Pain Beyond Endurance Is Exactly Right!

Medical Center.

Emergency room.

"Ah!"

A painful sound came from Liz's mouth, and Liz slowly opened her eyes.

"You're awake."

Adam's indifferent face appeared.

"It hurts!"

Liz had no other thought; the excruciating pain consumed her entire being.

"You've been shot."

Adam cautioned, "The bullet entered through your right shoulder and is lodged in a nerve cluster in your spine. Dr. Shepherd is already prepared, but there's not enough assurance that you can fully restore the function of your right hand."

"My right hand..."

Liz was in even more pain.

"Yes, it's your right hand—the one you use to hold a knife and eat."

Adam glanced at the doorway and, seeing no one, said calmly, "But you don't need to worry too much. After all, even without this incident, you won't be able to use a scalpel anymore. With Dr. Shepherd's skills, it's still possible to preserve most of the arm's function. You should still be able to eat with your right hand."

"Danny ..."

Liz looked at Adam with pain.

"He's fine."

Adam said indifferently, "As long as you don't let George cut his power cord, he'll be fine."

By the way, that heart has already reached Dr. Han's patient.

They should be undergoing a heart transplant right now.

I heard he was a good man with two children, aged four and five. He had waited so long for this heart.

I believe that soon he will be able to accompany his two children, running and playing happily, with this healthy heart. Isn't that a wonderful ending?

"I didn't want this, Adam, can you understand me? I love him..."

Liz didn't know whether she was crying from grief or from shame at the happy ending Adam described that she had almost ruined.

"I believe that's what you think."

Adam nodded expressionlessly.

"Dr. Duncan, the Operating Room is ready."

The nurse came in and reminded her.

"Um."

Adam pushed the gurney toward the Operating Room.

In the Operating Room.

"Okay, move in a little closer here."

"Okay, I'm going to remove the bullet from the neural network now."

Dr. Shepherd is performing the surgery on Liz, with Adam assisting.

Beep beep!

The monitor alarm went off.

"The number of neutrophils is decreasing!"

"Arterial pressure dropped by 50%!"

The nurse reminded her.

Did you cut a nerve?

"I didn't see any severed nerves."

"Okay, let's test his arm's reflexes."

"No response."

"Damn it, do it again."

"Good."

"Damn it, I'd know if I cut a nerve."

"Dr. Shepherd, how about we do a waking test? Only Liz herself can tell us whether the surgery has damaged her nerves."

"This..."

Dr. Shepherd hesitated. "If I wake her up now, I'm afraid she won't be able to bear the pain."

Now that Liz's arm has been cut open, her muscles and nerves are exposed. Without anesthesia, the sensitive nerves will transmit excruciating pain to her brain, causing Liz unbearable agony.

"Liz is a doctor after all, and this concerns her entire life. Let her make her own decision."

Adam said very professionally.

Although, with his keen eye, he was more certain Dr. Shepherd had indeed not damaged any nerves in Liz's arm.

But hey!

Current medical understanding of the human body is still too superficial, not to mention that he is just an intern. What he sees may not be the whole picture. Who knows if there are nerves that have been severed that are not even visible under a microscope?

Practice is the sole criterion for testing truth.

His style is to be steady and reliable.

He cannot bear the responsibility of deciding the course of Liz's life.

Only Liz herself can make the decision.

Emmm.

That's it!

"Alright."

Dr. Shepherd nodded.

If it were him, or any other renowned doctor of similar stature, he would not hesitate to wake the other person for the sake of their careers.

Because the renowned doctor lost the hand that could hold a scalpel, he will spend the rest of his life immersed in endless pain.

In comparison, the pain that has been awakened now is insignificant.

But most doctors, especially a beautiful female doctor who had been a model, would Dr. Shepherd feel that she might not be willing to endure such pain.

This is similar to when Sheldon complained that he wasn't at his peak, Penny comforted him, saying it was okay. Sheldon's reply left Penny speechless, "Of course you think it's okay, because you've never been at your peak."

A renowned doctor is like Sheldon, who is close to the pinnacle of a certain field and cannot bear the consequences of falling from that peak.

The average doctor is like Penny, who has never reached the pinnacle, has little or no feeling about it.

Would Sheldon be devastated if he thought Penny was no longer intelligent or could no longer act?

No, he wouldn't even think of that.

Dr. Shepherd's view of Liz, while not as exaggerated as Sheldon's view of Penny, still subconsciously felt that the medical profession was not as important to Liz as they were.

After all, Liz is someone who can shoot emotional photoshoots as a female doctor.

This is somewhat disrespectful to this noble profession.

Female doctors treat and save lives through their skills, not by using their physical bodies to save all living beings.

Many people in the hospital disliked Liz from the beginning, and she still has no colleagues, especially female colleagues, who confide in her, which is a very important reason.

Liz actually knew this too.

When Meredith and Dr. Shepherd were dating, Liz was furious when Liz found out. She berated Meredith relentlessly, saying that Meredith had gotten the surgery through connections and that Meredith shouldn't have given up the professional reputation and respect that she wanted but couldn't have.

Liz, who entered the Medical Center as a heart-shaped model, makes a deeply ingrained first impression.

If you don't earn respect for your profession, how can others expect you to think that your profession is important?

Does Liz have a lover, or a best friend?

Dr. Shepherd asked, "Once she regains consciousness, someone will need to help her focus in the excruciating pain and follow our instructions to test whether her arm is paralyzed."

"She and Danny Dugate have a close relationship, but Danny is currently in the hospital with a left ventricular assist device connected to his heart and cannot come over."

Adam explained, "How about we call him George O'Malley? He's her best friend."

"Okay, call Dr. O'Malley over as soon as possible."

Dr. Shepherd instructed the nurse.

Not long after.

George came in after cleaning and disinfecting, and became nervous after learning what he needed to do.

"O'Malley, you need to wake her up, talk to her, and focus all her attention on you to reduce the pain. Then, follow our instructions to test the nerve feedback in her arm, understand?"

Dr. Shepherd confirmed.

"I, I Tried My Best."

George crouched down in front of Liz with great concern.

Dr. Shepherd signaled to the anesthesiologist to stop the anesthesia and begin waking Liz.

"She's about to regain consciousness."

An experienced anesthesiologist offered this advice.

"George, get ready!"

Adam reminded him.

"Liz, Liz, it's George, wake up, open your eyes, hi, hi..."

Liz opened her eyes at George's call, and then her whole body began to tremble.

The unprecedented pain caused Liz to tremble so violently that Adam suspected she could bounce off the operating table and onto the ceiling, forcing him to exert even more force to suppress her.

"Waaaaah, cough cough cough..."

With Liz inserted in her mouth, Liz's body trembled violently. Adam and a group of nurses worked together to restrain her. She wanted to scream but couldn't, and could only make various whimpering and coughing sounds.

ps: Thanks to zzz72 and Spring and Autumn Dream for the reward!