Vera Xavier immediately understood why Jensen had come. Her pharmaceutical factory hadn't officially opened yet, but because Zachary Preston's recovery after taking her medicine was so remarkable, word had spread among their acquaintances, and people were now coming to seek it out.
A brain hemorrhage was dangerous, but if the patient was saved by timely surgery and received proper follow-up care, they could live for many more years. However, most post-hemorrhage patients were either paralyzed and bedridden or suffered from hemiplegia. Even those in slightly better condition had to rely on a cane to walk slowly.
In Zachary Preston's case, the delay in getting him to a hospital meant that while his life was saved, he suffered nerve damage, making his condition quite severe.
Everyone in their residential compound assumed he would be paralyzed for the rest of his life. No one expected him to be able to sit up, let alone walk slowly, so soon.
