Chapter 46 – Online Star (5)

Coming out of the office, Ha Sang Joong laughed despondently.

The surgeon with the devilish talent to repeat any procedure with the same skill level as long as he was familiar with it declared that he would practice until he succeeds.

When was the last time Choi Hoo, who always ran like a lone wolf, decided to do things by the book? Moreover, the reason was Dowook.

“Ha. Really. I get to have a great student in the latter half of my life, filling my life with variety.”

The student, who he expected to have a hard time under Choi Hoo, somehow became the key figure who caused such accidents every time instead of being discouraged.

It wasn’t enough to make him lose his mind trying to explain the alternative surgical concept of brain plastic surgery to the association, but now they were trying to create a new technique for the crowning glory of surgeons.

At this rate, he was a little afraid a day would come when those surgeons asked for permission to do a surgery that didn’t exist in the world.

“Rotten bastards. Phew, my stomach. Augh, stress.”

Vrrrr.

As he was walking down the corridor, his phone rang. When he opened it, he saw that it was a direct message from the chief of the Integrated internal medicine department.

[Chief Ha!! What should I doㅜㅜ I can’t go around with my head up anyway because of Director Lim. How did she dig up a commission from 5 years ago?. She said I have to return everything. Is there no way to talk her out of it? Who was it? Would it be possible to ask Dr. Park?]

Reading everything, Ha Sang Joong frowned. Then he called the Integrated internal medicine chief immediately.

-Chief Ha~

As soon as he heard the other’s voice, Ha Sang Joong shouted.

“Why do you want to pass that poop on to our Dowook? Director Lim was discharged from the hospital, so she is no longer under the charge of our department. Don’t even think about contacting Dowook about this. Or I’m gonna kick you out of the group chat!”

Ending the call, Ha Sang Joong huffed in anger.

“How can you bother a kid who has to perform 3-4 surgeries a day.”

Although he scolded Dowook a lot in the office, outside he was his family and student.

“How!”

As he was walking down the hall, Ha Sang Joong tilted his head.

“Just a sec. For what reason is Director Lim helping Dowook so much? She’s probably really busy.”

He had heard rumors that her workload was enormous in preparation for an accounting audit.

“She came last time and said something about Dowook being the future of the hospital. NO way…….”

A sudden guess.

“……Did she fall in love with our Dowook?”

It was such a ridiculous idea that Ha Sang Joong laughed loudly.

Park Dowook was the one who ended a blind date he had prepared for him by himself because he had an emergency patient. What method would he have to use to attract not just any beauty but Lim So Yool.

“Impossible. Right. I know Dowook pretty well.”

7 PM, two-people ward area.

Finishing one more surgery, Dowook entered Kim Suhan’s ward.

Walking down the hall on the 11th floor, he noticed that the door of the far away RM 1103 was wide open. There were quite a few people going in and out, so he hurried to the door wondering what was going on.

‘Huh?’

Inside the hospital ward. The side of Kim Suhan’s bed was decorated like an Internet cafe. Some people wearing uniforms with the words “Computer Hot – Get AS anywhere in the country” were in full swing installing computers and equipment.

“Please install the monitor of the transmission computer a little closer. I need to be able to check with just a turn of my head.”

Kim Suhan, in the middle of all the chaos, had just seen Dowook and said hello.

“Please come in, doctor.”

“What are these people doing?”

“The CEO of CompuHot donated things so I could have a good game in the competition on Saturday. Equipment is important for FPS, so it’s hard with just a laptop. It can’t handle the overheating.”

Surprised that the reason the company employees were coming in and out of the room was a game competition, Dowook asked.

“Do you want to live stream?”

“Just on Saturday. Before that, I’m just going to practice.”

“You should refrain from doing anything that will harm your condition for surgery. In the video I watched briefly, you had a lot of emotional ups and downs whenever you played games. If you’re stressed, you’ll be in big trouble.”

“I’ll try to be as relaxed as possible. It might be the last broadcast of my life, I can’t ruin it by not practicing.”

Last. Knowing the seriousness of the word, Dowook didn’t even try to stop him. Instead, he made a suggestion.

“If you must practice, do it in front of medical staff. You must also have a vein transfusion line attached for quick stability. It hurts a lot. If your vital system worsens, you stop immediately and rest.”

“That much is, well. I’m doing this so I won’t have regrets so I should endure that much.”

Kim Suhan’s expression even looked resolute for a moment.

“I understand. I’ll assign a nurse to take care of you.”

