The other family members also looked at Li Zheng, wondering if Ding Bo was joking. The person he invited was probably a recent graduate!

"Doctor Li, do you want to do a physical examination?" Ding Bo said politely to Li Zheng without caring about the mood of his cousins.

Li Zheng nodded. No matter how simple the operation was, the surgeon had to conduct a detailed physical examination before the operation.

After checking, Li Zheng asked, "How many days has the disease lasted?"

"It's been three days. The old man started to not want to have surgery, but antibiotics couldn't suppress the symptoms anymore, so he agreed to do it today," said Ding Bo.

Li Zheng nodded, looked at the B-ultrasound report again, and said, "It must have been perforated. Surgery must be performed as soon as possible!"

Li Zheng’s words made the family members feel nervous.

The wavy middle-aged woman questioned: "It's not that serious, it would be painful if it was perforated!"

"Yes, I had a perforated appendix before, and it was so painful that I couldn't even turn over!" said a male family member.

Before Li Zheng could reply, Ding Bo spoke up, "What do you know? Older people have a much higher tolerance level than younger people. Even though the old man seems fine now, if his body can't handle it anymore, he'll be gone in an instant!"

The wavy girl curled her lips and wanted to say something else, but was touched by Director Ding and stopped talking.

The other family members seemed to be watching Director Ding's attitude. Since he had no objection, the family members didn't know what to say.

Director Ding said, "Then please ask Dr. Li to perform the surgery as soon as possible!"

Now that everyone is here, I can't not do it. Besides, my cousin won't joke about his uncle's life.

Li Zheng nodded and said to Zhang Lei, "The patient has emphysema. Please come and take a look. General anesthesia may be difficult."

Zhang Lei's sturdy body came over and his family members quickly made way.

After listening with a stethoscope for a while, Zhang Lei shook his head and said, "The lung function is severely impaired, and there are moist rales in the lungs. There must be an infection. Forget general anesthesia. Go for spinal anesthesia."

After saying that, Zhang Lei said to the old man, "Come, turn sideways so I can feel your lumbar spine. Have you ever injured your waist before?"

"He's had two broken bones in his waist!" said the Wave Girl.

Zhang Lei pressed his lumbar spine and found severe kyphosis and scoliosis.

This is a bit of a headache. Lumbar puncture must be very difficult.

"How about it? Are you sure? If not, we will go to the city immediately!" said Director Ding.

The other family members also nodded repeatedly. This anesthesiologist also looked like a recent graduate.

Zhang Lei nodded and said, "My specialty is spinal anesthesia. Don't worry, it's no problem!"

I finally got to go out with Li Zheng to have sex, so I had to go ahead with it. If it doesn't work this time, there will never be another chance to go out again.

Zhang Lei still has confidence in himself. He has worked on spines more complicated than this patient's several times.

Having said that, the family members didn't say anything more. They moved the old man onto a stretcher and sent him to the operating room.

Zhang Lei and Lin Xiaomei also went to the operating room.

Li Zheng and Ding Bo checked the remaining three patients again.

The condition is much milder and there are not many difficulties with anesthesia.

After checking the ward, Ding Bo brought Li Zheng to the operating room.

A bungalow behind the inpatient department.

There are only two operating rooms.

In operating room No. 1, Zhang Lei was performing spinal anesthesia on Mr. Ding, who was lying on his side with his back bent on the operating table.

Li Zheng came to the operating bed and found that Zhang Lei's forehead was covered with sweat, which was flowing down his cheeks.

"What's wrong? Is it not going well?" Li Zheng asked.

Ding Bo also looked at Zhang Lei nervously.

No, if I can't even give anesthesia properly, I won't be able to explain to my family.

Zhang Lei signaled the circulating nurse to wipe the sweat off his face.

After wiping, Zhang Lei shook his head and said, "It's more difficult than I imagined. He has at least two lumbar compression fractures, both of which have healed malformed. The supraspinal ligament is also severely calcified, and the lumbar intervertebral space is difficult to find."

Ding Bo's heart tightened and he glanced at the male doctor behind Zhang Lei. It was Liu Tao, the anesthesiologist from his own hospital.

Doctor Liu Tao also shook his head. He said, "Even the county anesthesiologists can't handle it, so there's no need for me to even think about it!"

Ding Bo could hear the dissatisfaction in Liu Tao's words. Why hire a doctor as well as an anesthesiologist?

It would be fine if the doctor came with high level of skills, but he is just a half-baked one. He can't even puncture the more complicated lumbar spine, leaving him no chance to learn.

Zhang Lei tried twice more but still failed, his face becoming increasingly ugly.

Is this first flying knife going to be ruined because of me?

Chen Dayong has already washed his hands and is waiting for disinfection.

Lin Xiaomei has also put on her surgical gown and is ready to organize the equipment.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on Zhang Lei's hands. He became more and more nervous, and his hands began to tremble as he was doing the puncture.

"Let me take a look."

Li Zheng put on gloves, touched the old man's lumbar spine, and asked the old man to bend back a little more.

After pressing a few times, Li Zheng pointed to a gap in the upper lumbar spine and said, "Punch in this direction."

Li Zheng's move made Zhang Lei feel that he was no longer fighting alone, and his emotions stabilized a lot.

He trusted Li Zheng very much and did not hesitate. He followed Li Zheng's instructions and first injected subcutaneous local anesthetic with a 5 ml syringe. Then he penetrated the supraspinal ligament, successfully passed through the gap, and injected local anesthetic into the gap.

But this step was not successful because the syringe needle was very small, while the lumbar puncture needle was more than ten times thicker. He could also puncture other lumbar intervertebral spaces with a needle, but it became very difficult when using a lumbar puncture needle.

Zhang Lei picked up the puncture needle again, adjusted the angle, aimed at the gap, penetrated the skin, and encountered a calcified supraspinous ligament. There was great resistance, but he still penetrated it with force. He continued to insert the needle, but the gap was too narrow and it poked the bone of the lumbar spinous process, making it impossible to insert the needle further.

"It still doesn't work!" Liu Tao shook his head.

Everyone's heart dropped to the bottom.

Zhang Lei felt like a deflated ball and was experiencing the darkest moment of his career.

"Concentrate and increase the angle of the needle!" Li Zheng reminded in a steady and powerful voice.

Zhang Lei cheered up and continued to insert the needle according to Li Zheng's instructions.

"It's in, it's in!" Zhang Lei said excitedly, his voice trembling.

Everyone focused their attention on the puncture needle and found that it had indeed gone in several centimeters.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

The gloomy expression on Ding Bo's face finally faded a little.

"Hold steady, has the yellow ligament been broken?" Li Zheng asked.

Zhang Lei quickly calmed down and said, "I haven't felt a breakthrough yet."

"Continue inserting the needle!" Li Zheng commanded.

Zhang Lei thrust in a little further.

In that instant, he could feel the needle clearly miss the target.

"Breakthrough!" Zhang Lei said excitedly.

"Go a little further." Li Zheng continued.

According to Zhang Lei's habit, he would pull out the needle at this time to see if cerebrospinal fluid flowed out, which would be safer.

But Li Zheng's command gave him enough confidence, so he skipped this step and moved forward another millimeter.

"Pull out the needle and take a look." Li Zheng said.

This step determines whether the puncture is successful or not.

Everyone became nervous.