Young Chou was given careful attention, and his condition improved. His life was out of danger, but the wound had by then ulcerated, forming a foot-long lesion that wouldn't heal. Any deterioration and the leg would have to be amputated.
經過悉心照料周金耀雖然脫離險境、情況好轉，但由於傷口潰爛長達一台尺多，很難再生新的肌膚，情況如果惡化下去，只有截肢以免併發骨膜骨髓炎。