Competition (6)
When I told her to come in, a woman came into the room.
It’s Emma.
“What happen?”
“Let’s practice suturing together. I’m on duty tomorrow so I don’t have time.”
Emma lifted the transparent envelope.
Inside the envelope was a teddy bear the size of an adult’s forearm and a suture set.
“wait a minute.”
While Choi Ki-seok got off the bed and rummaged through the dresser, Emma looked around the room.
The wall is full of actresses wearing bikini swimsuits.
Her eyebrows became narrower.
“The room is very fancy?”
“Did I tell you before? My roommate is Julien. He plastered it with posters before I even got here.”
Choi Ki-seok smiled bitterly and put Ssamzie into his robe.
But it is that moment.
Jump up!
The door opened roughly and Julien came into the room.
He spotted Choi Ki-seok and Emma and opened his eyes.
“Two… Why are you two here….”
“I called Mr. Choi to practice suturing.”
“Mr. Choi, is this real?”
“Then it must be fake?”
When Choi Ki-seok took out the ssamji he had kept in his robe and showed it to him, Julien tore his hair out with both hands.
“Ugh. It’s a shame. If I wasn’t on duty, I’d be going with you!”
“I can’t help it.”
Choi Ki-seok paused before continuing.
“By the way, let’s put the poster away. Emma said it’s distracting too.”
“Mr. Choi, did you even dream? You were the one who put up the poster. Why are you blaming me?”
Julien continued speaking with a natural expression.
“Aha! I guess you were embarrassed to have your tastes revealed in front of Emma? I understand, I understand.”
“What do you understand? You put it all up before I even came in.”
“You’re acting like a fool again. You’re not being honest.”
Choi Ki-seok stuck out his tongue at Julien’s hostile response.
Even though he was the one who was putting himself out there because it was in front of Emma.
“You know Emma, right? People who seem quiet tend to reveal more. Mr. Choi is exactly that type of person. He did something like this in front of me the first day we met.”
Julien pretended to touch the buttocks of the actress in the poster. Emma looked at Choi Ki-seok with suspicion.
“You don’t believe that, do you?”
“It feels strangely persuasive as I listen to it.”
“Mr. Choi. The truth will come out. Don’t lie any more. Then I’ll leave.”
Julien took the surgical manual and left the room.
“We’re going too.”
“…yes.”
Choi Ki-seok headed to the break room with a sore stomach.
Soon, the two sat side by side on the sofa and entered the suturing practice setting.
“First, let’s look at each other’s sutures. Shall I go first?”
“Please.”
In response to Choi Ki-seok’s answer, Emma grabbed the needle holder and looked down at the teddy bear on her lap.
Subsequent suturing.
Emma performed simple interrupted sutures, continuous sutures, and mattress sutures in order.
The hand movements were quick and accurate, and the suturing results were excellent.
It’s hard to believe that this is my second year as a resident. I didn’t say that my hobby was suturing for no reason.
click!
Suturing was completed by cutting the suture.
“Uh… how was it?”
Choi Ki-seok raised his thumb and continued.
“I don’t think there will be anyone among your classmates or trainees who can follow Emma?”
“I don’t know that much, but I’ve received a lot of compliments for a long time on how good I am at suturing. The plastic surgery teachers even told me that it would be a good idea to change my specialty to plastic surgery.”
“It’s worth it.”
Choi Ki-seok nodded slightly.
As a result of hindsight, Emma’s surgical treatment level was 4.
Perhaps because suturing is my hobby, I have two skills related to suturing.
Considering that she is only in her second year of residency, this is an outstanding achievement.
“Now I want to see Mr. Choi’s skills.”
“My hands were already itching.”
Geek.
He held the needle holder and fixed the doll with his knees.
Please adjust the level appropriately? Or show me my skills?
Choi Ki-seok stuck a needle into the doll without coming to a conclusion.
Afterwards, the needle was moved to the opposite area and the suture was pulled with appropriate force.
