Chapter 1335: What’s Missing?

Chapter 1335: Chapter 1335: What’s Missing?

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"How’s it going? Should we call in the neurosurgeon?"

Wang Chao asked.

Looking at the scans, Liu Banxia frowned, "Let’s call them, this is obviously beyond what we can handle."

"Doctor, does this mean I’m done for?"

Seeing their expressions, the patient anxiously asked.

"You see here, there’s a small mass about 0.6 cm, but we can’t tell what it is yet." Liu Banxia said, pointing at the scan.

"We’re going to get the neurologists over; they have more experience, so let’s have them take a look. Don’t be too anxious yet, it’s not diagnosed."

Even though Liu Banxia tried to comfort him, the patient was still extremely nervous.

After all, having something in your brain isn’t a good feeling. This thing’s causing headaches, numbness in hands and feet—it clearly suggests brain cancer.

Zhang Xiao arrived quickly, carefully inquiring about the patient’s condition and examined the scan, frowning as well.

"How about a tumor marker screening?" Zhang Xiao suggested.

"Are you also a bit uncertain?" Liu Banxia asked in return.

Zhang Xiao nodded, "If this mass is already impacting neural functions, it should be symmetrical, but the patient is only experiencing numbness on the right side, and there’s no impact on sensory nerves or muscle strength."

"I was thinking the same earlier, but this mass is so evident. It seems to be located within the cortex, right?" Liu Banxia asked.

Zhang Xiao nodded again, "This patient’s condition is unusual. Such tumors don’t usually have an effect, but if they do, it’s severe."

"Could it be that it’s just starting to have an effect? And I heard this patient has a premonition? Is it similar to the patient who could foresee things?"

"I don’t know; maybe we should do the marker screening first," Liu Banxia replied with a wry smile.

Initially, he thought the patient was exaggerating, but looking at the current examination results, it’s not unfounded.

The patient who could foresee things—regardless of how it was calculated, it was quite accurate. Perhaps this patient’s ability is due to this mass?

It’s hard to say. Even if Xiao Zhaoqiu personally came, he wouldn’t dare to confidently assert there’s no issue.

After explaining to the patient, there was naturally no resistance, and he was eager to undergo the screening.

"Did you not feel anything before? Only noticed it today?" Liu Banxia inquired.

"No, if I did, I would’ve come earlier," the patient replied with a bitter smile.

"Today, I just felt incredibly off, didn’t want to go out or go to work, just wanted to lie in bed. I’ve never felt so odd, like something major was going to happen."

"And you didn’t kick anything while walking or bump into things?" Liu Banxia continued to ask.

"No, I’ve been completely fine. But now my hand is still numb, never felt this before," the patient said.

"If I knew I’d only live this long, I wouldn’t have saved up to buy a house—I would’ve just enjoyed life. Lived a hard life, and now it’s all for nothing with my life on the line."

"Try not to be so pessimistic, we can’t confirm anything yet," Liu Banxia tried to comfort.

"I heard them say that usually, the tumor here is malignant, and benign ones are rare," the patient said.

The patient’s words made Liu Banxia feel heavy-hearted; illness doesn’t choose its victims. When it comes for you, there’s no escape, no matter who you are. ℴ

At the prime of his life, the young man could’ve been building his future. Now, with this tumor, it’s all uncertain.

"What should we do? Should we inform your family?" a colleague of the patient asked.

"No, let’s wait to see if I can be saved. If I can, then it’s worth telling them. Otherwise, telling them now will just worry everyone," the patient shook his head.

Liu Banxia poured him a glass of water, helping him to calm down for the time being.

This situation is already beyond Liu Banxia’s expertise. We can only wait for the screening results and see what Zhang Xiao can diagnose.

"Shall we go eat first?" Wang Chao asked.

Liu Banxia nodded, "Sure, after eating, we can cover the shifts. Just thinking about it is regretful, he’s still so young."

"Ah... it’s something we can’t control. No one wants to get sick, but do we have a choice?" Wang Chao shook his head.

"We encounter all kinds of cases here. There were even babies in poor condition—last night, the emergency department had a baby they couldn’t handle and had to send to the Third Hospital."

"You need to work on pediatrics more; it’s a gap in our emergency center. When I was teamed up with Dr. Chen yesterday, he also mentioned this."

"I want to learn more, but you know how swamped I’ve been recently." Liu Banxia replied with a bitter smile.

