But one thing was certain, if infected, it was only a matter of time before symptoms appeared.
"Didn't you get tested for Salmonella?"
Zhou Can asked.
"Not yet… We try to save wherever we can since it's not easy for us to earn money. I've always been healthy. I thought I could just fight it off."
The older woman spoke in fits and starts from her hospital bed.
Clearly, she was in considerable pain.
She had come to the hospital to take care of her husband who was having surgery, but now, both were laid low by the tainted chicken soup she had brought, making them both patients.
But this older woman was indeed resilient, fighting on despite severe illness.
She simply stayed by her husband's bed, gritting her teeth and enduring.
Zhou Can felt both sympathy and helplessness towards the couple.
It was all due to her being clever by half and not following the doctor's advice, inviting such a disaster.
