Chapter 2705: with translation of chapter title

2607.2508 Do not tranquilize (Alliance Leader Yanshang Cangyue extra chapter 4)

Zheng Ren first told Wen Xiaonuan the Shou Bing was very successful, then he explained the procedure. Seeing her slightly tense expression, Zheng Ren also knew that mere verbal comfort was ineffective.

Only when Xiao Shitou was steadily transferred out of the ICU could Wen Xiaonuan feel relieved.

There were still patients in the ward needing Shou Bing today, and Zheng Ren didn't chat with her much, hurrying off to perform the Shou Bing.

The next day, early in the morning, Zheng Ren had just arrived at the Hospital, standing by the ICU bed when he just saw Xiao Shitou, and his phone rang.

"Director Luo, you're looking for me this early—what's up?" Zheng Ren said with a smile.

Xiao Shitou hadn't been extubated yet, because the neck surgery was performed to prevent any capillary from rupturing and bleeding, causing a local hematoma that would compress the airway and ultimately lead to death, so the ventilator needs to be used for a period of time.

Zheng Ren answered Director Luo's call while monitoring Xiao Shitou's various vital signs; seeing they were stable as usual, he felt a slight joy.

"Oh, okay, I'm checking on a patient in the ICU; I'll be over shortly, please wait a moment." Zheng Ren said quickly.

"So early, what could Director Luo possibly have?" Su Yun asked, frowning.

"A patient who swallowed a fish bone… with the fish bone still attached, ate it in." Zheng Ren said, "The fish bone is pointing upward, lodged and cannot be removed."

"Can such a large segment be eaten?" Su Yun wasn't surprised; in the Hospital you see everything, this trivial matter isn't even worth mentioning.

Zheng Ren put his phone into the pocket of his White Coat and carefully examined every reading on the ventilator, monitor, and infusion pump.

A small hand moved in front of his eyes, and Zheng Ren looked at Xiao Shitou.

Seeing him slightly open his eyes, he gave a light click twice.

"Lie still; in another 2–3 days you'll be able to have the tube removed and speak." Zheng Ren said softly.

But Xiao Shitou slightly shook his head and gave his eyes another two clicks.

Because a tube is inserted in the airway, even if he tries to speak, he can only produce meaningless sounds. Moreover, doing so increases airway resistance, triggering the ventilator alarm, and the medical staff must then take appropriate measures.

Zheng Ren felt somewhat puzzled; he quickly recalled all the numbers, Xiao Shitou's Shou Bing was very successful, and the Scholar's ability increasing the 10% Shou Bing completion rate played a crucial role.

His recovery is faster than that of a patient with 100% Shou Bing completion!

There must be no problem—what is Xiao Shitou doing? Normally, post-Shou Bing patients with ventilator-assisted breathing issues are mostly due to phlegm blocking the airway, causing breathing difficulty.

Just a glance showed the ventilator's values very steady and normal, not like there was a large amount of phlegm in the airway.

But Zheng Ren still took out a ballpoint pen from his pocket and waved it at Xiao Shitou.

Xiao Shitou strained to show a faint smile, indicating that was his meaning. However, with a tube inserted in his mouth, his expression was somewhat stiff.

He handed the ballpoint pen to him, took an A4 sheet, and Zheng Ren then found something to place underneath as a pad.

A thin, withered hand holding the ballpoint pen began to write distorted, misshapen characters on the A4 paper.

Post-Shou Bing weakness plus an Uncomfortable posture, Zheng Ren has seen many people use writing after Shou Bing to express their thoughts, but only half succeed; and such success mostly relies on guesswork.

A patient lying in the hospital bed is like a toddler learning to talk, as if life were starting over.

【Do not tranquilize】

Xiao Shitou wrote these four characters on the A4 paper, then put down the pen. These simple four words had exhausted all his strength.

Zheng Ren first stared, the Shou Bing went well, did he himself look calm? Or… no, could it be about not using tranquilizing medication?

Tube tolerance is a major issue.

There is a foreign body in the respiratory tract; when the patient awakens from general anesthesia, they naturally fall into a near-death state. Of course, this near-death state is merely imagined in the hazy condition before the anesthetic drugs are fully metabolized.

However, many patients, even after being fully awake, cannot tolerate having a tube inserted in their respiratory tract.

Zheng Ren then recalled an incident in the Operating Room where he encountered a rather corrupt anesthesiologist who drove a car straight up into the air.

"Shitou, are you not being given tranquilizer?" Su Yun asked from the side.

Upon hearing Su Yun's words, Zheng Ren immediately cast aside his distracting thoughts.

Xiao Shitou blinked, indicating that was the case.

"Can you tolerate it?" Zheng Ren asked.

This time Xiao Shitou made no movement; he simply lay obediently in the hospital bed, his limbs' muscles beginning to relax, the ventilator and monitor readings normal, with only the sound of the machines running and no sharp alarm.

He was using concrete action to show there would be no problem.

"Alright, then no tranquilizer." Zheng Ren said at Xiao Shitou's bedside: "The Shou Bing was very successful; estimated in another 48 hours the tube can be removed and he transferred back to a regular ward."

Xiao Shitou opened his eyes and slightly raised his left hand. The fingertip still had the clip of the oxygen saturation monitor attached, connected by a line.

Zheng Ren didn't bump fists with him, but instead grasped his cold little hand, saying: "Rest well; I'll come see you after I finish my Shou Bing this morning."

The cold little hand moved in Zheng Ren's hand, and Zheng Ren then gave a few precautions to the ICU's Inpatient Chief on duty before leaving the ICU.

"Shitou's not bad, your Shou Bing… Boss, I feel he's recovering faster than I imagined." Su Yun asked.

"Because you're coordinating the table well." Zheng Ren brushed off casually.

"Right, I think the same." Su Yun laughed: "Abroad, basically all major Shou Bing procedures only need two people on stage. Your Shou Bing is very wise, you didn't bring in anyone else. The two of us doing it is more than enough."

Zheng Ren felt somewhat surprised, wondering if he was really serious, or just making casual conversation.

However, whatever Su Yun was thinking, Zheng Ren wasn't really taking it to heart; his mind began to ponder the patient Director Luo mentioned.

"The fish bone is lodged in the esophagus; the patient on Director Luo's side is quite troublesome." Zheng Ren said.

"Certainly, Mao Chi, Director Mao, when eating fish bones, has to dry them and grind them into powder before use. This time he swallowed them directly; what do you think is going on?"

It could be deep-fried small fish that he ate straight away without chewing thoroughly.

"Yo, Boss, you actually know about deep-fried fish?" Su Yun said while taking off his sterile gown: "I always thought you, old sir, don't eat earthly food, lofty above, looking down on the mortal world."

"Don't spout nonsense; listening to Director Luo's meaning, there are barbs, the fish bone has already been caught, but it cannot be pulled out of the esophagus."

"Surely, the esophageal wall is that thick; as long as one's mind is sound, no violent maneuver will be done. One slip, and what comes out first might not be the fish bone." Su Yun blew a breath, his black forehead hair fluttering, "A mouthful of blood would spurt out along the gastroscope, leaving the person no chance at rescue."