69novels Chapter 1484 - 596: Do Your Best, Leave the Rest to Fate, and the Emergence of a Medical Miracle (Part 2)
Chapter 1484 - 596: Do Your Best, Leave the Rest to Fate, and the Emergence of a Medical Miracle (Part 2)
Zhou Can was already able to wield the scalpel in the patient’s abdominal cavity with full command, cutting, separating, resecting, hemostasis, debridement, clearing lymph nodes, anastomosis, closing the cavity—every step done in one go, smooth and effortless.The level and skill he displayed were even more badass than some chief physicians.
Faced with such a super genius, the nurses naturally respected him from the bottom of their hearts.
If it weren’t known that Zhou Can was already married, there would absolutely be a long line of OR nurses chasing after him.
You know, operating room nurses tend to be very good-looking.
Coming out of the OR, Lin Jinzhi was anxiously waiting outside.
"Dr. Zhou, how is my daughter?"
"The surgery went quite smoothly, but your daughter’s Ascending colon is already extremely fragile, and her condition is very bad. I’m especially worried she might have a second perforation, and during the laparotomy we drew 700 milliliters of turbid fluid from her abdominal cavity—those were all the contents that leaked out after the intestinal perforation. This very easily causes peritonitis, and in a patient like her with such poor general condition, it’s even more likely."
Zhou Can’s tone was grave and his expression serious.
"Thank you, thank you! You’ve worked so hard!"
Of course, Lin Jinzhi knew that most of his daughter’s surgery had been done by Zhou Can. In these six days, after going through his daughter’s condition worsening, missing the optimal window for treatment, and then the treatment experience at the Provincial Children’s Hospital, he’d realized that titles and positions were all just empty labels.
What mattered most was real skill.
As for how great this young man’s ability really was, he wasn’t sure.
He only knew that in so many years, this was the first time he’d heard multiple specialists, professors, ordinary medical staff, family members, and patients all praising the same doctor at the same time. Even Professor Wei Zhengru from the outside hospital, and several colleagues and friends from the Health Bureau and the CDC, all spoke very highly of Zhou Can.
That was enough to show that Zhou Can’s ability was extraordinary.
"There’s a nurse on my team who’s particularly impressive. While studying overseas she learned a lot of advanced nursing knowledge, and she’s also trained at multiple big hospitals in China. The fatherly love you’ve shown really moved me. Here’s what I’ll do: I’ll call and see if I can get that nurse to come over. With her help, your daughter’s postoperative survival rate will be a bit higher."
That nurse was the one real treasure on Zhou Can’s team.
Back then, he’d done a lot of work just to keep Jiang Wei.
"That’s wonderful! I really appreciate you taking so much trouble, Dr. Zhou."
Lin Jinzhi agreed repeatedly, and felt even more grateful toward Zhou Can.
Zhou Can made no secret of it and directly dialed Jiang Wei’s number in front of him.
The phone rang for a long time before it was picked up.
In the middle of the night like this, she was definitely sleeping soundly.
Frontline medical staff are already exhausted just from their shifts, and they often have to rush to the hospital in the middle of the night to resuscitate patients, so they never get enough sleep.
"Hello!"
A lazy, slightly groggy female voice came from the other end of the line.
"Jiang Wei, it’s me, Zhou Can!"
"Ah... Boss, it’s you! Sorry, I was sleeping too deeply, didn’t even look at the screen." Once she heard it was Zhou Can, more than half her sleepiness vanished on the spot.
"I’m the one who should apologize for disturbing your sleep in the middle of the night. There’s a little girl here who just had surgery, most likely an intestinal-type malignant tumor, and her condition is pretty bad. I know your nursing level is extremely high, and I want to ask you to come take a look at her and formulate a nutritional plan and nursing regimen. What do you think?"
"Since you’ve spoken, I’d go through fire and water if I had to!"
"It’s not convenient to get a cab so late, and it’s not safe for a girl to be out alone. I’ll come pick you up."
"Okay!"
She never stood on ceremony with Zhou Can.
Ever since he’d helped her get rid of the loan sharks and return to a normal life, she’d already regarded him as one of the people she trusted most.
...
Over fifty minutes later, Zhou Can brought Jiang Wei to the hospital.
Lin Aixi had just been transferred from the recovery room to the ICU not long before; she looked extremely weak.
Her dull eyes were slightly open, watching the medical staff busying themselves around her bed.
After examining her, Jiang Wei’s expression grew grave.
