Queen of The Scalpel - Chapter 35
“W-What…?”
Grayam stuttered his words because he was so surprised. Elise was as well. ‘Who is it? He’s not of the royal family. What happened?’ The royal family had their symbolic gold eyes that signified their supernatural powers. So the man with blue eyes definitely wasn’t part of the Imperial Family.
It could be a relative of the Imperial Family, but Elise, who knew the faces of the high nobles, had never seen his face.
The man spoke in a low voice.
“You can use any method. The cost doesn’t matter. Save him using whatever means possible. If you save him, I’ll be responsible for any consequences.”
“…!”
Grayam bit his lips from the difficult situation. ‘Shit, what should I do? There’s no way to treat an injury near the spleen.’ He was someone related to the Imperial Family, but they couldn’t make the impossible possible for him. No one could. Even the Imperial Cross Hospital, the palace physician, or any other doctor in the empire could treat that kind of wound.
“I’m sor…”
But it was then. Completely unexpected words came from his side.
“Understood. We’ll do our best.”
“…?! Rose?”
Grayam turned back at his disciple in surprise. His disciple was looking at the patient with a hardened face.
“Doctor, I can do it.”
What was this nonsense?
“What nonsense is that Rose? The bullet went through his spleen! It’s impossible!”
He explained why treating it was impossible.
“The spleen has infinitely many veins! The bullet must have gone through all of them, and stopping the bleeding is impossible!”
“I know. It’s impossible to stop the bleeding for each of those veins.”
“You know and you’re talking about treating it?”
Grayam thought the girl had spoken up in pity for the patient without thinking about what might come next. But then, the girl spoke.
“We can cut off the spleen.”
“…What?”
“Fixing the veins within the spleen is impossible. Then we can just cut off the spleen and tie off the veins heading there. Then the bleeding will stop.”
“…!”
At her words, Grayam’s face was filled with shock. He was an outstanding doctor. He understood what she was trying to say. ‘Yes, now that she said that…’
He swallowed. ‘There’s no need to stop the bleeding within the spleen. If we cut off the spleen and tie the arteries heading there, the bleeding will surely be stopped! But how did she think of that?’
It was definitely possible to stop the bleeding that way. It was simple, but a method that no one had thought of before. Even Count Graham, who had established the basics of medicine, hadn’t been able to think of that.
‘Just what is this child?!!’ But it wasn’t like it was completely free of problems. Grayam sharply asked.
“The spleen is located deep in the abdominal cavity! What are you going to do about the pancreas, greater omentum, and other organs located near it?”
But the girl answered without hesitation.
“First, after disconnecting the ligament that supports the spleen, we can rotate the location of the spleen.”
“…!”
It was an explanation that he couldn’t follow. The girl seemed to have a method in her head, but he couldn’t follow it.
“Then, who’s going to do the surgery? I don’t have the abilities to do the surgery you’re talking about.”
The girl looked at him with firm eyes.
“I’ll do it.”
“…What?”
“I’ll do it. I can do it.”
“!!!”
Grayam was also surprised. This intern who had only been at the hospital for less than a month would lead a surgery on this scale? Of course, she was a genius. But wasn’t this too much?
But then, the girl spoke in a desperate voice.
“Doctor, I understand you think that it’s impossible. But…please trust me this once. I’ll definitely save him. I can save him.”