Chapter 197 Awake? Alive!
During the lunch break, all five doctors in the clinic, including Doctor Gao, went to the Imperial Medical Academy to check on Yang Shi's condition.
Because the Imperial Medical Bureau's medical hall was some distance from the three medical halls, they called two donkey carts. Li San Niang, Qiu Xiang, and Tang Ming Yue were on one cart, while the remaining three doctors were on the other.
Upon arriving at the Imperial Medical Bureau's medical hall, I explained the situation to the soldiers standing guard at the entrance. After waiting a short while, Physician Sun and Madam Yang came out to greet me.
"Oh, I guessed that Third Sister would definitely come, but I didn't expect that you all would come too."
"Dr. Sun, we all want to know how Soldier Yang is doing now? If possible, we would like to visit him." As he spoke, Dr. Gao handed the box of snacks that he had bought with his own money on the way to Madam Yang.
When Yang Niangzi saw Li Sanniang, she was happy. As soon as Li Sanniang saw the smile on Yang Niangzi's face, she knew that Yang Shi must have made it through and might have even regained consciousness yesterday.
Madam Yang bowed to Doctor Gao and the others, accepted the box of pastries with both hands, and said with a helpless smile, "I don't know what to say. You doctors are not the first to come to see my husband. Several doctors came yesterday after hearing about his reputation. I am very grateful to you doctors for thinking of him. Please come in."
Li San Niang watched as the others followed Doctor Sun inside, while she stayed behind to talk to Madam Yang.
"What's going on? There are quite a few doctors here?"
"Sigh," Madam Yang gave a bitter smile, "Doctor Li, I don't know what to do."
Yesterday afternoon, Shi Lang woke up, much to the delight of Dr. Sun and the doctor on duty, who surrounded him, touching and examining him from head to toe.
In the evening, five or six men who looked like military doctors arrived on horseback. I couldn't refuse them, and they started touching and examining Shi Lang.
There was another person who wanted to touch and massage Shi Lang's wound; if it weren't for Medical Supervisor Sun stopping him, I really wouldn't know what to do.
Li San Niang really didn't expect this development, but it seems that she is now doing the same thing as those doctors.
So Li San Niang brought four doctors with her to visit Yang Shi.
"They didn't bring any gifts, did they?"
Madam Yang paused for a moment, glanced at the snack box that Physician Gao had given her earlier, and nodded. "She didn't bring it. It looks like she rode a fast horse directly from the camp outside the capital."
Li San Niang's embarrassment eased slightly. "Our clinic manager did bring gifts when he came to visit."
Li San Niang pointed to the pastry box in Yang Niangzi's hand and said, "These are new pastries from Xiang Gui Ji, and they're not cheap. Of course, Yang Shibing can't eat them, but you can eat them for him."
Seeing that the people in front of her had disappeared from sight, Li San Niang quickly pulled Yang Niangzi along, saying, "Quick, I also want to see how Yang Shi's soldiers are doing now."
When they arrived at Yang Shi's room, they saw Doctor Sun leading the group, showing them the surgery he, Li San Niang, and Tang Ming Yue had performed that day.
Yes, surgery, I learned that word from Li San Niang.
Li San Niang stepped forward to take a look. Yang Shi was still a little pale, but he looked alright.
Li San Niang wanted to take Yang Shi's pulse and was about to speak to him when she heard Yang Niangzi say from the side, "Shi Lang, this is Physician Li who saved you. It's all thanks to her; if it weren't for her, you..."
"No, it wasn't just me. Dr. Sun and Dr. Tang were the ones who saved you back then. It wasn't just me. Come, let me take your pulse."
Li San Niang stopped Yang Shi from saying his thanks, thinking it best for him to say less.
Seeing that Li San Niang had started, Tang Mingyue also got a little anxious and stepped forward to ask to take his pulse. Yang Shi couldn't refuse such a small request to take his pulse, could he?
