Chapter 224: Chapter 223 Tension Chapter 224: Chapter 223 Tension “Yes, yes, yes! Yun’er, come and check on your father’s injury,” Mrs. An nodded repeatedly.
She stepped aside to let Su Yunjin examine her husband’s wound more conveniently.
Gu Ya’s father was bedridden, unable to move, and Su Yunjin speculated that Gu Ya’s father might have fallen down a mountain, breaking his leg and injuring his back.
Of course, this was only a guess from Su Yunjin, and a thorough examination was needed to confirm the diagnosis.
Before Su Yunjin could touch Gu Ya’s father’s legs, she asked him, “Father, how is it? Do you feel anything in your legs?”
“Yes!” Although Gu Ya’s father could not stand, he still had sensation in his legs. Sometimes, touching them could cause severe pain, especially in the area from the calf upwards.
If there was sensation, it meant there was a chance for treatment.
Su Yunjin pondered to herself, considering that Doctor Liu must be incompetent, unable to even distinguish between paralysis and a broken leg. Gu Ya’s father’s condition clearly indicated that both legs were dislocated and needed to be set again.
It was exactly as Su Yunjin had suspected.
After a careful inspection, Su Yunjin discovered that Lord Gu Chengxiang’s legs were indeed noticeably dislocated.
No wonder Lord Gu Chengxiang couldn’t walk; with both legs dislocated, it would be strange if he could! Silently, Su Yunjin felt another wave of sympathy for her father-in-law, Lord Gu Chengxiang.
It seemed that the local doctor, Doctor Liu, had swindled him substantially!
How could a simple case of dislocated leg bones become a claim of complete leg disability once it reached Doctor Liu?
“Yun’er, how is it? Can your father’s paralysis truly be healed?” Mrs. An asked tentatively, her heart hanging in her throat.
She really feared hearing that Gu Ya’s father’s paralysis was incurable.
Su Yunjin hadn’t finished examining him; she had only just looked at the legs and still needed to check his back before she could confirm whether Gu Ya’s father could truly be healed.
As Su Yunjin continued to examine Gu Ya’s father’s back, she responded to Mrs. An’s question, “Mother, please wait a little longer. I need to finish examining Father’s back before I can tell if his paralysis can be cured.”
“Yun’er, please keep checking on your father,” said Mrs. An.
As Su Yunjin proceeded with her examination, the moment she touched her father-in-law’s back, he gasped in pain, “Father, what is it? Does your back hurt?”
“Youngest daughter-in-law, I won’t hide it from you–ever since I fell down the mountain over a year ago, my back and legs hurt whenever touched. My legs are still somewhat bearable, but my back, especially, hurts tremendously upon touch,” Gu Chengxiang said.
Hearing Lord Gu Chengxiang’s words, Su Yunjin speculated that her father-in-law’s back injury from his fall was certain. Without saying anything, Su Yunjin continued to check his shoulders and spine.
Upon examination of the other areas, there were no issues. The problem areas were Lord Gu Chengxiang’s legs and back. Leg injuries are usually manageable–if set immediately, they would have healed by now since it was just a case of misalignment, not a significant problem.
However, due to Doctor Liu’s incompetence, Gu Ya’s father’s leg was never set, and the delay of over a year now made setting the bone more complicated than it would have been initially.
It was the same case with Gu Ya’s father’s back injury.
Initially, it wouldn’t have taken long to heal, but after such a long delay, treating Gu Ya’s father’s injuries, both leg and back, had become more problematic.
“Youngest daughter-in-law, you’re done looking. What do you think? Can Father’s paralysis be treated?” Gu Ya’s father looked at Su Yunjin and asked, his aged face filled with nervousness.