"Yes, our County Hospital definitely can't handle this, it must be transferred to a big hospital for treatment, like Provincial Hospital or Jida Affiliated Hospital."
His nephew, Niu Hai, said over the phone.
In front of him was a freshly made CT image.
The image showed a small, needle-like object near his aunt's thoracic aorta.
According to what was explained earlier, she had once accidentally swallowed a fishbone while eating fish, then drank some vinegar and took a big bite of bread.
At the time, she felt the fishbone went down, with no sensation of foreign objects in the esophagus, but the next day the pain started behind her chest.
So the initial assumption is that this thing is likely the fishbone.
The bread must have pushed it to pierce the esophagus and enter the thoracic aorta, creating an aortic esophageal fistula.
Fortunately, there's no infection or massive bleeding yet.
Otherwise, she might have died immediately.
