Chapter 622 Cesarean Section
Today is the winter solstice, sunny.
Li San Niang, who went to bed early yesterday, woke up early today as well. It was still dark outside, and it would probably take another half an hour for the sky to brighten.
Li San Niang turned around and hugged Lu Zhu'er, who was sleeping soundly beside her. At this moment, she was truly envious.
When people are young, they always want to grow up quickly and become adults;
But once people become adults, they often envy the carefree lives of children.
Today is the day that Li San Niang is going to perform a cesarean section on Li Da Sao. Today will basically determine the life or death of Li Da Sao and the child in her womb.
Last night, Li San Niang massaged her acupoints and forced herself to fall asleep early.
If she didn't do this, Li San Niang's anxious state of mind made it difficult for her to fall asleep.
At this point, not to mention Li San Niang, everyone in the Li family, except for the children who were kept in the dark, hadn't slept well all night.
Especially Brother Li, who was closest to Sister-in-law Li, couldn't sleep a wink last night. Every time he closed his eyes, he would open them again to look at Sister-in-law Li beside him, and after looking at her, he would touch her hair before he could close his eyes again.
But often, after only a quarter of an hour or two of sleep, Brother Li would suddenly wake up, then quickly open his eyes to see that Sister-in-law Li was still beside him before he could feel at ease.
How could Brother Li sleep well after spending the night in such a state?
Fortunately, Brother Li had been practicing martial arts since childhood and never stopped practicing every day, so his body was stronger than that of ordinary people. At this moment, Brother Li was looking at his sister-in-law who was still sleeping beside him with his eyes open. Although he was uneasy, he acted as usual.
After dawn, according to the arrangements made in advance by Li San Niang, each member of the Li family had their own tasks to complete.
Li San Niang chose the east wing of Li Da Sao's courtyard as her delivery room. The room had been cleaned half a month in advance, not only swept but also fumigated with medicine. Li San Niang even went so far as to obtain several bottles of high-concentration alcohol from the scoundrels to disinfect the room.
Inside the house, Li's mother and Wu Qiaolan had already made all the necessary preparations.
Moreover, to make it easier to use water, Brother Li had someone build a stove in the courtyard earlier, just for boiling water on this day.
The Li family originally ran a medical clinic. For this day, Li's father and the old doctor Liang had carefully considered several prescriptions and had also collected the medicinal herbs in advance, just in case they really ran into a desperate situation and had to resort to these potent medicines.
The sun was high in the sky, and the light was bright enough. Li San Niang changed into a surgical gown and looked at Li Da Sao, who had been carried to the east wing by Li Da Xiong and had now taken the anesthetic powder from Wu Qiao Lan. In fact, she was very scared.
After drinking the anesthetic, Sister-in-law Li looked up at Li San Niang, who was wearing a hat and mask, with only her eyes showing. She smiled at Li San Niang and said, "San Niang, don't be afraid, I believe in you."
After saying this, Sister-in-law Li was helped to lie down by Brother Li.
After a while, Brother Li reached out and touched Sister-in-law Li, and even called out to her a few times, but Sister-in-law Li did not respond.
Brother Li turned to look at Li San Niang, who suddenly took a needle from a pouch of gold needles on a nearby table and inserted it into her right upper arm.
Brother Li noticed that Li San Niang's fingers, which had been trembling slightly, were no longer trembling at all.
"Third Sister, you..."
"It's alright. The hand tremors are psychological. I can't let go of my fear, but inserting the needle is a forced action. The needle will be removed within two hours and I'll be fine."
After explaining to Brother Li, Li San Niang looked at Sister-in-law Li lying on the bed and said directly, "Brother, step back, I'm about to start the surgery."
Brother Li obediently stepped back and went to the corner of the room directly opposite the bed, ensuring that he could see Sister-in-law Li's condition as soon as possible.
Qiu Xiang, who was standing next to Li San Niang, was also dressed neatly. As Li San Niang's assistant, she handed her tools and wiped away blood, providing Li San Niang with a clear surgical view.
Qiu Xiang first put a specially made tube into Li Da Sao's mouth, connecting it to her throat, and then took out a large cloth with a hollowed-out center.
After Qiu Xiang laid a specially made cloth that only exposed Li Dasao's belly on her exposed belly, Li San Niang took the alcohol she had specially obtained from the Bad People, dipped the clean cloth in the alcohol, and began to wipe Li Dasao's exposed belly.
Disinfection is the most important step in all surgical procedures.
Holding a scalpel, Li Sanniang was completely focused on cutting open Li Dasao's skin under her X-ray vision. At this moment, she only had the surgical field of vision in her eyes. She could not hear any external sounds except for the faint sound of the scalpel cutting through the skin.
Qiu Xiang reacted quickly. As soon as Li San Niang made the first cut, she took a cloth and began to wipe away the blood. Once Li San Niang had made a cut of the appropriate size, Qiu Xiang hurriedly handed over the gold needle pouch. Li San Niang then twisted the needles and inserted them into the key acupoint in Li Da Sao's abdomen.
This will stop the bleeding.
Since this isn't a modern electrocautery knife that can both cut the skin and stop bleeding, we had to use the method of cutting first and then inserting a needle to stop the bleeding.
Fortunately, Li San Niang had tested the method on three sows and found the most suitable method with the least damage.
Therefore, Li San Niang successfully peeled open Li Da Sao's belly layer by layer and finally arrived at the uterus.
With the help of her X-ray vision, Li San Niang carefully made a small incision, then tore open a slit about one zhu long (10cm) by hand. In this way, she could see the amniotic sac and, naturally, the fetus inside the amniotic sac.
Seeing that things had progressed to this point, Qiu Xiang quickly took a homemade cowhide suction device from the table where various tools had been laid out. After Li San Niang's membranes ruptured, she used the suction device to suck out all the amniotic fluid.
Then, they removed the child from the amniotic sac.
The tiny baby, still with its eyes closed and curled up, was delivered into this world by Li San Niang.
Li San Niang focused intently on cleaning the child's mouth and nose, then gently patted the soles of the child's feet, and a clear, strong cry of a newborn rang in her ears.
Very good, it's healthy, and the Apgar score is also quite good.
After cutting the umbilical cord, Li San Niang handed the baby to Qiu Xiang. Only after Qiu Xiang took the child did Li San Niang turn her attention back to Li Da Sao.
The placenta was removed by hand, the uterine cavity was carefully cleaned, the abdomen was closed layer by layer, and finally the skin was sutured and a drainage strip was left.
The baby's cries could be heard outside the house. Li's father, mother, and Li Erlang were all waiting outside the door. Anxious, Li Erlang called out directly at the door: "Auntie? Auntie? Is Mother alright?"
Aunt?
Father? Father?
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