Chapter 2328

Charlie nodded and said, “Then, you must be drinking tonight. right?” “Yup,” Jacob said with a laugh. "I'll certainly drink a little. Why?" Charlie then said, "Oh, I have some business to tend to this afternoon. If it's convenient for you, I want to use your car later.

Jacob handed the car keys to Charlie without any hesitation and said, "Of course it's convenient for me! G o ahead and use it. It just so happens that I will drink a glass or two tonight. If I drive, I would have to find someone to drive me home. It's much more convenient to just take a cab." 7

Charlie nodded and took the car keys from Jacob.

Claire, who was standing at the side, said, "Dad, I'll be going to my office later. I can send you to the association on the way." Jacob laughed and said, "Wonderful! I can save on the taxi fare, then!”

After Jacob and Claire had left, Charlie took the pills out, put them into an inconspicuous shoulder bag, and left the house. He got into Jacob's car and went straight to Graham's

villa in the suburbs.

Meanwhile, at the Silverwing Hospital, after Doris had sent the lunch box to her mother, she immediately went to the office of the director of the nephrology department to ask about her father’s current condition. 6

Dr. Spears, the sixty-something-year-old director of the nephrology department, pushed his glasses up and said seriously, "Miss Young, I have to be frank. Your father is not doing very well right now. His kidney has completely failed..."

"We now have to perform peritoneal dialysis on him every day and hemodialysis every other day. His complications are getting worse and worse.” "I went over to do a check-up on him this morning and found that his condition today has worsened as compared to yesterday.”

“Yesterday, I told your mother that there are about twenty days left for the transplant window, but after another evaluation this morning, I personally feel that the window may have to be shortened to about fifteen days." 3

At this point, Dr. Spears sighed and said helplessly, " There are still fifteen days left in the transplant window. Excluding the time for pre-operative preparations, you have at most twelve days to find a kidney source. If you can't find one, there's truly nothing we can do. Our hands are tied.” 4

Doris's tears flowed out of her eyes and drenched her cheeks instantly.

She hurriedly wiped away her tears and asked anxiously, "Dr. Spears, how did my f father's condition decline so significantly? That kidney. he has naw was just transplanted two years ago. You were the one whocdid the transplant surgery for hiea; and I remember that you said that he would not have a life-threatening condition for at least quite some time, but it’s only been two years..."

Dr. Spears said helplessly, "This situation is indeed greatly beyond my prediction. I also do not understand why his kidney would have failed so quickly. I tried to investigate whether there are any signs of accidental ingestion of any toxic substances, but I have not found any clues.”

Doris pursued, "Dr. Spears, what kind of toxic substance can cause a person's kidney to fail so drastically?"

Dr. Spears replied, "Some herbal medicines haye strong nephrotoxicity; such as Aristolochia aka Dutchman's pipe. Our country ~ has longmioved this ingredient out of the fredical code, but there are still some unscrupulous doctors wha would secretly add this> agredient inside their prescription in der to increase the efficiency of the drug on the patient's body, which Subsequently leads to serious damage to the patient's kidneys.”

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With that, Dr. Spears sighed and continued." Haphazardly buying and taking health care products a s well as listening to unverified health care tips are also the major causes of kidney failure among the middle-aged and elderly in recent years..."

"Moreover, these patients are easily fooled by unscrupulous TV commercials, advertisements, and the so-called health gurus, lacking the ability to discern truth from false." 3

"For example, the father of our director of thoracic surgery has always despised him as a Western medical doctor and trusts the traditional medicine wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, he doesn't have the ability to distinguish good doctors from the bad and always blindly believes in those health programs on TV." 5

"Last year, he felt that he had some frequent urination problem, so he went to theshop to purchase a pack of medicife'according tothe =< content t Of the health program and secretly drank it three times a day. AfteMhree days, he was rushed to tb€ hospital because o acute kidney failure.” "In less than 48 fours, he passed away." s