"Why did you come out so quickly?" The child's mother, Linslet Smit, was shocked, didn't she say that eight or nine hours, or even ten hours, were possible?

"Doctor, did you come out to the bathroom? It must be, right? The child's father also thought of this question and quickly asked.

The doctor was stunned for a moment, and said what kind of toilet do I go to, I want to go to the toilet, and I can go inside!

This doctor was confused by these people, and he forgot his words a little, why did I come out?

I couldn't help coughing and straightened out my thoughts.

The child's mother, Linslete, suddenly raised her throat and cried out weakly, "If it's bad news, please don't say it." The tears flowed again.

Doctor: "......"

I patted my head, thought about it, and said in my heart, you were so shocked that you took me to the ditch, and hurriedly said: "No, no, I didn't come out to go to the toilet, I want to share a good news with you, that is, the baby's operation is very smooth, the first difficulty, and the most difficult level, has been passed!" Of course, the operation is not over yet, but it can be said that probably, probably, is out of danger. ”

He was afraid of causing another misunderstanding, so he finished it in one breath very fluently.

After saying that, he himself breathed a sigh of relief, and the families of the patients couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, Mr. Smit couldn't help but exclaim again: "Doctor, can you not use the words probably, approximately." It's so worrying! ”

The doctor shrugged: "The operation is not over yet, there are still risks, I can't talk too much." ”

In any case, this is really very good news, it is very morale-boosting, and the family members waiting outside the operating room and in the corridor are finally a little relaxed.

"Come on, honey, let's have a cup of coffee first, don't worry too much." Mr. Smit pushed his wife and walked to the rest area.

Before, they couldn't stay in the rest area, so they had to run to the door of the operating room and stand.

In the operating room, the follow-up "bomb disposal" work is being carried out in an orderly manner, and after Zhou Qiao did three of them, he handed over the operation to Murphy and Stephanie and let them take turns.

Don't look at the short operation time of each "bomb disposal", but this is an operation that other experts need for several hours, Zhou Qiao compressed it to more than thirty minutes, and the high intensity of it can be imagined. Even Zhou Qiao is a little unbearable, if there is no assistant, it is just a big deal, it is a big deal to exchange energy potions, and hold on, even do a dozen, more than twenty.

But isn't there a ready-made right-hand man now? It doesn't have to be in vain, it's also a chance for them to exercise.

As for the other doctors in the community hospital, they didn't have a chance to get started, they only had to observe.

About three hours later, all the "bombs" had been safely defused, and the operating room once again erupted in endless cheers.

This time, it was completely relaxed, as the results of the surgery were immediate.

This little baby, who is only 2800 grams, has a wrinkled, gray and bruised little face that has become ruddy, and his blood oxygen saturation has stabilized at about 97%.

Although he was transferred to a cardiac intensive care center, the baby cried after the endotracheal tube was removed.

This cry is full of life and strength, like a loud trumpet, which makes people rejoice and inspire!

If you are not afraid of a child crying, you are afraid that you will not be able to cry or your voice will be weak.

At this time, Stephanie found the child's mother again, Linslet Smit, and used superb psychological counseling skills to coax her to smile, and even took her to the intensive care room in person, through the glass window, so that she could see the baby's recovery.

Let the nurse inside put the microphone next to the baby's mouth, so that the mother outside the glass window can feel the power of the newborn's cry!

Linslet's eyes narrowed into crescent moons, and her teeth were brilliant: "Wow~, crying so loudly, does she want to drink milk?" I'm not ready yet! ”

She couldn't help but reach out and touch it, very ashamed.

In case the child comes out to drink milk, where will she get it? Do you continue to feed formula? Then she's a failure as a mother!

After experiencing the catastrophe of life and death, she felt very sorry for her daughter and wanted to have an intimate interaction with her. And the most intimate interaction between mother and daughter is breastfeeding.

Stephanie smiled and said, "I've been too nervous these days, so I didn't." I'll introduce you to a lactation booster to make sure the amount is sufficient. ”

"Thank you so much, Dr. Stephanie. How long will it take for the little grapes to be transferred to the general ward? Lynslet asked.

"At least for a week, she's too small. But even if you transfer out, you have to live in an incubator most of the time. But you can see her up close every day. ”

"Thank you, thank you. Thank you Dr. Chow for helping me too. The gratitude in Linslet's heart was stirring and high, and she pondered that she had to discuss with her husband how to thank Dr. Zhou.