As the thread became taut, so did his heart.
Whirring.
I quickly tied a thumb knot and cut the suture with scissors.
Show time begins.
Choi Ki-seok performed various suturing techniques like lightning.
That too while performing stunts.
The simple interrupted suture was completed by drawing a Z shape, and the continuous suture took the shape of a hexagon.
In addition, brilliant techniques were demonstrated in other suturing techniques.
Ki-Seok Choi was amazed at his own skills while sewing. I just decided to change the suture, and it was actually happening at my fingertips.
I am ambidextrous. Leveling up the skill seemed to have an effect.
Choi Ki-seok finished the show by sewing half of the sutures with his right hand and the other half with his left hand.
“…Mr. Choi. Are you human?”
Emma couldn’t keep her mouth shut.
So far, I felt like I had seen magic, not suturing. I tried to control my surprise, but the moment I saw the suture marks on the doll, I was surprised again.
This isn’t a dream, it’s real.
“You’ll believe it now, right? My hobby is suturing, too.”
“At this point, isn’t it just a hobby and not a life?”
Choi Ki-seok chuckled at Emma’s joke.
“Well, I can’t say it’s completely wrong. But suturing isn’t everything in surgery. You need to have anatomical knowledge, understand surgical methods, and gain experience. There’s still a long way to go.”
“But what’s great is that it’s great. Mr. Choi has just started training in general surgery.”
Emma paused before continuing.
“Mr. Choi, what do you think is my problem?”
“Hmm… When I use my left hand, the kills are a little slower. If I just fix that, it will be much better.”
“It’s my left hand… I understand.”
Emma nodded.
Afterwards, the two sat across from each other and devoted themselves to individual practice.
Conversation was completely cut off, and only the sounds of needle holders being tightened and sutures being cut were heard.
‘Emma is not normal either.’
Choi Ki-seok stopped suturing for a moment and stared at Emma.
From her perspective, the new employee showed superior suturing skills than hers. Nevertheless, there was no sign of hurt pride or disintegration.
Rather, he showed an attitude of asking questions and learning about his shortcomings.
I was honestly impressed by her unique attitude.
“Can I ask you something?”
“Yeah, anything.”
“Why did Emma choose to specialize in thoracic surgery?”
“Oh, that’s it.”
Emma stopped suturing and looked at him.
“There are not many female doctors in thoracic surgery. There is no one that can be called top. So, I am trying to become the best female doctor in thoracic surgery.”
“Fuhuhuhu.”
“Mr. Choi! It’s funny again!”
Emma crossed her arms and pursed her lips.
“You asked a question seriously, so the answer was a serious one. If you keep doing this, am I not going to say anything?”
“Ah… I’m sorry. After hearing that, someone suddenly came to mind.”
“Who?”
“I have a friend who is similar to Emma. Her dream is to become the best thoracic surgeon in the world.”
“You’re a great friend. Please tell him I’m rooting for you.”
Choi Ki-seok barely suppressed the laughter that burst out at Emma’s words. The more I looked at her, the more I couldn’t help but think that she resembled me.
From somewhat absurd aspirations to a passion for medicine.
“Emma, do you still not trust me?”
Choi Ki-seok changed the topic.
“What? I knew for sure that your hobby was suturing.”
“Not that one, just a poster. A poster.”
“Ah…”
Emma covered her mouth and laughed at Choi Ki-seok’s words.
“I was just joking earlier. Anyone can tell that those posters were put up by Julien.”
“As expected, we get along.”
match!
The two people gave a light high five.
“Now, let’s go in. It’s late.”
“Of course.”
After cleaning up the surroundings, I left the lounge.
As we walked and talked, we saw a staircase.
The stairs on the upper floor led to the women’s dormitory, and the stairs on the lower floor led to the men’s dormitory.
“Mr. Choi. Today was really fun. Will you help me often in the future?”
“Any time the time is right.”
“Get some rest.”