When they went to the break room, she said straight out, "This little girl’s condition is very bad. I’m afraid her chance of survival is under five percent. I can create a combination medication regimen and nutrition and nursing plan for her, but even then the survival rate still won’t exceed ten percent."
In clinical practice, whenever she estimated the survival rate of such critically ill patients, it almost always came true.
A survival chance under five percent was basically a death sentence.
"We’ll just do our best."
Zhou Can also was not optimistic about the girl’s prognosis.
Jiang Wei tailored a nutritional regimen and postoperative nursing plan for Lin Aixi. The actual implementation didn’t require her to personally provide the bedside care.
The next day, Zhou Can received news that Lin Aixi’s condition had taken a sharp turn for the worse; she developed abdominal pain, high fever, and signs of multi-organ failure.
His mood was heavy; that little girl might be about to leave this world very soon.
Another two days went by. On the fourth postoperative day, Lin Jinzhi called Zhou Can, sounding rather agitated.
"Dr. Zhou, I have good news for you. My daughter’s condition improved a bit today. When I went in to see her, the medical staff told me that her urine output had increased, and for the first time she said she wanted to eat something. Following the nutrition plan Jiang Wei put together, they made her some porridge; she drank about half a small bowl. Tell me, could a medical miracle be happening?"
After saying this, Lin Jinzhi asked again, a little uneasy.
"I hope a medical miracle does occur."
That was the answer Zhou Can gave.
There’s no point in lying to the family, but you also can’t shatter their confidence.
He could only respond in this tactful way.
Based on his clinical experience, when some critically ill patients suddenly show improvement, it’s often the rally before the final collapse.
At the very least, he felt it was very unlikely that a miracle would happen with Lin Aixi’s condition.
In the blink of an eye, another five days passed.
It was now the ninth day after Lin Aixi’s surgery, and Lin Jinzhi was calling Zhou Can almost every day to report his daughter’s condition.
He knew that Zhou Can’s work was extremely busy and that he might not have time to personally check on his daughter.
And Zhou Can was someone who didn’t fear power or status; unlike other doctors, he showed no fawning or flattery toward him, the big boss of the Health Bureau.
He simply treated him like an ordinary family member.
Precisely because of this, it made him feel that Zhou Can was especially genuine.
According to Zhou Can’s earlier assessment, it would be very hard for Lin Aixi to live longer than a week. But now she’d already lived two extra days, and from what Lin Jinzhi was reporting, her condition had actually been improving continuously in a way that defied belief.
This indicated that it wasn’t just the rally before death.
Because the ICU operates under sterile management, unrelated personnel, including medical staff from other departments in the same hospital, aren’t allowed to go in and see the patients at will.
Zhou Can could only learn about Lin Aixi’s condition through what Lin Jinzhi described, and by asking colleagues working in the Pediatric ICU.
On the tenth day, Director Tang Fei personally sent Zhou Can a WeChat message.
"Dr. Zhou, that little girl has been saved by you!"
Director Tang Fei even attached an animated sticker of a cheerful jumping figure.
It was obvious she was in a very good mood.
From the candid photos she sent, it could be seen that Lin Aixi had already been transferred to a regular ward. She looked completely different from ten days ago; her face even seemed to have a bit of color.
Of course, that might also have been the smartphone’s beauty filter.
These days, smartphones all come with automatic beautification for photos. And precisely because of their high-definition photo and video capability, they’ve basically knocked traditional cameras out of the game.
In the past, when people went traveling, many would hang a camera around their necks.
Now, aside from reporters and professional photography enthusiasts and workers, almost no one uses a camera anymore.
They all use their phones, which are more convenient and quicker.
After work, Zhou Can took Jiang Wei with him to visit Lin Aixi in the general ward.
Even he himself found it unbelievable.
A girl who had been as good as dead—how was she still alive?
This made him look at Jiang Wei with even more respect.
When the two of them entered the ward, Lin Jinzhi was sitting by the bed feeding his daughter warm boiled water.
When he saw Zhou Can arrive, he immediately stood up and warmly gripped Zhou Can’s hand.
"Dr. Zhou, thank you for saving my daughter’s life, thank you! I’ll never forget your great kindness as long as I live."
Having come so close to losing her made this Health Bureau boss cherish the present all the more.
"The real hero who saved your daughter is Nurse Jiang Wei. Without her nutritional support, her combined nursing regimen, and her recommendations on chemotherapy medication, I don’t think we would have seen this kind of medical miracle."
Zhou Can gave all the credit to Jiang Wei.