Chapter 2551: Ready to Go

Next, the team ate a late-night snack, as the doctors needed to replenish their energy for the surgery.

When can the chest be opened? Considering the frequent rainy weather recently, it’s uncertain if the airport weather might affect the takeoff and landing of the plane. The surgery must wait until the donor heart lands safely at the airport.

Fortunately, Zhu Xing and his team had good luck, and everything went smoothly. Duan Sanbao and his team flew there and back almost an hour ahead of schedule. Having the genius Student Duan escort the donor heart greatly reduced the chances of missing flights or encountering vehicular accidents, significantly improving time efficiency.

Appointing Student Duan for this task showed the foresight of the Immortal Brother.

Zhu Xing was moved to the operating room for anesthesia. It was just as Student Xie had predicted, the surgery for Xiaohui in the next room still hadn’t been scheduled, and Dr. Han hadn’t returned. Given the current progress, it’s uncertain if Xiaohui’s surgery could begin once Zhu Xing’s surgery finishes.

The family members endured the hardest part. Mother Zhuxing and Mother Xiaohui sat close together on the long bench outside the operating room for support and warmth.

At midnight, the operating room nurse received a call, informing the surgeons: the donor heart had landed at the airport.

All the surgeons stood ready beside the operating table.

After landing at the airport, the donor heart is expected to be delivered to the Shou’er operating room in about half an hour. The Chief Surgeon must quickly complete the preliminary surgery, or valuable time with the ischemic donor heart will be wasted.

The digital clock on the wall tracking the ischemic time of the donor heart ticked away second by second, creating a palpable sense of urgency in the operating room.

The small face of the child on the bed was hidden by the green surgical drape, unseen.

Wei Shangquan took a deep breath to suppress his racing heartbeat. With Duan Sanbao and Pan Shihua absent, Student Xie stepped in as the Second Assistant, as his teacher had arranged.

He was not Student Xie and had never been on a cardiothoracic surgery table, with no relevant experience. The scariest part was the row of medical students standing by the wall, poised like a reserve force, their wolf-like eyes ready to replace anyone on the table at any moment.

Seeing the Fourth Assistant student trembling, Dr. Cheng Yuchen, acting for the Chief Surgeon, gave Student Wei a stern look.

Student Wei forced himself to steady his hands.

In contrast, Second Assistant Student Xie displayed remarkable composure. The group of reserves dared not covet her position as Second Assistant. Her eyes cold and unwavering, her gaze fixated unmovingly on the Chief Surgeon’s hands?

Finally having the opportunity to witness the Immortal Brother’s surgical skills firsthand, her eyes transformed into a three-dimensional camera, always ready to record the teacher’s operational teaching video. This routine operation of an exemplary student didn’t surprise anyone. — Inside, Student Xie Wanying thought this truthfully.

Locked in the gaze of the students, even the Immortal Cao Zhao could not help but wipe a bead of sweat from his brow: This...clearly, his brother and the Guoxie group kept something from him again.

Thinking back, the first teaching teacher almost had his skin peeled off by students adept at learning by observation, providing countless warnings to subsequent mentors. — Tan Kelin: That’s exactly me.

The surgery officially began with the Chief Surgeon making the first incision in the skin.

Crackle, crackle, the electrosurgical unit sliced and cauterized human tissue, emitting a faint odor. Remarkably, the Chief Surgeon wielded the electrosurgical unit as if it were a laser cutter - super fast, super precise, making swift, clean cuts.