Healing Doctor

Chapter 144 A Different Patient

"The head of the urology department will be here shortly, please wait a moment."

"Okay," Ji Xiang said calmly, as if he had been planning this for a long time.

Anyway, I've already said it, so let's just leave it at that this time, this time I'll just empathize with you. Ji Xiang thought to himself.

Soon, the head of the urology department took him to a consultation room and had a detailed talk with Ji Xiang.

"Director, I'm not a medical malpractice activist, and medical malpractice activists don't cause tumors, do they?" Ji Xiang had already thought things through, and he directly stated his meaning.

"In today's society, there's hardly any trust between people," the head of the urology department sighed. "For example, a while ago, Professor Wang Defeng of Fudan University was reported for smoking. One of our doctors used to study in Shanghai and often audited Professor Wang Defeng's classes."

"His class has a rule that students in the first three rows must bring their own masks. Ugh, what do you think?"

"Doctor, I'm just an ordinary patient. My only concern is getting treatment." Ji Xiang continued to explain, "First of all, kidney cancer is a slow-onset cancer, and it can occur bilaterally, so partial nephrectomy is necessary."

Ji Xiang paused for a moment after saying this.

"Director, is our hospital, or rather you, technically capable enough?"

"Well……"

Even the most experienced doctor would hesitate when asked this question.

"I asked the wrong question," Ji Xiang smiled. "Director, let me ask again. How many cases have you handled?"

"More than five hundred."

"That's good," Ji Xiang said with a smile. "My second question is, how is the interventional radiology department at our hospital?"

The head of urology's eyes lit up. "No problem! I've maintained close contact with the urology department specifically to enable partial nephrectomy!"

"That's good." Ji Xiang said frankly in front of his "lover," "Life and death are predestined, and no one can guarantee that the surgery will be 100% successful. Then I'll have to trouble you, Director, to take good care of it."

"Any other requests?" The head of the urology department showed the utmost respect to this "knowledgeable" patient.

"That's all, Director," Ji Xiang said.

"Are you a doctor?"

"No, a friend of mine had a similar surgery, but because he couldn't find an interventional surgeon to stop the bleeding, he had to have one kidney removed. He had to have the surgery twice, which was very painful. And the following year, a tumor grew in his other kidney, which was particularly difficult to treat."

"Because I've been through it, I know a little bit about it."

"There are other complications as well."

"Complications will definitely exist, but these two points are the most important," Ji Xiang said firmly.

"Alright, since you trust me, go ahead with the surgery."

The head of the urology department issued an inpatient admission slip and admitted Ji Xiang to the hospital.

He had never treated such a "clear-headed" patient before, and this was a novel experience for him.

Back home, Ji Xiang cooked a meal himself, and in the evening he and his wife drank three liang (approximately 150ml) of Laojiao liquor.

He comforted himself by saying he had many "lovers".

The patient was very calm, but his "lover" and child were very anxious, and Ji Xiang also felt that something was wrong.

He was admitted to the hospital for examination and underwent surgery three days later.

Ji Xiang lay on the operating table, the light from the shadowless lamp was bright, yet somewhat cold.

Everything went smoothly, and Ji Xiang knew that the system NPC was worried that he couldn't bear the pressure of the malignant tumor, so it made the empathy more difficult.

Otherwise, even a case of laziness can spread throughout the body.

The transfer won't kill you immediately; you'll slowly die from the stress.

However, this time the empathy was different from before. Ji Xiang recently reflected on it carefully and discovered why he was so at ease.

Firstly, the survival rate after surgery is as high as 95% for more than 5 years. As long as it is detected, diagnosed and treated early, there will be no problems.

The system NPCs arranged physical examinations to detect problems early and reduce the difficulty.

Secondly, I knew all the key points and didn't dwell on postoperative metastasis. Instead, I insisted on partial nephrectomy and inquired about the level of interventional surgery.

Knowing all this, the empathy I felt this time became quite ordinary.

The anesthetic took effect, and Ji Xiang took a nap.

When Ji Xiang fully woke up, he was already lying in the ward. His incision was a little painful. Ji Xiang pressed the pain pump himself and asked for an intravenous injection of morphine.

However, it would be an exaggeration to say that nothing was wrong. Ji Xiang had various instruments attached to his body, and many bags of fluid were hanging on the IV stand. He was sweating profusely.

Under the influence of the pain pump and morphine, I didn't feel any pain, but I was very irritable. The night after the surgery was truly agonizing; Ji Xiang's "lover" kept wiping his sweat and constantly moistening his lips with cotton swabs.

Ji Xiang felt that the bed sheet was completely soaked, and there must be a human figure reflected in it.

He dozed off in the middle of the night and felt much better when he woke up the next morning.

Although it was a partial nephrectomy, it was still an endoscopic surgery, so the trauma was not significant.

Ji Xiang was able to get out of bed and move around the next day, and was discharged from the hospital five days later, just like a normal person.

After the surgery, Ji Xiang was not overly anxious or nervous. Instead, he told his "lover" to keep an eye on his blood pressure and to take him to the hospital immediately if he lost consciousness.

This period has been quite difficult. I don't know if it's because the system NPCs lowered the difficulty of empathizing or because I am a doctor myself and understand the key points. In addition, my luck is relatively high, and I haven't experienced any postoperative bleeding.

Three months after the surgery, during a follow-up examination, Ji Xiang's "lover" was trembling as she held the report.

"What's wrong? Let me see." Ji Xiang asked her for the report.

Could it be that the surgery wasn't done properly? Ji Xiang was somewhat puzzled.

The report stated that the left kidney was irregular in shape, with linear dense shadows visible at the edges and cord-like shadows visible around the kidney.

The right kidney showed no obvious abnormalities. The liver, spleen, and pancreas also showed no obvious abnormalities. The gallbladder was slightly underfilled. The stomach was underfilled, and the intestines showed no obvious dilation. No significantly enlarged lymph nodes were seen around the abdominal aorta.

"It's nothing, why are you so nervous?" Ji Xiang asked.

"You said it's a dense, linear shadow, could it be a tumor?" Ji Xiang's "lover" asked.

"No, it's just a surgical scar." Ji Xiang smiled. "The surgery was very clean. Look at the end."

His finger pointed to the last words on the report—no significant changes compared to the previous one.

"It's alright, don't worry."

After Ji Xiang finished speaking, the light and shadow flickered, and he returned to the system operating room.

"Teacher, I'm back." Ji Xiang suddenly felt that what he had done was inappropriate, and was afraid that the system NPC would be angry, so he was a little uneasy.

"good."

Unexpectedly, the system NPC gave Ji Xiang an "excellent" rating.

"good?"

"Of course, your choices, your communication with the doctor, and your post-operative precautions have all been excellent," the system NPC said. "It was a low-grade malignant tumor, discovered during a routine checkup, making metastasis unlikely. You've done everything you could; do I need to say anything more?"

Ji Xiang grinned.

"If only all patients were like you."

"Yes, teacher."

"Yes, I will." The system NPC nodded, hands behind his back and hunched over. "Go back and rest."

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Wishing you a successful surgery, and hoping it goes as smoothly as Dr. Ji's.

(End of this chapter)