Precious Memories (1)
“What does this bastard think of me…”
“If you want to save your brother, get the necessary tools quickly.”
“….”
“Didn’t you hear? Instead of making threats and showing off your pride, help me prepare for surgery!”
Aldi flinched at Choi Ki-seok’s shouting.
I was once again surprised by Choi Ki-seok’s powerful force, and I was even more surprised when I heard the translation.
Although he is said to be a doctor, Choi Ki-seok is clearly a hostage.
But at this moment, the situation has turned and Aldi has been overwhelmed by his spirit.
“Bring the tools needed for surgery. hurry!”
The soldiers moved busily following Aldi’s instructions.
Meanwhile, Choi Ki-seok removed the piece of cloth covering the bleeding area and examined the wound.
The bullets penetrated the abdomen and chest, respectively.
Physical strength: 3/10
Main symptoms: Abdominal pain / chest pain / bleeding / loss of consciousness
Painful area: pancreas / diaphragm
Diagnosis: Abdominal gunshot wound / chest gunshot wound / pancreatic rupture / diaphragmatic rupture / cardiogenic shock
Current status: Emergency Progress
: Poor History
: None
Family history: None
Cautionary elements: None
Ki-Seok Choi frowned after using the Eye of Hippocrates.
It was fortunate that the bullet was not lodged in the body, but the treatment environment here was very poor. Things would be much better if I could only go to Obeid Hospital…
“I brought everything I could. “I took all the belongings belonging to the people from the volunteer group that I kidnapped in the past.”
Soldiers came to his side and poured out medical supplies.
Physiological saline solution and intravenous fluid set, sachets, gauze, disinfectant, etc.
Compared to the hospital, it was far from good, but I thought that if I did well, I could compare. No, I decided that I would definitely save the patient with this.
Isn’t this exactly why I came to Sudan?
To overcome any situation with your own strength despite any adversity.
“Please bring strong alcohol and a handkerchief.”
“All right.”
Choi Ki-seok, who gave instructions, used Pain Killer on the patient and spoke to him.
“It’s not a hospital, so general anesthesia can’t be done. So, you will be fighting with me throughout this surgery.”
“…yes.”
“You can overcome it, right?”
The patient did not answer any of Choi Ki-seok’s questions.
A deep sense of resignation was already visible in his eyes.
“It is impossible for me to complete the surgery alone. You need to help. Think about why you need to survive. “Throughout the surgery.”
“I brought the items you mentioned.”
“thank you.”
Choi Ki-seok fed brandy to the patient and put a towel in his mouth.
This method was found as a last resort because the patient could not endure the pain with just the power of the Pain Killer.
Pop. Pop. Pop.
When I connected the IV set to the saline solution and held the blood vessel, the saline solution fell like raindrops.
This completes preparation for surgery.
“Nareka, please hand me the tool I’m talking about next to you.”
“All right.”
“First, let’s take off your clothes completely.”
Choi Ki-seok and Nareka completely removed the patient’s top. Then, I thoroughly washed away the dirt on my skin using saline solution.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
After finishing disinfection with povidone, he held a scalpel in his hand.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
When an incision was made on the abdominal gunshot wound, traces of the bullet grazing were clearly visible.
The bullet passed through the pancreas and fortunately did not hit many blood vessels.
The extent of damage was also limited to the pancreas.
“Please fill the Nareka syringe with saline solution and give it to me.”
“yes.”
Using the dragon’s eye zoom-in mode, he examined the extent of the wound and picked up the scalpel again. When I cut open the pus around the pancreas with a scalpel, yellow liquid flowed out.
When the pus was sucked in with a syringe, the body of the syringe quickly filled with sticky liquid.
Cheeeeeeeek!
Physiological saline solution shoots from the syringe given by Nareka.
“Aaaahhh!”
While cleaning and secondary disinfection were in progress, the patient screamed and twisted his body.
“You bastard. “Why don’t you get proper treatment?”
“You’re doing it right. There is no better treatment method than this in situations where anesthesia is not possible. “If you don’t trust me, should we go to a nearby hospital?”
Aldi remained silent due to Choi Ki-seok’s factual assault.
They are a terrorist group, and if they receive treatment at a relief organization, they are immediately taken away by government forces.
When Choi Ki-seok delved into that point, there was nothing he could say to refute it.
Aldi trembled nervously, then settled down on the other side of Ki-Seok Choi and held Nazir’s hand.
“You can overcome this. “My blessings will be with you.”
Nazir nodded his head weakly at his words.
Meanwhile, Choi Ki-seok underwent total pancreatectomy.
There is currently no way to save a pancreas that has been hit directly by a bullet.
Since the pancreas is connected to several organs, some lymph nodes in the stomach, small intestine, and jejunum were also removed.
His face was covered in sweat as he performed the resection.
The surgery had to be stopped for a while because sweat from the forehead got into the eyes.
Even though it was in a tent, who would have thought that surgery would be performed outdoors in this hot weather.
My concentration kept wandering in situations that were different from usual.
Even though I reached level 13 in surgical treatment, I could hardly get any speed up on performing the surgery.
‘Damn it!’
Choi Ki-seok wrapped a towel around his head and clenched his teeth.
This patient was left without treatment for thirty minutes after suffering a gunshot wound.
It was clear that if I didn’t come to my senses, I would leave his hands and go to heaven.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu. Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.
After coming to his senses, he accelerated the total pancreatectomy.
Mess began to dance.
