Team Saber (5)
“It’s bleeding…”
Jo Ji-hwan’s brow twitched.
Bleeding during surgery in pediatric patients is a major blow to the surgeon.
If you do not act quickly, the patient could die in the blink of an eye.
“As expected, the previous hospital performed a botched surgery.”
“That doesn’t matter.”
“yes?”
“The problem is that we are responsible when a patient dies.”
Jo Ji-hwan stared at the monitor again.
Cheeeeeeeek.
The second assistant suctioned with both hands, and the first assistant was busy finding the bleeding area.
However, finding the bleeding point was not easy.
Time passes anxiously.
The patient’s pulse and blood pressure gradually reached the bottom.
‘What’s the problem?’
Kwon Il-soo stopped suturing the valve annulus and looked at the surgical site.
The situation had worsened to the point where he had to step in.
Just right. Just right. Just right.
I bumped my teeth and looked at the valve annulus and heart, but there was no noticeable bleeding. What this means is that the bleeding occurred in an invisible place.
“Squeeze the blood pack as hard as you can. Give me epinephrine IV.”
Under Kwon Il-soo’s instructions, the second assistant took action.
With tension rising inside and outside the operating room, Kwon Il-soo grabbed the scalpel.
“professor?”
“I guess I’ll have to open my heart. There’s no answer at this rate.”
“Wouldn’t the burden on the patient be too great?”
“Burden? Do you know what really burdens you?”
The first assistant hesitated, unable to answer Kwon Il-su’s question.
“Now… I’m not sure.”
“The patient dies from bleeding.”
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
The scalpel cut open my heart without hesitation.
Kwon Il-soo began to carefully massage the area near the incision with one hand. When he removed his hand from the heart, the surgical gloves were soaked in blood.
“Found it. Bleeding area.”
Kwon Il-soo breathed a sigh of relief.
“Look here.”
The place that Kwon Il-soo pointed to is the wall between the left and right ventricles.
There was a small hole in the wall, and a broken suture was fluttering.
“This patient had surgery for tetralogy of the arm at another hospital, but the suture there was ruptured.”
“How sloppy the surgery was….”
“Pediatric surgeons, and pediatric thoracic surgeons are even rarer. Probably someone who specializes in adult surgery would have operated on this child. Scalpel.”
Kwon Il-su untied all the clumsily tied knots and then removed the sutures.
“5-0 prolene.”
Geek.
After tightening the suture needle with the needle holder, we began suturing the ventricular septum.
Perhaps because of the relief of finding the bleeding area, my hand movements became more than twice as fast as before.
Once the ventricular septum was sutured, the bleeding stopped and the patient’s vitals returned to normal.
“The surgery continues.”
“yes!”
After the emergency was safely over, the Norwood team’s spirit was strong. Each staff member did their best in their position, led by the surgeon, Kwon Il-soo.
The annuloplasty was completed in an instant and a ring was inserted to fix it.
This means that the pulmonary valve frame has been firmly established.
Subsequent valve annulus surgery.
Kwon Il-soo was on the verge of completing valve annulus surgery with his amazing suturing skills.
“As expected, I need to know Professor Kwon’s skills.”
Jo Ji-hwan stared at Jang Hyuk-pil.
“I have the same thoughts as the director. Professor Kwon is one of the top five in the country in the field of thoracic and pediatric surgery. However, from my perspective, the Norwood team has weaknesses.”
“Weakness?”
“Yes. Team Norwood probably won’t last long.”
Jang Hyuk-pil answered confidently, and Jo Ji-hwan looked at the monitor again with his arms crossed.
“It’s a weakness…”
While Jo Ji-hwan was muttering, the valve reconstruction surgery was completed.
The subsequent removal of the thickened ventricle was completed successfully.
When the surgical site was closed and the heart-lung machine was turned off, everyone’s eyes turned to the patient monitoring device.
“Vitals normal.”
“There is nothing wrong with the gauze counting and suture counting.”
When the final inspection was completed, the staff breathed a sigh of relief as if they had made a promise.
The Norwood team’s first surgery was successful.
* * *
That evening.
