Female Novel
Chapter 2235
“Sure. I'll do everything I can to help." Luca's heart was wrenched.
Although Jack and Queenie did not raise her, what happened at that time was involuntary. Luca couldunderstand that. The kinship between them made her unable to reject Jack's request.
"My wife isn't in great condition. Please look after her for me," said Jack. Queenie was the one he wasmost worried about.
Luca felt even more upset when she heard that.
As their daughter, what she hoped the most was her biological parents could live happily and stayhealthy when they were in the latter years of their life. However, Queenie and Jack had to go back andforth to the hospital because of Leia.
"Let me take a look at her." Luca nodded. She was afraid that Queenie would be even more anxious ifshe did not head there now.
"Okay. Then I'm... going back to the provincial capital first. I have a lot of work to do," replied Jack. Hewas assured when Luca promised him to look out for Queenie.
It was a pity Jack promised Luke that he would not reveal Luca's true identity to Queenie. Otherwise,he would have told her earlier.
Luca looked at the weariness on his face. She was heartbroken, so she said, "Sure. Don't worry.Remember to get some rest when you have time."
"Don't worry. I'm still able to hold on for another few years. I only hope that Bea can come back earlier."Jack shot her a meaningful glance. The elevator doors were about to close. Jack quickly pressed thebutton and walked in. Then, he said, "Off you go. Do help me look out for Mrs. Norman."
"Okay." Luca slowly let out a sigh of relief after the elevator doors closed. For a split second, Lucacould feel that the way Jack looked at her was as if he was looking at Bianca.
Perhaps it was all in her head.
How could Jack possibly know about her true identity?
Luca headed to Leia's ward. Queenie was standing there waiting for her.
Before Luca could say anything, Queenie came forward and held her hand. "Luca, you're here. Canyou please take a look at Leia?"
Luca pulled back and held Queenie's hand. She gently patted the back of her hand and comforted her,"Mrs. Norman, calm down. Let me take a look at her first." "Okay, okay," Queenie repeated the sameword twice as she pushed Leia's ward door open.
“Leia was in pain just now, so Dr. Park gave her some painkillers. She's asleep now. Besides, shedoesn't look too good to me. Even if someone makes noises beside her, it's hard for her to wake up.I'm really worried... that she won't be able to wake up after this..." Queenie wiped her tears off her facewhile looking at Leia, who was lying on the ward bed.
"Leia will be fine. She's asleep now, which means her body is recovering. Let me check her pulse," saidLuca. To play it safe, Luca disinfected her hands and noticed the disposable gloves that the nurse leftthere. She put them on without a second thought.
Then, she walked to the ward bed and checked Leia's pulse.
After a while, Luca frowned and rose to her feet.
Queenie asked in a worried tone, “How's Leia doing?"
Luca could not help but feel sorry for Queenie when she saw the worried look on her face, but shedared not to hide it from her. She had no choice but to tell her the truth, "Ms. Norman's health isn'tdoing well. Has the doctor given her a full medical check-up?"
Leia's situation had worsened so quickly. Luca reckoned that something must be wrong with herimmune system.
"Yes. The doctor immediately rescued her when she came here last night. After her situation stabilized,they gave her every health screening that she could do. It's just that some of the results aren't releasedyet. We'll have to wait until all the staff in the laboratory department hav come to work. Only then willthe results be out." Queenie wiped her tears again when she heard Luca tell her that Leia was notdoing well.
What did Leia do to suffer all this pain?
"I'm going to Dr. Park's office to talk to him," said Luca. She thought Johann should have Leia's healthreport.
"You're going to look for Dr. Park? Aren't you going to perform dry needling?" Queenie thought thatLuca's dry needling skills were the only way to save Leia now.
Luca slightly furrowed her brows and helped Queenie to sit down on the sofa. She said with a solemnlook on her face, “I need to fully understand Ms. Norman's health condition before I make the decisionwhether or not to perform dry needling on her. If her body is too weak for that."
Luca paused for a moment and bit her lower lip.
“What will happen to her if her body is too weak?" Queenie asked anxiously. The doctors were left withonly one choice now, which was to wait for the liver transplant.novelbin
However, how could there be so many suitable livers for her.
Unless she got it through the black market.
Leia mentioned the illegal trade of organs in the black market to Queenie several times before whenshe was still awake, but Queenie insisted on refusing to do so as it would put Jack in a difficult position.
Queenie thought Leia would be fine in the hospital. Who would have known that something like thiswould happen to her so soon.
“My dry needling technique is different from the traditional acupuncture technique. If I perform thetechnique on someone with poor health, she might not be able to stand it.." Luca dared not to sayanything ominous. She was worried Queenie would think that she was cursing Leia.
“That's why I need to understand her condition before I make any judgments. It won't take long. Mrs.Norman, sit here and wait for me to return, okay?"
Luca's comforting words set Queenie's mind at ease. She looked at the person in front of her with herred puffy eyes and said, “Luca, Leia's life is in your hands."
Luca let go of her hands and secretly let out a sigh. What ability did she have to save Leia?
Leia's condition had come to the point that there was no way any herbal medicine or needlingtechnique could help her recover. The only way was to depend on the life-supporting equipment tokeep her alive and wait for the liver transplant...
Luca left in a hurry and headed to Johann's office.
Johann was reading Leia's medical report.
"Dr. Craw, you're here. Did you come to see Leia's medical report?" Johann smiled and asked.
"Yes. Is her medical report out yet?" Luca asked.
Johann handed her Leia's medical history record. Leia's medical reports were clipped in the file. Heanswered, "They're all out. This is the hard copy report. You need to take a look at her CT scans andsome other reports. Let me show you. It's on the computer."
"Thank you." Luca took the medical records from him and read the reports. Although she neverattended any professional medical schools, Shanks taught her a lot when she was on the Island ofDespair.
"Leia's health is in a critical condition now. Previously, she was still able to get discharged from thehospital when her condition was stable. I'm afraid she'll have to stay in the hospital now. Otherwise, shemight pass away when she's on her way back home," said Johann.
Luca frowned and asked, "Why did her condition worsen? Her liver is deteriorating way too fast. Is itbecause of some other reasons?"
"She asked for it," Johann replied in a lazy tone while he leaned back in his chair.
Fortunately, it was him who was on duty last night. If it were some other doctors, they might not be ableto save Leia.
Luca sensed that something must have happened, so she asked, "Did she not cooperate during hertreatment?"
"Nah, she did cooperate when she was receiving the treatment, but she made a big mistake yesterdaymorning," replied Johann. "A woman came to visit her yesterday, and she claimed that she was herfriend. Then, the two of them started smoking in the ward. The nurse told me about it. That womanwasn't the only one holding a cigarette between her fingers. Leia was too."