A Man's Mouth

Medical Center.

emergency room.

Night falls.

"... He swallowed it as soon as he got it."

A young woman brought her five- or six-year-old son to the emergency room, saying that as soon as he got the key, he put it in his mouth and swallowed it.

"First, we need to take an X-ray."

Adam reassured him, "Don't worry, under normal circumstances, he will expel it on his own when he defecates."

"I know."

The young woman rubbed her forehead, looking troubled, and said, "I just don't understand why he did that?"

"We can ask him."

Adam looked at the little boy. "Jimmy, why did you do that?"

"Because..."

The little boy, Jimmy, had just started to speak, before he could even organize his thoughts, when he was interrupted by the impatient young woman.

"See? He's absolutely unreasonable."

"Ms. Edmonds, let Jimmy speak slowly."

Adam cautioned, "We need to be more patient with children."

"You make it sound so easy."

The young woman retorted, "Try being a single mother yourself! I have to work and take care of him at the same time. How could you possibly understand the hardships I face?"

"Jimmy, why did you do this?"

Adam ignored the young woman's complaints and continued to look at the little boy.

Arguing with a woman is something to be avoided if possible, arguing with a female patient is foolish, and arguing with a single mother who brought her child to the doctor is even more foolish.

"I've seen it on TV."

"Little Jimmy tilted his head and said."

"What have you seen?"

Adam had a sudden thought.

"They stuffed things into their mouths, they stuffed everything in."

The little boy Jimmy's eyes lit up.

"What are you looking at?! Who gave you permission to look at this?!"

The young woman exploded again upon hearing this. "I'm going to fire Nancy as soon as I get back!"

"Don't get agitated."

Adam reassured him, then looked at the little boy Jimmy: "What you saw was all fake. They didn't actually put anything in their mouths and swallow it. It was all an illusion. Don't do that again, okay?"

The little boy Jimmy, rolled his eyes, clearly not so easily persuaded.

"Ms. Edmonds, you should give her a good talking-to when you get back."

Adam suppressed his urge to perform magic on the spot and said in a proper manner, "These kinds of shows really shouldn't be shown to them, and they shouldn't be allowed to perform magic in front of them either. They don't have much ability to discern right now, but they are very good at imitating."

There was a baby who, after his older brother performed a magic trick involving retrieving a coin from his Sheldon, developed a habit of putting anything he could get his hands on up his nose, requiring frequent trips to the doctor. This is a very dangerous behavior.

"You mean Jimmy does that too?"

The young woman immediately tensed up.

"That's a baby. Jimmy already has cognitive abilities. With proper education, this can be avoided. The key is for you to pay more attention to him."

Adam quickly explained.

The young woman looked like she had a headache.

Adam understood.

The education of unruly children has always been a major challenge. Most parents simply lack the ability and patience. As a single mother, this young woman faces even greater difficulties than other parents due to her limited time.

This kind of thing is so common that Adam can only feel deep sympathy for it.

Adam took Jimmy to get an abdominal X-ray, and sure enough, a key-shaped object appeared in Jimmy's abdomen. Adam told the young woman to keep an eye on Jimmy's stool when she got home, and then went to see the next patient.

A young girl sat on the hospital bed, clutching her stomach, looking slightly lost in thought.

"Pain in the lower left abdomen?"

Adam inquired about the girl's appearance, examined her, and sighed as he looked at her youthful face.

The girl dared not look Adam in the eye and nodded shyly.

"You're pregnant."

Adam delivered a bombshell.

"I am not pregnant."

The girl immediately shook her head.

"Even without penetration, which is what men call 'I'm just rubbing against you without going in,' it can still lead to pregnancy."

Adam reminded him.

"I am not pregnant."

The girl shook her head again.

"Miss Murphy."

Adam noticed a flicker in the girl's eyes when he mentioned the man's famous quote, guessing that she had probably heard something similar. He emphasized, "If you are pregnant, it could be Ectopic Pregnancy. If you don't have surgery, it could be life-threatening, you know that?"

"I am not pregnant."

The girl has mastered the essence of humanity as a repeating machine.

Snap!

Adam closed the medical record, took a deep breath, and said in a low voice, "Then can you tell me when your relative last came over?"

"I can't remember."

The girl shook her head.

"Just give me a rough time."

Adam pressed for an answer.

The girl had no choice but to say, "Easter."

"That means it's been several months."

Adam looked at her intently. "Now do you understand why I suspected you were pregnant?"

The girl immediately fell silent.

"So you've had emotional experiences?"

Adam asked again.

"Yes."

This time, the girl told the truth.

"I'll arrange for you to have Ultrasound examination now."

Adam cautioned, "If it is confirmed to be Ectopic Pregnancy, surgery will be necessary immediately."

This time, the girl did not refuse.

Adam shook his head inwardly.

In the hospital, there are all sorts of patients and all sorts of strange stories.

Many of these stories are thought-provoking and can be criticized by ordinary people.

But as doctors, they can only maintain a professional attitude and act as if nothing is wrong.

If too much personal emotion is involved, it is easy to be subject to complaints or even lawsuits.

Healing the sick and saving lives is the highest virtue, but the prerequisite is to protect yourself first.

Shuren Zhou said: To be an honest official, one must be more cunning than a corrupt official!

Only by understanding more strategies and protecting oneself can one do more good deeds.

Adam wholeheartedly agreed.

Ring ring!

Adam's phone rang.

"Adam, can you book the Plaza Hotel wedding venue for August 12th?"

Leonard's voice came from the other end of the phone.

"I'll give it a try, it should be fine."

Adam immediately guessed it was about Rachel's wedding. As a friend in both senses, he would do his best even if time was tight and the task was difficult.

Given his status as a billionaire, he could most likely achieve it if he set his mind to it.

Who's getting married?

Adam, pretending to be nonchalant, still had to ask.

Rachel is getting married!

Leonard said excitedly, "She's pregnant, I'm going to be a grandfather."

"Congratulations."

Adam immediately congratulated him.

The Three Green Daughters. Rachel is the eldest, and she's already over thirty and still unmarried, not to mention the second daughter Amy, and the youngest Jill.

Leonard is almost sixty years old. To say that he doesn't want to hold his grandchildren would be against human nature.

In American TV series and movies, there are many characters who don't care about family and offspring, and only focus on love and friendship. That's because they are mainly made for young people, and the target audience determines the direction of the plot.

United States are human beings too, and they also value the continuation of family lineage.

Leonard is clearly that kind of person, so after being furious upon learning that his eldest daughter Rachel was pregnant, he was overjoyed and couldn't wait to give her the best.

All I can say is, parents' hearts are always full of love and worry!