Chapter 297
At the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center .
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The sun reached into the meeting room, illuminating its interior .
Fresh air blew through the two open windows .
The gentle morning sun felt as if a pretty woman’s chiffon dress had just caressed their skin, causing some to have the urge to grab it with their hands .
Everything looked incredibly beautiful, except for Damon’s sad face and the tears streaming down his face .
The phrase ‘two streams of tears’ was commonly heard among Chinese . But not everyone had seen someone cry streams of tears before . Shedding a few tears, yes . Crying nonstop with unbroken streams from the eyes? No .
The doctors from the Orthopedic and Sports Medicine Center had seen many things . However, it was still slightly surprising for them to witness the White South African, Damon’s tears flow down in neverending streams .
There was already a small water puddle on the coffee table before him . It was as if someone had spilled tea on it .
“I… am sorry… I really can’t hold it… Doctor Morris… sob…” Damon cried until he started to twitch .
Doctor Morris comforted him while feeling a little awkward . “Damon, Damon, it’s alright . Please don’t worry, everything is under control…”
“I… I know . I just can’t help it…” Damon wiped off his tears and flicked his hand . They were surprised to see an actual splash of reflective crystals fly through the air . They dropped on the floor like water pearls before they produced a small splash .
“Damon, it’s just a simple surgery…”
“I know… sob…”
“This is the world-leading Achilles tendon repair team . You should be happy that you can get the best treatment …”
“I know… sob…”
“Damon, surgical treatment is the best way . You are willing to receive the surgical treatment, right?”
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“Yes… I do… Hic…”
All Chinese doctors in the room looked at each other at a loss . If watching this muscular white athlete with a good body figure crying was something funny in the beginning, now, his crying just caused them headaches .
He was basically crying all the time .
“Damon, are you in pain?” asked Ji Tianlu .
The interpreter passed the message to Damon before translating what Damon said, “I’m not in pain . I just… I don’t know…”
“Can we start?” Ling Ran had sat down in boredom for at least ten minutes . Although he had just witnessed a miracle of anthropology, it was still… very boring .
Damon raised his head in a dazes and looked at Ling Ran . Then, he cried again .
“This is your MRI scan . ” Ling Ran was characteristically stoic, and he was also highly immune to tears . Some men could be easily controlled by women’s tears, but Ling Ran was definitely not one of them .
After all, he was a who watched how his father, Ling Jiezhou was voluntarily controlled by his mother, Tao Ping’s tears .
As for a man’s tears? They were not worth any money .
Ling Ran knocked on the LED panel and said in a tone as if he was about to announce the grand finale, “We’re going to have to perform the preoperative analysis either way . Let’s start . ”
The medical records in China for patients required the doctors to fill in details such as preoperative discussions, preoperative analyses and preoperative consultation . But there were not many hospitals that followed the procedure, especially when it came to medical records of a patient who received a department’s main surgical method, because those were usually performed according to the standard plans, and hence, there was no meaning and value to analyse and discuss the patient’s condition .
The few cases which needed preoperative discussions usually meant that the patient had complicated conditions, and high risks were involved in the surgery .
They had performed a preoperative analysis for Damon’s Achilles tendon repair because he came all the way from another country .
Ling Ran did not have many surgeries assigned to him right then, so he did not refuse to carry out the discussion . He just felt bored and urged them to start .
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Ji Tianlu cast a glance at Damon . He, too, felt that it was quite hard to appease Damon within a short period of time, so, he said, “Let’s start now . Ling Ran, please pay attention as well . Today, we are not here for an internal discussion . The main point of this discussion is that we have to introduce the situation to Mister Damon and Mister Morris, explain our surgical plan, and get their consent . ”
Zhu Tongyi nodded as he listened . He looked like a respectable, elderly man as he sat in the main seat . He said, “We can only carry out the surgery after obtaining their approval . This is the minimum requirement . ”
Although they have not come into contact for long, Zhu Tongyi knew Ling Ran quite well .
He knew that Ling Ran would only get serious and start thinking when a surgery was involved . The nerves in Ling Ran’s mind would not get stimulated when it came to other matters .
Ling Ran heard the main point in Zhu Tongyi’s words . He touched his chin and said, “I usually let Lu Wenbin get the signature for the informed consent form . ”
He then turned his sight to Yu Yuan .
