Chapter 184: Cedar-Sinai Medical Center

Just like mixing work, some things cannot be learned from books alone without practical experience; in this category of knowledge, book content serves more as supplementary knowledge or basic textbooks.

A major item in this category is medicine. Without sufficient clinical experience, besides memorizing human anatomical diagrams and meridian acupoint arrays firmly in his mind, Henry was a complete mess regarding everything else from reading various medical books and journals.

The only place where it might be useful is probably handling obvious external injuries like bleeding or fractures. Relying on the X-ray eye ability, the bleeding point is spotted with one look, and the rest is just a matter of how to stop the bleeding.

However, Lady He Ben's condition was certainly not something understandable by a kryptonian's third-rate medical skills. Transferred from Switzerland to New York, then from New York to Los Angeles, the source of the disease was finally found during a doctor consultation at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center.

Sitting in the examination room, the attending physician was explaining the condition to Lady He Ben and Robert Wolders. Although Henry, this little assistant, was staying in the corridor, he still used his super vision and hearing to listen to the doctor's report.

"Lady He Ben, after our laparoscopic examination and confirmation, this is an extremely rare abdominal cancer. We call it 'Pseudomyxoma Peritonei Carcinoma', abbreviated as PMP.

"This disease is most commonly caused by primary cancer of the appendix. Cancer cells produce large amounts of mucus or gelatinous ascites, growing slowly over several years, metastasizing to the small intestine in the form of a film coating to form tumors.

"The tumors will cause tissue fibrosis, obstructing the function of digestive organs. If not treated actively, the produced tumors and mucus will fill the entire abdominal cavity, compressing organs and causing the functions of the colon, small intestine, stomach, and other organs to be destroyed.

"Fortunately, at this stage the cancer is still in the early second stage, meaning the tumor has left the primary site and started growing into other areas, but has not yet spread to the lymph nodes.

"That is to say, we hold an optimistic attitude towards the treatment results. As long as surgery is performed to remove the diseased location, followed by chemotherapy, there is a considerable chance of recovery.

"But if treatment is not undertaken, this cancer does not need to wait until it spreads throughout the body; scurvy, intestinal obstruction, or other complications alone could be fatal.

"So standing from the doctor's position, we recommend you adopt active treatment measures. As long as the post-operative condition is good, returning to previous health is not a big problem. But considering the possibility of recurrence, regular follow-ups must still be conducted after surgery."

The attending physician spoke clearly about all the situations without dragging things out. After all, they had sought medical help everywhere before finally coming to their medical center.

At this time, it was already too late to ask the patient herself to leave and explain the situation only to the family. If it were truly that easy to cure, the previous hospitals could have handled it, so it is better to just say it plainly and directly.

Both Audrey and Robert were unusually calm.

Audrey He Ben had seen too many storms; even her war experiences in childhood made her see through life and death. Even facing this herself, her attitude remained indifferent.

Robert Wolders was calm because he had experienced it once; his first wife, Merle Oberon, passed away in '79. So regarding Audrey He Ben's illness, he had little emotional fluctuation. As long as he followed the doctor's orders, the rest was fate.

Without much consideration or consulting anyone, Audrey He Ben resolutely said: "Doctor, I am willing to undergo surgery."

"Good, then we will arrange for Lady He Ben to have the surgery in two days."

Immediately, nursing staff pushed Lady He Ben back to her exclusive ward.

In fact, since the examination began, Audrey He Ben had been staying in the medical center's ward. Then a series of examinations were launched in full swing.

Unlike general hospitals, where you order an examination item, then arrange a separate examination time, wait for the examination to finish, then register again to arrange a separate consultation time. If you still have doubts, you arrange other examination items, and then go through the previous process all over again.

One could say that just this back-and-forth of examination, diagnosis, re-examination, and re-diagnosis could cause a patient with bad luck to die halfway through, before treatment even begins.

But the medical center's speed is very fast; once scheduled, except for the analysis and detection time which cannot be saved, as soon as there are results, the doctor will explain them to the patient as soon as possible, just like a dedicated doctor serving only one patient.

In fact, it is almost exactly this situation; the doctor-to-patient ratio at the medical center is very low. Precisely because of this, there is extremely high medical quality. Those who can register are either extremely wealthy or have very special conditions that interest the doctors here.

With a consultation speed like the medical center's, the surgery is scheduled for two days later because abdominal surgery requires the patient to fast. Otherwise, food residue could affect the patient, and the doctors don't really want to do the work of a toilet cleaner...

Back in the ward, Audrey He Ben still simply told her little assistant about her situation. After all, he was someone staying by her side; it would not be good if he knew nothing.

After listening, Henry asked: "Boss, do you need me to notify others?"

The lady thought for a moment and said: "Help me notify Xiao En and Luca. No need for the others."

Audrey He Ben's two children were the men most important and closest to her in her life. As for other things like ex-husbands or friends, the lady did not want to disturb any of them.

Henry naturally had no objection, left Robert, the man closest to the lady, and went to make phone calls to contact people.

But in fact, Audrey He Ben's movements were still being watched by many people. Although it did not attract paparazzi or news media, Henry's pager (B. B. Call) hardly stopped ringing.

Having stayed by Lady He Ben's side for over a year, the lady's friends, their closeness or distance, were pretty much clear to him.

So Henry, following the lady's usual habits, only replied to those old friends with closer relationships. However, he only told these people that Lady He Ben was undergoing treatment at Cedar-Sinai Medical Center, saying nothing more.

Only Xiao En Farrel and Luca Dotti were notified of the news that surgery would be performed in two days.

These two Young Masters were certainly not indifferent to their mother; they also asked detailed questions about the condition. Henry then relayed to the two Young Masters what Lady He Ben had previously told him.

Almost at the end of the phone calls, both Young Masters decided to book the fastest flight tickets to fly to Los Angeles as soon as possible.

For Xiao En Farrel, who was a European film producer, he could just leave whenever he wanted. But Luca Dotti was still studying at university and had to ask for leave first.

However, this part had nothing to do with Henry. Those two Young Masters were adults and could handle their own affairs. Besides, he was just an assistant, not the He family's butler, so he didn't need to meddle that much.

(End of this chapter)