Chapter 1018

Seeing my anxious appearance, Yushchenko came to me and said in a low voice, "Comrade General, why don't we go into the operating room and have a look?"

Hearing his bad idea, I glared at him and said: "nonsense, it's nonsense. Are you not afraid that we will rush in so rashly that Dr. Sergey's operation will be affected? "

After being trained by me, Yushchenko had to go back to the chair by the wall and sit down, patiently waiting with me.

I don't know how long I waited, but the door of the operating room suddenly rang. I turned my head and looked, and a nurse with a mask came out. I quickly came forward and grabbed her way, and asked with concern, "Comrade nurse, have you finished the operation inside?"

The nurse shook her head and said, "sorry, comrade commander, there was an accident during the operation. The time may be prolonged."

There was an accident during the operation. When I heard the news, I suddenly got nervous. I grabbed her arm and asked in a panic, "what's the accident, will it lead to the failure of the operation?"

The nurse shook her head again and replied, "when Dr. Sergey was cleaning up the abscess in the eye, he found a fragment that had not been removed during the last operation. Because of the small size of this shrapnel, it may take a little time to take it out. " After that, she said to me in a pleading tone, "Comrade commander, the drugs in the operating room are used up. I'm in a hurry to get the medicine now. Will you allow me to leave?"

I found that I was still holding her arm tightly. I quickly loosened my finger and stepped back. I said apologetically, "sorry, comrade nurse, I delayed your work." Then he made a gesture of "please."

Yushchenko came up to me again, looked at the nurse's back, and said: "hum, no wonder Vassily's eyes can't recover. It turns out that there are still shrapnel left."

"Comrade captain, it's not the doctor's fault." Sergey operated on me, and I knew in my heart that he was a serious and responsible doctor. The reason why he didn't find the shrapnel in Vassily's eyes might be because of his small size. Seeing Yushchenko's indignant look, I could only explain to him: "the residual shrapnel volume should be very small. I think it's similar to sand, so Dr. Sergey missed it when they were debridement last time."

After listening to my explanation, Yushchenko went back to the wall and sat down again.

Time passed by, and just as I was about to lose patience, the door of the operating room rang again. This time two doors were wide open, and two male nurses pushed out the operating bed where Vassily was lying. I hastened to meet him, holding the edge of the operating bed, followed him for a few steps, and asked Vassily lying on it with concern, "Hello, Vassily, can you hear me?"

Vassily, whose eyes were tightly wrapped in gauze, heard my voice. After a sound, he said to me in a loud voice: "Comrade commander, I feel very good. Thank you!"

When I heard that he was full of confidence, I was finally relieved and said to Vassily, "you go back to rest first. I'll see you later." Then he stood up straight and took a step back, and asked the nurse to push the operating bed to the ward.

I turned and walked towards osimin, who had just appeared at the door. When I was two steps away from him, I took the initiative to stretch out my hands and said: "Comrade president, it's hard work!"

"General, I didn't let you down. The operation was very successful. Comrade Vasili's eyes can be removed in a week at most. Although his eyesight can't be compared with before, at least he won't be blind. "

After talking with him for a few words, I suddenly found that up to now, I haven't seen Sergey's shadow, so I asked curiously, "Comrade president, I don't know where Dr. Sergey is? I'm going to thank him personally. "

Osimilin pounced on the operating room and said, "where else can it be? It's inside, of course." At this point, he sighed and added bitterly, "five or six hours of surgery have worn him out. If it is in peacetime, such an operation is not a big deal for him. But now it is during the war, everything is rationed, and many of our doctors are unable to insist on long-term surgery because of malnutrition. Dr. Sergey was no exception. In the last half hour of the operation, he could hardly stand

After hearing o'siminin's story, my heart seemed to be pulled by something, and I felt very uncomfortable. I turned my head and told Yushchenko, who was standing in the back, "Comrade captain, go back to our place immediately and get something to eat, especially enema. Take as much as you have."

After listening to my instructions, Yushchenko did not act immediately, but continued to stand in the distance without moving, with a embarrassed expression on his face. Seeing this, I raised my voice and asked him, "Captain, what's the matter? Didn't you hear my order?"

When Yushchenko saw that I was angry again, he could only honestly reply, "Comrade General, I heard you. But our food is limited. If we bring it to Dr. Sergey, we may be hungry at night

"I'll talk about the evening." I interrupted Yushchenko's words and ordered him firmly, "now go back and get the food immediately, do you hear me?"

"Yes Yushchenko reluctantly agreed, turned and walked out along the corridor.

I asked where Sergey was and went straight in. Standing at the door of the open dressing room, I saw Sergey sitting on the floor with his back against the wall. A nurse squatted beside him, wiping sweat from his forehead with a handkerchief.

"Dr. Sergey." After I called, I went into the dressing room, then squatted down beside him and asked with concern, "what's the matter with you?"

Sergey looked at me with a smile on his face and said, "Comrade General, I'm ok. It's just that I'm standing a little too long and my feet are a little soft. I'll be fine after a rest."

Without waiting for me to speak, the nurse squatting on the other side said angrily, "Dr. Sergey, what's wrong with you? Your feet are weak after standing for a long time. It's because of long-term malnutrition that your body can't bear such a high-intensity operation..."

