is the best way. You are now healthy enough to lead a normal life, and it's only a matter of time before you return to school."
Chapter 391 Result
It was three hours later when Aine finished all the examinations.
Aine sat in Dr. Yamada's examination room, quietly watching Dr. Yamada handle his work.
It seemed like Aine had been staring at him for a while. Doctor Yamada stopped typing on the keyboard. He looked up at Aine with a smile on his face. “Chihaya-san, you can go back to the ward and wait. It’ll be a while before the results come out.”
Aiyin bit her lower lip and shook her head: "But... I really care about the result and want to know it as soon as possible."
After saying that, Aine lowered her head. This result could determine her future life, so how could she not want to know as soon as possible?
"Although I know you really want to know, Chihaya, the result is set. I will come to inform you as soon as it comes out." Doctor Yamada's words were very gentle.
After thinking for a moment with her head down, Aine nodded softly: "I understand."
“Yeah.” Dr. Yamada watched Aine leave.
When Aiyin returned to the ward, she was immediately surrounded by Xiangzi and others.
"Xiao Ai, how was the examination?" Xiangzi asked first. Of course, Xiangzi's words also happened to represent the thoughts of others.
Aine shook her head slightly and sighed, "The results haven't come out yet. Doctor Yamada said he'll come and let me know as soon as they come out."
"Is that so..." Xiangzi nodded. It was similar to what they had just discussed in the ward. After all, the previous examinations were all like this.
Su Shi gently held Aine's hand, pulled her to sit on the bed, and said softly, "It's okay, Aine-chan, it will be fine."
Su Shi smiled slightly as he spoke: "After all, you can turn over by your own strength, right?"
Su Shi's words obviously had an effect on Ai Yin's heart. She nodded, stared into Su Shi's eyes, and a comfortable smile appeared at the corner of her mouth.
Yes, Soyorin is right. I can now turn over on my own, so... there must be no problem. But... if there really is a problem, then...
Deng walked up to Aine. She looked at her expression and seemed to have sensed what was going on inside her: "Aine-chan...are you nervous?"
“Eh?” Deng’s voice suddenly broke into her ears. Aine raised her head blankly. She looked at Deng’s calm expression and nodded slightly. “Indeed, although Soyorin is right…but, I’m really scared.”
"It's okay." Deng slowly squatted in front of Aine and reached out to hold Aine's hands. The warm feeling flowed through his hands into Aine's heart. Deng slowly said, "Aine-chan, everyone will always be with you, for the rest of your life."
“Tomorin…” Aine nodded softly, “I know.”
After Aine finished speaking, the ward fell into silence again.
After a long while, there was a crisp knock on the door, and Dr. Yamada's voice came through the door: "Chihaya-san, all your test results are in."
As soon as she finished speaking, Aiyin felt as if her heart was being tightly gripped, and she forgot to breathe for a moment.
Not only Aine, but everyone else was also in a bad mood, their eyes fixed on the door.
The next moment, Dr. Yamada pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as he entered the ward, he was stunned by the gazes of others. He half-jokingly said, "What is this? A welcome ceremony?"
Xiangzi swallowed her saliva, clenched her fists, and asked in a trembling voice, "Doctor Yamada, what are the results of the examination?"
After Xiangzi said this, Aine fell into a brief trance. Although she wanted to know the answer in her heart, when the time came, she found that she still did not have the courage to face it.
"The results..." Dr. Yamada produced the report. "The expected microenvironmental manipulation surgery efficiency remained at only 12%. Compared to the preoperative estimate of at least 60% to achieve its full effect, the difference is 48%.
After Dr. Yamada finished speaking, Aine felt a little dazed. Fortunately, Su Shi supported her in time and she did not fall on the bed.
"Chihaya-san, please don't worry..."
Before Dr. Yamada could finish his words, Li Xi interrupted him anxiously, "Dr. Yamada, how can you not be anxious? The actual efficiency is several times lower than the estimated efficiency."
"Ms. Shiina," Dr. Yamada smiled slightly, "don't forget one thing."
"What's the matter?" Li Xi frowned slightly. She was still very disgusted with Dr. Yamada's slow way of speaking.
"The cause of Chihaya's illness." Doctor Yamada put away his smile and his face gradually became serious.
"The cause of Aine-chan's illness..." Suye muttered to herself, her head lowered. The next moment, she looked up at Dr. Yamada, her eyes lighting up as if she had thought of something. "SOD1 gene mutation."
"Yes." Doctor Yamada nodded. He glanced at the others. "Chihaya's disease-causing gene is clear and single. It's simply due to a specific SOD1 gene mutation that leads to the deposition of toxic proteins..."