So Yang Shi extended his other hand to Tang Mingyue, and Tang Mingyue quickly stepped forward to take her pulse.
After Li Sanniang finished taking Yang Shi's pulse, Sun Yijian recounted Yang Shi's condition since Li Sanniang left that day.
They said that she had a high fever again last night. They changed the drainage tube as Li San Niang had told them, and wiped the wound several times with strong liquor. There happened to be a doctor who knew acupuncture at the time, and he also gave her acupuncture.
The temperature dropped before nightfall, and I woke up this morning.
But they didn't give Yang Shi anything to eat. Following Li San Niang's instructions, he only drank a couple of sips of water.
With Yang Shi's consent, Li San Niang lifted the thin blanket covering him and saw that the nearly one-foot-long wound was only slightly red at the stitches, and the strip of cloth used for drainage looked freshly changed.
Do you have abdominal pain?
Yang Shi shook his head, and Li San Niang nodded, gently covering him with a thin blanket, but leaving the drainage strip exposed. "Don't cover this area, it's too hot. I don't think it's cold in the room. If it's really cold, Yang Niangzi can find a coat for Yang Bingshi to wear."
After reading about Yang Shi, I felt that he was really lucky. Besides being a martial artist, his physique was stronger than that of ordinary people. In addition, he had a very strong will to survive and was also lucky in the end, so he was able to survive.
However, it will be difficult for him to work in the Imperial Guard in the future.
After all, he had suffered such a serious injury. The daily routine of the Jinwu Guard, which required extensive training and sometimes dangerous attacks, would be fatal for Yang Shi, who had undergone such major surgery.
Yang Shi will only be able to do light physical work from now on, and even then he has to be careful to avoid causing intestinal torsion, adhesions or obstruction.
However, Li San Niang decided to tell these things to Physician Sun later, and then Physician Sun would tell Yang Shi after he was fully recovered.
Presumably, Yang Shi's injury was work-related, and the Imperial Guard should provide some compensation.
As long as you're alive, anything is good.
Afterwards, each of the doctors took Yang Shi's pulse and was amazed. They all thought it was incredible that Yang Shi was still alive and could continue to live well.
They all felt that Li San Niang's surgical skills were truly miraculous.
Seeing that it was getting late, and that they would be late for their afternoon shift if they didn't go for lunch soon, the group said goodbye and left, acknowledging their inconvenience.
What Li San Niang didn't know was that shortly after they left, several fine horses stopped at the entrance of the Imperial Medical Bureau's medical hall.
They were the same ulcer doctors from the outskirts of Beijing who had visited yesterday afternoon.
After examining Yang Shi's condition, the group heard that their leader, Li San Niang, had arrived at noon. One of the younger doctors said with some regret, "I knew it! If we had come earlier, we might have run into that Dr. Li and discussed our problems with her. Now, we've all missed our chance."
"Well, it seems that Soldier Yang is indeed getting better. It seems that the lady's technique is really effective."
“That’s no ordinary woman; it’s only right to call her a physician.”
An older man with a beard nodded in agreement: "Indeed, with this skill, it doesn't matter whether she's a woman or not; calling her a doctor is fine. If we can learn this skill from her, we can really save a lot of soldiers on the battlefield in the future."
"Haha, none of you are as good as me. Back then, I accompanied Doctor Sun to that Li San Niangzi, ah, no, Doctor Li's lecture. I even used the instruments that Doctor Li gave to Doctor Sun to practice that suturing technique on pork with skin on."
Upon hearing this, the group asked Dr. Sun to bring out the equipment so that everyone could have a look.
“I can show it to you all, but that’s all I can do. After you see it, I have to boil and wash it again before I can use it next time. It’s too much trouble.”
After the doctors had examined him one by one, the older, bearded man said to Physician Sun, "Physician Sun, could you please act as an intermediary and introduce us to Physician Li?"
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