Why don't you send flowers to their clinic.

After each operation, professional care after surgery is essential, and it is also very, very important, Zhou Qiao and they will also come to the ward every morning and evening to make rounds, according to the recovery situation, formulate follow-up medication and nursing services.

It's not that you don't care about the surgery, but compared to the process of surgery, because the quality of the surgery is good, the follow-up work is relatively less important.

At the experience sharing meeting, Zhou Qiao focused on explaining how to operate on the baby, as well as some small operation skills and strength control in the operation process, and the doctors in the community hospital benefited a lot.

The sun is shining, the spring is blooming, and Zhou Qiao is finally ready to get a driver's license.

This old man doesn't have a driver's license, and it's not a thing, is it?

It is actually easier to get a driver's license in the United States than in China. First of all, the written part is much simpler, and there are fewer questions, only 25 multiple-choice questions, and it is basically general knowledge.

Unless you haven't read a book before, or don't understand the traffic rules at all, most of them can be passed at once.

Since there are few Americans, you don't even need to make an appointment, go to the Locomotive Administration to take the test directly, and score it immediately. Get your license right away and practice driving on the road.

With Zhou Qiao's IQ, he passed with a full score.

Then, they went on the road to practice.

The place to pick is the scenic California Highway 1, the Western Pacific Coast Seaview Highway.

Elena and Ava drove a car, Murphy drove one, and Stephanie drove one.

Zhou Qiao practiced in this car for a while, and practiced in that car for a while, and he never got tired of it.

I have to say, Highway 1 is really good, along the Pacific coast, all the way forward, you can drive directly from San Francisco to Los Angeles. It's more than 1,000 kilometers long, and there are small California towns along the way.

Zhou Qiao used to drive this road in a speeding game, and now he drives in reality, which is more beautiful than the scenery in the computer!

When I went, because Zhou Qiao had to practice driving, he drove slowly, and when the sun set and the group returned, it was galloping.

Bathed in the orange sunshine of California and admiring the beautiful coastal landscape, the three female drivers, Ava, Murphy, and Stephanie, were simply competing in the mind, and one drove fiercer than the other.

It's a bit of a "Mad Max" road chase and desert drag racing feeling! It's a blast!

"Woo woo~~~" Just the sound of stepping on the accelerator is very blood-pumping.

At the beginning, it was Stephanie who overtook Murphy, with a little provocative, how could Murphy be convinced? surpassed Stephanie.

The two daughters competed. Seeing this, Ava also joined the battle group, and you chased after me, constantly overtaking and overtaking.

Zhou Qiao was in Ava's car, grabbing the handle, trembling.

"Ava, slow down, slow down!" Zhou Qiao kept shouting.

Ava: "Can't wait. No matter how slow it is, they will overtake it! ”

Then, he was really overtaken by Murphy and Stephanie.

"Whoosh~" "Whoosh~"

Ava was not convinced, and glared at Zhou Qiao: "It's all your fault!" ”

Then ignoring Zhou Qiao, as soon as he stepped on the accelerator, the Range Rover flew out again.

I went, and the feeling of pushing my back was so strong that Zhou Qiao was so frightened that he didn't dare to move.

Elena giggled, screamed and whistled along the way.

Zhou Qiao felt that he shouldn't add some points to the bodies of these four girls, how dare they play like this before adding some points? After adding a little more, everyone has a bit of "superwoman" potential.

is even more fierce than the beauties in "Mad Max 4".

However, the driving skills of several girls are really strong, which is not comparable to Zhou Qiao, a novice, and there was no danger all the way, and he returned to San Francisco smoothly. When they arrived in the city, there were more vehicles, and they only relented slightly.

As for traffic violations? It's okay, as long as you don't injure and kill people, ordinary violations are not worth mentioning.

Here in San Francisco, Zhou Qiao also got several police union cards, one for each girl.

Zhou Qiao, as a top famous doctor in California, a visiting professor at two well-known universities, and a good friend of Governor Hulk, and Luo Ya originally had a deep foundation here, so he didn't need to take the initiative to ask for it, so the police union took the initiative to send him this kind of card. And it's the highest level.

Of course, Zhou Qiao is not such an ignorant person, and he also donated a large amount of money to the police union as a return gift.

