A Special Prescription(Ⅱ)

6 A Special Prescription (II) This time, I visited a different hospital to see another expert. After hearing my symptoms, both new and old, he gave me a check up. He came up with an entirely new diagnosis. " It could be food poisoning or you may have a problem with your heart, " said the doctor. " Your breathing is now a new problem. I suggest you take an electrocardiograph. Let's hope it's not your heart. " I was in shock at how a bad dinner had now turned into heart disease. I still had diarrhea. On top of that, now my arms and legs were in pain and I was short of breath. My whole world was crashing down. I took the cardiograph, and the results were good. Why had everything all of sudden gone wrong? The doctor had no clue. He suggested that I continue taking the antibiotics. I hesitated to do so because new problems were appearing one after another. What should I do?

I suddenly remembered that my aunt's friend was a doctor. I called my aunt, and she suggested that I see her doctor friend. Like the previous two, Doctor Dean asked about my symptoms. To my surprise, he didn't do any further testing. He gave his diagnosis right away. “ You're fine. You just went to the bathroom too many times. You lost too much salt, and your body is out of balance. That's why your muscles are becoming weak. That's why you are short of breath, and that's why your arms and legs are sore. Go home and have some noodle soup, " he advised. “ You'll be all right tomorrow morning. " After all I had been through with the two other doctors, you can understand why I doubted this special prescription. But I decided to try it out. That evening, after having an entire pot of noodle soup, I went to bed hoping for the best but expecting the worst. When I woke up, just as Doctor Dean had predicted, I was entirely healthy again! I shook my arms and legs, I walked back and forth, and I jumped up and down. No problems. All my discomfort had disappeared! It is really amazing what a good pot of noodle soup can do.