The Erroneous Diagnosis
John’s muscle started to shrink day by day, his hands started to transshape, his knees started to meander, and he can’t stand on his own, he needs a wheelchair to move. There is a doctor- Chen suggested them to stop taking steroid, and change to electrotherapy to cure the rheumatoid arthritis.
After John stopped taking steroid, his foot started to decorticate. And after a cold, he starts to cough badly. At first, he looks like having a flu, but he did not get well after taking medicine, and his cough got worse day after day. At some point, he even coughs out blood. When he was taking to the nearby hospital and had an X-ray check.
The doctor found that John’s heart, lung, and liver were filled with phlegm, and was diagnosed as tuberculosis. Therefore, the doctor has to apply tuberculosis medicine for John, that ends up his weaken eye sight got worse, and became blurred.
John's condition has worsenned even more!
When John’s mother consulted the doctor, she was given a cruel answer: to save his life from tuberculosis, this medicine is necessary, but it may cause blindness, so we have to make a choice. John’s mother was forced to make the tough decision. She chose to let John continue taking the medicine in order to save his life.
After a couple more injections, John was completely blind! And his body was as big as a pregnant woman. At the same time, John lost his taste too. At that time, he can’t breathe by himself, and need to rely on a life supporting mask. Not for long, he can’t even lie down to sleep. His cough grew worse, especially when he lie down, he can nearly breathe. Therefore, John was transferred to ChangGungMemorialHospital, and he was diagnosed abnormally high oxygen concentration in his blood.
Subsequently, after taking the medicine, John excrete a huge amount of urinate, and his body swollen was gone a couple days later. Finally, he can lie down and enjoy a nice sleep.
After a series of intensive examination, the doctor found out that John did not contract tuberculosis, instead, it was congestive heart failure that led to pulmonary edema. And because the former doctor erroneous diagnosis, John not only became blind, also almost lost his life. All of this, even though John’s mother feels sorrow, but John’s life is saved back, she is already gratified.
John's whole body hydroncus, the belly is bloated like pregnant woman