Surgery Godfather Chapter 346

Chapter 346: Chapter 0329: I Have Always Loved to Show Off Since Childhood

It's already been two weeks since Yu Shuilian's surgery, her wound is ready to have the stitches removed.

At four-thirty in the afternoon, everyone started getting prepared to remove her stitches.

Doctors and nurses crowded around in a large circle, a few from the trauma ICU hurried over too. During this period of time, everyone had diligently treated and taken care of Yu Shuilian, and now it was time to see the results.

Someone had already taken out their phone to record this significant moment.

Yu Shuilian's husband and son were also by her side, her husband held their son, incredibly moved.

Song Zimo, Xu Zhiliang, and Takahashi all personally participated in removing the stitches.

Song Zimo was in charge of removing the stitches while Xu Zhiliang helped with removing the dressings. Takahashi was ready to place the removed dressings in a yellow trash bag, while some standardized training students lent a hand.

Takahashi cleaned up trash on the side, putting it into a yellow trash can. Sisi's mother wore gloves, accepting the yellow trash bag Takahashi handed over, she checked the seal and promptly cleared out the replaced dressings. In her spare time, she had joined the team caring for Yu Shuilian, helping the nurses change her clothes, bed sheets, and handle her personal hygiene needs.

If the wound healed nicely and the stitches got removed smoothly, it meant that Yu Shuilian had passed the first hurdle, and her treatment had achieved an intermediary success.

Yang Ping was also watching from the side. For a surgery he had personally performed, a life he had saved from death's grip, he wanted to personally see the condition of the wound.

The bags for storing feces and urine had already been replaced by the nurses in advance. The urine bag was slightly filled with yellow urine, while the feces bag was clean and empty.

To celebrate the removal of the stitches, Head Nurse Cai specially ordered a flower basket and placed it by the window sill in the single room, as a symbol of celebration.

With utmost caution, Song Zimo peels off the clean dressings layer by layer, placing them in the yellow trash bag Takahashi had opened. The last layer was the vaseline gauze that was directly covering the wound.

Though everyone had seen the wound each time they replaced the dressings and knew it was healing well, showing no signs of any infection, at this moment, everyone still held their breath as if a heavy sigh could disturb the wound and lead to sudden infection.

Song Zimo used the forceps in his left hand to pick up an iodine cotton ball from the dressing tray. His right hand then takes it over, where he gently presses it onto the vaseline gauze, this helps to both sterilize and moisturize the gauze and thus, reduce the pain when the gauze is removed.

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The wound was large, with an arch shape. The entire wound was evenly covered with iodine sterilizer. After waiting for a minute to let the sterilizer fully soak in, Song Zimo carefully starting peeling the gauze off.

Pieces of vaseline gauze were removed one by one, and the entire wound was now completely exposed to everyone's view.

The wound had healed exceptionally well. Apart from slight suture responses near a few needle holes, there were no signs of inflammation or exudation.

Song Zimo tried to use the forceps to test the separation of the wound, there were no signs of tearing. Then he used the forceps with a dry cotton ball to apply pressure to the wound, no liquid seeped out, and there was no fluctuation felt from beneath the skin on either side.

Feeling reassured, Song Zimo exchanged a look with Yang Ping, the wound was healing extremely well: “Grade A healing!”

Yang Ping gave a satisfied nod. At the time, the wound and the abdominal cavity had been heavily contaminated with feces, classifying it as a class III wound. Now that it has achieved Grade A healing, it was a huge success. They had won the battle of the initial phase.

Song Zimo started removing the stitches. His left-hand forceps lift the thread while the right-hand forceps cut the thread. Each stitch was removed in order. After the stitches were all out, one more wound separation test was performed. The wound was healed solidly and securely.

With full wound healing, the follow-up blood routine, C-reactive protein, sedimentation rate, procalcitonin, and other results didn't suggest any infection, everyone breathed a sigh of relief and started discussing in low voices.

Yu Shuilian had passed the infection phase. Next, as long as she can maintain normal liver and kidney functions, surviving organ failure, and have her bladder and urethra repaired, and remove the last drainage tube, they can schedule the reconstructive surgery.

After removing the stitches, Dr. Che from the rehabilitation department started instructing Yu Shuilian on how to use her arms to support her body while in bed. Until other substitute ways were available, training with her hands to support her body was a compulsory course for Yu Shuilian.

Yu Shuilian had to train her arms to be strong so that she could perform some movements with her arms alone, such as getting on and off the bed, on and off the wheelchair, and climbing onto the couch to sit.

Yu Shuilian's son was cheering her on, helping to count how long she was able to support her body.

Yu Shuilian was sweating profusely, but she firmly believed that she could complete the tasks set for her by the rehab doctor. She vowed to live and to live well.

Zhang Lin and Little Five had already gotten in touch with a calligrapher who had lost both legs from the root. He agreed to come to Sanbo Hospital with his wife to have a face-to-face chat with Yu Shuilian, to tell her with his real-life example: even with only half a body, one can still lead a good life and contribute to society and their family.

Xiao Su helped Yu Shuilian get in touch with a famous hotel's pastry chef. This pastry chef worked at a renowned Hong Kong hotel, and he had won multiple international baking competitions. It's rumored that he had previously served several members of European royalty.

The pastry chef was deeply moved when he heard about Yu Shuilian's story. He agreed to take her on as an apprentice and will personally come to teach her baking techniques, allowing her to master world-class baking skills.

Tang Fei chatted with her every day, counselling her, and told Yu Shuilian that when she got discharged and learned how to bake, Tang Fei could help her open a store in the bustling Di Du street of G City.

