Chapter 679 Ossification
"Doctor, what the hell are...that's not normal, right, that's not normal..."
In this bright clinic, Kevin Greer was looking at an x-ray result picture displayed on the doctor's office computer screen. His parents, Sean and Helena, were also watching, with a daze in their expressions. But the orthopedic surgeon Moon Jackson, opposite, was also surprised.
This is the latest x-ray of Kevin Greer's right hand, which reveals all the bones in the flesh.
There are 27 hand bones in the normal hand, namely 8 wrist bones, 5 metacarpal bones, and 14 phalanx bones.
But in this x-ray film on the computer screen, in addition to these normal bones, around them, where there are muscles, nerves, and muscles, there are also a little bit of bone-like objects, which seem to be free bodies...
The number of these alien bones can't be counted at first glance, dense, and it seems that they will be connected together soon.
"Yes, this is not normal..." Moon Jackson looked at the x-ray and looked at the patient's right hand. The abnormality could be seen from the naked eye. The skin everywhere was dark, but it was not a blood clot, but it was like pigmentation. The patient's hand could no longer move freely, and the pain was unbearable. He had taken pain medication.
"You said three days ago, you played a baseball game and you pitched with your right hand, and it didn't feel that something was right at that time..." Moon Jackson said in a thought.
"Yes." Kevin Greer couldn't figure out what was in his hand, the inflammatory reaction?
"Doctor Jackson, my son is a very good pitcher..." said Sean Greer. "His professor said he has the qualifications to play professionally, and there is a great chance of working harder." Helena nodded repeatedly, "What's going on?"
"This situation is rare, but..." Moon Jackson was heartbroken because FBM issued a warning to hospitals and private clinics in various places a few days ago. "Kevin, is there anything wrong with you except your right hand?"
"Yes..." Kevin Greer said this and suddenly felt a little inexplicably panicked. "My back, my two calves...my neck, I..." He said while touching these parts of his body. The more he moved, the more he felt he was pulling everywhere. "I have that feeling of soreness and fatigue all over my body, but it doesn't hurt..."
He quickly explained, as if he wanted to draw a clear line between his right hand and other parts of his body. "It hurts when he moves his right hand, and it will get stuck when he moves too much. Different places are just sore and tired. I think it is because of the sore and tiredness that I have been sleeping poorly these days..."
Sean and Helena both noticed their son's nervousness, and they couldn't help but start to feel nervous.
If it were before, a few years ago, or a month ago, they wouldn't be so nervous.
Because at that time, the "supernatural power" had not appeared like this recently. They lived on an ignorant island. Even if there were storms outside the island, they did not know that it was the world, so they lived a peaceful life.
But now, there has not been a week since the "Ten Egypt disasters" that broke out around the world, and New York is still under rescue and reconstruction.
Just turn on your phone, TV, and contact the Internet, and you will be overwhelmed with these related information.
Those who have been exposed to blood rain have developed severe skin infection symptoms. Fortunately, existing medical methods can be cured, and some patients with mild symptoms with minor infections have recovered and discharged from the hospital, but some patients with severe infections have unfortunately died due to multiple organ failure caused by inflammation storms.
This world has become very dangerous. Or rather, this world has always been so dangerous, but the storm finally began to flood this ignorant island.
"Kevin..." Moon Jackson wanted to speak but stopped, and looked at the worried parents, "Shaan, Helena, the situation may not be that simple, not very good."
Hearing the doctor's words, Grier's family of three changed their expressions, Helena kept praying to God, and Kevin was a little dazed.
"Kevin's case, I now suspect it is a rare disease called 'Progressive Muscleostatitis', which is very, very rare."
Moon Jackson explained this rare disease to them clearly. After the onset of the disease, the soft tissues and muscles in the whole body will gradually become ossified, and the body will eventually become like a living stone carving. After this disease was confirmed, the number of confirmed cases worldwide has not exceeded 1,000 in the past few decades. There is no surgery, no medicine, and no treatment.
"No, no..." Kevin Greer murmured, his voice gradually getting excited, and his face turned red from excitement. "Doctor, you've made a mistake!"
If you don’t talk about playing professional baseball, can’t you even live a normal life? You can only survive until you are in your forties, you can’t walk the road, and you can’t move no matter what…
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These thoughts flashed through, and Kevin Greer caught a little bit of the contradiction between Dr. Jackson just now, "You said that this disease develops chronically, but I was very well three days ago. It's only three days now, only three days! Look at what my hand has become. Will it be so fast?"
"Yes." Sean immediately agreed with his son's words and asked with great hope: "Doctor Jackson, it shouldn't be that disease, right?"
They are already trying to convince themselves that the incidence rate of 0.5 cases per million people is less than a thousand confirmed cases in decades. How could this happen?
"Our family does not have genetic problems in this regard," Helena also said. "This is the first time I have heard of such a disease."
"In fact, I have to report Kevin's situation to FBM," Moon Jackson said in a serious tone, telling why he held this judgment. "A few days ago, FBM issued an early warning to the medical community. If suspected patients with progressive musculostomy have occurred, they must report it immediately and then take over."
When Kevin heard FBM, he was excited, but immediately realized that it was not because of something good that he had something to do with FBM.
Sean and Helena were both stunned, and Helena's eyes were even red, "Doctor Jackson...what does this mean? Why fbm..."
In fact, they vaguely know the answer.
This disease...what happened to Kevin may be related to supernatural forces and to the recent catastrophe.
"No, no..." Kevin Greer suddenly burst into laughter, feeling that all the diagnosis was ridiculous, and he shook his head.
Chapter completed!