"Come on, Elena, stop it." When Sergey stopped the nurse from going on, he gave me a wary look, as if he was afraid that the nurse's words would irritate me.

I coughed gently to comfort him and said, "don't worry, Dr. Sergey. I know what the nurse said is true. Now the ration card system is implemented, and the food you can get every day is very limited. For doctors like you who are engaged in heavy work every day, this food is far from enough. I will respond to my superiors as soon as possible and ask them to increase your daily quota. "

When I said that, Sergey's eyes brightened and then darkened. He shook his head and said feebly, "thank you, Comrade General. But it's useless, because after all, you are not in charge of the health department and have no right to adjust the treatment of medical staff. "

Instead of continuing to struggle on this issue, I turned to Vassily's operation: "Dr. Sergey, I want to ask you why the shrapnel in Comrade Vassily's eyes was not completely removed during the last operation."

"Well, Comrade General." When Sergei heard me ask about this, he explained to me immediately: "when Comrade Vassili was sent to our hospital, his eye injury was already very serious, which may be related to the improper disposal of the field hospital. We performed debridement twice in a row to clean up the shrapnel and various impurities in his eyeballs. As for the fragment found today, it was too small, only a little larger than the sand, so it was not found in time at that time. "

When I heard Sergei's statement, which was similar to what I had guessed, I stopped pestering about it. Instead, I continued to ask, "how long will it take for Vassily to recover after this operation?" Although oshiminin just gave me the answer, I wanted to get further information from Sergei, so I asked again.

When Sergei regained some strength, he said to me, "Comrade General, you can rest assured that Vasili's operation was successful. After clearing the fragment, I searched several times to make sure there were no other fragments left, and then I sewed it up. If there is no accident, Vasili can remove the stitches in a week at most. Although his eyesight will never return to the previous level, he will never be blind

As soon as Sergey finished speaking, Elena suddenly said to me, "Comrade commander, although you are out of the hospital now, in order to be safe, you should not do any strenuous exercise in three months, so as to avoid retinal detachment again. With our current medical conditions, the anesthetic injected for your second operation will have bad side effects on your brain. "

When I heard the nurse's advice, I nodded my head and assured her, "don't worry, comrade Elena, I will be very careful about what you remind me."

As we were talking, Yushchenko came in with a backpack on his face. I winked at him and motioned him to give it to Sergei.

Yushchenko saw my eyes and immediately understood. He squatted down and put his bulging backpack in front of him.

Seeing the backpack in front of him, Sergey's face looked surprised. He asked strangely, "Comrade General, what is this?"

"Nothing, just something to eat." I shrugged my shoulders and said lightly, "I think you have been working hard recently, so let my subordinates bring you something to eat. I hope you can take it."

Irina, the nurse next to her, heard that her backpack was full of food. She couldn't help reaching for it, but Sergey grabbed her hand. Sergey shook his head at her, then turned to me and said, "Comrade General, you'd better take back the food. I know that you are all from outside the city, and you don't have a ration card. It's very difficult to get these food. How can we have the right to eat the food you managed to get? "

Without saying a word, I grabbed my backpack on the ground and thrust it into Elena's arms. I said in a strong voice, "Comrade nurse, these foods are for you and Dr. Sergey. You can only accept them, but you can't refuse them. This is my order. Although you are not soldiers, you should also know that the orders of your superiors can only be obeyed. You can't discuss this. "

In the face of my aggressiveness, Elena's backpack in her arms was like a time bomb, which made her feel embarrassed and just glanced back and forth over Sergey and me“ Since it's the general's kindness, let's take it. " Sergey guessed from my actions that I would never give up if he didn't take these things, so he nodded to Elena and said, "I'll give them to the doctors and nurses in the inpatient department later."“ Good Hearing Sergey's words, Irina readily agreed, stood up with her backpack in her arms, went to the other side of the dressing room, and carefully placed her things on the table. I raised my hand and looked at my watch. Seeing that it was past noon, I stood up and said to Sergei, who was still sitting on the ground, "doctor, it's getting late. We won't disturb you. Have a good rest." With that, I turned to Yushchenko, who was standing beside me, and waved my head and said, "Captain, let's go!" When Yushchenko and I got on the jeep, I asked, "Captain, is there anything important during my absence?" Yushchenko, sitting in the co pilot's seat, heard my question, turned to me and said, "Comrade General, there's nothing else, but the teacher who wants to teach you English is coming. He's waiting for you at our residence."“ Drive, comrade driver. " I leaned forward, reached out and patted the driver on the shoulder, and told him: "hurry back to our residence as soon as possible, don't let the teacher wait for a long time." Five minutes later, our car stopped outside the house. Yushchenko got out first, went to the back, opened the door and waited respectfully for me to get out of the car. As soon as I got out of the car, a soldier ran out and asked Yushchenko with a smile, "Comrade captain, you are back." Yushchenko didn't talk nonsense to him either. He asked directly, "is the teacher still in there?" The soldier nodded his head desperately and answered definitely, "yes, comrade captain, the teacher has been waiting for the general to come back." I went to the soldier and told him, "take us to the teacher. I think he must be in a hurry."