Yu Yuan showed an awkward but polite smile, and she used her hands to push her black-framed glasses .
“Sob, sob…” Damon’s tears had yet to stop . With the added sound effects, he became the center of attention again .
“Damon!” Doctor Morris showed an inquiring expression .
Damon whimpered and said, “He said my MRI…”
“Your MRI is totally fine . ” Ling Ran understood Damon this time . He replied in English . He then said in Mandarin, “The only thing we need to consider now is the questions about the details . ”
“What questions?” Damon inquired straight away .
“First, do you want to reinforce your sutures?” Ling Ran pointed at the rupture on the MRI scan and said, “The benefit of reinforcement is that it will secure the sutures . But it can also result in secondary injury, and it will slow down recovery . ”
“Secure or slow down recovery?” Damon repeated, and bigger tears could be seen on his face .
Doctor Morris coughed and said, “What is the possibility of the secondary damage? How great is the delay on recovery?”
Everyone looked at Ling Ran . This was obviously a crucial question, and among all the people in the room, only Ling Ran had truly performed Plan A before .
Ling Ran pondered and said, “I don’t know . ”
“NOOO?” Damon wailed with an exaggerated expression .
“I have no idea,” Ling Ran said with certainty, “I have no patients who suffered from secondary damages or had a delay in their recovery after receiving reinforced sutures . But because the sample size is too small, so I can’t just say the possibility is zero . ”
The group of people listened to the translation before they stared at each other at a loss .
Damon stopped crying and asked, “What about my surgery?”
Ling Ran kept a straight face and said, “There were still be some risks . ”
Damon looked at Morris pitifully .
Doctor Morris nodded gently and said, “I will recommend reinforced sutures . But you own the right to choose . ”
Damon wiped off his tears . “Then, I’ll choose reinforced sutures . ”
“Okay . But I have to inform you beforehand . If we find out that your Achilles tendon is not suitable for reinforced sutures, I’ll use another suture method . ” Ling Ran still had a straight face on . He was unlike other doctors who looked friendly and kind .
Damon, on the other hand, became more confident with Ling Ran . He narrowed his eyes, and a few more drops of tears flowed out . He said, “As long my Achilles tendon can recover, I’m okay with any method . ”
“I understand . Wipe off your tears . ” Ling Ran felt uncomfortable watching him cry . He passed some tissues to Damon .
“I’ve always been a person who cries easily . ” Damon took the tissues, wiped off his tears, and blew his nose .
Ling Ran could not help but said, “You can consult the Ophthalmology Department after this . ”
“Okay, thank you, Doctor Ling . ”
Right after Damon finished speaking, a beep was heard .
A Treasure Chest appeared in front of Ling Ran, along with the notification that he received the chest because of Sincere Gratitude .
Ling Ran could not help but be stunned .
He received a Sincere Gratitude Treasure Chest just like that?
Could this… be counted as a red envelope before the surgery? Were all South African people so… courteous?
And it was a red envelope that he could not find it in himself to reject!
Ling Ran subconsciously opened the Basic Treasure Chest in front of him . He saw a brilliant light, and a bottle—
Wrong . It was a skill book that appeared:
[Experience in Regional Anatomical Dissection: Gained the experience of dissecting one hundred feet . ]
Ling Ran swung his hand and used the regional anatomical dissection experience book . He also took the chance to look at Damon’s left leg .
Previously, he received the experience of dissecting three thousand upper limbs from an Intermediate Treasure Chest . Compared to one hundred foot anatomical dissections, the experience he had on the upper limbs was thirty times higher . Because of it, the coverage was also wider .
However, it was incredibly difficult to get the experience of dissecting feet one hundred times these days .
If a doctor were not in a research department, did not lead any big projects, and did not get any support from good platforms, it would be difficult for him to find one-hundred dead bodies . Even if he wanted to look for feet alone, it was still very difficult .
Ling Ran could not help but took a look at Damon . It should be said that this was the easiest Sincere Gratitude he had ever received . The item he received was also very suitable to be used in this very surgery .
Yet, Damon was frightened by Ling Ran’s staring . The tears that had just stopped started to flow out quietly again .