For what (3)
“Aren’t you shocked by what happened yesterday?”
“Thank you for your concern, but that’s not it.”
Choi Ki-seok waved his hand.
After yesterday’s shooting incident, the staff showed concern and concern for him.
Unlike him, Choi Ki-seok suffered no mental damage at all.
Because I was confident that I would not die at the time of the incident.
“How does Morgan look?”
Choi Ki-seok changed the topic.
“Well… why are you asking me that?”
“I’m just curious about your opinion.”
“I’m sorry. I guess I was too sensitive.”
If Jennifer felt embarrassed, she continued.
“I ran into him in the hallway yesterday, and he was surprisingly calm. I think he’s coping better than I thought.”
“I’m glad.”
Choi Ki-seok smiled and nodded.
As expected, I did a good job using the categorical imperative yesterday.
Categorical imperatives last longer and have more diverse effects than encouragement.
I will continue to be a dutiful son in the future.
“What will happen to Professor Paul in the future?”
“If you do something wrong, you will be punished, and if there are no problems, it will go away.”
The shooting incident brought the surgery back into the spotlight.
The doctor who performed Rick’s father’s surgery was Paul. Accordingly, the hospital’s ethics committee said it would soon evaluate the surgery performed by Paul and determine whether it was appropriate.
As gun incidents made the news, it became impossible to ignore the problem.
“If anything goes wrong, it won’t have anything to do with Morgan, right?”
“maybe.”
Choi Ki-seok continued calmly.
“The final responsibility for the surgery lies with the surgeon, and Morgan was the second assistant. There was nothing Morgan could do.”
“I guess so?”
Jennifer breathed a sigh of relief.
While there was a moment of silence, Choi Ki-seok applied the hand cream he had kept in the drawer to his hands. As my hands became shiny, a pleasant scent flowed out.
“What happened? After applying all the hand cream?”
Jennifer covered her mouth and burst into laughter.
From what she observed, Choi Ki-seok had no interest in beauty at all.
As a doctor, I just maintain the minimum level of cleanliness.
I have never seen anyone decorate or maintain their appearance.
“I got a present.”
“That would be nice. I already received a gift.”
“Aren’t you asking who I got it from?”
“Of course he got it from the patient. Mr. Choi is good to the patients.”
Jennifer nodded slightly.
Mayjo Clinic distributes questionnaires to patients who are discharged from the hospital.
Among them, there is an item that evaluates the attending physician, and Choi Ki-seok always received the highest score in the attending physician evaluation.
It is achieving excellent results not only in treatment but also in patient satisfaction.
“But I think I just laughed at you. Was it an illusion?”
“The car… it’s an illusion. A complete illusion.”
“Okay. I’ll just skip it this time. By the way, I heard you’re all moving into your first home soon?”
“You heard it from Ethan. That’s right. He said he will start teaching appendectomy as soon as he has a patient.”
“What will happen to me?”
Choi Ki-seok rubbed his chin.
He had already successfully completed a laparoscopic appendectomy.
Rather than having another appendectomy, I wanted to try another surgery.
The two people started talking about the upcoming surgery.
“I’ll come see the patient. If anything happens, call me.”
“okay.”
The first place Choi Ki-seok visits after leaving Uiguk is Ga-il’s hospital room.
Crash.
Guile was busy working on his laptop.
He was admitted to the emergency room yesterday and was suffering from chronic pancreatitis.
“Gail.”
“….”
“Gail? I’m here.”
“Oh, I’m sorry. I was so focused that I didn’t say hello. Good morning.”
“I’m in the hospital. Aren’t I overdoing it?”
Ki-seok Choi continued, pointing to the laptop.
“You probably gave up the important lawsuit to your colleague, right?”
“Of course. Didn’t the teacher tell you yesterday that if you have surgery this week, you won’t be discharged until next week. You can’t be involved in a lawsuit anyway.”
“Then why are you still working on it?”
Choi Ki-seok asked again without resolving his doubts.
“Even if I pass on the case, I want to conduct a thorough investigation of the data. It would be like taking over my work.”
“I think your colleagues will understand that much. So, relax and rest.”
“That’s right, but…”
Guile leaned against the back of the bed.
“My life was a series of work. I worked from morning to evening, even on holidays. Thanks to that, I had the record for the highest win rate and the highest number of lawsuits at our law firm.”
“….”
“That’s why I can’t stand empty time like this. Even now, I feel like I’m going crazy because I’m so confused about work.”
“Gail.”
Choi Ki-seok calmly stared at Ga-il.
In fact, his disease is not only chronic pancreatitis.
When the Eye of Hippocrates was used in the emergency room, there was one more diagnosis.
It wasn’t an emergency so it wasn’t mentioned.
“If you combine the symptoms I’m feeling right now, it’s workaholism.”
“Are you a workaholic?”
Guile snorted.
“I just want to be the best in my field. Does it matter?”
“I’m not looking at focusing on a goal negatively. I’m saying that thinking only about the goal and not taking care of yourself is a problem.”
“….”
“Take your time off sometimes. It actually helps.”
He finally realized it after having a good time at the baseball field with Jennifer.
What are the small joys that everyday life brings?
How does it affect you?
“If you say you don’t have anything to do, I’ll give you homework.”
“Homework?”
“You only need to do two things. The first of them is.”
Choi Ki-seok spread his index finger and continued speaking.