“Just with the voting, you don’t know how grateful I am because you didn’t stop me from making my choices. In that manner, can I have just a glass of beer with my dinner?”

“No.”

“It might somehow be my last beer…….”

“That only works once. Before surgery, any alcohol is prohibited.”

Dowook informed Kim Suhan, who was instantly depressed, of the discussion he had with Prof. Choi to give him a bit of hope.

“……If it is recognized by the Society, we can use this surgical method for your surgery.”

“Oh my god.”

“Although this method has been added, it is not certain that it is more stable than other difficult aortic aneurysm surgeries. After the verification, you should be careful about your health until your surgery.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

Kim Suhan’s expression brightened again.

“Hearing such great news needs congratulating. In that way…….”

“That’s not possible. Head nurse! Please put a footnote that alcohol is forbidden in this ward and please watch the patient carefully.”

* * *

Three days had passed by since they pushed all surgeries to the next week and started training.

Dowook, who opened the office door and went outside, flinched when he saw that all the lights in the hall were off. He had thought it would be evening, but it was already in the middle of the night.

“Ugh, my body.”

He couldn’t remember how many times he repeated the same suture. Coming here the moment he woke up to practice and practice. Borrowing Choi Hoo’s sense was not much of a help either.

Dowook reasonably thought perhaps it was because he was also not familiar with this technique.

He thought whether he should hurry to the night duty room and get some sleep first, but he moved toward the 11th floor first. Detailed condition checks for Kim Suhan were indispensable since other surgeries were pushed back for him.

As he approached RM 1103, he heard the sound of a mouse clicking and a shout immersed in the game as expected.

-Haha! Drop it! Where do you think you are attacking from?

As he opened the door, he saw a screen of the Battleland game, which was in the midst of fierce battles. The ward nurse and intern, who were watching from behind the patient, bowed their heads to Dowook.

Seeing Dowook come in, Kim Suhan also grinned.

“Doctor, I’m just about to reach first place. You came at the right time.”

Dowook approached Kim Suhan, who was sitting in front of the computer, and checked his physical condition first.

It was painful to sit with wires attached all over your body and an intravenous line attached to the shoulder connected to your central vein. However, Kim Suhan was not frowning at all.

Because Kim Suhan was boldly overcoming the stress caused by the physical pain, Dowook had to tolerate the excessive shouting while playing games to an extent.

“Huh? No!”

[Sukan has been killed by HandsomeJunhyuk’s grenade.]

On the screen, Kim Suhan’s character was seen lying on the floor. Kim Suhan sighed deeply and was disappointed.

“Argh, such a waste. I really could have reached first place.”

“You think 15th place is a waste? Turn your head and open your eyes wide. Let me check the state of your nerves.”

While his pupil reaction was being examined, Kim Suhan grumbled.

“If you’re 15th out of 100 people, you’re in the top ranks. You don’t even understand.”

“But there are 14 more people above you.”

“Have you ever played Battleland? Don’t you know that it’s a rule to acknowledge the 15th or higher shots?”

“I’m not sure about the shots. But I think it’s a problem to catch one and not look around because you’re so happy about it. Just now, you were so excited about winning first place that you were blasted by the grenade without being able to see it.”

When he pulled away after the examination, Kim Suhan looked up at Dowook with a dumbfounded look.

“Doctor, do you know that you’ve been giving a lot of advice lately?”

“I have?”

“Even now, like. I didn’t even turn on the broadcast, but it feels like I’m next to my viewers. If it’s gonna be like this, it’s better to turn on the broadcast and get donations. Rather than paying money to get criticism from my doctor.”

The ward nurse and intern, who were watching the practice, laughed at Kim Suhan’s reaction of turning away from Dowook as they followed the conversation.

‘I was criticizing?’

Dowook scratched his cheek.

He was usually not interested in Internet broadcasts at all, but as he watched a few times, he naturally intervened every time he watched.

‘It’s actually a lot of fun.’

Was this what it would feel like if you transmigrated into a coach during a national competition when you didn’t know much about soccer? No, there was no sense of immersion in the national game.

The possibility of giving real-time advice right in front of your eyes and watching the reaction. If live-streaming was compared to food, it would be something very addictively spicy.

“I’m going to collect some blood from an artery.”

“Again? I mean, how can you take blood whenever you come to see me?”

“It’s not every time but every 6 hours. It’s needed to judge your latest physical condition. So we can respond faster in emergencies.”

“You don’t know how I am even though I have a lot of these things on my face? A doctor?”

