"Well..." Shane rubbed his chin and replied hesitantly," I won't say he can still be saved, but it will take a miracle."
"A miracle?" Yvonne was taken aback and she clasped the clothes on her stomach. "You mean, a miracle like mine?"
"Something like that. You’ve probably heard of many examples of vegetative patients suddenly waking up after being in a coma for years or decades. It's happened in the history of medicine."
Yvonne nodded. "I've heard that on the news some time ago."
"Yes, the hospital deduced that they wouldn't wake up at the beginning, but somehow because of a miracle, they eventually woke up, and that's truly a miracle. Of course, this may sound a little complicated. To put it simply, there needs to be a motive," Shane said solemnly as he put his hand in the pocket of his white coat.
"A motive?" Yvonne said these two words in a low voice.
Shane pushed up his glasses. "Yes, a motive. More than 80% of vegetative patients wake up because of a motive. The motive may be something they heard during their deep sleep and that made them wake up.
So if you can talk to Elliot more for the next two weeks, maybe he'll wake up."
Yvonne pursed her lips and she didn’t look too happy after hearing his method. On the contrary, her eyebrows furrowed even more.
"I heard...vegetative patients may end up in two situations, one of which is brain death, and the other i s when one’s consciousness breaks away and enters another dimension so the patient won’t be able to find their way back. The method you just mentioned earlier is probably for the latter, so what kind of condition is Elliot in?"
This was what she cared about the most.
If Elliot was brain-dead, then he could never wake up, and there would be no miracles.
If it was a detachment of consciousness, then there was hope. Just like Shane said, they could talk to Elliot more so maybe he could hear their voices in that dimension and wake up.
But if it was really brain death...
Yvonne shivered and didn’t dare to think about it anymore.
Shane saw her worries and remained silent for a few seconds before speaking again, "We can't tell yet. It takes a period of time to determine whether a vegetative patient is brain dead or detached from consciousness, and that was the two weeks I was telling you about."
"In other words, after two weeks, we'll find out about Elliot’s condition?" Yvonne looked at him.
Shane said, "Yes, that's why I asked you to talk to Elliot more for these two weeks, so maybe you guys could try to wake him up. As long as he wakes up, he'll be fine. If he can't wake up, then it may be brain death, or it maybe consciousness detachment."
"I get it now!" Yvonne's heart sank to the bottom and both her hands were tightly clasped. "Henry and I will try to wake him up."
"That's good, you guys can do this." Shane nodded his head then lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes as he left the ward.
What he didn’t say was that no matter how hard they tried, the chances of Elliot waking up were not high.
Elliot would probably end up as a vegetative patient anyway. As for the type of his vegetative state, it would take two weeks before he could come to a conclusion.
The reason why he would tell her to ask her to talk to Elliot as much as possible, aside from wanting to see i f there could be a miracle, it was actually to give her a little hope so she would not blame herself too much.
The door of the ward closed again and Yvonne leaned on the pillow. Her pale face was full of sadness.
Sue was very distressed watching her like that. She asked, "Madam, are you worried about the second
master?"
Yvonne answered as she rubbed her aching temples," Yes, I'm really worried that I won't be able to wake him up in two weeks."
"No, I believe the second young master will wake up," Sue said.
Yvonne forced a smile reluctantly, "I hope. Sue, please help me up."
"Madam, do you want to go to the bathroom?" Sue bent over and pulled out a small pail from under the bed.
When Yvonne saw the pail, her eyes widened and she had a bad feeling in her heart. She trembled and asked, "Sue, what’re you doing?" 1
She hoped that it was not a potty for her, but it turned out that it actually was.
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