Saving face for others is saving face for yourself

Medical Center.

Self-service restaurant.

The lunch ended unhappily.

Adam's reasoning is so straightforward that it exposes the stench beneath the seemingly delicious chicken soup.

Not to mention Meredith, even Liz was somewhat uncomfortable.

George and Cristina, however, didn't seem to notice.

Cristina has a pure "might makes right" mentality. Aspiring to become a renowned female doctor, she naturally looks down on someone like Alex.

Moreover, she was confident that she wouldn't make the same kind of basic mistake Alex.

Since no one took it personally, they naturally didn't feel offended.

As for George, although he is effeminate, he is still a fairly honest person with relatively normal values.

He supported Adam's words.

What's the point of someone like Alex, who has absolutely no medical ethics, growing up?

Is it harmful?

In just over two months, despite his lack of ability and being under the supervision of resident and Attending Physician, he has already caused such great harm. If he were to truly develop...

With great power comes great responsibility, and with it, the potential for great harm.

Green Clinic.

"These are the test results."

Adam handed the report to Leonard, "The patient is not eligible for an artificial heart valve transplant."

"It's okay, we can use a pig valve."

Leonard glanced at the medical report and smiled.

"I'm afraid that won't work."

Adam shook his head and said, "The patient, Daiwo, struggled to get out of bed in the morning and afternoon and insisted on praying by the window. She is a devout Orthodox Judaism Jew and even wants to change her name to Esther. It will be very difficult to get her to use a pig valve."

Esther was an ancient Persian queen, a beautiful and kind Jewish heroine who used her wisdom to save the Jews in Persia. She was later written into the Book of Esther in the Old Testament of the Bible.

Leonard's lips twitched; he clearly knew the origin of the name.

Jews consider pigs to be unclean.

Orthodox Judaism are known for their extreme conservatism, and to them, transplanting a pig valve into their fertile tissue is an absolute defilement.

Leonard was a bit troubled. "Try to persuade her."

"If porcine valves cannot be used, I think we can consider bovine valves."

Adam pointed out, "Judaism don't object, and the effect is even better."

"Bovine valve?"

Leonard frowned. "That's a relatively new technology, it's very complex..."

Adam understood.

Modern medicine is constantly evolving, with new ideas and technologies emerging one after another.

Therefore, being a doctor is also a profession that requires lifelong learning.

However, as people get older, their energy and efficiency in learning will be greatly reduced.

Many times, I even feel powerless.

Complex surgeries often take more than ten hours, which is very strenuous for older doctors.

Leonard's statement likely stems from his lack of experience with bovine valve surgery, a lack of confidence, and a reluctance to attempt it.

"We can contact experts in this field for video guidance; there's always a first time."

Adam laughed and said, "It'll be good for me to learn another skill from you. Of course, it's just as a backup plan, better safe than sorry. Until then, we'll do our best to get patients to accept the porcine valve surgery."

"Okay, let's go take a look first."

Leonard smiled and gave Adam a satisfied look.

Although they were all old friends and there were no outsiders present, Adam's thoughtful consideration in saving face for him still made him very grateful.

The ward.

Esther's parents agreed, but Esther was furious.

"What?! You actually agreed?!"

Esther, holding the IV drip, yelled at her parents.

"Baby, this is all to save you."

Esther's mother comforted her.

"Enough!"

Esther cried out, "You have no respect for my faith, nor for me! You have allowed them to put a stinking pig into my body, into my heart! A filthy animal that does not conform to Jewish law at all! My heart is the source of my life! If it is replaced, what am I?!"

"It's actually just a pig valve, not the whole heart."

Adam reminded him.

"I don't care!"

Esther immediately turned her gaze to Adam and began to berate him. "It would be better to die than to install pig parts on me."

"I told you, we shouldn't have let her join the orthodox sect in the first place."

Esther's father couldn't help but complain, "How wonderful it would be to join the Protestantism like everyone else."

"You don't even light candles on Friday nights, and you can't even remember all ten plagues of Passover."

Esther immediately launched into a tirade against her father. "You've all lost your faith! And now you're complaining about me, a man of unwavering faith!"

Esther's parents both hung their heads and remained silent.

The verbal attacks of Orthodox Jewish fanatics are something you really can't mess with.

They joined Protestantism instead of Orthodox Judaism, just like most Protestantism, because Protestantism is less restrictive and more liberating.

In this respect, they have indeed lost their faith.

"Miss Friedman."

Leonard had to speak up, "We respect your devout faith, but without surgery, you will die."

"Then you guys think of a solution."

Esther, not wanting to meet God right now, rationally said, "As long as it doesn't grunt and whine like Wilbur (a pig in Western fairy tales), I don't care what it is!"

Adam remained silent, only looking at Leonard.

Maintaining the authority of superiors is a fundamental principle when speaking to outsiders, especially patients.

Jia Baoyu, the unruly and spoiled prince of Grandmother Jia, was not properly polite in public, even better than the average son of a noble family, which brought honor to his Grandmother Jia and the others. He would have been beaten to death long ago by order of his Grandmother Jia, let alone received such a precious treatment.

No matter how good Leonard is to Adam will not take advantage of his favor and break some basic principles and bottom lines.

On the contrary, he will be even more protective of Leonard's reputation.

Therefore, even if he knew that bovine valves could perfectly solve this problem, as long as Leonard didn't speak up, he would pretend he knew nothing and wouldn't reveal a single word to the patient and their family.

"Let's think about it again."

Leonard pondered for a moment.

After saying that, he left the ward with Adam.

In the office.

"Adam, since you proposed this surgical plan, you must have done detailed preparation beforehand. You should know who the experts are for bovine valve surgery, right?"

Leonard paced back and forth a few times, then stopped and looked at Adam.

He knew some of Adam's habits.

Even before he entered medical school, Adam bought the Cabin in the Woods and hunted animals to practice surgery in order to start his studies several years earlier.

Nowadays, they consider everything very carefully and thoughtfully.

Dr. Shepherd once said that Adam resembled a person, Leonard's first thought was the famous Dr. House, and there was a reason for that.

"Know."

Adam laughed and said, "Dr. Chesney of the Cleveland Clinic, Dr. Kens of Johns Hopkins, and Dr. Morton of Massachusetts General Hospital are all experts in this field."

"Very good."

Leonard had clearly made up his mind and instructed, "Help me get in touch with them. We'll study it first. If it's not a big problem, we'll use a bovine valve."