Chapter 216 - Out of Sync (Part 3 of 5) (1/2)
As restless as he was, Zheng Ren obediently stayed in his single room for the next two days.
He spent most of his time sleeping and replenis.h.i.+ng his energy.
Su Yun did not show up for those two days, citing multiple meetups as an excuse. Zheng Ren let the fellow be. Aside from sleeping, he read novels and talked to Xie Yiren. He was living the life of a true nerd.
On the second day, they gave him another antibiotic drip. His fever had subsided and he felt much better.
He was still young, so a swift recovery was expected.
Cui Heming had been transferred out of the cardiology observation ward and Zheng Ren made the effort to visit and talk to him whenever he had the chance. Cui Heming’s recovery filled Zheng Ren’s heart with ease.
On the third day of Zheng Ren’s hospital stay, Department Chief Kong brought Professor Gu and Department Chief Bao to pay him a visit. Worried that Professor Gu might disagree with his judgment, Department Chief Kong dragged the chief of sports medicine along.
The congregation of department chiefs livened the atmosphere in the thoracic wing of the hospital.
A bewildered Zheng Ren was bombarded with questions from the old professors and department chiefs. What was going on?
Despite his frustration, Zheng Ren played the perfect patient and answered their questions.
He endured a few rounds of questioning, then decided to provide a comprehensive commentary on his own symptoms, recent developments and findings from several physical examinations. His answers matched standard ward round questions to a tee.
The sight of the fully-healed Zheng Ren relieved Professor Gu.
“How I wish every patient was as cooperative,” the chief of the sports science department said before leaving the room.
With Professor Gu’s approval, Zheng Ren was allowed to be discharged.
He turned to look around the hospital room—it felt like he had spent years in it.
“Little Zheng, I’m a.s.signing you five patients. Are you confident enough to take them all on?” Interventional Surgery Department Chief Kong asked stiffly.
“Confident?” Zheng Ren was confused.
To him, it was just a surgery. Confidence was not required. Perhaps Department Chief Kong felt paranoid and worried about mistakes during the embolization procedure.
“Yes. Are you confident you can repeat the procedure you did two days ago?” the department chief barked as he scowled at Zheng Ren.
“Every surgery is different.” How could he repeat the exact procedure? Every case had its own characteristics; why else would he need to perform retrograde reconstruction of 64-slice CT scans?
As the interventional surgery department chief in one of the most renowned Cla.s.s Three Grade A hospitals nationwide, he had to know this basic principle—every patient was unique.
How odd.
Zheng Ren and Department Chief Kong were on different ends of a path, each walking in the opposite direction.
Zheng Ren’s reply made Department Chief Kong’s heart stop.
If every surgery was different, did it mean that he would not be able to replicate the procedure?
If it was not replicable…
This had better not garner any bad press.
“Little Zheng, you’re still young. There will be many opportunities to come. Sometimes the quickest route to success may not be the most sustainable one,” Department Chief Kong advised earnestly.
“Em, okay,” Zheng Ren answered to placate the department chief, although he was not sure what the man meant.
Seeing Zheng Ren’s serene expression, Department Chief Kong sighed. Although he did not want Zheng Ren to perform the surgery, a part of him was curious as to how the young man would fare.
Department Chief Kong decided that all he could do was to maintain proper surveillance to ensure that there was nothing fishy about the procedure. He would interfere and stop the surgery if anything looked off.
“What preparations will you need?”
“Standard admission check-ups, along with contrast-enhanced MRI. The 64-slice CT scan must be done in this hospital and I want to personally handle the retrograde reconstruction.”