Chapter 615 A New Approach
Old Doctor Liang, Li's father, Li's mother, and Li's second brother stood nearby watching Li San Niang's movements. Song Fuling, Linglan, and Qiuxiang, as Li San Niang's assistants, were closest to her, ready to help at any time when Li San Niang called on them.
Li San Niang held a small, exceptionally sharp knife in her right hand, measuring it against the sow's lower abdomen. In fact, she had activated her X-ray vision at the same time, mentally simulating where to make the best incision.
A white knife goes in, a red knife comes out.
After making a small incision on the sow's lower abdomen, Li San Niang then cut open the skin along the incision.
As the layers were sliced open, Song Fuling was terrified by the gush of blood and stood rooted to the spot, too afraid to move.
However, it's understandable. In fact, Li San Niang had been hesitant about whether to let Song Fu Ling, who was not yet of marriageable age, come to observe the surgery.
Later, it was Li's mother who enlightened her. Li's mother said, "Fuling is your eldest disciple. Even though she is still young, she is still your eldest disciple."
Moreover, considering the bigger picture, if she can't adapt to such bloody things, it wouldn't be so bad for her to just be a female doctor prescribing medicine and sitting in her office in the future.
If she can accept it, then your skills will have a successor, won't they?
So, after asking Song Fuling about her personal wishes, Li San Niang called her over today.
However, Li San Niang was not paying attention to Song Fu Ling's condition at the moment. It was Li's mother who came up and took Song Fu Ling's hand and said, "Good child, if you can't watch anymore, then don't watch. Go inside and sit down. I'll call you when we're done here."
"No, I, I want to stay here, I have to stay here."
Song Fuling refused Li's mother's offer, her feet rooted to the spot, forcing herself to watch Li San Niang's movements.
At this point, Qiu Xiang and Ling Lan took on the role of assistants, each holding a cloth to wipe the blood flowing from the sow's wound.
Even with the two of them wiping together, they still couldn't stop the bleeding. If it weren't for Li San Niang's X-ray vision, she wouldn't be able to see the surgical field at all.
"Master, insert the needle to stop the bleeding!"
Dr. Liang stepped forward and used gold needles to insert acupuncture needles into the three locations indicated by Li San Niang. Sure enough, after a few breaths, Dr. Liang was able to give Li San Niang a better surgical field of vision.
At this moment, Dr. Liang's face showed a bit of helplessness. "I can't believe I can still give injections to sows in my entire life. If word gets out, people will probably laugh at me, haha."
Layer by layer, the uterus was finally exposed.
Li San Niang made a small incision in the sow's uterus, then put down the scalpel and used her bare hands to forcefully tear open an opening about one zhu long (10cm).
They finally reached the sow's uterus, punctured the amniotic sac, and Qiu Xiang quickly handed over a suction device made of cowhide to suck out the amniotic fluid.
Li San Niang quickly took out the first piglet, and then took out six piglets in a row before she was done.
The next crucial step in this landmark cesarean section was retrieving the placenta.
After manually removing the placenta, the uterine cavity is carefully cleaned to ensure it is clean and free of bleeding. Then, the uterus is sutured with absorbable sutures, and the abdomen is closed layer by layer.
"Lily of the valley, apply medicine to the pig and bandage it."
Then the sow was carried into the specially prepared west wing, leaving Linglan inside to observe the sow's condition.
Although Li San Niang was wearing surgical gowns, she was covered in sweat after half an hour, and the sticky, heavy smell of blood mixed with her body made her stand up and bow to Doctor Liang. "Thank you, Master. Now that I have experience, I can insert the needles myself next time."
Li San Niang's unconventional cesarean section on a sow completely shattered the worldviews of everyone present, delivering an impact no less significant than a collision between Mars and Earth.
What should we do with this little piglet?
Looking at the piglets that hadn't even opened their eyes yet in the basket beside her, Li San Niang said to Wu Qiaolan, "If they can survive, raise them; if they can't, sell them."
For the next few days, apart from going to the clinic during the day, Li San Niang spent the rest of her time on the sow lying in the west wing of the Li family's house.
Li San Niang even kept Ling Lan behind, letting her live in the Li family, and brought Xiao Ping An along as well.
Whether it was the sow's strong will to live or Li San Niang's skillful technique, the sow not only survived but was even able to stand up and eat on her own.
The incision that Li San Niang had stitched up looked a bit inflamed, but the sow seemed to be in good condition.
"Second brother, you've worked hard."
Li San Niang took the medicine that Li Er Xiong had prepared and poured it all into the pig feed trough, which contained cooked millet porridge.
Although the smell of Chinese medicine was quite strong, the aroma of millet was very attractive to the sow, and in the end, she grunted and ate all the millet porridge with the Chinese medicine broth added.
"If the wound stops oozing pus after three days of this treatment, then it is effective, and we can prepare for the next experiment."
Brother Li Er asked Sister Li San with his mouth agape, "Do you want to do it again?"
Third Sister, you, you…”
"Practice makes perfect. After doing it a few times, you'll gain experience and be prepared in case of emergency, so you can perform the surgery for your sister-in-law."
When Li Erxiong heard that this concerned the child in Li Dasao's belly, he fell silent again.
Li's sister-in-law's condition was extremely dangerous. Li's mother even told Li's second brother, "If we had known that Mei Niang would suffer so much, we should have aborted her when we first found out she was pregnant."
To reassure Li's sister-in-law, Li's mother made a special trip to the Jiang family's house and invited Jiang's mother to come and keep Li's sister-in-law company.
Although Jiang's mother did not see Li San Niang perform surgery on the sow, after arriving at the Li family, she did go to the west wing to see the sow whose lower abdomen was clean and wrapped in white cloth.
Turning back, while massaging Li's calves, Jiang's mother said to her, "The connections between people are truly unpredictable."
Back then, out of a sense of duty, your father insisted on marrying you off to Li Dalang, which I was unwilling to do.
As a mother, how could I want my child to suffer?
But who could have known that, aside from the few years of hardship you endured and the time you had to help your mother-in-law raise her children, the days that followed were truly unbearable for any of the married women in the family.
This time, your aunt really went all out for you; what can I say?
Lying on the bed, Sister-in-law Li replied to Jiang's mother, "After hardship comes happiness?"
At first, Sister-in-law Li was very scared, but as she listened to Li San Niang come to her every day and tell her how to do it, she gradually calmed down.
Following Li Sanniang's words: "Sister-in-law, don't worry, I'm here."
I will definitely keep my sister-in-law safe!
Sister-in-law Li was initially a little scared, but after seeing how hard Li San Niang was trying, she immediately felt relieved.
She thought, "No matter what the outcome, at least I have hope. Third Sister is still trying her best to save me. How can I give up first?"
Continue read on readnovelmtl.com