Chapter 31 - 28: Strong Side Effects
"What?" Xiao Jingshan raised his voice a bit.
Fu Jichen knew he had heard clearly, so he didn’t elaborate.
On the other side, Xiao Jingshan was so shocked that he nearly walked into the restaurant’s glass door, not paying attention to the path ahead.
He pushed the door open with one hand and slowed his pace: "That explains it, medication reactions. Emergency contraceptives have a stimulating effect on the gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system. Last time when I gave her an IV, I mentioned that she has a high sensitivity to many drugs, with side effects much larger than for the average person."
Fu Jichen: "Is it serious?"
"Based on the symptoms you described, it’s relatively serious."
Xiao Jingshan wasn’t trying to scare him; under normal circumstances, there wouldn’t be side effects, even if there are, they are usually mild nausea that doesn’t require treatment and would disappear shortly after.
On the phone, Fu Jichen stayed silent for too long, and Xiao Jingshan, not knowing his situation, reminded him kindly, with a doctor’s compassion: "For someone with a constitution like hers, it’s best to use traditional contraceptive methods, like condoms. Emergency contraceptives are highly damaging because they elevate progesterone and estrogen in a short period of time..."
Before he could finish, Fu Jichen hung up the phone and pushed the door into the examination room.
The doctor’s diagnosis matched Xiao Jingshan’s words, and currently, there was no good way to alleviate it other than medication or, failing that, gastric lavage, which would be even more uncomfortable.
After receiving two bottles of IV at the hospital, Shen Jianian felt much better, and fell asleep lying on the hospital bed.
During this time, Fu Jichen went out to take a work call, and when he returned, he sat on the chair beside the bed, looked at the sleeping person, and raised his hand to brush the hair off her forehead, revealing a completely pale face, so small that it was only the size of his palm, her brow still furrowed even in sleep.