Before Master Pang could finish, Xiao Nuo left the cafeteria swiftly.
Master Pang smiled and said to himself, “This girl is beautiful and sensible, and it is very suitable for Doctor Ding.”
Then he took out a small notebook and looked at the secret recipes that he wrote down not long ago with enchanted face, “Lucky for these kids. What Doctor Ding taught me will make my cooking skill much better. Hey hey!”
Wang Guoliang was a border guard who had a conflict with a drug dealer and engaged fire during a border check at last night. Although he eventually succeeded in taking down the drug dealer, a grenade wounded his right leg.
Although the steel ball was removed after the first aid, his leg bones had comminuted fractures. And a large area of muscle tissue necrosis occurred. The doctors had a consultation and announced that they could only perform an amputation.
When he heard the news, he felt like it was the end of the world. He was only 21 years old this year and still had a long life ahead, but he could only spend it on a wheelchair.
What made it even more unacceptable for him was that he had to retire early because of his disability and leave his passionate military career.
He was the second son in his family. His brother was killed because of refusing to help the drug dealer with drug trafficking. He had vowed in front of his brother’s cold body to catch the drug dealer who killed his brother to avenge for his brother.
But now, he could no longer realize his vows and had to retire early with a disabled body. He was always known as a tough man. But he couldn’t help but cry out loud.
The comrades surrounded silently by his ward with their eyes watery and red, but they did not know how to comfort the brave warrior.
There were countless first-line soldiers who retired because of disability each year. Wang Guoliang was not the first one. And by no means, he would be the last one.
Although they were psychologically prepared from the day that they became the border guards, it was hard for them to accept the reality when it happened to their comrade.
These tough men who used to shed blood but no tears sobbed out with tears running down their faces. There were thousands of words they wanted to say, but they could only turn them into silent cry.
Especially Zhang Ziqiang, who was saved by Wang Guoliang by covering him from the explosion with his own body, burst into loud sobs.
Self-blame and guilt made this iron-clad man kneel in front of the doctor, keep on making kowtows with bumps until his forehead turned blue, and even bloody, and plead urgently,
“I beg you, doctor, save him, and he is still young, he is only 21 years old, he suffers this because of saving me, wu wu wu. With the medical skills so developed now, could you transplant my leg to him, please, doctor, I beg you…”
Listening to Zhang Ziqiang’s earnest crying voice, the tenderness from the iron-boned man made people shed silent tears.
Even if the attending doctor Fang Mingyang had long been used to this kind of scene, he still couldn’t help but get moved with his eyes turned red. He closed his eyes sadly and apologized with guilt,
“Sorry, the current medical level is still not enough to cure him. There has been a large area of tissue necrosis in his legs, and there is a tendency to spread. If we do not immediately amputate, his life may be in danger.”
Zhang Ziqiang sat on the floor weak and limp as if his strength was pumped away, and he kept saying in a desperate and whining voice, “Why, why this happened? Guoliang, it was all my fault. If it weren’t me, you wouldn’t…”
“Brother Qiang, it’s okay, isn’t it just an amputation? I still have a leg after that. I am already much luckier than the comrades who lost their lives, don’t cry, don’t cry…”
Wang Guoliang turned to comfort Zhang Ziqiang with tears in his eyes. Then Zhang Ziqiang hugged Wang Guoliang and cried together.
Men only weep when they deeply hurt. The comrades all gathered around, hugged the two, and let the tears shed freely. Their sobs were so saddening that everyone who had heard it would be heart-broken.
Standing at the side, Fang Mingyang turned his head and secretly wiped the tears in his eyes. Even though, as a doctor, he should not affect the patient’s emotion, he still could not control his feelings when facing this group of the loveliest people.
“Doctor Fang, can you show me his medical records and films?”
A young voice appeared abruptly, which seemed so catchy among the sobs.
Fang Mingyang looked at Ding Ning astounded and asked, “You are?”
“I am Ding Ning, the doctor from Ninghai. Captain Zhou Yaozu can confirm my identity.”
Ding Ning said with a voice neither haughty nor humble. He just visited the military hospital out of habit and didn’t expect to see such a scene. The deep comradeship of the soldiers moved him deeply. Therefore he decided to lend a hand.
Wang Guoliang’s muscle tissue was subjected to a strong external force. And a large area of necrosis occurred. In Western medicine, it was nearly unsolvable and could only be treated with amputation.
But in the view of traditional Chinese physicians, there was no fatal injury in this world. When the doctor couldn’t treat, it was only because of their insufficient medical skills.
Muscle tissue necrosis was only caused because the blood vessels, muscles, and meridians were subjected to external damage. The Organism stopped spontaneous circulation. Therefore myonecrosis started.
As long as the blood vessels were unobstructed, the meridians were reorganized, the broken bones were restored, and the self-healing function of the human body was activated, the metabolism of the cells would stimulate the growth of the muscles.
“Doctor Ding? It is you. How are you? I have heard about you a lot. Yaozu and I share the same dormitory. He went back until late last night and told me about you. He admired you very much. I was thinking to make time to learn from you. The only antidote to the toxicity of Antiaris Toxicaria Lesch is Triostar. Especially in Mainland, the toxicity of Artiaris Toxicaria is way serious. However, you managed to let a poisoned person stalled for two hours over the death time. That was incredible. How did you make it?”
What didn’t come to Ding Ning’s mind was that Fang Mingyang knew him very well. After Ding Ning introduced himself, he immediately reached out his hand with enthusiasm.