"Yesterday during dinner, Director Xu was still mentioning it, saying that we need to pay more attention to orthopedic surgeries. It’s all my fault for talking too much back then, daring to say anything."

"After all, you still have some chances, but we don’t. Just being able to handle these general surgery issues well is already quite difficult," Wang Chao said.

"You’re the hope of our entire village, so you must strive hard. I think there’s nothing much to worry about, anyway, you grasp surgeries so quickly."

Liu Banxia glanced at him helplessly, why is he so confident in him?

The way he "quickly" grasped it, how exactly did he grasp it? It’s not that easy.

Didn’t even know what to say, it’s probably a "side effect" after having the system.

Chatting as they reached the cafeteria, Zhou Qiang had specially prepared some leftover ingredients from yesterday into dishes for him, so today he could enjoy a hearty meal.

After all, it’s not easy to predict meals for so many people, there’s always some extra prepared.

But Liu Banxia was never a stingy person, it just depended on who was lucky. If there’s any hot food available, they can just have a bite.

These are all small matters, moreover Zhou Qiang had already received a notification from Xu Yino to reserve some for them.

"I’m really curious, how are you planning to arrange your time next?"

After pulling over another lamb rib, Wang Chao asked.

"We’ll go with the flow for now, still focusing on general surgeries. It’ll probably be towards the second half of the year when I’ll have more exposure to pediatric surgeries," Liu Banxia said.

"Yesterday’s liver transplant also made me realize some deficiencies, there’s still room for improvement. It’s not that I’m pursuing perfection, but if skills can improve, a lot of time can be saved."

"Moreover, the prognosis for patients can also be greatly improved. Since we are going to do it, we can’t become the kind of surgeon who just goes through the motions, we must do it well."

Wang Chao gave a thumbs up, the gap between him and Liu Banxia now was really too big. The level of considerations was different, wasn’t it?

He’s currently concerned about whether he can complete the surgery, while Liu Banxia is thinking about how to do it better.

These are two completely different concepts, it’s not something you can just think about and achieve.

Every renowned surgeon has crawled and stumbled over the operating table, accumulating countless experiences to become a famous scalpel.

However, he didn’t have a single negative emotion inside, he was just waiting for Liu Banxia to succeed.

On a larger scale, they are all doctors at the emergency center. On a smaller scale, he has to work in the second department. Their private relationship is also good, without so-called conflicts of interest.

If Liu Banxia could really master some surgical skills across departments, even if it’s just having the authority to practice in the hospital, it would be an incredible achievement.

And his expectations for Liu Banxia’s future were equally high.

Because whenever you think Liu Banxia is only at this level, he will put in a little more effort and rise even higher. It seems you can’t even predict where his ceiling lies.

Chatting while eating didn’t delay the speed of eating. As someone coming for early shifts to eat, they must strive to provide some time for the second batch.

This is all mutual, even though Liu Banxia is a leader now, he doesn’t mind these things. They’re all brothers and sisters fighting together, there’s no such thing as high or low rankings.

Returning to the emergency center, they just saw the patient and his friend leaning heads and sitting on the examination bed.

"The screening results will take a while to come out, why don’t you go grab some food first?" Liu Banxia said.

"Doctor, how can I even think about eating now?" the patient said with a wry smile.

"No matter what you’re facing, you should eat when it’s time to eat," Liu Banxia said.

"Not to mention you haven’t been diagnosed yet, even if you were, you need to have a good body for the upcoming treatment."

"Doctor, are you saying I’ve reached the point where I can eat whatever I want?" the patient asked, looking at Liu Banxia.

"Uh... that’s not what I meant." Liu Banxia shook his head.

"I just mean you should at least eat something, even if you can’t eat as much as usual, you should at least have a bite. Waiting for results is the most nerve-wracking."

"Yes, eat something, have a bite," the patient’s colleague said.

"Don’t you love Japanese food? We ate quite a bit at the company’s annual party last time. Tonight, I’ll treat you to Japanese food, we can order whatever you like."

"I don’t actually love it that much, just ate more because it was free," the patient said with a bitter smile.

Hearing their conversation, Liu Banxia furrowed his brows.

A thought just flashed through his mind, but he couldn’t quite grasp it clearly.

"What’s wrong?" Wang Chao nudged him and asked.

"I don’t know, I just feel like something’s missing. Let me think it over, what’s missing?" Liu Banxia mumbled with a frown.