With the future full of promise, Yu Shuilian was filled with confidence. Summarily, her outdoor mobility for long distances would be through a wheelchair, while for short indoor distances, she would use her arms.

In Yang Ping's plan, power aids will be utilized in the future to give Yu Shuilian the ability to walk upright again.

This process was extremely lengthy, but Yu Shuilian took the first step in her complex treatment process.

After changing her medication, Zhang Lin was enjoying tea in his office. After several trials and tweaks, Takahashi had finally found the optimal weight for the tea leaves.

Zhang Lin was very satisfied, the taste was excellent. Seeing Zhang Lin's satisfied expression, Takahashi asked, “Teacher Zhang, how is it?”

“Very good, Little Takahashi. I hope you keep the tea like this from now on. You don't mind me calling you Little Takahashi, do you?” Zhang Lin put the lid on his teacup.

Takahashi hurriedly replied, “I don't mind. Being called Little Takahashi is a privilege granted by Teacher Zhang.”

“Your Mandarin has improved. You can now use phrases like 'privilege granted'.” Zhang Lin still maintained an air of authority.

Although Takahashi now mingled with Song Zimo and Xu Zhiliang, as a visiting scholar, he still reported to Zhang Lin. That hierarchy hadn't changed.

“Zh–Zh–Zhang–Lin–” Xu Zhiliang stuttered.

Zhang Lin's heart jumped with every word he heard. He felt clogged up but dared not lose his temper. If he offended Xu Zhiliang, he would be harshly scolded on the operating table.

“Speak slowly, I'm listening.” Zhang Lin had to pretend to listen carefully.

One's strength can be another's weakness. Who he was in front of Takahashi was entirely different from who he was in front of Xu Zhiliang.

“You–you–you–you–you–come here!” Xu Zhiliang finally finished speaking and stood up to leave his office.

Zhang Lin followed behind him. Just listening to Xu Zhiliang speak made him sweat. Speaking with him felt like torture. If this continued, he might develop a heart condition.

Now, Yang Ping divided the department into two groups. One group consisted of Song Zimo leading Lu Xiaowu, while the other consisted of Xu Zhiliang leading Zhang Lin. Every time Zhang Lin saw Xu Zhiliang's lips move, he felt a chill.

Where to? Zhang Lin followed him to the meeting room.

Xu Zhiliang gestured for Zhang Lin to close the door so they could have a serious discussion.

“Sit–sit–sit–”

Xu Zhiliang stuttered for a while before continuing: “Sit down!”

“You sit, I sit–sit–sit–sit down.” Zhang Lin sat down. Dammit, he had started to stutter too.

Xu Zhiliang glared angrily at Zhang Lin. Zhang Lin quickly explained, “Ah, brother, Professor Xu, I didn't do it on purpose just now. Listening to you, my tongue tied up too. I didn't mean to mimic you.”

Zhang Lin hadn't done it on purpose. Somehow, he had started to stutter as well.

“You sit. You-are-too-harsh-on -Takahashi. You-need-to-change!” Xu Zhiliang didn't care whether Zhang Lin was actually mimicking him or not.

So that was it. Zhang Lin thought it was something major. “Professor Xu, let me explain this matter to you. Yes, I, Zhang Lin, have always been a show-off. When I was in kindergarten, I used to steal my dad's hair mousse. After my dad found out and put the mousse away, I would wet my hair with water, or even spit.”

“Stop–nonsense–” Xu Zhiliang became impatient.

Zhang Lin skipped his narrative: “I wanted to start from my personal history. Okay, okay, I'll talk about Takahashi. Professor Xu, you're skilled in surgery, but when it comes to dealing with people, you're not as good as me. Look at Takahashi, he was arrogant before, but he's so humble now. Do you pity him?”

Zhang Lin stood up and moved close to Xu Zhiliang. “There might come a day when Takahashi reverts to his old attitude, just as fast as he changed. You might not understand the temperament of this Japanese brother, but I do. Unless you make a deep impression on him, he won't remember you. I intend to leave an impression deep in his bones.”

“You–sit down to talk.” Xu Zhiliang could feel Zhang Lin's saliva.

Zhang Lin sat back down. “Not only do I want to boss him around, I also want to psychologically crush him until he's scared and fearful of me. I want to keep a close eye on him, scrutinize him in secret. He's now submissive and eager to learn, but who knows whether he has any hidden motives behind this facade. You can't only see the surface. Haven't you heard of the story where the Japanese stole the cloisonne technique? ”

“My boasting is just a cover, to make him think I'm an idiot and drop his guard. If he doesn't do anything malicious, all the better, but if he tries to harm Dr. Yang, he'll have to get past me. Honestly, the day he approached Dr. Yang's office and glanced inside, I already knew about it. Look at who's working under Dr. Yang, intelligent people like Song Zimo and you. I'm just an average person. Can I afford to slack off when I have the chance to work under Dr. Yang?” Zhang Lin spoke in a low voice.

Are you teaching me a lesson? This guy is acting like he's a mastermind.

Xu Zhiliang was stunned by what Zhang Lin had said. It seemed to make sense.

“Old Xu, I don't want to criticize you, but you are better at academic matters. Focus on that, and let me and Little Five handle these messy situations. We need to be somewhat cautious. We need to keep pace with the times. With Dr. Yang's caliber, there will be technical secrets in the future, so we need to be somewhat aware of this. Don't let others take advantage of you by playing the victim. Of course, Takahashi might not have any malicious intentions. Thus, you can be friends with Takahashi, and you can sympathize with each other. But we shouldn't get in each other's way.” After Zhang Lin finished speaking, he waited for Xu Zhiliang to express his opinion.

Xu Zhiliang was speechless and confused.

Chapter end

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