21st Century Necromancer

Chapter 131 Empathy (Seeking Recommendations, Seeking Favorites)

"First assistant, suture please." Having finally completed the surgery, Chen Yu signaled to a young nurse nearby to wipe the sweat from his forehead before indicating to Daimon Michiko to suture the patient's wound.

Although the surgery wasn't complicated, because it was necessary to be careful with the patient's spinal cord and nerves, Chen Yu had to concentrate fully and couldn't afford to be careless, which had drained a significant amount of his energy.

"Suturing completed, surgery concluded." It was just a simple task of sewing up the wound, and Daimon Michiko quickly finished the job, tossing the suture device aside and announcing the end of the procedure.

Hearing Daimon Michiko declare the end of the surgery, Chen Yu couldn't help but smile, "I am the chief surgeon, so technically I should be the one to announce its conclusion. Nevertheless, thank you for your hard work, Dr. Daimon."

"Remember to call me for the next surgery." Daimon Michiko said nonchalantly, seeming to smile, but it was hard to tell due to the mask she was wearing.

Daimon Michiko removed her gloves and walked toward the exit of the operating room. However, as she reached the door, she seemed to remember something and stopped. She turned back to Jounouchi Hiromi, who was still sitting at the anesthesiologist's position, and said, "To the anesthesiologist over there, thank you for your efforts."

After saying that, she finally threw her gloves into the trash can by the door and left the operating room.

Watching Daimon Michiko leave, Jounouchi Hiromi couldn't help but smile wryly and shook her head helplessly before turning to Chen Yu and saying with a smile, "You've worked hard, Mr. Chen Yu~!"

"Postoperative care of the patient is in your hands, Hiromi." Chen Yu instructed Jounouchi Hiromi and also returned a sentiment, "You've worked hard too."

After saying that, he then left the operating room.

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Upon leaving the operating room, as expected, Chen Yu encountered the patient's family waiting outside the door.

However, because Daimon Michiko had left the operating room before him, she was currently being held by an elderly-looking woman inquiring about the patient's condition.

"The surgery is completed, and the patient is no longer in life-threatening danger." Although she was just an assistant who had been called in to help, Daimon Michiko still explained the situation to the woman before leaving amidst the woman's words of gratitude.

Watching Daimon Michiko leave, Chen Yu's lips curled into a smile as he approached the woman and asked, "Excuse me, are you a relative of the patient?"

"Hello, I'm her mother, may I ask what it's regarding?" The woman seemed a bit confused, but she still responded politely to Chen Yu.

"I am the attending physician for the patient, you can call me Doctor Chen." Chen Yu introduced himself and then began to explain the patient's condition to the woman, "When the patient arrived at our hospital, both of her eyes had been corroded by chemical gases, causing her contact lenses to melt and damaging her eyeballs.

Although we promptly removed the corroded contact lenses, the patient's vision may still be affected. The specific situation can only be determined after she recovers. There might be a risk of blindness."

"Ah! Doctor, you must save my daughter! She can't be without her eyes!" The woman immediately became frantic, and as a mother, her instincts were not to accept that her daughter could go blind, "Doctor, I am begging you, you have to find a way! Even if you take my eyes and give them to her, she really can't be without her eyes!"

"Please, don't be anxious, the patient is only at risk of blindness; it's not that she has already gone blind. Our hospital will do its utmost to preserve her eyes," Chen Yu hurriedly soothed the woman's emotions. Though he was already tired from finishing the surgery, he still took the time to explain things to her sincerely.

Hearing what Chen Yu said, the woman calmed down a bit and kept thanking him gratefully, "Thank you, doctor! Thank you, doctor!"

"It's what we ought to do." Chen Yu, seeing the grateful look in the woman's eyes, hesitated for a moment before continuing, "However, the patient's eyes aren't her primary injury. The most severe injury she sustains is a fractured cervical spine.

Although we have repositioned her damaged cervical spine through surgery and reconstructed the damaged nerves, her spinal cord and spinal nerves have been injured, which could potentially affect her future."

"Ah? How... How can this be!" The woman's face showed disbelief, and she involuntarily stepped back, collapsing onto a chair against the wall. She seemed struck by a tremendous blow, and tears instantly streamed down her face, "How can this be! How can this be…"

Watching the woman collapse onto the chair, Chen Yu couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy for her. Yet, as a doctor, he had seen such things too often. After sighing, he continued, "The patient's third and fourth cervical vertebrae have sustained flexion injuries, causing damage to the spinal cord and spinal nerves.

While the degree of injury isn't too severe, it is very likely to reduce her motor function.

However, rest assured, this can be overcome through rehabilitation, and we will do our full best to heal her. We ask that the family cooperate as much as possible with the treatment for the best therapeutic outcome."

"Alright, Doctor! We will definitely cooperate! Please, you must heal her!" Hearing what Chen Yu said, the woman bowed deeply to Chen Yu with gratitude, as if holding on to a lifeline.

"Your daughter will be out soon, and the nurse will take her to the ward. The nurse will also inform you of any related precautions. I shall take my leave now," Chen Yu comforted the woman a few more times before heading towards the hospital's cafeteria.

Since it wasn't mealtime, the cafeteria was practically empty, except for Daimon Michiko who was sitting at a table, sipping her syrup.

Seeing Chen Yu approaching, Daimon Michiko raised her glass to greet him, "Even as the attending physician, you didn't have to say that much to the patient's family, did you?"

"You heard all that?" Chen Yu glanced at Daimon Michiko, shook his head slightly, took a few boxes of syrup from the cafeteria counter, sat down in front of Daimon Michiko, and while unwrapping the syrup, spoke, "Moved by compassion, I spoke a few more words. That injured woman's mother looks to be about the same age as mine. If I were in such a situation, my mother would probably cry her eyes out."

"If that's the case, then find a way to heal her," Daimon Michiko did not comment further on Chen Yu's words, drank the syrup in her cup in one gulp, and stood up to leave.

Watching Daimon Michiko walk away, Chen Yu slowly sipped the syrup in his cup, easing the strain surgery had put on his brain, thinking over her words, and made up his mind.