Healing Doctor

Chapter 672 Neymar's Small Step, a Giant Leap for Sports Medicine

Neymar refused the doctor's help and tentatively stood up.

Surprisingly, it's very stable!

He shouldn't have felt any pain, a situation that even Neymar found quite surprising.

After regaining his footing, Neymar hesitated for a moment, and then hesitated for a long time before tentatively taking a small step forward.

Lin Jiuze's heart jumped into his throat.

Neymar's small step could very well be a giant leap for sports medicine.

He completely forgot about Zhao Dali.

With Neymar on the team, who would care about some unknown kid?

Neymar walked steadily, and after a few attempts, he began to try bending his knees and squatting.

"No!" Lin Jiu said subconsciously as he watched the video.

"It's nothing," Ji Xiang smiled. "I saw the MRI from back then, and the recovery is going quite well. Moderate knee bending and squatting won't put too much strain on the Achilles tendon."

Lin Jiu remained silent.

He knew Ji Xiang was right, but the facts presented before him were so unbelievable.

In the video, Neymar is making slight movements; he is testing the waters without engaging in any aggressive activity.

Neymar, having suffered from illness for a long time, has developed his own insights into various postoperative rehabilitation procedures.

It seemed like everything was fine. Lin Jiu then noticed the time on the video – the 11th day after the surgery.

Neymar was able to walk shortly after leaving the First Affiliated Hospital of Hangzhou Medical University.

The next video shows Neymar doing simple exercises on the equipment.

This time, Neymar didn't seem as anxious or cautious as in the first video; he appeared quite happy. This is likely due to a smooth recovery and a favorable MRI report.

After a few sets of exercises, the therapist and medical team called a halt, and Neymar didn't continue.

Recovery is not something that can be done overnight; it requires a slow and gradual process.

In the third video, Neymar has already come from the indoor gym to the football field.

He was a little excited, and he hopped lightly on the green ground.

"The recovery is going well, great," Ji Xiang concluded. "Brother Zhao, could you send an email to them to suggest speeding up the recovery process? No need to be so conservative."

"Okay." Zhao Zhe didn't question Ji Xiang's words at all; whatever Ji Xiang said went.

"Dr. Ji Xiang, can Neymar recover until he's 30?" Lin Jiu asked.

Ji Xiang looked at Lin Jiuze with a strange gaze, which startled Lin Jiuze for a moment.

Is your own problem strange?

"Neymar has suffered many injuries, and this isn't his first Achilles tendon injury. It would be good if he could recover to the condition he was in before the Achilles tendon injury. If he makes any progress, it's all because Neymar is lucky."

"..." Lin Jiu was sweating profusely.

How could I ask such an unrealistic question?

Dr. Ji Xiang performed surgery, not extraterrestrial technology to reverse aging.

"Today's surgery is very late," Ji Xiang muttered.

The interventional catheterization lab at the Second Affiliated Hospital is shared by several departments, and surgeries are scheduled in order. It's not like all surgeries for Ji Xiang are scheduled first.

If that were the case, the other department heads would be very unhappy.

"The United States is still more advanced," Ji Xiang said.

"Oh? Dr. Ji Xiang, what do you mean?" Lin Jiu asked.

"If this were in Massachusetts, I could donate a DSA machine for my own use. I could even name it myself, like Jixiang Medical Center."

"!!!" Lin Jiu was drenched in sweat.

A single DSA machine, not even the most advanced one, costs nearly ten million US dollars just for the one at the Second Affiliated Hospital.

Ji Xiang just donated like that? Just to make the surgery easier?

And naming it would cost more than that.

If it were someone else, Lin Jiu would think he knew nothing. But since it was Ji Xiang, he felt... it must be that he was the one who was shallow.

Lin Jiu sighed softly.

However, Ji Xiang only said one sentence, then found a place to sit down and started reading.

Lin Jiu repeatedly watched Neymar's recovery progress, including the MRI scan and several videos.

Lin Jiu concluded that, barring any unforeseen circumstances, Neymar would definitely be able to recover to his pre-Achilles tendon injury condition.

The surgery was so successful that Lin Jiu could hardly believe it.

"I'd be doing myself a disservice if I didn't write at least two papers," Lin Jiu thought to himself.

However, since Ji Xiang performed the surgery, I need to get Ji Xiang's permission before I can write my thesis.

But Lin Jiuze wasn't in a hurry. After they finished performing the renal embolization surgery and checking on the patients, Lin Jiuze looked for Ji Xiang again, but he was nowhere to be found.

"Where is Dr. Ji Xiang?" Lin Jiu asked Zhao Zhe.

"Dr. Meng Qingfei is on duty today. Xiao Ji should be in the emergency room by now," Zhao Zhe replied while writing the surgical record.

As a chatterbox, Zhao Zhe seemed to be a little quiet, and Lin Jiu felt that he had something else on his mind.

As expected, Lin Jiuze's judgment was spot on. Zhao Zhe then asked, "Dr. Lin, there's something I'd like to ask you."

"Say it, it's okay."

"It must be for writing a thesis," Lin Jiu thought to himself.

"Could you help me write the email to Neymar's team? I always get a headache when I email foreigners. My foreign language skills aren't good, and I have to look up words in the dictionary when I write it. Xiao Ji's English is good, but I can't just pass on the work assigned by the boss, can I?"

"Sure, no problem. Write down the details in a bit, and I'll translate them into English and send them to them." Lin Jiu looked at Zhao Zhe and then asked, "The surgery was so successful, I didn't expect it. Do you need me to describe it in more detail?"

"I've got it now. Before Zhao Dali performed the surgery, I felt that Dr. Ji would be able to complete it successfully."

"The surgery was so successful, I think we should write two papers about it," Lin Jiu said calmly.

Lin Jiu seemed to be speaking casually, but his gaze fell on Zhao Zhe as he spoke.

"Xiao Ji will be in charge of the thesis."

"..." Lin Jiu paused for a moment, "Did you write it? The format of foreign journals is different from that of domestic ones, I can..."

"I heard from Xiao Ji that the manuscript has been accepted by The Lancet and the European Journal of Sports Medicine and will be published in the next issue."

"!!!"

Lin Jiuze's eyes widened, like copper bells.

The Lancet has extremely rigorous peer review process; after all, it's a top-tier medical journal. How could the review be completed in the blink of an eye? That's impossible!

Even regarding Neymar's surgery and recovery, Lin Jiuzhe believes that at least a paper needs to be submitted and a conclusion can only be reached in three to five months.

"Zhao Zhe must be bragging," Lin Jiu thought to himself.

"Xiao Ji is still a little unhappy because the New England Journal of Medicine is taking so long to review his papers," Zhao Zhe said with a smile. "He originally wrote 12 different papers, but now more than a week has passed, and only two journals have decided to publish them."

"!!!"

"Xiao Ji said that we will cooperate more with these two magazines in the future, and the others will only be considered as alternatives."

That's incredibly arrogant! Lin Jiu didn't know if it was true or not.

(End of this chapter)