Chapter 1256

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

In the blink of an eye, it was past six in the afternoon.

Wang Dashan ordered the hospital's rice and dishes; Wang Zhanggen had no appetite and stopped eating after a few bites.

Wang Dashan urged him to eat more, because after ten o'clock, even if he wanted to eat, he couldn't; but Wang Zhanggen simply couldn't swallow it down.

After twelve o'clock, Wang Zhanggen slept for a while, woke up, and said he was thirsty beyond bearing; Wang Dashan then said:

"How about we take advantage of when the nurse isn't paying attention and secretly give Dad a small sip of water? Anyway, there's still such a long time until tomorrow's surgery; it shouldn't matter."

Wang Xiaohua was at a loss whether to cry or laugh at this:

"Come on, the nurse's words — have you forgotten them completely?"

Wang Dashan, however, said:

"Just a small sip, no problem at all. Tomorrow, who knows when the surgery will even end? How long would he have to be thirsty for?"

Wang Xiaohua didn't want to say anything more.

If he wants to drink, let him drink; if he drinks, tomorrow's surgery gets cancelled, and then we can just go straight back to Shangou Village.

He couldn't be bothered to waste his breath on Wang Dashan.

He no longer had that patience.

Wang Erhai, however, still had patience; he came to persuade Wang Dashan:

"Big Brother, don't act recklessly. If because of this one small sip of water, Dad has an accident on the operating table, are you going to take responsibility?"

Once it came to making him take responsibility, Wang Dashan's attitude finally shifted slightly.

But he still muttered:

"Then what do we do? Being thirsty makes the mouth extremely uncomfortable."

Wang Erhai said:

"How about we have the nurse come give Dad some glucose IV? Glucose should be able to relieve the hunger and thirst."

Wang Xiaohua watched Wang Dashan from the side; for a moment, the feeling of disdain and loathing in his heart toward this big brother of his could be said to have reached its peak.

He couldn't understand, no matter how he thought, how his own big brother's level of cognition could be low to a hair-raising degree. He'd earned hundreds of thousands, for heaven's sake!

At the same time, he felt endless sorrow.

Because he not only saw through his own father's fate but was powerless to change anything.

He also saw through Wang Dashan and Du Xiaojuan's fate, yet still could change nothing.

Even this bit of family triviality cannot be changed; how much less changing the vast numbers of grassroots impoverished masses?

At that moment, even his own faith began to waver along with it.

That sense of powerlessness increased by several degrees.

The night was already deep; Wang Dashan, Wang Xiaohua, bringing Li Xiulan, checked into a nearby guesthouse.

Wang Erhai stayed behind to keep watch at the bedside.

Originally Wang Dashan wanted to personally keep watch at the bedside; Wang Xiaohua firmly disagreed — if he secretly gave Wang Zhanggen water in the middle of the night, or even let Wang Zhanggen eat something, what then?

Wang Erhai also voluntarily said he was willing to keep watch:

"Big Brother, you put up the money, I put in the effort; you can't possibly let me contribute nothing, right?"

Hearing this, Wang Dashan finally stopped insisting and agreed to let Wang Erhai stay and keep watch.

In the blink of an eye, it was the next morning; Wang Dashan, Wang Xiaohua, Li Xiulan, after eating breakfast, returned early to the inpatient department.

Around eight in the morning, the surgeon came to make rounds.

The surgeon's surname was Lin.

Doctor Lin arrived at Wang Zhanggen's bedside; the nurse, holding a notebook, gave Doctor Lin a detailed account of Wang Zhanggen's basic condition.

Doctor Lin nodded, furrowing his brow.

Then he said to Wang Dashan and the others:

"You're all the patient's family members, right? This surgery carries relatively high risk; do you all understand the risks involved?"

Wang Dashan hurriedly nodded:

"We understand. Before, a nurse explained it to us carefully for a long time!"

Doctor Lin nodded:

"From last night until now, the patient hasn't eaten or drunk anything, right?"

Wang Erhai hurriedly said:

"No, just gave a bit of glucose IV."

Doctor Lin then said:

"You're the first surgery today; the surgery time may be relatively long, so you'll need to wait patiently. Additionally, the three days post-op are the most critical time; as long as he gets through those three days post-op, things will be relatively safe after that."