Gifts are still exchanged. Only correspondence can last long.

The police union's courtesy card was first popular in New York, but how could such a "so convenient" card be limited to one place? California is starting to follow suit.

This kind of etiquette card also has a hierarchy internally, and Zhou Qiao got a long-term valid golden VIP card, which has a nickname called "Exemption from Prison Card".

Zhou Qiao not only received this kind of golden VIP card, but also received several "golden badges", which can be attached to the windshield, so that he does not have to show the "Exemption from Prison Card" every time he is stopped by the police, that kind of card is suitable for large "violations", and this "gold badge" is suitable for small violations.

For example, if you don't want to wear a seatbelt in the city, and there is a gold badge on the windshield, the police will not come and stop you. Presenting the card is eliminated.

Zhou Qiao's road test was passed quickly, and the test items were nothing more than left turns, crossings, right turns, parking on slopes, controlling vehicle speed, parking on the side of the road, and so on. For Zhou Qiao, don't be too simple.

During the exam, some details should be exaggerated, which is common in both China and the United States, and sometimes if you don't show it obviously, the examiner will think that you didn't do it.

So, exaggerate the movements, wear a seatbelt when you get in the car, look around when you start the car, look left and right, front and back, look in the rearview mirror, turn on your turn signals when turning, and brake when you see a pedestrian in the distance...... Each action must be obvious and in place.

Of course, you don't have to do this when you drive, just pay attention to the corner of your eye, or just turn your head slightly, but isn't this an exam? It's for others to see!

The exam was passed, and the examiner gave a high score.

Get your driver's license on the same day and take back your learner's license at the same time.

Because Zhou Qiao got his driver's license, he bought two more cars for the clinic, one for himself, one for Ava, and the original Range Rover for Elena.

Murphy and Stephanie also have cars.

He plans to return to China next time, buy a car in his hometown, put it away, and put it in the yard as a furnishing, anyway, it won't cost a few dollars.

It's just that I've been busy with various things, and I don't know when I'll have a chance next time.

When Murphy and Stephanie heard about it, they said they would go with them next time.

If Zhou Qiao's mother saw her son bring back two foreign girls with different national colors and fragrances, she would probably be excited to death again and couldn't sleep in the middle of the night.

Of course, moving like a cunning rabbit and being quiet like a virgin, although Murphy, Stephanie, Elena and Ava like drag racing, they usually work hard, especially when they have surgery.

Even when they are racing, they are not in a hurry in their hearts, otherwise, they would have had an accident when they were racing at high speed.

Whether the driving skills are good or not, a good attitude is very important, do not panic in case of trouble, and deal with it calmly, even if it is driving at high speed.

Many times, the doctor diagnoses the disease, the condition is very critical, and it is necessary to "high-speed drag racing", and all kinds of rescue measures must be fast and good, but the mentality must not be chaotic, and it is necessary to face the condition calmly, peel off the cocoon, analyze and reason from various clues, and finally make a correct diagnosis.

Panic will only add mistakes to mistakes, one wrong step, one wrong step.

The doctors of the neurosurgery department of the community hospital encountered a special case again, and had no choice but to invite Zhou Qiao and them over.

Although there have been six surgeries, the cooperative exchange program can be ended. However, at that time, the contract was for no less than six and no more than ten.

Isn't it going to be a long-term cooperation in the future, and it's okay to exchange two or three more stations. Anyway, the patients were transferred from the community hospital, and the money was earned by themselves.

The reason why the community hospital is so determined is that it is afraid that it will not be able to make up 10 ultra-difficult surgeries in a month. In fact, it is true, plus the case of neurosurgery, barely seven cases, the time has been more than a month.

On the U.S. side, the number of surgeries is still too small.

Even so, the "business" of this community hospital, the number of surgeries, in San Francisco, and even in the whole of the United States, is actually among the highest.

If you have to rank, this community hospital in San Francisco can also be included in the top five.

San Francisco, on the other hand, ranks sixth among many cities in the United States. The sixth city in the United States, it is naturally a typical cosmopolitan city.

Alice Valentine is a twenty-nine-year-old young woman who owns a supermarket in San Francisco and has a three-year-old son.

However, a month ago, the supermarket was "bought for zero yuan".

Although San Francisco is much better now than it used to be, there are still occasional "zero-dollar purchases". After all, there are too many homeless.

