Chapter 139 The Nanny's Niece's Counterattack 139...

No one thought she couldn't do it; it was just a matter of time.

It has to be said that after experiencing several shocking events, Lin Wei had become omnipotent in their eyes. But Lin Wei herself knew that she wasn't actually that amazing; without the system space, she wouldn't have been able to do any of these things.

Her surgical talent wasn't particularly outstanding; her current level of expertise was solely due to diligence. As for drug development, her talent was only average in terms of intelligence; her ability to create anti-tumor drugs relied entirely on the data within the system space. But who could blame her when she possessed this system? Even if it was luck, it was still part of her strength.

Having gone through so much, Lin Wei had long since let go of the past, but she still envied those born geniuses, like Fang Yihuai, who was researching the Navier-Stokes equations and had reportedly reached the most crucial stage. Zhang Mo, under the guidance of his teacher, had entered the National Space Science Center, participating in some secret project—it was all very mysterious.

Chi Boyan, I heard his AIDS research is mostly complete, just waiting for the results and practical application. They are all formidable. The only difference is that although they studied the same major, their battlefields are different—one in China, the other abroad.

I wonder what he'll do once he develops an AIDS drug? Although she thinks it could be cheaper, she won't force him to have the same drug as her.

In hospitals, the oncology drug trial center has long been on track, and wards are in high demand. However, this has become less of a problem when drug trial sites are opened at S Province Cancer Hospital and Sichuan Provincial Hospital. While the price isn't exactly cheap, it's relatively inexpensive. The total cost is over 30,000 yuan, but after medical insurance reimbursement, it's only a little over 10,000 yuan, which is very favorable.

You have to understand that before this drug was developed, patients had to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan to treat their illnesses, and even then, they weren't cured.

When Lin Wei made her rounds in the department, she would focus on those patients that her subordinate doctors paid close attention to, and she would occasionally point out any problems she saw.

"This patient's medication can be stopped, and we can switch to chemotherapy and radiotherapy drugs. After three days, we can switch to anti-tumor drugs." She said decisively after seeing the condition of the patient in bed 3.

It's not that the more anti-tumor drugs you take, the better, since they won't harm normal cells anyway. It's just that taking too many drugs will eventually put a burden on the body, and this patient is obviously not in good health, so we can't rush things.

The attending physician nodded and immediately told the nurse to stop the chemotherapy and switch back to the prescribed medication. During this period, the new doctors and nurses were able to get the hang of it.

The difficulty here is that they can handle things like hanging IV drips and changing bottles, but they still need more practice to give injections and prescribe medications.

When Lin Wei made her rounds and came to bed 17, she saw Zheng Manman re-injecting a patient whose indwelling needle had leaked fluid. Seeing this, she walked over and watched silently.

Seeing that she wanted to lay the needle flat as soon as she saw blood, he stopped her, saying, "If you stick it in like this now, half of the needle will be under the skin and half inside the blood vessel, and it will definitely cause a swelling."

"You can move the needle forward a little further, then lay it flat, and pull it out while feeding it in, or you can move it forward to a certain extent and then pull it out."

Although Zheng Manman was surprised by what she said, she did as she was told and quickly succeeded in inserting the needle.

"Director, you can give injections?" The surprise in her eyes was self-evident. Although doctors occasionally need to give injections, it was assumed that they were not very good at it. I didn't expect her to be so good at it.

Lin Wei glanced at her. "It's better to rely on yourself than on others. If the nurses aren't around during the emergency, does that mean we don't need injections or IV drips?" That's what she thought of when she learned how to give injections. But reality has proven that she was prescient. Even when nurses encounter difficult veins, they are helpless. At that time, her injection skills can still come in handy.

"Study hard. Nursing is no easier than being a doctor. No matter what profession you're in, competence is the most important thing." Lin Wei patted her on the shoulder and then continued to the next ward for rounds.

However, these words still encouraged Zheng Manman. If the head nurse or other nurses had said these words to her, she would have thought it was nonsense. After all, what they usually do is hang IV drips and change IVs, which even vocational school students can do, so there is no need for college students. However, it was a doctor, or even the head of the department, who said these words, so it was different. It felt like her efforts had been seen.

Thinking that even a department head like her could give injections, Zheng Manman felt that there was no reason why she couldn't, so she practiced even harder after returning home, and even used herself as a target for injections, except that she injected her thigh.

They really went all out.

Lin Wei was unaware of this, but if she had known, she would have simply smiled. Hard work never fails those who persevere, and time would prove everything. Later, Zheng Manman indeed became the best at giving injections in the department. Everyone who couldn't get the injection to go to her would seek her out. At that moment, she felt a great sense of accomplishment, glad that her years of hard work hadn't been in vain.

However, none of this mattered to Lin Wei. She was receiving a phone call, and the caller's voice was urgent: "Director Lin, there's a soldier here who was shot in the heart. We dare not remove it. Please come quickly."

Upon hearing the call from the operating room, Lin Wei rushed there immediately.

"What's going on?" she asked, referring to the location of the bullet.

The attending physician in cardiac surgery said, "This bullet just happened to damage the left coronary artery and got stuck deep in the ventricle. He was about to go into hypovolemic shock. Although we have applied pressure with gauze, we did not press the actual bleeding point. It is only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. While you were on your way here, his heart rate dropped from 58 to 42 and is still dropping."

Upon hearing this, Lin Wei didn't hesitate and immediately put on her surgical gown and gloves, saying as she did so, "Is the anesthesiologist in place? The patient needs immediate open-chest surgery."