He seemed annoyed but the reason wasn’t because of the blood extraction. That long needle in his shoulder hurt more.

Dowook smiled slightly and asked.

“Are you going to criticize my diagnosis?”

“No, well…….”

“I won’t stop you. Try.”

Even after being given permission, Kim Suhan looked warily at Dowook and turned towards the monitor.

“I’m going to win first place this time, so enjoy my skills. Doctor Noob.”

“Let’s make that the last game. It’s already past midnight.”

“Ok, last game.”

Saturday, at dawn.

Dowook, who was resting his tired body in the night duty room, shot out to the hall at the sudden call.

[Patient, Kim Suhan’s left arm has become paralyzed!]

Slam!

Kicking the door of RM 1103 open, Dowook saw the patient surrounded by the ward nurse and intern.

“Doctor…….”

Kim Suhan, who was lying in bed, smiled bitterly as soon as he saw Dowook.

“I think it’s because I didn’t listen to you and did too much.”

“You can’t move it at all?”

“I can’t even put some strength into it.”

Kim Suhan, who was lying with his left arm drooping, looked weaker than any other time Dowook had seen him.

“Of all times, on the day of the competition. Do you think this hand will return to normal?”

Dowook pressed Kim Suhan’s left arm muscles and as he checked the state of his nerves, his gaze stopped on Kim Suhan’s eyelids.

It was slight, but a reaction of his eyelids shaking. It was the symptom he saw in the video before the patient fainted.

“I can judge more accurately after taking a CT, but even if the paralysis is relieved, moving is prohibited. Nothing good will come from stimulating the cerebrovascular system.

“But…….”

Kim Suhan, who was about to cry. Although the effort and meaning put into the preparation for today’s broadcast were regrettable, they were not more important than his health.

“Nurse. Please give me 5㎎ of Diazepam.”

First aid was urgently prescribed with an anticonvulsant to the central vein. After about a minute passed.

“Huh? Doctor. Look at this.”

Seeing Kim Suhan about to move the arm that had been paralyzed and had loosened, Dowook pushed down on his shoulder.

“Please don’t move it.”

“It seems to have gotten better, though?”

“It’s just because I suppressed some of the brain’s activities and made the nerves dull. It’s a temporary recovery, so take a rest first.”

“Can’t we do something just for the competition?”

Dowook admonished the patient who wanted to broadcast even in this situation.

“Come to your senses, sir. As long as you recover, you can participate in dozens of competitions like this. We are continuously increasing the stability of the surgery. There’s no reason to overdo it.”

“How can I do that? I made a promise to my viewers. Those guys have been waiting for me to simply turn on the broadcast for a few days. My inbox is about to explode.”

“You are sick. What is the reason you must do this while enduring this kind of pain?”

When asked by the cold doctor, Kim Suhan’s eyes turned red with emotion.

“I’m sure you won’t think so. But to them, I’m Yoo Jaeseok of Infinite Challenge. If the lackluster guy in the neighborhood goes out to a competition and gives a good display at least once, they cheer and laugh about it. It may seem like a ridiculous job compared to being a doctor, but this isn’t a job for me. It’s a way of life.”

Tingle.

A sensation digging into his fingertips. It was clear that this belonged to Kim Suhan.

He felt like he wanted to sit on that chair decorated like an Internet cafe and start a hectic broadcast while communicating with thousands of people right away.

The Internet broadcaster who looked immature also had a philosophy, and a skilled sense accumulated after doing this job for a long time.

Dowook fell into deep thought as he felt the patient’s sense.

Since he was a patient who had to undergo surgery with a new type of ligation, it was not possible to wait and see as his mental state was even a little bit disturbed.

However, was it correct to ignore this tingling sensation?

A value that would not have been considered if he didn’t have his special sense.

Making a decision, Dowook spoke.

“There are restrictions on the use of blood pressure-lowering agents and anticonvulsants. Your paralyzed arm won’t stay relaxed throughout the competition.”

“D-do you mean it is possible?”

“Yes. I’ll keep watch beside you. But if I tell you to give up in the middle, you have to do it.”

“I understand.”

“And don’t take your anger out on the mouse and keyboard.”

“I under…… what? Is that also related to my symptoms?”

“It’s not good to blame your equipment when you know you’re not a good shot.”

Dowook, who understood the concept of live-streaming after a few days. Kim Suhan’s jaw dropped at the bone-biting criticism under the pretext of a diagnosis.

“Doctor Park, you were a newbie though…….”