Ki-seok Choi finished assisting with the surgery and went to the intensive care unit.
“thank god.”
He smiled and looked down at Yoo Kang-han, who had been operated on by the Norwood team.
After examining it with the eyes of Hippocrates, it was in good condition.
If nothing happens, you will recover safely and leave the hospital.
‘As expected, Professor Kwon.’
Ki-Seok Choi looked at the child and thought of Il-Soo Kwon.
If Kwon Il-soo had not received the child, the child might have died after wandering from hospital to hospital. This is because the patient was very burdensome to undergo surgery in the first place.
However, there was just one thing that was disappointing.
The point is that I couldn’t leave a video because I couldn’t observe the surgery.
Choi Ki-seok watched Yoo Kang-han and headed to the thoracic surgery ward. Then, after making rounds and checking on patients as usual, I entered a hospital room.
“hello.”
Michael greeted me first.
Since we spoke in Korean during the day, we spoke in English in the evening.
“Are you not nervous or anxious?”
“It would be a lie to say there isn’t one. Still, I believe the teachers will do a good job. All the doctors here are kind and skilled.”
“I’m glad you’re brave.”
Choi Ki-seok paused before continuing.
“Have you talked to the other patients?”
“Yes. I thought he would feel burdened because he was a foreigner, but surprisingly, there was nothing like that. I became quite friendly with the young woman in the room next to me.”
“This is what I’ve been feeling these days. I think that if people have something in their hearts, they should express it in words.”
Choi Ki-seok slightly changed the topic.
“If I don’t express myself, other people won’t know me.”
“What happened recently?”
“Well, various things happened. The topic suddenly turned serious. I wasn’t planning on bringing up this kind of story.”
“I’m good?”
Michael smiled.
“I think I saw your human side. And I agree with what you said just now.”
“….”
“I think people should look at the situation and say what they have to say. If you keep it to yourself, you’ll get sick. I once took a psychology class and they said that hiding yourself too much is killing yourself.”
“I agree.”
After a moment of silence, Michael spoke first.
“Teacher. I may be mistaken, but it seems like your speaking skills have improved compared to before?”
“Me?”
“Yes. My pronunciation is still awkward, but conversation has become more natural. I think I’ll be able to communicate with anyone who speaks English at this point.”
“It’s all thanks to Michael.”
A smile appeared on Choi Ki-seok’s lips.
After completing the special mission, I received a gem that doubled my foreign language conversation skills.
That may be the reason for the sudden increase in skill.
But that doesn’t mean you can neglect studying English.
If your conversation skills are good enough, part of your mission towards Meijo will have been completed.
Jiyiing.
While we were talking, the call phone rang.
Choi Ki-seok relaxed after checking the number that came to mind.
“I guess I’ll just have to go.”
“Yes. Good luck.”
I left the hospital room, answered the phone, and headed straight to the hideout.
“I’m here?”
Jeong Seol-hwa looked at Choi Ki-seok and smiled.
She, who had been away for a long time, asked to see Choi Ki-seok at the hideout.
The two hugged lightly and sat down on the sofa.
Just by exchanging stories about what happened in class, time passed as if it had been stolen.
“Do you want to listen to the radio?”
“radio?”
“I heard it during the last off-hours and it was really good. It smells like something human.”
“good.”
When Choi Ki-seok accepted, Jeong Seol-hwa turned on the radio on her cell phone.
DJ has recently become very popular and is a female comedian.
The bright, catchy voice and natural hosting ability were attractive.
“It’s been a long time since I listened to the radio.”
“right?”
“The last time I heard it was when singer Yunhwa sang it on a moonlit night. It’s been almost 4 years.”
“It’s good to listen to it when I have some free time. When I listen to stories like this, I feel like I’m an ordinary person.”
Jeong Seol-hwa leaned her head on Choi Ki-seok’s shoulder.
[ruler. This corner is ‘Oh My Head’, a corner where we listen to the absurd stories of our loyal listeners. I’m looking forward to seeing how many more absurd stories are waiting for you today, Mr. Sleeping.]
[Hmm. I recently won a prize. I also received a travel ticket to Jeju Island. But even though I received the travel voucher, I’m not excited at all.]