When will the blood bags from the hematology department arrive?

"Nurse, prepare adrenaline." A series of orders were given, tinged with urgency. Whether it was a damaged coronary artery or a bullet lodged in the ventricle, it was no small matter.

Before the blood bags arrived, she could only temporarily keep him alive with medication and quickly perform open-chest surgery to stop the arterial bleeding.

However, as they watched their blood pressure drop step by step, falling directly to 48/70 mmHg, the group frowned, realizing it was too late.

At the usual pace of open-chest surgery, by the time it's finished, the person will already be dead.

Lin Wei naturally knew this, so without hesitation, she said directly to the scrub nurse, "Surgical scissors." She planned to cut an opening directly from where the bullet had entered and apply pressure to stop the bleeding.

This method was only used as a last resort; otherwise, a scalpel would cause less damage to the tissue and result in a more aesthetically pleasing suture. But there was no other choice; saving lives was the priority.

After receiving the medicine, Lin Wei cut a small opening along the edge of the heart wound, just large enough for three of her fingers to pass through. She then inserted her hand and pressed to stop the bleeding.

On the electrocardiogram monitor, the blood pressure was ticking away at that value, but it didn't drop any further, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

However, Lin Wei remained vigilant and looked at the attending physician, saying, "Call the hematology department again to urge them." Why are they taking so long at this crucial moment?

However, this would be an insult to the hematology department. Weren't they already sending it? It just takes time on the way. If soldiers didn't have annual physical examinations and know his blood type, the process would be even slower.

Two minutes later, a hematology nurse arrived and handed over the blood bag. The operating room nurse quickly attached it to the patient. Watching his blood pressure gradually rise, Lin Wei looked at the attending cardiologist and said, "You do the open-chest surgery, and I'll guide you." Because she couldn't free her hands right now.

The attending physician clearly knew this, and although he was forced into the situation, he didn't say anything. Under her guidance, he began the surgery step by step.

It wasn't really teaching anymore; his role was essentially that of her hand double. The attending physician wanted to approach the procedure from one angle, but Lin Wei told him to change it to another; he just needed to obey.

So, the extremely difficult open-chest surgery suddenly became simple; the attending physician had never performed such a simple chest surgery before. Is this the difference between them? No wonder everyone admires her.

Only after the heart was fully exposed and the blood vessels were clamped with forceps did Lin Wei release her grip, take the sutures, and immediately begin sewing. She finished sewing in just a few seconds.

Since it's a vital artery of the heart, it can't be clamped for too long; otherwise, she wouldn't mind having the attending physician stitch it up.

Afterwards, cardiopulmonary bypass would need to be established to block the return flow from the superior and inferior vena cava, putting the heart in a state of cardiac arrest before the bullet could be removed. Seeing this, Lin Wei relaxed slightly. The patient's blood pressure was gradually rising with the fluid resuscitation, and although the heartbeat was still slow, it would gradually recover once the foreign object was removed. This wasn't her first time performing surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass, so she was quite skilled.

However, for the sake of teaching, Lin Wei slowed down, instructing the patient while performing the surgery, "When removing foreign objects, try not to damage the surrounding blood vessels. Even if you do damage them, you must deal with them promptly afterward, and don't miss any." Because of the patient's special circumstances, Lin Wei sutured the small blood vessels herself.

They only started cardiac resuscitation after everything was almost recovered.

After the surgery, Lin Wei looked at the soldiers standing guard outside and said, "Don't worry, the surgery went smoothly, and this incident will basically not affect his future career."

Zou Dehai and Jiao Dang looked at the doctor in front of them with great gratitude. "Thank you, doctor. When can we go see him?"

Lin Wei: "I'll transfer her to the ICU for monitoring for a day. If there are no problems, she can be transferred to a regular ward the next day, and then you can see her." After she finished speaking, she nodded to them and left.

You can also hear her explaining to the doctor next to her, "The reason I asked you to adjust the angle of the incision earlier is because there are fewer small blood vessels there, which can avoid a lot of bleeding. You should have noticed that too, right?"

"Surgery is not a one-size-fits-all approach. It's not enough to just know how to operate and stop bleeding. You also need to know how to minimize damage to the patient's body, improve the patient's postoperative recovery speed, and reduce sequelae."

As Zou Dehai watched them walk away, he sighed and said, "That surgeon is really young." But he had a very strong presence.

Jiao Dang: "Did I hear that right? That male doctor called her 'Director'?" She was also a little incredulous. Are directors this young these days?

As the operating room nurse brought the patient out, she raised an eyebrow upon hearing this. "Of course! She's the youngest and most skilled doctor in our entire hospital. She doesn't usually perform surgeries; she only appears when the head doctor isn't around or when everyone else can't handle the situation."

Thinking back to what had just happened, she felt a lingering fear. Indeed, it was a wise choice for the hospital leaders to assign her to the second-line staff in the operating room.

Lin Wei doesn't actually live off her hospital salary. She can't perform surgeries every day in the operating room; she only occasionally gets a few critical cases, for which she doesn't earn much. The same goes for the oncology drug trial center; even with performance bonuses, her salary is only around ten thousand yuan. Her main income comes from anti-tumor drugs and profit sharing from CL drugs.

After this period of time, CL drug has been officially launched. It has not only reached cooperation with many hospitals at home and abroad, but also with many dental hospitals. Not to mention, it is also sold online, so there are a lot of orders.