Ding Ning held his hand with a shy smile and said, “I am an ancestral traditional Chinese physician. What I used was a method that could reduce the spread of the toxicity. It is not worth mentioning. But our current priority is to treat the injured soldier. Can I take a look at the medical records and films?”
“Yes, of course, Xiao Liu, go bring Wang Guoliang’s medical records and films.”
Fang Mingyang was also straightforward. After telling the pretty nurse behind him to bring the medical record, he held Ding Ning’s hand tightly and started to pour out his woes with sighs,
“To tell the truth, it is too bad to be a military doctor, especially in our military hospital. It is huge torture for our body and mind. Every time we looked at the injured soldiers, we felt quite helpless as if needles were sticking our hearts. You can make fun of me. But every time I see these lovely soldiers become disabled or even lose their lives to protect the frontiers, I couldn’t help but shed tears, blaming myself for my incompetence.”
“This means Doctor Fang is a true man. The patients that military hospitals receive are relatively simple, who are mostly brave soldiers. It’s normal to feel emotional. You are not like the doctors in Mainland, who can meet all sorts of people and become insensitive when they are used to parting and deaths. I can understand your feelings. Like this soldier here, this is also my first time to see such a scene. And I also couldn’t help to feel moved. That’s why I wanted to exceed my duties and meddle in this affair. I wonder if Doctor Fang could grant me the chance.”
Ding Ning grew to like Fang Mingyang much better. Compared with the doctors from the leading hospitals in Mainland who had long become apathetic when facing life and death, these military doctors were just as adorable as these brave soldiers.
Fang Mingyang looked at Wang Guoliang with a dilemma and said, “From my point of view, I certainly hope that Doctor Ding will be able to create the miracle and save Wang Guoliang from the pain of amputation. But this must be consulted by the superiors, as well as Wang Guoliang’s opinion. With all due respect, Doctor Ding, how much is the certainty for you to cure Wang Guoliang without amputation?”
Ding Ning thought a little, confidently replied, “Now I dare not to say that there is a certain degree of certainty, let me run a check on him first.”
At this moment, Wang Guoliang’s comrades all stopped crying and looked at Doctor Fang and Ding Ning.
Zhang Ziqiang even clenched his fist and stared at Ding Ning tightly. His eyes filled with hope and he was willing to pay any price to save Wang Guoliang’s leg from amputation.
“Wang Guoliang, this is Doctor Ding from Ninghai. He has excellent medical skills. Even Doctor Zhou admires him. Are you willing to let him try?”
Fang Mingyang’s tone towards Wang Guoliang was quite gentle. The reason that he mentioned Zhou Yaozu was that Zhou Yaozu had got a good reputation in the soldiers’ heart and his level of surgical skills was also higher than Fang Mingyang.
Wang Guoliang’s eyes suddenly brightened up, and he nodded heavily. “I am willing to try.”
Ding Ning quickly walked up to Wang Guoliang smiling, put his finger on his wrist, started applying Absolute Touch, and formed a three-dimensional picture in his mind.
His right leg had a comminuted fracture of the thigh bone. The meridian broke more than half, the venous blood vessel also broke, causing the blood stopped circulating, and the muscle tissue necrosis had a tendency to spread. It was no wonder that the hospital got helpless and could only amputate.
Not a sound could be heard in the ward. Everyone was holding their breath, staring nervously at Ding Ning, watching every change in his look.
Ding Ning sometimes frowned, sometimes stretched, and sometimes pondered, each expression affected the hearts of those who were present.
All comrades-in-arms of Wang Guoliang had butterflies in their stomach with their hearts beating fast, as if they were waiting for a judge to sentence a prisoner, scared that they would lose the last hope.
Even when Nurse Xiao Liu brought in the medical records and films, Fang Mingyang pointed up his index finger and hushed her in fear of disturbing Ding Ning’s diagnosis.
Nurse Xiao Liu looked at Ding Ning with her big eyes blinking, who was an extremely young doctor from Mainland, started to guess his age and reliability secretly in her mind.
However, Ding Ning looked quite handsome when he focused. Nurse Xiao Liu seemed to think of something, and her pretty face blushed.
After a long while, under the tense attention of everyone, Ding Ning loosened Wang Guoliang’s hand and said with a smile, “Eighty percent. I have eighty percent of certainty to cure him.”
“Yeah!” There was a thrilling carnival sound in the entire ward. Zhang Ziqiang slammed his knees on the ground, and tears flowed down on his face before he could speak. He said with a crying voice, “Doctor Ding, thank you, thank you!”
Wang Guoliang was shocked and looked at Ding Ning with disbelief. He swallowed his saliva and asked, “Doctor Ding, is it true that I don’t need to take an amputation?”
“No, you don’t. I have 80% certainty to cure you, but…”
After hearing Ding Ning’s word, everyone got nervous again and stared at Ding Ning with tense eyes, lest he would say any bad news.
“However, you must cooperate with my treatment. Your injury is very serious. You must stay in bed for at least half a year to convalesce before doing some rehabilitative recovery exercises. You must not do strenuous exercise. Otherwise, even gods cannot save you.”
Ding Ning said with a serious look on his face.
“When can I return to the team? Can I not do strenuous exercise in the future?”
Wang Guoliang swallowed his saliva and asked with concern.
“That’s not what I meant. If you recover well, up to eight months, I promise you are alive and kicking as you were before.”
Ding Ning said confidently.