Guest Sleeping read the story from the storyteller’s perspective.
[You won a travel ticket to Jeju Island, but you’re not excited? Do you think other people will throw stones at this?]
[If you listen to the end of the story, you won’t be able to throw stones?]
Sleeping changed his voice again.
[Other people won’t understand how I feel. Because I live in Jeju Island. Where can I use this round-trip ticket to Jeju Island?]
[Hahaha. Did the Jeju Island travel ticket go to someone from Jeju Island?]
The female DJ burst into laughter, and Choi Ki-seok and Jeong Seol-hwa also laughed along.
The two continued to listen to the radio, leaning on each other.
I fell in love with the small pleasures and emotions of daily life that I had not experienced in a hospital for the first time in a long time.
About 30 minutes into the broadcast, an advertisement appeared.
“After 100 days of duty, let’s go see a movie.”
“movie?”
“The commercial that just came out was Bad Humans. It looks really fun.”
Jeong Seol-hwa made a fuss.
“There are four amazing actors. Among them, my favorite character, Yoon Moon-jae, appears.”
“Seolhwa, do you like Brother Moonjae?”
“You’re good at acting. But are you a problem brother? Do you know each other?”
“Then of course it is.”
Choi Ki-seok spoke arrogantly.
In the past, I became close to Moon Jae Yoon when I was living in the hospital after receiving a heart transplant.
We still keep in touch from time to time.
“Awesome. Really?”
“I’ll contact you now.”
Choi Ki-seok proudly called Moon-jae Yoon.
[Hello.]
Moonjae Yoon answered the phone surprisingly quickly.
“Brother. This is Kiseok. How are you?”
[I’m doing well. I recently finished filming and am currently doing a variety show.]
“You’re busy because you’re a big actor.”
[Big actors… Anyway, what’s going on?]
“I didn’t know, but my girlfriend said she was a fan of your brother. Can you talk to me on the phone?”
[okay. Change it.]
When Choi Ki-seok held out his cell phone, Jeong Seol-hwa hesitated and then took the phone.
“Hello. My name is Kiseok’s girlfriend Seolhwa.”
[nice to meet you. Mr. Seolhwa. Is Kiseok nice to you?]
“Ah, yes. He’s very nice to me.”
[That can’t be possible… A fool who only knows a patient would take care of his girlfriend?]
“Yes.”
[It may be so if we are in the same hospital. what. He’s naturally kind and sincere.]
“But these days, it doesn’t seem that way. Sometimes he acts like a snarky snake.”
“Hey… it’s a snowflake. “I don’t think this is the time to gossip about me, right?”
When Choi Ki-seok joined in the conversation, Jeong Sul-hwa and Yoon Moon-jae burst into laughter.
Jeong Sul-hwa and Yoon Moon-jae talked for about five minutes. Because of the connection between Choi Ki-seok and the movie, they made their first appearance. Even though it was a phone call, we communicated well.
“Thank you. Ki-seok. I got a big present.” Jeong
Seol-hwa hung up the phone and kissed his cheek.
* * *
The next afternoon.
Choi Ki-seok left the rosette and took off his surgical gown and mask.
Michael’s esophagectomy had just been completed safely. He is a healthy young man, so just wait a few days. If you rest, you will be discharged soon.
After a short rest in the lounge, I went up to the thoracic surgery ward.
As I was passing the station, I saw Han Min-woo playing tricks on Lee Ye-rim.
“….”
“….”
Han Min-woo and I made eye contact, but Choi Ki-seok I pretended not to see him and passed by.
Knowing that Han Min-woo would soon shed bloody tears. As
I entered the conference room, all members of the Saber team gathered.
“Any sharp-witted person would know why I called you today, right?” “
…. ”
“I received a call from the transplant center during the day. I heard that a donor for patient Kim Se-chan has been secured.”
“Then maybe…”
“Yes, that’s exactly what I have in my head right now.”
Jang Hyuk-pil smiled in response to heart-lung technician Yoo Byeong-se’s question.
“The Saber team’s first heart surgery . The transplant is tomorrow.”
