"Doctor, please save my Dog! I beg you..."
Lu Xiaoer glanced into the cellar and saw the yellow rural dog pinned down by a fallen rock, its hind leg trapped.
It lay there, ears drooped, its round black eyes looking at them, whimpering weakly. It was hard to imagine how it had the strength just moments ago to bark incessantly, calling the rescue team to them.
"Doctor... please, can you think of a way..."
Lu Xiaoer looked to the search and rescue team, who shook their heads, "The wall has collapsed here. It’ll take a long time to move it, and with its leg trapped so tightly, it probably..."
"Dog is also a member of our family. It was because of Dog that we were saved. It heard the sound of the search and rescue team..."
The woman was already sobbing uncontrollably.
The little yellow dog seemed to sense the impending separation, whimpering softly...
"You should evacuate to a safe area quickly. If it can be saved, we won’t give up! There’s an urgent need now, as there are many other people trapped. We really have no choice..." The search and rescue team spoke softly, their meaning clear—the lives of humans were much more important than that of a small dog.
The family understood as well, the man holding the woman close.
"Whimper... Whimper..."
Dog moved its head and lay there quietly, no longer struggling or seeking help, as if its mission was accomplished with its owners’ rescue.
But its eyes stayed steadily on them, as if trying to remember their faces...
"You keep searching, I’ll take care of this!" said Lu Xiaoer to the rescue team.
"Stop crying. Men stay and help me, and the elderly and women take the children to the aid center ahead, get some water and food."
After speaking to the family, Lu Xiaoer said to the man,
"Wait for me for two minutes, I need to grab some things."
The family watched dumbfounded as Lu Xiaoer ran swiftly to the medical supply area, quickly returning with a medical bag, the woman looking back every few steps, crying inconsolably.
"Don’t worry, I will save it! It is so resilient! And so loyal, how could we not save it?"
As she spoke, Lu Xiaoer had already jumped into the cellar, with the man providing light from a lamp.
Helicopters circled overhead—
Lu Xiaoer stroked its head and smiled at it, administered an anesthetic, but couldn’t wait for the full effect to kick in before she sawed off its leg, trapped under the rock. The dog’s agonizing yelps were piercing.
Xiaoer had no choice. Even though Dog was small and the anesthetic worked quickly, it still took several minutes to take effect.
They couldn’t use animal-specific solutions here, so she dosed it at half the proportion used for a child.
She stopped the bleeding, secured a bandage, and it seemed like the anesthetic had taken hold; Dog was panting and looked very weak.
Lu Xiaoer handed a bag of saline to the man and passed him a set of syringes,
"Go to the temporary medical station and tell them Lu Xiaoer sent you to ask for some sterile water. Then, dilute this saline solution a bit by yourself. Give Dog half the bag over the course of two days. As for how to administer it, look it up online. Someone’s already calling me over there; I have to..."
Holding Dog in his arms, the man dropped to his knees in front of Lu Xiaoer in an instant, "Thank you, thank you so much!"
Lu Xiaoer glanced at him, then at the brave dog, and smiled.
The helicopter landed on a flat area. Zhongli Wuzhi, seated in the helicopter, had already spotted Lu Xiaoer...