His hand movements were precise and disciplined, and maintained a steady flow like beautiful music.
Watching this, I even got the illusion that a sculptor was putting a lot of effort into sculpting it.
‘I’ve changed. Doctor Choi.’
Nareka admired Choi Ki-seok’s treatment.
Although I was blind to the surgery, I was able to notice at least one thing. After Choi Ki-seok put a towel on his head, the treatment was becoming dazzlingly faster.
As if the person had changed completely.
“Nareka. “Please give me the sutures.”
“Bo… what is a suture?”
“The thread that sews up the wound. “It will be in a small paper bag or something.”
“Let’s just wait… I don’t have any? “I don’t see anything like that.”
“It’s here.”
When Choi Ki-seok pointed to the suture in the pouch, Nareka nodded.
“ah. This is what it looked like. sorry. “But I can’t use this?”
“….”
“It’s past the expiration date? “It was a little rusty.”
Nareka wrinkled her face as she unwrapped the package and examined the sutures.
‘At a time like this…’
Choi Ki-seok belatedly checked the sutures and sighed.
Sutures that had been used for more than two years were in poor condition. It looks like someone opened it once before and put it back without using it.
“Can’t I have surgery without this?”
“yes. I can not. “If you can’t sew the wound, you can’t stop the bleeding.”
“Hmm…”
Nareka quietly stared at the suture and then tapped her knee.
“Doctor Choi! “We saw this!”
“You saw the sutures? here?”
“Isn’t this what those kids were playing with while knitting?”
“that’s right!”
“I saw girls playing with this. Find those children and bring this item back to them. ASAP!”
At Nareka’s words, the soldiers left the tent in a rush.
“Good job Nareka.”
“It helped me too this time, right?”
“What can I say?”
A smile appeared on Choi Ki-seok’s lips for the first time.
I wonder if farmers feel this way when they receive sweet rain during a drought.
Without Nareka’s comments, the surgery could not have continued.
Even for Choi Ki-seok, it was difficult to imagine surgery without sutures.
After some time, the soldiers returned with two sutures.
“Is this all you have?”
“yes. “They say they played with everything that was left and this is all that’s left.”
“I knew. Please give it to me first.”
Gigigigigeek.
Choi Ki-seok tightened the suture needle with a needle holder and prepared for suturing.
There was not enough suture.
If the surgical site was limited to the pancreas, shouldn’t the thoracic diaphragm also be restored?
There was no option in covering the damaged area with two sutures.
‘If you don’t have teeth, fill them with your gums.’
With determination, he proceeded to complete the pancreatic anastomosis with lightning skill. Originally, each resection site had to be sewn with simple interrupted sutures (a suture method that knots each stitch at the wound site), but continuous sutures were used in particular.
This is to save sutures.
If I did a simple interrupted suture, I had to tie a knot and cut it with scissors every time, but now even the remaining part was precious.
It seems that Choi Ki-seok came up with his own trick.
“The pancreatectomy is over.”
“Are you just leaving the wound open?”
“Originally, you had to insert something called a drainage tube and close the incision, but now there is no drainage tube. “You have to use a syringe to remove any pus or pus from the incision area until it heals.”
After finishing his explanation, he immediately examined the chest area.
The biggest problem with the chest now is that the bullet penetrated the diaphragm, causing infection and open wounds in this area.
Another major problem was that other organs could squeeze in through the open gap.
Choi Ki-seok performed cleaning and debridement on the injured area and began to restore the diaphragm.
‘please. please.’
As he watched the sutures shortening as the diaphragm was reconstructed, he felt the tension burning in his chest.
The moment the suture disappears, the surgery is over.
click!
With the tension flowing, Nareka cut the suture with scissors.
The length of the remaining suture was literally the length of a fingernail.
“The surgery is over. From now on, let’s watch the progress.”
Choi Ki-seok, who lost his strength, stretched out on the spot.
* * *
That evening.
Choi Ki-seok was examining Nazir in Aldi’s tent.
Three hours had passed since the surgery was completed, but the patient’s condition still remained at an average level. It was an excellent result for a hasty treatment in a harsh environment.
“Is your brother going to be okay?”
Aldi, who returned to the tent, asked cautiously.
“I don’t think there will be any problems as long as we watch out for additional infections.”
“Thank you. “For saving my younger brother.”
“I was just doing my job.”
Choi Ki-seok calmly looks down at Nazir. There was a strange look in Aldi’s eyes towards him.
The spirit of putting down the muzzle of a gun before surgery.
Surgical skills that are hard to believe for an ordinary doctor.
The images he showed me still remain vivid in my mind. Choi Ki-seok was definitely on a different level from the doctors he had kidnapped.
“I’m on my way after kidnapping people from another aid organization. “There will be many useful items in treating my younger brother.”
“…How long are you going to do this?”
“Until I die.”
“What is the point of kidnapping and killing people? “I’m curious.”
“It’s all about living.”
“Is it okay for me to live well? “What about other people?”
“It’s none of my business.”
After a short conversation, the two people’s gazes met tightly in the air.
As tensions grew, Aldi spoke first.
“Thank you for saving my brother, but don’t expect me to let you go after this. “If you don’t receive the negotiation money within a week, you die.”
“Just figure it out. Because that’s not a problem I can do anything about. By the way, isn’t your lower right abdomen really hurting these days?”
Aldi’s body stiffened like a stone at Choi Ki-seok’s point.
“How did you do that….”
