Chapter 843 Internship Period Shen Mo also ushered in her first night shift of the internship period.
I sat alone at the nurses' station desk, listening to the rhythmic ticking of the clock.
Suddenly, a series of chaotic footsteps and the sound of a cart wheel approaching broke the silence.
A young man was helped in by his family members. He was pale, his forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his body was almost curled up in a ball.
"Doctor, please take a look at him, his stomach is hurting terribly." The family member's voice was choked with tears.
Shen Mo immediately stood up, all her drowsiness instantly vanishing.
"Don't rush, tell me slowly, where does it hurt?" she asked as she helped the patient settle on the examination bed, deliberately keeping her voice calm.
According to the family's intermittent description, the pain started in the upper abdomen and moved to the lower right abdomen a few hours later.
Shen Mo put on gloves and gently pressed his abdomen through his clothes with her fingertips. When she touched the McBurney point in his lower right abdomen, the patient suddenly clenched his fist and let out a suppressed cry of pain, accompanied by obvious throbbing pain.
"Acute appendicitis, which may have already perforated, requires immediate surgery."
The situation is urgent, and there is no time to hesitate.
"Notify the operating room, emergency appendectomy, prepare!" she quickly instructed the nurses who rushed over upon hearing the commotion.
He then picked up the phone again and steadily dialed Dr. Wang, the attending physician who was on standby that evening.
"Dr. Wang, there is a patient in the emergency room who is highly suspected of having a perforated appendix. We need you to come immediately."
After hanging up the phone, every second waiting for Dr. Dysfunction to arrive felt incredibly long.
The patient's family members gripped her white coat sleeve tightly, asking questions incoherently.
Shen Mo patiently explained the necessity and procedures of the surgery.
She performed each step meticulously, her mind rapidly reviewing the knowledge from books and the key points of the surgeries she had observed.
When Dr. Wang rushed over like a gust of wind, Shen Mo had already clearly reported the organized medical records, preliminary examination results, and her judgment.
While listening, Dr. Wang quickly examined the patient and gave her an approving look: "Accurate judgment, well prepared, go straight to the operating room!"
The operating lights came on, and the operating room door slowly closed.
The surgery was successfully completed just before dawn.
Dr. Wang took off his mask: "Xiao Shen, not bad, the appendix has already become gangrenous and perforated. It would have been troublesome if it had been any later. Your early treatment was crucial."
Shen Mo also breathed a sigh of relief.
Sitting opposite Shen Mo was a woman from the suburbs, her face was ashen, and her hands were rough from long hours of labor. She was nervously rubbing the hem of her clothes.
"Doctor, my stomach...it's always bloated and painful, and I've taken a lot of medicine but it's not getting better." The girl's voice was timid.
Shen Mo listened carefully while making notes in the medical record.
The symptoms point to a gallbladder problem, which is quite typical.
But when Dr. Li, who was supervising her, ordered a series of ultrasound and biochemical tests, the girl took the form, looked at the fees listed below, her fingers trembled slightly, her lips trembled a few times, and in the end she didn't say anything, but her eyes dimmed.
"Girl, is there any difficulty?" Shen Mo asked softly.
"No...it's nothing." 꺶娘 hurriedly shook her head, stood up, and was about to leave. "I'll go back and take some more medicine..."
"Wait a minute." Shen Mo called out to her, glancing at Dr. Li standing to the side.
Dr. Li nodded slightly and gave her an encouraging look.
Shen Mo asked the girl to sit down again.
She closed the medical record, no longer looking at the cold, impersonal test results, and turned to Auntie, her tone as gentle as if she were having a casual chat: "Auntie, can you tell me exactly where this stomach pain is? Is it worse after eating, or when you're hungry? Does your back feel bloated?"
She asked extremely detailed questions, while gesturing for the girl to lie down on the examination bed.
Shen Mo's fingers were warm and steady as she gently pressed and tapped on the upper right abdomen of the girl, following the method she had learned from the book.
When her thumb was pressed under her right rib, and she was asked to take a deep breath, she gasped sharply and her face contorted in pain. This was a typical positive Murphy's sign.
Based on the key physical signs observed during the consultation, Shen Mo felt confident.
She looked at Ge Niang and said clearly and calmly, "Ge Niang, based on your condition, we initially suspect it might be cholecystitis, and perhaps also gallbladder. If you trust us, we can first do a basic abdominal X-ray, which is much cheaper and can sometimes reveal problems. If it's still unclear, we'll think of other methods."
Her words provided both professional judgment and considerate consideration of the other party's financial capacity.
A glimmer of hope rekindled in Ge Niang's cloudy eyes, and she nodded repeatedly.
As Shen Mo had predicted, the X-ray clearly showed irregular calcifications in the gallbladder area.
They also gave her some relatively inexpensive treatment options.
When she got home that evening, Shen Mo put down her bag, leaned against the kitchen door frame, and slowly told him about what had happened during the day.
"...Seeing her clutching the examination form, hesitant to pay, I felt particularly bad."
Shen Mo's voice was somewhat low, "Later I thought, could I use the most basic method to determine the direction first? Fortunately, the judgment was correct."
Lu Qingyang noticed the weariness in his wife's eyes and brows, and something deeper beneath that weariness.
“You did the right thing. It seems that my pharmaceutical factory needs to focus more on developing effective and affordable medicines that ordinary people can afford, instead of just focusing on those with high profits.”
Shen Mo's eyes, which had just brightened with resonance, dimmed almost imperceptibly for a moment. She lowered her eyes, gently stirring the golden, soft pumpkin porridge in her bowl with a spoon, her tone tinged with disappointment: "Ah? Is something wrong in Shanghai again?"
"Yes, Xiangxiang wrote to say that things are progressing faster than expected in Shanghai. Three new clothing stores have opened. I need to personally oversee many processes and personnel adjustments before I can feel at ease."
Seeing that Chen Mo was gently biting her lower lip, he softened his voice and assured her, "Don't worry, this is just to sort things out. It won't take too long, at most 7 days. I'll definitely be back."
Shen Mo raised her eyes and gave him a reproachful look, her eyes seeming to say, "Who needs you to coax me?"
She put down her spoon and stood up: "Gu Tian, you said it, I've remembered it."
Her tone carried a hint of complaint, but her actions showed she was already thinking of him: "The weather there is more humid and hot than in the capital. I'll pack you a few light shirts."
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