"Whatâs the matter?" Doctor Hu didnât hear them getting to work and shouted again, "If you canât do it, get down, let her take over!"
Being about to be replaced by Student Xie, Shen Xifei was greatly stimulated. Doctor Huâs words felt like a whip lashing her, and all she could do was charge forward like cattle.
Her hand held the scalpel and sliced down the pregnant womanâs skin.
The surgery began.
An incision was made in the lower part of the uterus. Xie Wanying assisted beside her, quickly applying gauze to stop the bleeding, then using the suction device to remove blood, keen to expose the inner uterus as soon as possible.
The uterus opened to reveal the amniotic sac. Without concern for the size of the incision in the pregnant woman, the doctor enlarged the surgical field to make the fetus visible, so it could be taken out. Cutting through the amniotic sac, the babyâs head emerged.
Shen Xifei reached to grasp the babyâs head, but she was so hungry and weak that she couldnât hold the child; the babyâs head slipped from her palm. She couldnât help but mutter quietly: "Bad luck."
Though he couldnât see, Doctor Hu knew, just by Shen Xifeiâs inhalation, that sheâd missed a key moment, and immediately called out, "Someone else!"
Xie Wanyingâs hands swiftly reached out, replacing the Chief Surgeon, grabbing the babyâs head before it fell back into the uterus, gently but firmly holding the babyâs head, she decisively and quickly extracted the baby from the motherâs body.
Her actions were so swift and precise, causing everyone watching on-site to exclaim in amazement.
This person is incredible. The people at the clinic exclaimed in admiration, nearly bursting.
Upon hearing othersâ praises for Xie Wanying, Shen Xifei felt truly unwilling about failing at the last critical moment. The problem was, she was too weak to curse, her body trembling like someone in severe illness after her failure to hold, halos spinning around her head, a sign of low blood sugar.
The Chief Surgeon saw her in this condition and was of no help. Xie Wanying decisively called for the on-duty doctor at the clinic to assist.
Simultaneously, the nurse assisted Shen Xifei off the operating table.
Shen Xifei sat nearby waiting to be fed sugar water, feeling like crying. The most baffling thing to her was how, despite Xie Wanying presumably not having time for dinner either and having been busy at the hospital all day like her, she remained energized and showed no signs of hunger.
Opportunity is always only available to those consistently prepared; honors students have a stunning intelligence about them in this regard. Xie Wanying had already eaten a "dinner" in the taxi.
Only hearing voices, Doctor Hu perceived the difference between the two, shaking his head. Young doctors like Shen Xifei evidently, like most doctors, require countless clinical hit-and-trials to understand the daily preparations needed to practice medicine. As for Student Xie, she was clearly a super outlier, having somehow early on learned to behave like a veteran doctor.
Clamp the umbilical cord.
This completely severed the connection between the fetus and the mother. For a normal baby, in this situation, its lungs would open, and it would breathe on its own, letting out its first cry to signify the arrival of new life. For a healthy baby, this step is a natural first step in life, an easily attainable goal, requiring no doctor assistance.
Premature babies might not respond the same way.
After the umbilical cord was severed, the baby that had smoothly exited the motherâs body let out no cry.
The abnormal phenomenon sent a chilling wave through all the medical staffâs hearts, knowing there was an issue with the baby.
Actually, itâs not surprising.