“You’re watching a drama.”
“True. Are you asking me to watch some frivolous drama?”
“Yes. You must watch it. It will teach you more than just working with documents on a laptop in your current situation. Watch all seasons of the drama ‘Boston Legal High.’ It is a courtroom drama, so you will be able to watch it with more empathy.”
Ki-seok Choi extended his middle finger and continued speaking.
“The second is to talk to your family on the phone for at least 10 minutes every day. You don’t talk to your family often, do you?”
“That’s it. Well…”
Guile hesitated, avoiding eye contact.
As expected, there seemed to be something entangled in the family story.
“Please put your work aside for a moment and follow me. Understand?”
“….”
Choi Ki-seok and Gail’s gazes clashed tightly.
Eventually, Guile nodded with a resigned expression.
“At the hospital, you have to listen to the doctor. Is there anything else you can do?”
“I’m sure you won’t regret it.”
Choi Ki-seok checked that Gail was watching the courtroom drama and left the hospital room.
The next place we visited was William’s hospital room.
Yesterday, William passed the liver transplant suitability test and went through the hospitalization process.
Drurr.
When I entered the hospital room, William was sleeping.
His mother, Julie, was reading the Bible on her guardian mat.
“hello.”
“Yes, sir. Hello.”
“If it’s okay with you, can we talk outside?”
Julie nodded at Choi Ki-seok’s suggestion.
The two sat down on a bench near the station.
“I think you can take it easy now.”
As William passed the test, the live liver transplant surgery date was scheduled for two days later. The person who suffered the most until this moment came was Julie.
“Yes. I think I’ll live a bit now. Considering how hard it was to convince William…”
Julie shook her head with a pained expression.
“If you don’t mind, may I ask why William changed his mind?”
“Actually, there was nothing special. I told William something I had been hiding from him.”
“The story you were hiding?”
“Actually, the second daughter who passed away was an adopted child. She was brought to me when she was very young, so William did not know that she was adopted.”
Julie’s explanation continued.
The fact that the adopted second daughter is the child of Jace’s early business partner.
It is said that William changed his mind after hearing hidden stories, such as the fact that his daughter was found to have some mental retardation as she grew up, and his dissatisfaction with paying more attention to his second daughter.
“There was such a story.”
“Yes. If I had told you about it earlier, it wouldn’t have gotten to this point, but I kept putting it off…”
“I’m glad that the misunderstanding has been resolved now.”
There was a moment of silence, and Julie spoke first.
“Doctor. The surgery will go well, right? If the surgery goes wrong and problems arise for my husband and son, I don’t think I can bear it.”
“The surgeon for this surgery is the head chief of general surgery. He is the most skilled, so don’t worry too much.”
Choi Ki-seok consoled Julie and used encouragement.
Hehehe.
The warm light emanating from his body enveloped Julie.
[You have used the encouragement skill.]
[The guardian’s confidence in immunity and regeneration ability increases significantly.]
“For now, it would be best to trust and wait.”
Julie nodded and looked down at her Bible.
“Then get some rest. I’ll see you again in the evening.”
“thank you sir.”
Ki-Seok Choi went to the bathroom after breaking up with Julie. When I washed my face with cold water, I came to my senses.
There is now one hour left until scrub.
* * *
In front of the operating room D rosette.
The general surgery staff, including Smith, were gathered together.
“The patient has stage 2 pancreatic cancer, type B. As a result of the test, he was diagnosed as T3N1M0 according to TNM classification. Currently, the cancerous tissue is located in the head of the pancreas, and because of this, we plan to resect the common bile duct, gallbladder, and part of the jejunum in the pyloric area above the head of the pancreas.”
“….”
“After the resection, reconstruction is performed and the pancreas is performed. -jejunal anastomosis bile duct-jejunal anastomosis gastrojejunal anastomosis is included.”
Ethan’s short briefing ended.
‘It’s finally starting.’
Choi Ki-seok made up his mind.
Today’s surgery was meaningful in many ways.
Firstly, he became the first new resident to assist Smith, and secondly, he had to obtain the invisible hand debuff through today’s surgery. .
And the third and final part was the surgery itself.
The name of the surgery being performed today is Whipple surgery. It is a
difficult surgery, the difficulty of which is within a finger’s reach among general surgery surgeries.
Being able to directly assist Smith’s Whipple surgery and record it on video is a great asset. You can see it.
“Did you all hear that well?”
Smith, who had been quiet, stood facing the staff.
“Yes.”
“I heard you well.”
“The surgery will take approximately seven hours, and it may be delayed further if additional metastases are discovered. ”
“….”
“Do you know what happens if you rush the treatment or lose your mind just because it’s difficult?” ”
Yes!”
“For us, it’s just seven hours, but for the patient, this is a lifetime.”
Smith added a word and went to scrub.
Buck. Buck. Buck. Buck.
The sound of brush rubbing spread cheerfully.
‘The debuff is over, so there’s no need to worry, right?’
While Ki-Seok Choi was disinfecting, he glanced sideways at Ethan next to him.
Soon, the door opened and the staff all entered the rosette.
Head Chief Surgeon,
Todd, First Assistant Fellow, Ethan,
Second Assistant Resident, Ethan,
Third Assistant Resident, Ki-Seok Choi, and
Special Assistant Intern, Jose. The curtain has risen on Whipple’s surgery
.