Hearing this, Wang Dashan hurriedly said:

"Thank you, Doctor. Truly didn't expect you'd arrange my dad as the first surgery; thank you so much!"

Doctor Lin gave a dry hehe laugh, momentarily not knowing what to say.

The surgery order isn't decided by him personally; it's arranged by the difficulty level of the surgeries. Wang Zhanggen's surgery is the most difficult and highest-risk among the three he has to do today.

Naturally, it was arranged by the inpatient department as the first in order.

Because during the first surgery, whether it's the surgeon or the operating table nurses, they're often at their peak energy, allowing them to conduct the surgery relatively calmly and handle various emergencies.

Wang Dashan, however, mistakenly thought this was Doctor Lin giving their family special treatment, so he hurriedly expressed his thanks.

"If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me."

Doctor Lin spoke this sentence at this time.

Wang Dashan wanted to ask a few more questions, but discovered he didn't know what to ask for a moment.

He actually doesn't understand anything, so naturally he couldn't ask anything either.

In the end he could only squeeze out one question:

"Doctor, this surgery, roughly when will it end?"

Doctor Lin just said:

"Specifically I can't say; if fast, two or three hours; if slow, maybe five or six hours. Any other questions?"

"I have none. Second Brother, Third Brother, do you have anything to ask?"

Wang Erhai shook his head.

Wang Xiaohua was dumbstruck, with no reaction.

"Then I'll go make rounds. In a bit, just listen to the nurses' arrangements."

Doctor Lin and a group of Standardized Training Residents and nurses turned around and left.

Before long, a nurse came to call Wang Zhanggen, to make surgical preparations and go to the front Waiting Room to wait.

At this time Wang Zhanggen no longer had the strength to get out of bed himself, so he could only be wheeled over on a hospital bed.

Wang Zhanggen's emotions were actually quite stable.

Last night he was still having wild thoughts, but now he was much calmer instead.

After all, he had undergone other surgeries before, and knew that during surgery he would have no awareness at all; only when anesthesia was administered before surgery, as the anesthetic entered the back-of-hand vein, would it hurt for a few seconds, and then he would know nothing; by the time he woke up, the surgery would already be done.

Wang Zhanggen was wheeled into the Operating Room and onto the Operating Table.

Several nurses around him began bustling about him, and while bustling they chatted about relaxed topics — what to eat at noon, where to go on holiday — and also talked with Wang Zhanggen to ease his nervous emotions.

"Uncle, how many children do you have?"

"Three, three sons."

"Then you're really fortunate; so many people can't even envy that!"

"Exactly. My neighbor next door always wanted a son, but gave birth to three daughters in a row, and paid no small amount in over-quota birth fines!"

"Uncle, don't be nervous. When the anesthetic is given in a bit, your arm will hurt a little, but it's very quick, and you'll fall asleep. Uncle, are your sons all married?"

"All married, ah... it hurts..."

Wang Zhanggen began to feel the pain in his arm.

Getting anesthesia is nothing like TV dramas, where one falls asleep peacefully; rather, during those few seconds of drug entry, the whole arm hurts extremely badly.

【89】 However, it only hurt for a few seconds, and Wang Zhanggen lost consciousness.

However, after only a few seconds of pain, Wang Zhanggen lost consciousness.

Before long, the operating Doctor Lin came in.

He sighed:

"Ai, why did they throw this kind of patient to me again? This shouldn't be operated on at all, okay!"

"Doctor Lin, this was arranged by the Leader; you just do it, who cares!" a nurse said.

"I'm afraid the patient will lose both life and money, and then his family will come at me with a knife to settle accounts — that would be trouble for me! You also know, in recent years, doctor-patient relations have become increasingly tense... ai, I haven't offended the Leader, have I..."

A nurse said: "Doctor Lin, I heard this patient's eldest son strongly demanded the surgery, and said something about him not lacking money; who knows what the eldest son is thinking, just because he doesn't lack money, can he let the old man suffer like this..."

Another nurse said: "We operate by the book, leave no flaws; even if something happens we can stand tall! Doctor Lin, you say, right?"