Chapter 2579: Crafty Little Devils

The next evening, Teacher Tan invited her for dinner for the second time.

Over the phone, they agreed that Teacher Tan would drive by to pick her up after work, and she should wait at the entrance of Shou’er.

This day also happened to be the first day of working in the second department of pediatric cardiac surgery, quite busy.

The workflow is basically the same, start with the morning meeting, then handover before going to the wards for rounds.

During the morning meeting, the older Director Lu asked about yesterday’s PICU incident. Shou’er is different from Guoxie, female surgeons are not unheard of, but there are none in pediatric cardiac surgery. Director Lu was interested in Immortal Brother’s female student: "What’s her name? Did your teacher mention she remembered the pacemaker? Has she performed a pacemaker installation surgery?"

"No." Xie Wanying answered honestly. She hadn’t been to cardiology, and had little exposure to interventional surgery. Just starting in cardiac surgery, she was still learning, and hadn’t had the chance to handle many new things yet.

"Have Teacher Cao guide you." Director Lu kindly said to her and Cao Zhao, "This surgery is not difficult to perform."

Upon hearing the old director’s words, several classmates again speculated on what was the most difficult surgery in pediatric cardiac surgery. This question was hard to answer, but the common diseases here could be seen immediately during rounds in the department.

Today there was a grand ward round, the team of doctors moved in great numbers from the first to the last bed, Director Lu led with a commanding presence.

A characteristic of pediatrics is that in the ward you may see some children appearing quite severe, yet unable to get a spot in PICU. The reason is simple, there are even more severe children. It illustrates how rapidly children’s illnesses progress and easily worsen. In some adult departments, you can find patients admitted just for nurturing their health and getting examinations done, but not in pediatrics. One of the main features of hospitalized cardiac patients is hypoxia, which is the same for adults and children, many patients need to use nasal cannulas for oxygen.

The image of pediatricians with stethoscopes treating children is full of childlike charm, as if examining withered little flowers or lively little dogs and cats.

Like Director Lu, bending in front of a child, akin to Grandpa KFC, holding the child’s little hand, coaxing while listening to the child’s heartbeat. The child looked at Director Lu, eyes large and crystal clear like glass marbles, full of childlike innocence. Eyes are the windows to the soul, revealing how the child’s State of Mind is as pure as plain boiled water. Seeing such a child sick, who wouldn’t feel heartache?

This is how young children under about three years old let doctors examine them.

Older children like Zhu Xing, at first can be persuaded by doctors, but as time goes on, harder to deceive. Truly, children above three are quite cunning. The scientific basis for categorizing children under three as infants and toddlers is apparent. Their developmental characteristics in this period are indeed extraordinary and crucial. A child’s brain development at birth is only twenty-five percent of an adult’s, but by three years old, it reaches eighty to ninety percent of adult brain development. Now it becomes evident why children older than three attending kindergarten are not so easily fooled.

Due to Shou’er relaxing age restrictions, here you may even see teenagers sixteen or seventeen preparing for congenital heart disease surgery. Isn’t it said that the earlier congenital heart disease surgery is done, the better? Generally, that’s true. However, some diseases have early symptoms that may not be obvious, making it difficult for parents and the child to detect the illness, delaying timely medical attention.