Medical Center.
Operating Room.
"Adam, leave the rest to me."
After Adam finished the most difficult and crucial part, Meredith suggested that she handle the closing.
After all, this was how Adam had been working with Shorty, Lexie, Carter, Cristina, and the others these past three days.
With Dr. Shepherd absent and a flood of patients arriving at once, every surgery easily took several hours.
If Adam had not learned to let go of the less important details and given Shorty and the others more chances to operate hands-on, how many surgeries could he have completed even if he worked around the clock without sleep?
So Adam would first take one of them with him and complete the most difficult and dangerous portions of the surgery.
Then he would hand the remaining closing work to Shorty and the others whom he had tested and deemed trustworthy.
After that, he would head directly to the next Operating Room, where Carter and the others had already prepared everything so he could begin operating as soon as he arrived.
This saved time, and at one point, as many as five surgeries were underway simultaneously.
Adam could multitask, remotely directing the other surgeries that were being closed up even while performing his own, ensuring as much as possible that nothing went wrong.
And even if something did go wrong, Adam could step in and remedy it in time.
The key was that the benefits of doing this were simply too great.
Over the past three days, his Lifespan had increased by 0.5, or half a year.
Still, this was something he could only do occasionally.
Because there were risks.
Adam had done his utmost to keep those risks under control.
Like right now.
When Meredith made the suggestion, Adam smiled. "No rush. It's not