Chapter 1543: 1543. Necrosis of calf muscle tissue
"Continue the investigation starting with Edward Smith."
"Yes."
Robert Green nodded. Before leaving the office, he hesitated and asked:
"And concerning the madam..."
Adam Jones knew what Robert Green wanted to ask, and he didn’t hide it, directly saying:
"I’ll handle everything with Campbell and Brayman, there’s no need to let the madam know about this. You just focus on investigating Edward Smith."
"Yes."
After Robert Green left, Adam Jones’s gaze became profound again.
After Helen Melendy woke up, Elly Campbell visited her every day to talk and chat with her.
During this time, Helen Melendy was at her most vulnerable and insecure, so Elly Campbell couldn’t feel at ease.
On this day, as Elly Campbell arrived at the hospital, she bumped into the Director of the Rehabilitation Department and was called into the office.
"Director Montgomery, is there something you need?"
"That Miss Helen, she’s your friend, right?"
"Yes, what’s the matter?"
Elly Campbell looked at Director Montgomery’s expression and suddenly felt a bit anxious inside.
After Director Montgomery remained silent for a moment, he pulled one from the pile of medical record folders on the table and handed it to Elly Campbell.
Elly Campbell quickly took it and opened it. When she saw Helen Melendy’s diagnostic description, she was stunned, and her expression instantly became somewhat unsightly.
"Necrosis of the calf muscle tissue?"
She looked incredulously at Director Montgomery, "How could the muscle tissue just necrose out of the blue?"
She lay in bed and, though she hadn’t moved for a long time and her muscles had long been deprived of exercise, initially unable to walk was understandable.
She had thought about this before, which is why she had Shirley perform leg massages on her every day.
So, even if she couldn’t walk now, it shouldn’t lead to muscle necrosis.
Director Montgomery saw her expression and felt a bit unwilling, but there was no need to hide such matters.
He sighed and continued:
"We’ve conducted two calf muscle examinations on her. This is the latest report, and the results show the same thing as the first time, indeed muscle necrosis."
Muscle tissue necrosis means that, no matter what rehabilitation treatments Helen might undergo, she will never stand up again in her lifetime.
Unless the calf is amputated and a prosthetic is attached...
Elly Campbell couldn’t even bear thinking about it. If Helen really had to have an amputation, she couldn’t imagine how Helen would accept such a result.
Even if hope was slim, Elly Campbell still croaked out:
"Director Montgomery, is there no other way?"
Director Montgomery shook his head, a hint of sympathy on his face.
"I examined, and Helen Melendy’s calf muscle necrosis happened simultaneously with the necrosis of all calf nerve groups. It’s like a plant, its roots and tissues have died, unless some miraculous drug is found, there won’t be another solution."
"How could this happen? Everything seemed fine, why are only the calf’s muscle tissue and nerves necrosing?"
While Elly Campbell is a surgeon and not familiar with rehabilitation, she has practiced medicine for many years, both domestically and internationally, and has never encountered isolated calf muscle and nerve necrosis.
After Elly Campbell asked, she saw Director Montgomery’s face transform from sympathetic to serious in the next moment. He extended his hand to pull out another report from the adjacent medical record folders and handed it to Elly Campbell.
"Take a look at this."
Elly Campbell quickly reached out to take it and opened it. Her previously tense eyes suddenly widened in the next moment.