Chapter 327

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Protagonist:

Li Xiulan

The next morning at nine o'clock, Wang Zhanggen's surgery was to be performed.

The nurse had him change into surgical scrubs, then do a skin test, then receive anesthesia.

This surgery required general anesthesia.

When the anesthesia was administered, Wang Zhanggen asked the anesthesiologist, would he feel pain during the surgery?

The anesthesiologist smiled: "Rest assured, you won't feel anything, just like falling asleep, and when you wake up, your surgery will already be done. Now we're starting the anesthesia."

"Oh oh, really?"

Wang Zhanggen still doubted in his heart whether it could really be so miraculous?

Then he unknowingly fell into a deep sleep.

Anesthesia really was that miraculous.

The entire surgery took over three hours, and Wang Zhanggen felt not a bit of it.

When he was wheeled out of the operating room, his thyroid surgery was finished, a drainage tube was inserted at the wound, and he wore an oxygen mask over his mouth.

He had not yet woken from the anesthesia.

Li Xiulan, who had been anxiously waiting outside the operating room, saw Wang Zhanggen come out and hurried forward to ask:

"Doctor, how did the surgery go?"

The surgeon replied:

"The surgery was very successful, but the patient's thyroid lesion was too large, so we performed a total thyroidectomy on him. The removed thyroid has been sent for pathological examination, and the results will take about a week to come out."

"Total thyroidectomy?" Li Xiulan was stunned and confused, "What does that mean?"

Seeing Li Xiulan's strong reaction, the surgeon hurried to comfort her:

"Don't be nervous. Total thyroidectomy won't have major aftereffects; you'll just need to take Euthyrox from now on."

"What is Euthyrox?" Li Xiulan knew nothing about these things.

The surgeon patiently explained: "It's a medication that replaces thyroid hormone. After a total thyroidectomy, the body can't secrete this hormone, so it needs to be supplemented externally. Rest assured, Euthyrox is very cheap and available at pharmacies everywhere outside; a large bottle costs only twenty or thirty yuan."

"Oh oh, I see..." Li Xiulan was still confused.

The surgeon had already left in a hurry; he had another surgery to perform and was very busy.

Li Xiulan and a nurse together sent the not-yet-awake Wang Zhanggen back to the ward.

After a while, Wang Zhanggen finally woke up.

Wang Zhanggen felt dizzy and his head felt swollen; besides that, he also felt a vague pain coming from his neck.

He had no memory at all of the surgery period.

It was as if a fragment of his life was missing.

That sense of void even made Wang Zhanggen wonder if he had already died during the time under anesthesia.

Was death like the feeling of general anesthesia—nothing at all, feeling nothing, only a void?

After the anesthesia wore off a little, the pain in Wang Zhanggen's neck wound grew worse, but after passing the adjustment period, he soon began to recover. By five in the afternoon he could already get out of bed and move around, and at six he ate some light congee; he had recovered a lot of spirit.

In the evening when the surgeon came for rounds, he wrote a slip and had Li Xiulan go to a pharmacy outside the hospital to buy a medicine, saying that medicine could make the wound heal quickly and leave no scar; the hospital didn't have this medicine, so she needed to buy it at an outside pharmacy.

Li Xiulan didn't quite understand what was going on, but she still trusted the doctor and honestly took the slip to buy it at the outside pharmacy.

When she got to the pharmacy and paid, she learned that this small box of ointment, about as thick as a thumb and six or seven centimeters long, actually cost three hundred yuan.

Li Xiulan was somewhat surprised at the time; this medicine's outer packaging looked very much like Skin Ping, but Skin Ping only cost ten-plus yuan, and she never expected this to cost three hundred yuan.

Li Xiulan vaguely felt there was something fishy about this, but in the end she still chose to honestly pay and buy it.

She didn't want to cause trouble, and didn't dare to question the doctor. She was illiterate and understood nothing; whatever the doctor said, she did.

After all, they had already undergone a surgery costing over twenty thousand yuan; they couldn't just go make a scene at the hospital to save these three hundred yuan.

