Xiaoli, carrying a thermos, entered the ward just as the doctor came for his rounds. She stepped forward and asked, "Doctor, my mom has been hospitalized for two days now, how is her condition? Can she be discharged yet?"
These last couple of days, she had to work, deliver meals, and even take a part-time job at a bar to earn money in the evenings, which made her feel very irritable. She was desperate for Chen Yu to be discharged as soon as possible.
"Discharged?"
The attending physician was taken aback for a moment. He looked at Xiaoli and replied, "Miss Niu, your mother has injured her spine. Merely using traction is just a temporary solution. I suggest she undergoes surgery."
"Surgery? Is it that serious?"
Xiaoli hadn't expected Chen Yu's back injury to be so severe; after all, she had often been injured herself, and it would heal just fine with some safflower oil.
