Recently, Dr. Xu in the department of anesthesiology encountered a worrying thing: that day, he was performing an "intrathecal pump implantation" for the patient. However, halfway through the operation, the patient asked him: Is there any euthanasia in China?
In other words, others ask, is this question nothing? However, the question asked by this patient made Dr. Xu very worried for a while.
The bone metastasis of leiomyosarcoma in this patient is already advanced. Objectively speaking, the current level of medical treatment is almost impossible to cure her tumor. All the doctor can do is help her live longer.
In advanced tumors, almost all patients face a serious problem - cancer pain.
It can be said that many tumor patients are not defeated by the disease, but mentally collapsed first.
Once the spirit is defeated, even if there are millions of male divisions, it will collapse without a fight, and the functions of the body will decline at an acceleration!
She, although the tumor has metastasized bone, but there should still be a lot of time to go. However, she seemed to have little confidence.
Dr. Xu was extremely anxious during the process of communicating with her about the installation of the analgesic pump. For analgesia, both desire and do not seem to care much. As a result, Dr. Xu took a lot of effort to make a judgment of 7-8 points on the pain score.
Since the oral medication had caused her to have little appetite, Dr. Xu decided to step up her intrathecal pump surgery.
However, on the morning of the surgery, she hesitated.
If It weren't for Dr. Xu knowing how much pain she would face in the future, Dr. Xu might have given up.
The vast majority of patients with advanced tumors are leaving in pain. With the heavy use of analgesic drugs, gastrointestinal reactions are very severe. Without eating or drinking, the tumor took advantage of the opportunity to wreak havoc. In the last few months, most patients can only take a drop of sugar water to prolong their lives.
Why can only a little sugar water?
On the one hand, the previous few months can only be dripped intravenous nutrient solution to continue life. However, intravenous nutrient solutions are expensive. The families of patients with advanced tumors are almost all in the state of selling houses and land in the end, and they simply cannot afford the high renewal fee. Therefore, only a little sugar water can be dropped.
In addition, it also technically affects intravenous nutrition. Intravenous nutrition, mostly high concentrations of fluids. However, the blood vessels of terminal patients are very bad and often "roller needles".
Some people say that you can ask the anesthesiologist to indwell a deep vein catheter!
Don't forget, that catheter has to be hundreds too! Terminally ill patients may be difficult to even a few hundred.
Under the hard persuasion of Dr. Xu, she finally went to the operating table.
During the operation, Dr. Xu should communicate with her at any time. On the one hand, he encouraged her spiritually; on the other hand, he was really afraid of what would happen to the patient? After all, such people are too vulnerable.
In this way, in an almost one-sided exchange, the operation continued.
When she asked if there was euthanasia, Dr. Xu stopped the operation for a while. At that time, he was really worried that patients would not cooperate and do stupid things. The operating table is so high, and there is a needle in the back, and it is unimaginable to fall!
Dr. Xu told her with certainty: No! Although she also tried to say that there seemed to be one in the province, Dr. Xu firmly denied it.
For life and death, although it cannot be forced. However, once this idea is moved, it is really impossible to get it back. Therefore, Dr. Xu tried to dispel this idea of her.
In Dr. Xu's view, although her illness has been "incurable", it is still a long time before that day. To be precise, there is still a long way to go.
As an anesthesiologist who is good at controlling pain, he doesn't want patients to leave in pain.
In addition, if the pain is well controlled, people will have confidence in their spirits. It's not idealism here, it's scientifically based. Emotions can definitely affect the direction of the disease.
The hopeful analgesic pump was finished, and she didn't even say a word of thanks. Dr. Xu did not blame her for this. He knew that her psychological trauma was severe.
For the next few months or more, Dr. Xu not only had to continue to follow up on her analgesia, but also to help her resolve the knot in her heart.
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