After spending several days at Beijing Fuwai Hospital, we redid all the examinations and finalized the treatment plan.
The stent procedure could be done, and the doctors did not recommend bypass surgery. Their main considerations were the old man's age and the poor prognosis associated with rural patients. Besides, he had already suffered a cerebral infarction. Although bypass surgery was the preferred treatment for his condition, under the constraints of these various factors, it was no longer the first choice.
No wonder Beijing's doctors were so impressive. In Laiwu, the doctors said there was absolutely no way to place a stent, while at Fuwai, the doctors said they had at least an eighty percent chance of success.
So the next step would be to resolve the problem with a stent procedure.
But it would have to be done twice. It couldn't be completed in one session, as his body wouldn't be able to withstand it.
The first hospitalization had been scheduled for July 28. The doctor had specifically reminded us not to find someone to cut in line. Since it had been less than two months since his cerebral infarction, he couldn't undergo surgery in the immediate future. Cutting in line wouldn't help anyway.
So we could only go home and wait.
But my heart had been put at ease.
There was still one examination of the cranial nerves and cerebral blood vessels, scheduled for tomorrow morning. Then we could go home tomorrow afternoon. After returning home, I was considering having him stay at a local hospital first, since it was safer there, but I would have to ask the old man what he thought. He had had enough of being hospitalized and was sick of it.
That was the situation in full. We would return to Beijing on the