Emma went up the stairs waving and Choi Ki-seok also said goodbye and went down the stairs. But I unconsciously raised my head and looked up at Emma.
“…!”
Undergarments were visible through the skirt.
Cute and cute underwear that is different from the sexy image.
‘Well, if you look like me, you’ll have almost no experience with men… idiot. ‘What are you thinking!’
slap.
Choi Ki-seok patted his cheek and returned to the dormitory.
* * *
The morning meeting of the general surgery department in the conference room is in progress.
“Let’s begin the inpatient briefing.”
Choi Ki-seok continued speaking in a loud voice.
“Patient Mike is 9 years old and was hospitalized two days ago with appendicitis. Upon examination, necrosis and inflammation of the appendix were observed. As of yesterday, all pus was drained through the drainage tube and the patient is currently being observed.”
“Your vitals are okay, right?”
asked Jonathan, chief of gastrointestinal surgery.
“Yes. Not yet.”
“Then let’s wait a few more days. When the inflammation subsides, it will be easier to separate the appendix from the intestine.”
“The next patient is Jace, who was hospitalized yesterday. Jace is 45 years old and was brought in by ambulance in a coma. When he was hospitalized, his stomach was swollen due to ascites…” As Choi Ki-seok finished his explanation, the hepatobiliary pancreatic surgeons were in a state of excitement
.
Unlike Korea, liver transplant cases were rare in the United States.
“I need to see the results of the abdominal ultrasound, biopsy, and CT scan first. Call me as soon as the results come out.”
“All right.”
“Let’s begin the inpatient briefing.”
Following Choi Ki-seok, Jennifer came to the briefing.
After a while, the meeting and rounds ended and the workday began.
‘If this is enough…’
Choi Ki-seok checked the time and found Thomas’ hospital room.
Thomas is kneeling and praying with his hands together.
“Were you watching?”
After finishing his prayer, he looked at Choi Ki-seok and smiled awkwardly.
“Yes. Today is the surgery day. I came here to see if it might help.”
“Of course it helps. Thank you.”
Thomas spoke slowly.
“It may be funny to say this, but my heart is shaking like it was when I participated in the Korean War. It’s been a long time since I felt this way.”
“Everyone has concerns about surgery, no matter how great or brave they are.”
“is that so?”
Thomas took out the medal he had kept in his patient gown pocket and fiddled with it.
“When the surgery is completed successfully, I want to give this to Dr. Choi.”
“Isn’t the medal a point of pride for the elders? It’s not something I will receive.”
“That’s not necessarily true. What’s important is not the medal, but the experience at the time. Besides, Dr. Choi has been paying a lot of attention to me, but I don’t have anything special to give him.”
“I’m really fine.”
“It’s because I’m not fine. So, just treat it as if you were doing an old man a favor.”
“…I understand. Then, I have some business to attend to, so I’ll leave.”
“Okay. See you later.”
Thomas smiled brightly and waved his hand.
Tiring!
[You have obtained the item material Patient’s True Smile.]
[Patient’s True Smile (1/2)]
Choi Ki-seok checked the notification and walked busily.
Operating Room K When we arrived at Rosette, the staff had already gathered.
“Why are you so late?”
Jonathan glared at Choi Ki-seok.
“I’m sorry. “I had a long conversation with the patient.”
“If I’m late again, I won’t be able to stand in my surgical scrubs. Did you understand?”
“I’ll keep that in mind.”
“Then let’s begin the final briefing,”
Jonathan continued.
The first surgery of the day is colon cancer surgery, in which the cancerous tissue is removed through a laparotomy. The
surgeon is Jonathan ,
head of colorectal surgery. The 1st assistant is Ethan.
The 2nd assistant is Choi Ki-seok.
The 3rd assistant is intern Jose.
Park! Park! Park!
After the briefing, the staff all scrubbed in unison.
‘All I need is to receive praise from the manager, right?’
Ki-Seok Choi’s eyes were fixed on Jonathan.
