Doctor Goes Back to Joseon

Chapter 18: Sword [2]

He then cut the side of the calf with the mess. As expected, red blood flowed out along with the cut.

“Painful?”

If the patient felt pain from the cut, he would not finish this operation. But fortunately, he did not have much feeling from the area.

“No.”

“If it is too painful, please do let me know.” It was one of the comments that doctors would always say.

‘Please tell me if you feel any pain.’

But, if he had said that it is painful, he did not have any other option to go to. The best things would be asking him to be more patient. But of course, the man did not know this fact.

“I will.”

He showed a calm face. It seemed that he was drowsy because of the effects of the narcotic analgesia. He soon fell asleep with a placid face. He must have a strong heart even though he had had narcotic analgesia.

Dolseok seemed frightened. He had seen a few operations by now and became accustomed to them, but this one was quite a big one.

“Euuuk”

“Be quiet and wipe the blood with gauze.”

“Yes, sir.”

Dolseok wiped blood with an unpleasant face.

“Do it quickly.”

“Yes, sir.”

It was already inflamed and swollen, so there were many bloody lesions. Blood flew even from the yellow fatty tissues. Naturally, it bothered him during the operation, and he scolded Dolseok.

“Don’t wipe it with a bloody gauze. If you do that, it is not wiping… it is adding more blood to it.”

“Sorry, sir.”

“Spare it. We do not have much gauze here. Save it.”

“What? Ok, I see.”

At this point, Dolseok did not know which instruction to follow. He could not help but pout his lips under the mask.

Ultimately, the operation went well, although the process was irritating. The skin was cut completely, and he could see the red flesh inside.

‘Ah, the blood is really bothersome.’

In the operation room, he could apply the electric rod to stop the blood. But, they had only gauze here. Therefore, there was no other method than injecting a vasoconstrictor.

The only thing was that even a vasoconstrictor was not sufficient under the circumstances.

But, he could not close it without treatment, and this was something he had expected before he had opened it anyway. But, when he finally opened it, the status was not really good.

‘Too thick muscles are yet another burden here.’

When pulling the broken leg hard, it was causing damage to the muscle.

“Let’s remove blood first. Dolseok, come and make it wide open.”

“Open?” The wound was already terrible, and he now ordered to open it further. Dolseok shuddered as he asked to confirm.

“I can do something only after it is wide open.”

“The cut leg?”

“Fellow, it is not cut off. The patient might hear you.”

“He is sleeping sound. He is even snoring.”

As Dolseok mentioned, the man was fast asleep.

‘Although he had narcotic analgesia and it has some sedation effect, he is really unbelievable.’

His courage and nerve made even Ganghyuk embarrassed.

‘It is good, anyway.’

It was 100 times better than him remaining awakened and making a fuss. So, Ganghyuk went back to scolding Dolseok.

“The patient is as calm as the ocean, so why are you making a fuss?”

“But, you are cutting the leg, and now…”

“You are making a very rude comment. Follow my order.”

“Yes, sir.”

Dolseok tried to open it wider while frowning.

‘Flush’

When room was created, the blood clogs accumulated inside gushed out.

“My goodness!”

Dolseok turned his face while running as far from it as possible. Ganghyuk shook his head as he dug his fingers inside.

There was fresh blood mixed with the old accumulated blood in there, which meant that the blood vessel was damaged. If he left him as it was, it was sure that the patient would die because of excessive bleeding.

‘I must hurry.’

He needed to find the point of bleeding. If not, it would be even more difficult later on.

“Where is it? Where?”

Considering the direction of bone breakage and where the fractures had gone, there were not many blood vessels that could be damaged. Among them, the vessels that could lead to such an extent of bleeding were two, and not just one.

‘It must be a vein in the back shin.’

If it were an artery, he would not have survived till now.

‘There is not much possibility of damaging the artery.’

Arteries were very firm, so it was not easy to break them with a sharp thing. But, veins were soft, and easily torn.

…Like in the present case.

Ganghyuk found the vessel which was losing the blood at the side. He blocked the tear with his fingers, causing the red blood pouring from it to stop.

“Dolseok, give me thread and needle. Hold the place with a hand only.”

“Yes, yes.”

It was said that human beings were animals of adaptation. Dolseok was already accustomed to the blood, so he looked much better.

Ganghyuk was satisfied with himself as he had found the damaged vessel in a single try.

“Good, you are good now.”

“Thank you, sir.”

“Yes… Pull it now.”

“Yes, yes.”

While Dolseok was pulling the wound, Ganghyuk stitched it up.

As the blood vessel was not that thin, it was not difficult to use the clinical skill on it. The light was weak, and the posture was not great; but still, it did not make any difference.

He was the best surgeon in Korea, so he could handle such small handicaps.

“Ok, we have now stopped the blood. It is the turn to locate the bone.”

“Can we do it?”

Even in Dolseok’s eyes, the bone was dislocated way too much. It was fortunate that there were two bones in the calf. If there were only one, the status would have been even worse.

“You must use your power.”

“Me?”

“Yes, you are better than me.”

“Eh?”

Dolseok looked at Ganghyuk with surprise. He could see the former’s muscles better as he took off the jacket for the operation.

Big shoulders and thick muscles, remarkably well-developed pectoral and back muscles… What was bigger in Dolseok was just the fat abdomen.

Hearing him, Dolseok looked at himself and then Ganghyuk alternatively for comparison.

“It is not fair, sir.”

“My muscles were developed in the gym, so I cannot use my full power if not in the fixed position.”

“Gym? What is that?”

“Anyway, mine is not a working muscle. It is like a balloon. It is only for sight, not for functionality.

“Balloon? You make up some strange things when you are in unfavorable situations, sir.”