After a pause, Dr. Yamada shook the report in his hand and continued, "This single-gene, single-cause characteristic makes the repair requirements of the neural microenvironment much more tolerant. It doesn't require perfect reconstruction. As long as a critical threshold is reached, the lever of recovery can be leveraged."
Xiangzi was a little confused about what Dr. Yamada said: "But Dr. Yamada, you said that a critical threshold has been reached. Isn't that too low? Is 12% enough?"
Dr. Yamada nodded. "So, initially, Chihaya-san wanted to be cured, so our hospital dared to submit the surgery application. Because we have an idea about the single gene pathogenic mechanism."
Dr. Yamada turned to look at Aine, who looked much better. "It turns out that our surgical approach was correct."
After that, Dr. Yamada handed the report to Xiangzi. Xiangzi took the report and looked at the test results below: "Part of the signal channel is completely blocked, and weak conduction was detected..."
"It's true..." Xiangzi's body trembled, "This microenvironmental control surgery... was it really successful?"
Dr. Yamada smiled helplessly. "If there hadn't been a secondary storm, Chihaya-san would have been in better condition. The primary and secondary storms consumed a lot of CAR-Microglia. However, without the previous injections, we doctors wouldn't have been able to suppress even the first cytokine storm."
Aine looked at Dr. Yamada expectantly. "Then... Dr. Yamada, what's next? What should we do next?"
"From now on, conservative treatment and neuroplasticity training will be enough," Dr. Yamada said calmly. "Your condition is currently in the middle stage. You will slowly recover and will soon return to the early stages, and eventually be fully recovered."
Chapter 392 Jealousy
Aine asked nervously, "Then...then can I still go back to school now?"
"If you go back to school now, it's fine as long as you don't do any strenuous exercise and just study in the classroom." Dr. Yamada's words made Aine breathe a sigh of relief.
"However," Doctor Yamada changed the subject, "just stay in the classroom and don't even think about doing any live performances. Wait until we determine that your body has recovered to a certain degree."
Dr. Yamada's voice turned serious. "Judging from the current situation, recovery is only a matter of time. Don't be as paranoid as before, understand? Unless you want your reconstructed neurons to die again."
“Yeah, I understand.” Aine nodded obediently, looking like a completely different person from just now.
"Come back for a checkup every month during the first year, understand?" Dr. Yamada's voice softened.
The more Dr. Yamada said this, the more excited Aine became: "Yeah."
"For the first month, the food will remain the same as during the hospitalization. We will make a judgment after the next checkup."
"understood."
After giving Aiyin a series of instructions, Dr. Yamada left the ward, saying, "You can be discharged today."
After Dr. Yamada left, Aine could no longer contain her excitement. She threw herself at Suyo, who was standing beside her, and nuzzled her neck affectionately: "Soyorin, everyone, did you hear that? Recovery is only a matter of time."
“Yeah, Aine-chan, I heard it.” Su Shi was startled by Aine’s sudden movement, but when she felt the itch on her neck, her cheeks turned visibly red. “You should get up first, everyone is watching.”
After hearing what Su Shi said, Aine raised her face that was buried in Su Shi's neck. The expressions of the others were not very pleasant.
Aine sensed something was wrong with the atmosphere, and cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She laughed awkwardly, "Um...what's wrong with everyone?"
Xiangzi came to Aiyin in a flash, stretched out his hand to hook Aiyin's chin, and smiled: "Xiao Ai, you can't be partial, right?"
"Indeed, Xiao Ai." Chu Hua reached out, gently grasped one of Ai Yin's hands, and stroked it carefully. "Everyone is watching."
"Sakki, Chuhua, stop it." Aine's face flushed red. She turned her face away. Although she said so, her body did not resist at all. "Umirin, Meow Mengqin and Xiao Lenai are still watching."
Hearing this, Xiangzi looked back and saw that what Aiyin said was right. The three of them were indeed watching. After noticing Xiangzi's gaze, Miao Meng smiled mischievously and turned back: "It's okay, you don't have to worry about me."
The corner of Xiangzi's eye twitched, and he reluctantly withdrew his hand. Forget it, I'll just bear with it for now.
"Speaking of which..." Lena walked up to Aine and looked at her curiously. A hint of excitement flashed in her heterochromatic eyes, "Aine."
"Hmm? What's wrong, little Lenai?" Aine looked at Lenai with a smile, wanting to know what she wanted to say to her.
"Are you my schoolmate now?"
"?"
Not only Aine, but everyone else fell silent after hearing this.
Mu nodded thoughtfully: "It seems... that's the case."
Lenai explained seriously, "I'm going to be a sophomore in high school soon, and you're only a freshman now."
Although everyone knew that Aine was one year older than Lenae, after listening to Lenae's explanation, they found that there was nothing wrong.
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