California law stipulates that zero-dollar purchases, as long as you grab something less than $950 per day, you can be exempted. You say freedom, people have a limit of 950 US dollars, you say you are not free, you are really open, you can buy it for zero yuan every day.

But this kind of thing is also risky, because if you run into a hard-nosed shopkeeper, you may be splattered with blood on the spot for the $950.

Generally, people who are a little more motivated and ashamed will not do such a thing.

Alice's store was bought for zero yuan, she didn't resist, and let the other party snatch the things, but when the other party left, he hit her head with something, and although there was a police call, he didn't catch the homeless man after all.

Perhaps, they have wandered to other cities, right?

The family accompanied Alice to the clinic to treat her injuries and bandage her wounds, and to be on the safe side, the clinic advised her to get a head CT and MRI.

As a result, this inspection found out the problem.

Although there were regular medical check-ups before, there were no head CT and MRI in the medical check-up package. Young people do regular physical examinations, who will check these two items, unless there is additional money and additional requirements.

Examination revealed that Alice had a round lesion hidden in her brain.

The doctor said that a craniotomy may be needed and that they should go to a major hospital for examination.

Alice's family was shocked!

Then, the family had an acquaintance in the neurosurgery department of the community hospital, so they came over for further diagnosis. This community hospital, if placed in China, is also a third-class level in a big city. It's one of the top five hospitals in San Francisco.

Omashi Favalli, the attending physician in the neurosurgery department at the community hospital, took a detailed medical history and reviewed the MRI films that Alice had brought in.

"How's it going, Ormahi?" Alice's husband asked. This doctor is the uncle of his aunt's husband's brother's wife's wife, and everyone usually gathers, and they have met and socialized, and they can talk very well.

After all, if San Francisco is not counted as the Bay Area, the old town is not big, only more than ten kilometers long, if you live here for a long time, the kinship is indeed intertwined, and it is easy to meet acquaintances.

This kind of relative, although it is not particularly close, but usually some parties, or weddings, funerals, etc., will meet.

Dr. Olmahi Favali pondered for seven or eight seconds before he spoke: "Judging from the film, Alice's brain does have a round lesion lurking. This disease, considering brain abscess, is like a bag of pus wrapped in a person's brain, which is very dangerous! ”

"Huh?" Alice and her husband were stunned, and said in their hearts, yes, what should I do?

"This disease, usually a purulent lesion of infection within the skull, is caused by bacteria, mycobacteria, protozoa, helminths, fungi, etc., and the symptoms and signs of the patient vary depending on the number, location and size of the abscess," Ormahi said. Brain abscesses occur in 0.3 to 0.9 per 100,000 people each year, and the incidence of brain abscesses is quite high in high-risk groups such as AIDS patients. ”

Alice shrugged, "I don't have AIDS. ”

"Of course you don't, so it's rare. Unfortunately, you 'won' the lottery. Dr. Ormahi said with some sympathy and regret.

Alice's husband saw it and immediately said, "Fortunately, it was found early, which should be helpful for the condition." Thanks to that damn bastard. ”

Even Alice couldn't help but laugh.

Indeed, if it hadn't been for that zero-yuan bastard who had beaten her, it is estimated that she would not know it now, and when the drag is serious, it is estimated that it will be even more troublesome.

Then, because of the craniotomy, Alice was admitted to the hospital.

However, Ormahi has always been puzzled, what is the initiator of Alice's brain abscess, he has not figured it out, invited several senior doctors in the same department to consult together, but did not find the "culprit".

Moreover, they found a very strange thing, that is, the oxygen saturation of normal people is usually 95%-100%, and Alice's blood oxygen saturation is only 85% when she is on oxygen.

This indicator is naturally abnormal. The average person's blood oxygen saturation of 85% means that it is about to quack. Even if it doesn't, it is the kind that can't move while lying on the bed, and in severe cases, it will even be unconscious, and it needs emergency rescue.

But, Alice is fine.

She didn't feel anything uncomfortable other than paroxysmal headaches from a brain abscess. I usually open a shop, work, fry steaks, take a bath, and clean up by myself.

You can eat, drink, run, and jump.

What does this mean?

This complicated situation shows that Alice's condition is not simple!

"Could it be that she has other hidden ailments? This requires a multidisciplinary consultation. ”

(End of chapter)