The Anesthesiologist Loses It

I ate something haphazardly.

It's afternoon tea time now.

The crowd dispersed from the stroller.

Adam returned to ward 2 to check on Bill's condition and found him unusually depressed, clearly indicating that Dr. Burke had told him the truth.

Adam couldn't say much about this.

This is the harsh reality.

He had to bear it all by himself.

However, Adam still instructed the nurse to be extra careful and to call him immediately if anything happened.

Then Adam ran to the Observation Room.

Dr. Shepherd has a hemispherectomy scheduled for this afternoon.

This is an advanced Neurosurgery procedure.

The patient was a two-year-old girl who had Rasmussen's Encephalitis. Half of her brain was normal, while the other half was almost completely necrotic.

This surgery requires removing all the diseased tissue in the patient's brain, which means removing half of the brain that is damaged.

Fortunately, the little girl was only two years old and her brain was not yet fully developed. After the cerebrospinal fluid refilled the cavity, the remaining nerve cells would regenerate and compensate.

Theoretically, the surgery was successful, and the little girl can live a normal life afterward.

Adam really wanted to participate in this surgery.

But this time, Dr. Shepherd directly named George as a candidate, leaving him feeling helpless.

Firstly, George was the little girl's attending physician.

Secondly, Dr. Shepherd clearly intended to use this surgery to bribe George.

Because George is Meredith's roommate, and Dr. Shepherd now sleeps at Meredith's house almost every night, he always has to appease George's hostility and displeasure.

What could be more compelling for intern George than a sophisticated Neurosurgery procedure that would make him set aside his hostility and resentment and exclaim, "It's amazing!"

This kind of power even extends to rivals in love.

Can you blame others for questioning whether your relationship is some kind of bullshit love, but rather a power struggle and unspeakable transaction?

Stop joking.

Observation Operating Room.

The cleaning and disinfection area outside.

"Here it is, a double espresso, warm."

A surgical nurse brought Dr. Dr. Shepherd, a cup of coffee.

"I absolutely love you."

Dr. Shepherd thanked him and finished his coffee in one gulp.

This surgery will take a long time, and he must maintain a high level of concentration.

Adam smiled when he saw this.

Each surgeon has a medical team they work well with.

Anesthesiologists and surgical nurses, once they get along well, almost always work together year after year.

For example, the old nurse who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was hospitalized to die was Meredith's mother's full-time surgical nurse, a job she had held for 18 years!

They were very familiar with each other's habits and worked together seamlessly.

This made Adam think that once he becomes a chief surgeon, he should also build his own medical team.

I just don't know what his medical team will be like in the future.

I'm actually looking forward to it.

"I hope you brought a new crossword puzzle."

After finishing his coffee, Dr. Shepherd threw the cup in the trash can and casually called out to Dr. Tyler, the anesthesiologist he had been working with since coming to the Medical Center.

Anesthesiologist Dr. Tyler patted his chest pocket, which contained a crossword puzzle book.

"I always carry it with me."

Anesthesiologists have a relatively easy job, but they must stay in the Operating Room the entire time to monitor the patient's anesthesia.

For a top-notch anesthesiologist like Dr. Tyler, this kind of work is a piece of cake.

This then leads to a problem.

It's like an Experienced Driver driving on a vast, desolate highway; after a while, he might even fall asleep.

The anesthesiologist stays in the Operating Room, mostly sitting and waiting.

How to kill time?

Dr. Tyler's apparent pastime was doing crossword puzzles.

But secretly, he would have a little wine to get slightly tipsy.

Adam in the Observation Room was somewhat surprised.

Judging from this, George didn't say anything?

At that moment, George also subconsciously looked over, exchanged a glance with Adam, and immediately lowered his head and walked into the Operating Room.

"Hehe."

Adam couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Justice couldn't resist the allure of participating in such advanced neurosurgery, not to mention the danger of being targeted by anesthesiologist Taylor later.

Welcome to the real world.

Adam sighed inwardly.

If George could spot this problem, are Dr. Shepherd, who has performed so many surgeries with anesthesiologist Taylor, and the surgical nurses all idiots with permanently blocked noses?

Of course not!

In fact, Adam had already asked the nurses about it.

Everyone was well aware of the reasons behind Dr. Dr. Tyler anesthesiologist.

There's even a joke: Dr. Tyler is the best anesthesiologist at the Medical Center, and if he gets so drunk that he can't even do a crossword puzzle, then everyone should be worried.

After hearing this, what else is there to say?

"Today is a big day, young man, congratulations!"

Dr. Dr. Tyler, greeted George very warmly.

In his view, the Dr. Shepherd was willing to take George with him for such a major surgery meant that George was one of Shepherd's men, and showing some goodwill was a worthwhile and cost-effective thing to do.

"Thanks."

George's smile was a little stiff, and he couldn't help but look up at Adam in the Observation Room on the second floor.

Adam smiled at him.

George gritted his teeth, looked away, and stared straight at Dr. Shepherd beside him.

"What's wrong?"

"That look is too direct," Dr. Shepherd asked casually.

"Can you smell it...?"

George hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

What do you smell?

No one expected George to dare to bring this up so openly, so Shepherd didn't even think about it and smiled, pointing to his mask. "I'm wearing a mask."

Adam, in the Observation Room on the second floor, grinned and thought to himself, "Good heavens, it was just a normal, friendly smile. I didn't mean to mock you at all, George, please don't overthink it!"

Unfortunately, George was young and impetuous, and he got carried away.

George glanced at the anesthetized little girl and couldn't hold back any longer, asking the anesthesiologist, "Excuse me, Dr. Tyler, have you... have you been drinking alcohol?"

"Say that again?!"

Anesthesiologist Dr. Tyler's expression changed drastically, and he stared intently at George.

Everyone in the Operating Room stopped and looked over, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Is this junior intern out of his mind?

That's incredibly audacious!

"Can't you smell it?"

George panicked and pretended to sniff around, but still managed to say, "I smell alcohol."

"How dare you ask me such a question?!"

Anesthesiologist Taylor completely lost his temper.

These surgeries are all video-recorded, and if he admits to it and it's recorded, that would be a huge problem.

"George, you've crossed the line."

Dr. Shepherd warned.

"The hospital has regulations."

George was completely enraged. "There's a reason why rules are made. There's a two-year-old girl lying on the platform. We can't exploit someone's weakness like this..."

"It's none of your business, you worthless intern, to teach me what risk is!"

Anesthesiologist Dr. Tyler sneered, "Get him out of here, Shepherd!"

Dr. Shepherd stared intently at the anesthesiologist.

"Shepherd?"

Anesthesiologist Taylor called out again.

"George, get out."

Dr. Shepherd turned his gaze away and made a decision that was no surprise.

George walked out of the Operating Room blankly.

"Taylor, you better be fully prepared."

Shepherd reminded him in a low voice.

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be standing here."

Anesthesiologist Taylor replied casually.

As the most outstanding anesthesiologist in the Medical Center, he only had a working relationship with Dr. Shepherd and didn't need to be subservient to Dr. Shepherd at all.

Dr. Shepherd glanced at him again, thought for a moment, and instructed the nurse, "Call Dr. Duncan and have him come over immediately."

This is Teaching Hospital.

After George was removed from the Operating Room, a spot became available, which needed to be given to another intern.

Meredith is the first choice for this kind of advantage.

But now that this has happened, Dr. Shepherd is unsure how Meredith will react to smelling the alcohol on Taylor.

In addition, this unfortunate incident has already occurred before the surgery has even begun.

To be on the safe side, he simply chose Adam, the most reliable and outstanding candidate, as his assistant.

PS: Thanks for the tip!