The next day, the doctor came to tell Li Xiulan that Wang Zhanggen could be discharged.

Li Xiulan was immediately somewhat surprised. They had just finished surgery yesterday, and they could be discharged today? Didn't they need to observe for a few more days?

But the doctor said this was a minor surgery, and they could be discharged once recovery was about the same; there was no need to stay in the hospital too long.

Li Xiulan said nothing more about this, because she and Wang Zhanggen actually also didn't want to stay in the hospital too long; the disinfectant smell in the ward was very unpleasant, and there were other patients in the ward, making eating, drinking, defecating, and urinating inconvenient.

Before discharge, the doctor called Li Xiulan over and instructed her with some words: have her bring Wang Zhanggen back to the hospital once a week to change the medicine on his neck wound; each time changing the medicine, she must bring that ointment bought at the outside pharmacy for three hundred yuan; only by applying that ointment could the wound heal quickly.

In addition, the doctor prescribed some oral medicines for Wang Zhanggen: Euthyrox, antibiotics, painkillers, vitamins, etc.

Euthyrox had to be taken every day thereafter; every morning upon waking, take one and a half tablets on an empty stomach before meals; the other medicines didn't need to be taken once the wound healed.

The doctor also instructed Wang Zhanggen to quit smoking and drinking, to keep a happy and cheerful mood; thyroid problems actually had a lot to do with emotions. Also, don't touch the wound on his neck with his hand, and don't lower his head to cover the wound; he should often raise his head and move his neck, so that when the wound healed, the skin wouldn't stick together, which would cause a pulling sensation on the neck even when raising his head.

Li Xiulan silently remembered the doctor's instructions, then took the slip the doctor prescribed to the pharmacy on the first floor of the hospital to get the medicine, then went to handle the discharge procedures. After finishing the discharge procedures, it was already noon; Li Xiulan took Wang Zhanggen out to eat some light noodles, then took the bus back to Shangou Village.

Back home, Li Xiulan then called Wang Dashan and told him that Wang Zhanggen had undergone thyroid surgery.

"Mom, such a big thing, why didn't you tell me earlier?"

When Wang Dashan received this news, he was first surprised, then somewhat angry.

"Mom, this isn't because I was afraid you'd worry and it would affect your work?" Li Xiulan explained like this, and then said: "Don't worry too much; it's just a minor surgery. Your dad has already been discharged and is back home."

Wang Dashan was silent for a moment, then asked:

"How much did the surgery cost?"

Li Xiulan said honestly:

"Not much, just over twenty thousand yuan. Cooperative Medical Care can reimburse part of it. When I have time I'll go to town to handle the reimbursement. After reimbursement, it should be around ten thousand plus."

Wang Dashan said:

"Second Brother and I will go back tomorrow."

Li Xiulan said:

"If you're busy with work, don't bother coming back, it's not that big a deal."

Wang Dashan said:

"We have to go back. You know Dad, he cares a lot about Face. If we don't go back for his surgery, he'll feel we're not giving him Face, and he might just hold a grudge in his heart."

Li Xiulan said:

"He didn't even let me tell you guys."

Wang Dashan gave a bitter laugh: "He says that, but actually he definitely wants us to go back. Don't I know what he's like?"

Blood is thicker than water, after all; Wang Dashan knew Wang Changgen's temperament inside out.

Wang Changgen said not to let his two sons come back to see him, but actually, in his heart he hoped more than anyone that Wang Dashan and Wang Erhai would hurry back to see him.

"Then when you come back, what about your Company?"

Li Xiulan asked with concern.

Wang Dashan said lightly:

"No problem, isn't Cousin still there? Just have Cousin help keep an eye on things."

But actually, he didn't trust his Cousin Wang Yaohua at all; he was just making an excuse so Li Xiulan wouldn't worry so much.

At this time, Wang Yaohua had already been at Shanhai Real Estate for over two months.

Never mind that he hadn't produced any results, he had even ruined several deals that originally had a chance to close.

Most importantly, he had committed a major workplace taboo...