The gazes of everyone turned to the man.
With a resolute look in his eyes, he faced Chen Fan. "Doctor, save the mother, no matter the cost. I hope you can bring Lingling back to us."
Chen Fan ignored the man and the others, turning to Xia Yiting. "Have him sign, and prepare for surgery."
"Yes, Master!" Xia Yiting nodded quickly.
However, upon hearing that her son intended to save the mother, the middle-aged woman immediately objected. She raised her hand and struck the man's face. "Foolish, so foolish! How can you save the mother? Quickly tell the doctor, we only want to ensure the child's safety. Hurry!"
Xia Yiting's eyes were filled with disgust as she handed the consent form to the man.
Without hesitation, the man signed his name.
But the middle-aged woman seized the opportunity, snatched the consent form, and tore it to shreds. She even knelt on the ground, insisting that her son change his mind.
The pregnant woman's parents were also furious. They immediately declared that their daughter would divorce the man, and they would sign for the surgery themselves.
The middle-aged woman attempted to continue her outburst, but the security guards had already arrived and dragged her out of the hospital.
Inside the operating room.
"I've never seen such a mother-in-law. She's simply too malicious."
"Who says not? Seeing people like that makes me feel hesitant about marriage. What if I encounter such a mother-in-law?"
"I heard earlier that the pregnant woman's parents want their daughter to divorce him."
"Why stay in such a family? With a mother-in-law like that, it's better to divorce early. It would be a release."
"Alas, the most pitiful are actually this mother and child. Whether the mother or the child is saved, both will have significant regrets."
"What are you all worried about? With Dr. Chen personally performing the surgery, there shouldn't be any problems." Da Feng Novel Network
The doctors and nurses waiting for Chen Fan were preparing surgical instruments, still discussing the recent events.
At this moment, Chen Fan entered the operating room.
"Dr. Chen, the director from the Maternal and Child Health Hospital is on their way. It will take about another half an hour," a doctor informed Chen Fan.
Hearing the time, Chen Fan frowned slightly, held his breath, and looked at the pregnant woman.
"Beep beep beep!"
Suddenly, the monitor tracking the pregnant woman's vital signs began to alarm.
The atmosphere in the room instantly became tense.
"Dr. Chen, the patient's blood pressure is dropping rapidly," a doctor said in a panic.
Chen Fan withdrew his gaze. "One vial of adrenaline, intravenous injection."
"The pregnant woman is in critical condition now. We can't wait for the director from the Maternal and Child Health Hospital. We'll start the surgery. Anesthesiologist, prepare to anesthetize the patient. We must complete the process from anesthesia to delivering the baby in no more than five minutes, otherwise, the baby's nerves will be at risk."
Everyone was stunned. This was a general hospital, and they had no obstetrics and gynecology department. Who here knew how to perform a Cesarean section?
"Master, we don't have an obstetrician and gynecologist here," Xia Yiting reminded him softly.
Chen Fan glanced at Xia Yiting. "I'll do the Cesarean section."
What?!
When Chen Fan uttered those words, the entire operating room fell silent!
Everyone exchanged bewildered glances, their faces filled with disbelief.
"Prepare for anesthesia," Chen Fan, ignoring the strange looks around him, reminded the anesthesiologist again.
The anesthesiologist finally reacted and injected the anesthetic into the patient's vein.
About a minute later, the anesthesiologist reported to Chen Fan, "Dr. Chen, the patient has been anesthetized."
Chen Fan nodded, picked up a scalpel, and with swift precision, incised the patient's skin.
Without any hesitation, he cut through the skin and uterus. Chen Fan's movements were fluid and seamless, leaving the surrounding doctors dumbfounded.
This was clearly not the work of a general surgeon; it was the work of an obstetrician and gynecologist, perhaps even more skilled than professional ones!
Soon, Chen Fan delivered the baby and handed it over to Xia Yiting.
Xia Yiting quickly took the baby with the other nurses and began to check its condition.
"Waa!"
A loud cry erupted.
Immediately, a look of relief spread across the faces of everyone in the operating room.
At least the first step had been accomplished.
Chen Fan instructed, "Place the baby in an incubator. Continue the surgery."
The atmosphere in the operating room became tense again, all eyes fixed on Chen Fan's hands.
Chen Fan sutured the uterus and then began to operate on the patient for colon cancer and intestinal perforation. The patient's life was now in Chen Fan's hands.
Holding his breath, Chen Fan located the sites of the colon cancer and intestinal perforation.
"Beep beep beep!"
"Dr. Chen, the patient's blood pressure has dropped again," the doctor reported urgently.
"Inject a dose of dopamine," Chen Fan ordered, without even looking up, continuing his rapid surgery.
Every second of delay now increased the patient's risk.
Furthermore, the intestinal perforation had clearly been present for a long time, causing adhesions in many surrounding areas, making the procedure time-consuming.
Meanwhile, outside the operating room.
A middle-aged couple waited anxiously outside the door. The man and the middle-aged woman stood by a window not far away.
They were once a family, but now they were like strangers.
It had been nearly half an hour since the pregnant woman was taken into the operating room, and all their hearts were gripped with anxiety.
"If anything happens to the child, you must divorce that woman! And you must get back the hundred thousand yuan in betrothal gifts!" the middle-aged woman said, glaring at the operating room door, her face full of anger.
"Mom, at a time like this, you're still worried about that!" the man said with displeasure.
The middle-aged woman replied, "I'm doing this for your own good! I want to ensure you have an heir!"
The man impatiently retorted, "I will not divorce Lingling!"
"How dare you! A person with cancer, if the child is lost, do you know how much money she'll need for treatment? Even working three jobs wouldn't be enough for her medical expenses. She's a burden!" the middle-aged woman berated him, her eyes wide.
The man's face turned cold as he snapped, "They already gave me the betrothal gifts. The car I'm driving now was bought for me by Lingling's father. It cost over 160,000 yuan, and he paid the extra 60,000. How am I supposed to ask them for the betrothal gifts? Mom, just shut up. I don't want to hear you speak right now!"
"That was their voluntary choice. Don't wait for me to ask for it. How could I have raised such an ungrateful child who only thinks of other families? Don't you even consider how long it took me, your mother, to save that hundred thousand yuan!" the middle-aged woman continued to chatter incessantly.
However, at that moment, the operating room door opened.
Seeing this, the man quickly hurried over.
"Doctor, how is my wife?" the man asked first.
The middle-aged woman, however, quickly inquired, "What about the baby? Is the baby alright?!"
These words immediately drew the displeasure of the pregnant woman's parents.