Chapter 497: I Have Also Had Surgery

"Zhao Yisheng, what are you thinking about?" Zhai Yuhan asked.

"General Manager Zhai, Ji Yisheng Xiang... I just feel like something is off about him today," Zhao Zhe said, puzzled.

"Off?" Zhai Yuhan tensed up instantly.

Ji Xiang was a "troublemaker" who could always stir up waves on flat ground, often causing issues in corners no one noticed.

Coupled with Zhai Yuhan's complex inner thoughts, she felt she needed to be on guard against Ji Xiang.

Recalling the physical examination and consultation, Zhai Yuhan felt there were no issues, so she smiled, "Zhao Yisheng, what kind of problem do you think there could be?"

"It definitely isn't that the surgery went wrong; it's already been a month, and it was just a minor surgery like a cholecystectomy." Zhao Zhe looked honest and simple, but he was actually cunning; in an instant, he guessed what Zhai Yuhan had been thinking about during her moment of silence.

"Ji Yisheng Xiang's greatest strength is that he understands patients very well. Actually, I don't know why he knows so much either. When we were at the Second Affiliated Hospital, I once heard him talking to a patient with a Clavicle Fracture; as they talked, the patient started crying, hugging Ji Yisheng Xiang's arm, closer than their own kin."

"Ah?!"

"Ji Yisheng Xiang said he had also fractured a bone, lying on the road in winter, lonely and helpless, and the doctor thought his condition was minor and didn't get him into the 120 ambulance right away. The way he told it, even I felt a sting in my nose."

"He has also fractured a bone?" Zhai Yuhan asked in surprise.

"No, I've seen him when we were changing clothes in the locker room before surgery; I didn't see any surgical scars on his clavicles, nor any fracture deformities." Zhao Zhe smiled, "Maybe this is just his ability; he can always put himself in the patient's shoes to consider things."

"Phew." Zhai Yuhan let out a breath; Zhao Zhe's words just now had given her a scare.

Suddenly, Zhai Yuhan remembered something, "Zhao Yisheng, has Ji Xiang ever had a cholecystectomy?"

"No, he hasn't." Zhao Zhe had watched the previous episodes of the program and knew what Zhai Yuhan meant, "Ji Yisheng Xiang rarely lies in his daily life, but when he communicates with patients, he has no filter. When we perform surgeries, he's the one who drives the fastest."

"..." Zhai Yuhan sighed.

Previously, when Ji Xiang communicated with the patient who had undergone a cholecystectomy, she had always assumed he had undergone the surgery himself.

Ji Xiang didn't just fool the patient; he even fooled her, that scoundrel!

He didn't even blink when lying!

"Maybe Ji Yisheng Xiang felt the patient was uncomfortable and wanted to urge them to go for an examination quickly so they would suffer less. It's just me overthinking, overthinking," Zhao Zhe speculated.

He wasn't telling the truth either; Ji Xiang keeping him behind just now definitely meant something else. It was just that Zhao Zhe couldn't guess it for the moment.

Twenty minutes later, Zhao Zhe's phone rang.

"Zhao Ge, tell Teacher Zhai that the patient's liver and gallbladder are fine. Help me ask her how many Titanium Clips were used during the surgery."

"General Manager Zhai, Ji Yisheng Xiang is asking how many Titanium Clips were used during the surgery."

"Titanium Clips?" Zhai Yuhan was startled.

Does this thing have any significance?

The surgery was a cholecystectomy; the Titanium Clips were definitely placed on the Cystic Duct and the Cystic Artery.

Regardless of which one it was, it seemed to have nothing to do with Gastrointestinal Bleeding.

"I forgot." Zhai Yuhan couldn't recall a specific surgery from a month ago at all, so she said casually.

Zhao Zhe frowned, but he didn't express his dissatisfaction; instead, he covered the phone and walked out to communicate with Ji Xiang.

Meddlesome, Zhai Yuhan felt disdain.

Even if her judgment that the patient had a Delayed Stress Ulcer wasn't necessarily correct, it certainly had no direct connection to the surgery.

The liver and gallbladder area is a hundred thousand miles away from the intestinal tract.

Although she thought this, Zhai Yuhan did not express her unhappiness or show it on her face.

In just a few short days, Ji Xiang had still managed to conquer everyone at the Affiliated Hospital with his professional competence.

Forget it, let Ji Xiang toss and turn as he pleases.

Zhai Yuhan yawned, a silent hint to Zhao Zhe that she was sleepy, then got up to return to her Duty Room.

Zhao Zhe was also confused; he opened the computer, searched the Medical Record archives, and found 5 hospitalized patients according to the names Ji Xiang mentioned.

There were many patients with the same name, so Zhao Zhe found the Medical Record of a patient who had been hospitalized for surgery in the Hepatobiliary Surgery Department a month ago. After verifying the patient's age, name, medical history, and the attending doctor, he confirmed it was the right record and clicked in to find the surgical notes.

During the surgery, 1 medium Titanium Clip was placed on the Cystic Duct, and 2 medium Titanium Clips were placed on the Cystic Artery.

He dialed Ji Xiang and explained the surgical situation.

"Then I know, Zhao Ge. Hanging up now, I have something to take care of here." Ji Xiang hung up the phone.

3 Titanium Clips were used during the surgery, but only 2 were seen on the Ultrasound.

The problem should be, just as the system NPC said, right here.

"There's no problem with the gallbladder area." Ji Xiang pushed the wheelchair while communicating with the patient and the Family Member, "I'm taking you to the Digestive Medicine Department."

"Little Doctor, is it really Gastrointestinal Bleeding?" the Family Member asked, worried.

"It should be, after all, there's black stool, and it's been 3 days. If the stool were fresh red blood, the bleeding site might be lower. But if it's black..."

As he walked, Ji Xiang explained the common knowledge of upper and lower Gastrointestinal Bleeding to the Family Member.

"It's not fatal, is it?" the Family Member asked anxiously.

"It's fine, after all, you came to the hospital right away," Ji Xiang smiled, "It's just bleeding, don't worry. After I had my cholecystectomy, I had a similar situation."

"You? You've also had a cholecystectomy? You were the lead surgeon at such a young age!" the Family Member asked in surprise.

"No, no, no, I mean I was the patient, lying on the operating table being operated on."

The Family Member looked at this young Doctor in surprise.

Ji Xiang was so young; things like surgery seemed to have absolutely nothing to do with him.

"Sigh, don't mention it. When I was in college, I was playful and never ate breakfast, and as a result, I got Gallstones early on," Ji Xiang sighed, "The pain when the Gallstones flared up was unbearable; I couldn't even catch my breath, and I had to stay in one position without moving. If I moved, I felt like everything went black before my eyes."

"..."

What Ji Xiang described was exactly what the patient was feeling at the time; she tried to lift her head to look at Ji Xiang.

"But laparoscopic surgery doesn't cause much damage now. When my classmates sent me to the Affiliated Hospital, it was Friday, and by Sunday, I was already running off to an internet cafe to play. On Monday morning, there was a big ward round, and I played until past seven before jogging all the way back to the ward."

"You... how could you run right after surgery." The Family Member's favor for Ji Xiang increased greatly; hearing him say this, they complained as if complaining about their own child.

"Playful, immature," Ji Xiang sighed, "But about a month after the surgery, I started having black stool."

Hearing Ji Xiang mention black stools, both the Patient and the Family Member pricked up their ears.