Healing Doctor

Chapter 561 The Enoki Mushroom That Greets You

Ji Xiang understood Director Zou's complaints.

Because he understands this, gastrointestinal surgery is not an option in Ji Xiang's consideration of his future.

Ji Xiang can accept being busy or tired during surgery in the middle of the night, but he finds it hard to accept cleaning up feces.

"Tell the patient to be careful after the surgery and be sure to observe them for at least 12 hours," Director Zou instructed before leaving.

Although this advice was useless, Director Zou, General Manager Wang of the Gastroenterology Department, and Ji Xiang all knew it.

However, Director Zou still left a medical order, although it was only a verbal instruction.

This is part of shifting blame; if a low-probability event occurs, Director Zou will also have something to say.

Ji Xiang secretly noted it down; this was all part of his clinical experience.

"Xiao Ji, working in gastrointestinal surgery is really tough, especially in the emergency room. We doctors aren't afraid of having a lot of emergency cases, but who wants to come in the middle of the night for emergency surgery, open up their abdomen, and then, oh dear, it's like they've done it themselves?"

Self-help... These were the words spoken by Deputy Director Zou.

"Oh, right." Ji Xiang didn't feel disgusted. He continued, following Director Zou's words, "Professor Zou, when I was doing my internship, my teacher told me about a patient he encountered."

Tell me about it.

"She is a young woman, not overweight, who is taking orlistat for weight loss."

"What kind of aesthetics are these days? Slurp~~~ Being a little chubby is fine, but why insist on losing weight and taking orlistat? Do you know how many side effects that stuff has?" Director Zou said disdainfully, sucking in his saliva.

"Yes, the patient took orlistat orally, and it seems she overdosed. After taking the medication, she felt refreshed and went out for a buffet."

"..."

Even the experienced Director Zou was taken aback when he heard Ji Xiang's words.

Ji Xiang's mention of self-help came from Director Zou's description; that's quite a quick reaction.

"My teacher in the gastroenterology department said that the patient had been leaking oily discharge, and he was probably panicking because of the excessive amount of oil, so he came to the hospital. When he took off his pants, his first impression was that there was too much oil, which might be a problem. But then a piece of enoki mushroom appeared. In my teacher's words, it was like seeing an enoki mushroom greeting him during the first physical examination."

"Damn!" Director Zou exclaimed.

"After the enoki mushrooms were laid out, it was clear what the girl had eaten that evening. Beef slices, crab sticks, shrimp paste..."

"Stop!" Director Zou frowned, slurped a mouthful of hot pot, and said sternly, "This is disgusting! Are you trying to ban me from eating hot pot again?"

"Ha." Ji Xiang laughed.

"At most, I see a hot pot feast in my stomach, and I pull it out handful by handful, along with blood clots. The blood clots are like blood tofu, mixed in with the hot pot seasoning. Sometimes when I eat hot pot and see a pot of things bubbling and boiling, it feels like I'm undergoing surgery."

"But what you're saying is disgusting. Xiao Ji, my stomach and intestines have been working for over twenty years, and that 'enoki mushroom' greeting you just gave me is the most disgusting thing I've ever done."

Despite saying that, Director Zou's expression remained unchanged.

We're all experienced drivers, so let's not try to disgust each other.

"Sometimes when it's my turn to work the emergency shift, I get a call in the middle of the night and have to rush over to perform surgery. I usually draw a lot first," said Director Zou while changing his clothes.

"Drawing lots? A twitching left eyelid means you're going to get rich, while a twitching right eyelid means screw that superstition?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Haha, it really was a lottery. I once performed an appendectomy for a Taoist priest, and he specifically asked me to do it, saying that after consulting the oracle, he was certain that I would have no problem with the surgery."

"Slurp~"

As Director Zou spoke, he became increasingly excited and proud.

"Amazing!" Ji Xiang gave a thumbs up. "And then, Teacher Zou, you learned how to use your hands?"

"He said he wanted to give me a banner, like it's a local custom. I refused, and instead asked for his fortune-telling container. He shakes it every time before I go to the emergency room for surgery, and it rattles and swirls."

"What if it's the worst possible draw?"

"Let's shake it one more time, until we get the best possible fortune." Director Zou glanced at Ji Xiang. "Or what?"

The hexagram Meng says: "The first divination is auspicious; the second and third are disrespectful, and if disrespectful, it will not be answered."

Ji Xiang swallowed his words, thinking that anything not being a top-tier fortune slip was just feudal superstition!

It's just about getting good luck; why should I care so much?

"Xiao Ji, there's nothing else to do. Go and familiarize yourself with our department's medical records. If anything happens, just call me." After chatting for a while, Director Zou changed his clothes and instructed Ji Xiang.

"Teacher Zou, I'd like to go see the post-operative patients," Ji Xiang suddenly said, seemingly out of the blue.

"Slurp~"

Director Zou was slightly taken aback.

However, he then smiled slightly. Young people like Ji Xiang were always the most meddlesome. After all, he was young, and he was curious about everything he saw in the clinic, always wanting to get involved in everything.

Director Zou didn't stop him; he just smiled and said that Ji Xiang would naturally change his mind after hitting a wall.

Now nothing I say matters.

"Teacher Zou, may I have a few words with the patient's family?" Ji Xiang asked.

"Go talk to them. As long as you don't say anything too outrageous, I'll take care of everything." Director Zou slung the pot over his shoulder.

Ji Xiang "consulted" Director Zou, changed his clothes, went out, and glanced around at the family members waiting at the door for the patient to come out.

"Wei Liangcheng's family!" Ji Xiang shouted.

"Here it is." Several middle-aged men gathered around.

They were all surprised to see that Ji Xiang was young. Although there was no disdain or contempt, their distrust was palpable.

"Hello, Wei Liangcheng's surgery is complete and went very smoothly," Ji Xiang stated clearly at the outset.

「胃内5个息肉都在0.3cmx0.3cm左右；结肠8个息肉，有7个是小息肉，0.2×0.3cm左右，最大的0.8cmX0.9cm，都做掉了。」

"Where is he? When will my dad be out?" a family member asked.

"It'll be quick. You'll be out once the anesthesia wears off," Ji Xiang said. "We recommend a 48-hour observation period after the surgery..."

Before Ji Xiang could finish speaking, the patient's family's attitude and demeanor changed drastically.

Their impatience was written all over their faces, and they made no attempt to hide it.

"Young doctor, at district-level hospitals, polyp removal is done and patients go straight home. Why does your prestigious First Affiliated Hospital require hospitalization for tests? Are you that short of money?"

"Yeah, I don't believe that the technical level of your First Affiliated Hospital is worse than that of the district hospital."

"There were too many people at the hospital, and my dad wasn't sleeping well. We went out for two hours of observation, and since he was fine, we went home."

When Ji Xiang heard the patient's family's account, he recalled the patient he had experienced who insisted on eating fatty meat to "moisten his intestines" during an intestinal obstruction, and he could only smile wryly.

Although it's not the same disease, the thoughts of patients and their families are quite similar.

"Uncle has quite a few polyps, and the largest one is almost 1cm. It's best to observe it further," Ji Xiang continued to explain.

When Director Fan saw Ji Xiang come out to talk to the patient's family, he didn't go up to him. Instead, he raised his hand to signal the film crew to start recording.

(End of this chapter)