Chapter 1063 - A Blood Test
historical
If the man who hurt her didn’t mean to rob her, then did he mean to...
My god!
He Xiyan felt her heart suddenly drop as though a stone was tied to it. She gaped at him in shock and she suddenly felt as though she had become blind. Her eyesight blurred to the point that she wasn’t able to make out the things in front of her.
Ye Hao held the test paper in his hand and his hands were shaking uncontrollably. He picked up that box and took out a needle meant for extracting blood.
He took a deep breath before he picked up her left hand and gently spread open her left finger.
He could feel her finger shaking and knew that she was afraid. Naturally, he was as frightened as she was.
This was because this illness was not like other illnesses; it had no cure.
“Yan Yan, you should relax. There’s no need to be afraid,” he said softly. Unfortunately, his words didn’t manage to calm her down at all.
Everyone was afraid of contracting HIV and she was not unlike others.
Ye Hao’s brows slammed into a deep frown and cold sweat beaded on his forehead. His hand that held the needle couldn’t stop shaking and it was a while before he managed to prick her finger.
Soon, He Xiyan’s finger started to bleed.
Ye Hao spread the test paper out and placed two drops of her blood within the round hole of the test paper. Then, he placed two drops of the buffer solution.
Gradually, the test paper started to react to the blood and the solvent and the color of the test strip started to change.
He Xiyan’s mouth opened wide and she couldn’t tear her eyes away from the small strip of paper. She watched as the color of the test strip gradually started to change. She felt as though the air around her had stopped moving and this left her feeling breathless.
Ye Hao was equally anxious and uneasy. He held her hand tightly and stared at the strip of test paper.
He Xiyan didn’t even know what he was holding her hand.
Ten seconds later, the line gradually turned red.
This made both of them even more nervous and He Xiyan could even hear the sound of her heart beating wildly. She quickly placed a hand over her chest.
Thirty seconds passed, then one minute, two minutes, and finally, three minutes passed.
Ye Hao took a deep breath when he saw that the test paper didn’t turn red. There was only a single red line on the test paper which meant that the results were negative.
“Alright, Yan Yan, the results are negative. There’s nothing to fear,” he said as he pulled out a piece of tissue from the table and wiped the cold sweat off her forehead.
He Xiyan’s face was flushed red and her fear and anxiety were still clearly reflected on her face.
“I didn’t contract the virus, right?” she asked as she looked at Ye Hao.
She had even forgotten how much she hated this man.
Ye Hao nodded. However, he knew that this test did not completely eliminate the possibility that she might have contracted the disease.
“This is approximately the third week since you were injured. If the test showed a negative result, it means that there’s a 60% chance that you didn’t contract the disease. You should get yourself tested at the hospital with the fourth generation HIV combination tests in the fourth or sixth week. If the tests come back negative, this would basically eliminate the possibility of you having contracted the virus,” he said.
Ye Hao told her what the doctor had informed him. He had obtained this test paper from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, it was only the third week, so the test results were not as accurate as when the test was performed during the incubation period.
However, the doctor still urged him to perform the test because she would need to start medication as soon as possible if the results were positive. This didn’t mean that a carrier of this disease would be destined to live eight or ten years, since there were some carriers who were still alive 20 years later.
“Does that mean there’s still a possibility that I may have been infected with this disease?” she asked.