引子:人老了病也多起来。母亲的老年性关节炎愈来愈重,走路都困难了。找了专家会诊,说是没有好的保守治疗的办法,只有手术。从去年秋一直拖到现在,是否手术一直拿不定主意,除了母亲自己不同意,还因为母亲患有高血压和糖尿病。近日再次咨询专家,先控制一下糖尿病,综合评估后可以考虑手术,手术是唯一能够治愈的方法。找熟人联系医院,等待床位,一个礼拜过后医院那边打来电话,说明天可以住院。接到电话已是傍晚时分,有点措手不及。接下来,半个多月的时间就是在岛城的医院度过的。7月8日星期一不到八点到了医院,院子里人山人海、车水马龙, Primer: old people are also more sick. Mother’s senile arthritis is getting heavier and more difficult to walk. Find an expert consultation, saying that there is no good conservative treatment, only surgery. Since last autumn has been dragged to now, whether the surgery has been undecided, in addition to the mother himself does not agree, but also because of her mother suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes. Consult experts again recently, first to control diabetes, after a comprehensive assessment can be considered surgery, surgery is the only way to be cured. Find an acquaintance to contact the hospital, waiting for beds, a week after the call from the hospital over there, that day can be hospitalized. It was late afternoon when the call was received, a bit caught off guard. Next, more than half a month’s time is spent in the hospital in the island. On Monday, July 8, at less than eight o’clock the hospital was full of people,