Doctor Goes Back to Joseon - Chapter 125

Jik

The sharp scalpel cut Simin’s face.

Ganghyuk cut the part about 1 cm from the scar.

‘I want to make it safe.’

It was not only because of responsibility of a doctor but also because of the friendship with Simin.

“Dolseok, pull it when I say.”

“Yes, sir.”

Dolseok received tools with caution.

It was the first time for him to do a facial operation and the part that he should pull was very thin.

He became very nervous.

“Why?”

“It is certainly different from…”

“From what?”

“From what I practiced.”

“Ah”

He might think of the anatomy that they had last time.

Of course. They must be different.

It was not only because they were dead bodies while Simin was alive but also because it was reoperation.

“It is because of the mystery of human body. When a man has got wounded, it became cured by itself and then it became like this.”

Ganghyuk pointed the mess.

It should have skin, fat and muscle on the section.

But this part has fibrosis only. Everything became merged into one and they could not differentiate from one another.

“Why is it cured like this? It would be better if it kept the original status.”

“No complaints. If it was not cured like this, he was already a dead body.”

“Is that so?”

“He is far better than normal cases. Some people have uglier scars.”

We can see people who have swollen scars.

It is because they have keloid constitution.

The scars of the people of keloid constitution seem uglier.

However, it is good for survival. It means that they could have a quicker cure even the bigger cuts.

Those who have keloid constitution are more often observed among African aborigines.

It is guessed that it is because those who have keloid constitution could survive in the devastated environments more easily.

Kim Simin was not such kind although his scar was big and ugly.

Dolseok blinked his eyes without knowing the difference.

“I see.”

“Yes. Please concentrate. If I fail this operation, it is really a disaster.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Yeoni, pull this as I instructed.”

Ganghyuk gave each end of the scar to Dolseok and Yeoni.

Since they pulled the edge as instructed keeping the angle and the strength, Ganghyuk could have good sight.

‘Good… The part where the nerves are pressed should be deep inside… it might be here.”

If it were in Korea, he could start the surgery after seeing MRI picture.

But here there was no other supports than his six sense.

He should check everything after opening the scar.

“If you pull it too hard, it will make another crack. Maintain the strength.”

“Yes, sir.”

“Let’s start.”

Ganghyuk dig the section of the scar with scissors rather than his fingers.

It was because he could not push inside with his fingers.

Everything became incorporated into one and he could not identify which was skin and which was muscle.

Therefore, he could not do it quickly.

‘If I damage a nerve knot while investigating, it will make a real disaster.’

It is not only no. 5 that goes here.

More important nerve no. 7 passes here, too.

It is called as a facial nerve.

If no. 5 is responsible for the senses of the face, the facial nerve is responsible for the movement of facial muscles.

If it is cut, it would be a catastrophe.

Ganghyuk once witnessed an accident that the nerve was cut at this position.

‘The skillful professor was at a loss.’

The professor was startled and shocked.

It was a really embarrassing scene.

He cut and arranged the section for the further operation and something was cut with noise.

He thought at first a fiberized tissue but it was a nerve.

The operation stopped but the milk was already spilt and there was nothing to do to recover the situation.

‘It was a young man.’

The young man lost the half of his face because of the accident.

It was not Ganghyuk who did the operation but he was really sorry for the young patient who lost the half of his face.

‘The patient has the same messed incorporated section.’

In as second thought, Simin looked similar to the young patient.

‘This sentimental feeling will not help me.’

Ganghyuk removed the bad feeling and continued cut the scar with scissors.

He tried to imagine what it used to look like before the injury.

He concentrated on his fingers.

He spared even one eye blinking.

-Tuduk

Suddenly the part that Yeoni pulled was torn.

It was because the scissors met the part as Ganghyuk cut the gap between the fat and muscle.

Yeoni who pulled the part was startled.

“Eok?”

Ganghyuk was surprised, too.

“Eo? Ah, it is ok.”

“Was something torn apart?”

Yeoni asked holding the apparatus with trembling hand.

As Ganghyuk had repeated that it would be a difficult operation and they must do their best, she was highly tensed.

“Yes, there is a torn… But it is ok. Pull it as before.”

“If I tore it more…?”

“It is Ok. Pull it.”

Yeoni lifted the apparatus hesitantly.

Then Ganghyuk could see the bottom of the muscle which was covered by the scar.

“The torn part was fat. It is really ok.”

“Oh, thank you. I was so scared.”

“And I found what I wanted to see. Here it is.”

“Really?”

“It is a miracle that he did not die at that time. He was a really lucky guy.”

Ganghyuk put his finger on the muscle.

He could feel the pulse,

It seems that his facial artery was injured in the battle.

It was cured accidentally but it was not perfect.

