On the afternoon of June 18, as head nurse Ayan was preparing to return to the office after her rounds on the ward, bursts of intense game music sounded again. Such sounds seemed "out of place" in the quiet ward.

On the afternoon of June 18, as head nurse Ayan was preparing to return to the office after her rounds on the ward, bursts of intense game music sounded again. Such sounds seemed "out of place" in the quiet ward. Ayan understood that it must be Aguang (pseudonym) playing mobile games. Ayan always feels "angry" when being told to do so, but she looks forward to such "living" scenes in the ward every day.

Aguang is only 26 years old. Like most of his peers, he loves mobile games and longs for freedom. However, it took him a year and a half to open the screen of his favorite game again.

Aguang (pseudonym) can now stand on his own for half an hour, holding the wall.

He did not give up when he faced the low point of his life.

In 2020, Aguang underwent a ventriculoperitoneal shunt due to tuberculous meningitis. However, he suffered severe brain damage after the operation, which caused him to swallow. There were serious impairments in function, gastrointestinal digestion, and limb movement. Multiple pneumonia caused him to be in and out of the ICU (intensive care unit) several times. Aguang's mother did not want to give up treatment. After traveling between Shenzhen and Guangzhou, in March 2021, she took Aguang to the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of Shenzhen Hengsheng Hospital and made plans for long-term rehabilitation treatment.

"When A Guang was admitted to the hospital, he suffered from lethargy and low fever. He had a tracheotomy and a sputum suction machine to assist in sucking out a large amount of thin secretions. Gastric tube, nasal cavity intestinal tube, urinary tube and other 'multiple tubes' were in place, and he needed a ventilator to assist breathing at any time. "Lai Min, director of Rehabilitation Area 5 (Respiratory Severe Rehabilitation) of the Rehabilitation Medicine Department of Shenzhen Hengsheng Hospital, told reporters that after comprehensive evaluation by multiple departments of the hospital, Aguang's condition at the time was very unsatisfactory and he was still in a stage of high dependence on critical illness monitoring and treatment. He needed to be in the hospital In the respiratory critical illness rehabilitation ward, active functional rehabilitation exercises and treatments are carried out on important organ functions and body functions under close observation.

There is a turning point in recovery in the "buffer zone of life"

The respiratory critical illness rehabilitation ward is the most "quiet" ward in the rehabilitation medicine department. It is often regarded as the "buffer zone of life" by medical staff. A slight wave may be an emergency signal from a critically ill patient, or it may usher in a miracle of rebirth.

Last year, Aguang, who had just entered the ward, survived several crises. "In the early stage, the patient needed anti-tuberculosis, and at the same time, the secretions produced by the stimulation of multiple intubations in the pharynx often prevented his pneumonia from getting better." Lai Min said that in the face of multiple critical illness notifications, Aguang's mother Never give up, and the medical team is even less likely to give up, and gradually adjusts the rehabilitation treatment plan according to the condition.

Professor Dou Zulin, chairman of the Swallowing Disorders Branch of the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine and an external expert in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, and Shi Xiaoyi, director of the Rehabilitation Area 1 (Swallowing Rehabilitation Ward), decided to give the patient botulinum toxin injection treatment to reduce gland secretion after consultation. Later, with the reduction of glands and the increase in targeted bedside rehabilitation treatment measures, Aguang's condition began to improve and his waking hours increased.

The long road to recovery has reached a new turning point. Next, the rehabilitation treatment and exercise of various organs and body functions of the body must keep up. New hope is the motivation for Aguang's mother to do everything herself. However, in June last year, Aguang's mother was diagnosed with advanced pelvic cancer. "Aguang's mother told me that she didn't want to rest. She wanted to see her son stand up again." Lai Min said that Aguang's mother would undergo chemotherapy every three or four weeks, and she would return immediately after leaving the tumor ward. Go to the rehabilitation ward to take care of A Guang.

Keep moving forward with her mother’s “vitality”

Aguang’s mother’s persistence convinced Lai Min of the meaning and value of serving the respiratory critical illness rehabilitation ward. The respiratory critical illness rehabilitation ward is located between the ICU and the general ward. As a countermeasure to make up for the differences in the monitoring and support levels of important life organ functions between the critical medical ward and the general ward, it is a development direction of humanities and rehabilitation concepts. "Medical staff combine professional monitoring, nursing, and rehabilitation equipment and facilities to provide patients with active rehabilitation treatment 24 hours a day. Family members are no longer isolated from the cold ICU ward, which undoubtedly enhances patients' confidence in defeating the disease." Lai Min said.

Aguang and his mother supported each other in the ward, and their emotional support never stopped.After several months of active treatment, in November last year, Aguang stopped using ECG monitoring , removed the jejunal tube and switched to an ordinary gastric tube for feeding. This year, Aguang has stopped taking anti-tuberculosis drugs, can sit up on his own, and is receiving bedside rehabilitation treatment. "His mother has less and less time to accompany him for treatment." Ayan, the head nurse, said that after the New Year, Aguang's mother's health deteriorated and she was no longer able to leave the tumor ward. "Aguang pushed the wheelchair by himself. Accompanied by the visit to his mother, Aguang's mother was not sad because her son was 'back'. "

In April this year, Aguang's mother passed away quietly in the hospital. "When I was dying, I could feel the weak strength holding my hand, but the clear instructions are the mission of our doctors - 'He still has a long road to recovery, I leave it to you.'" Know how to deal with life and death rationally Lai Min was moved once again.

can use the lazy bracket to play mobile games for a long time, stand on the wall for half an hour, practice tracheal cannula speaking valve for more than 15 minutes, sit in a wheelchair and walk on slippery ground for 2 hours... Under the guidance of the medical team With hard work, Aguang, who has gone through more than a year of "ordeal", has achieved these "breakthroughs" that are enough to comfort his mother in "heaven".