‘It is a luck that the cut was cured autonomously.’

In some cases artery cures naturally.

When the blood pressure drops dramatically, the blood flow in artery can be less than that in vein.

But if the blood does not arrive at facial artery, it means the death is imminent.

‘It is a real miracle that he survived.’

He must have been in the status when the blood pressure was too low and blood did not arrive at facial artery.

It is certain that he was born a sturdy constitution.

However, he could not say that he was perfectly ok, because his facial artery was deformed.

An artificial aneurysm was formed.

It was over 2 cm.

Therefore a few nerves had to be pressed by it.

“Yeoni, give me your hand.”

“What? Why?”

“Give it to me.”

“Yes…”

Ganghyuk took Yeoni’s hand and put it on the muscle.

This kind of aneurysm was very rare and he wanted to show it to Yeoni.

Even Ganghyuk has not seen such extraordinary aneurysm before.

To see is to believe.

“Do you feel anything?”

“What do you mean?”

Yeoni could not feel the blood vessel because she was embarrassed by the hand of Ganghyuk.

If it were outside, she would reject it but it was in the operation room so she had to keep under his hand.

She blushed her cheeks and Ganghyuk was embarrassed by this situation.

“Do you feel the beat? Isn’t it loudly pounding?”

“Yes? Ah, yes.”

If you hear this conversation, you may think that Ganghyuk made confession of love.

But it was not about his heart but about someone’s face.

Moreover they touched the scar and Ganghyuk asked to feel something.

Yeoni felt Ganghyuk’s pulse tilting her head.

It was the same ordinary pulse that she felt from his wrist.

His heartbeat was not fast but not slow.

“What are you doing?”

Ganghyuk looked at Yeoni with an absurd face.

She touched his wrist in the middle of the operation.

Is she pervert?

It was the first time in his life.

She murmured without knowing what Ganghyuk was thinking of.

“No, sir. It is not beating loudly.”

“Do you not feel this vibration? It is strange. It is pounding.”

“Do you mean your heart?”

“No, why should I pound? You don’t feel anything here under your hand?”

“Ah.”

Yeoni realized that she misunderstood the situation.

When she looked up, Makbong was clicking his tongue.

Makbong was an expert in this field so that he was called ‘Comforter of the Night’.

He did not have a handsome face but he had a talent to catch what the women was thinking of.

Therefore, he knew what kind of mind Yeoni had for Ganghyuk. It was not only loyalty. He knew that there was something else.

‘Even Ms. Yeoju did not get his heart, then Yeoni? Impossible. But nobody knows what will happen, as he has very peculiar taste.

Baik Ganghyuk was notorious in Suwon several years ago.

But he found something different once he started to work for him.

He has never seen him spending a night with a girl.

He liked to drink but he drank with his fellows or other friends.

‘He has never flirted with Yeoni or Ms. Yeoju.’

Makbong thought that if he were Ganghyuk he would already have them.

It was not because Makbong was crazy or pervert.

Normal people would do it undoubtedly.

Joseon was the time that was very generous to nobleman.

People say, Mars is never insensible to the glance of beauty.

‘Oh, considering that, Sir Baik is a saint. Haha.’

He does not seem to have lust.

He liked money but he was not obsessed with it.

He was very generous to his servants.

When he came to have more loyalty to him, something hit his head.

“Pay attention.”

“Yes, sir.”

“I will treat the artery so you reduce the breathing.”

“Ah, yes.”

Just a moment ago, he thought Ganghyuk was a near saint.

But he became a goblin and gazed him with fierce eyes.

He saw a hook that Yeoni had held on the floor.

It seems that Ganghyuk threw it to him.

‘No, no. He is a no saint. He is a devil.’

Makbong followed his instruction grumbling.

No, it was his intention to follow the instruction.

But he did not know what he had to do, because he did not listen to him falling in his thought.

‘Will he throw something else?’

Makbong quickly removed a hook around Ganghyuk. After checking that nothing dangerous has been there, he asked.

“Sir”

“What?”

“What did you tell me to do?”

“Ha, this bastard. What are you talking about? Do you want to die?”

Ganghyuk tried to find something to throw at him but he could not find anything.

He had to suppress his anger.

He had more important thing than being angry.

He told him suppressing his anger.

“I will treat the artery so control the breath.”

“Increase?”

“No, reduce it. If the chest becomes full of air, what will happen? How about the pressure?”

“Not that I know of.”

“Then, it will increase the pressure and the blood pressure will increase too. Then, the blood will splash. Why do you not know such an easy and simple principle?”

“Eo… Anyway, I will lower…”

“Yes, I must cut the deformed artery and connect it to the original root. Breathe as slow as possible. But if you don’t give him breath at all, he will die. Thus, give him breath at half speed.”