Chapter 260: [260] Not good to clique Chapter 260: [260] Not good to clique The other two did not doubt his conclusion.
Teacher Niu, with his clinical expertise, found it easy to discern whether students had boyfriends or girlfriends.
Once people fall in love, their hormone secretion changes, and so does their physique.
As Xie Wanying walked to the ward, she heard someone catching up behind her.
“Xie Wanying,” Luo Yanfen said when she reached her, “we’re in the same group. We can learn from each other and make progress together.”
Xie Wanying also wanted to foster good relationships with her group members, but not the kind of relationship the person behind her was thinking of.
On the first afternoon, she noticed that the three of them seemed to have conspired in private, always echoing each other’s words. This wasn’t good, as it felt like they were keeping something from the teachers in secret.
Teachers would probably prefer group members to be independent rather than cliquish, as it was not conducive to academic discussion. She wondered how there could be any progress if everyone always agreed.
Besides, didn’t this person always act as if she was very experienced? Why the sudden change of attitude towards her, the newcomer?
Teacher Xiao Sun didn’t say anything, but she was sent to receive patients twice in succession without seeing this person. Luo Yanfen thought it through overnight; the teachers had a new favorite, and they might just discard their old favorites.
“We are female medical students,” Luo Yanfen said, emphasizing the unique relationship between women. “It’s tough for female medical students, often deemed incompetent by others.”
Upon hearing this, Xie Wanying replied, “What others say is not important, just be true to yourself.”
Being a woman did mean facing more disadvantages in job seeking, so it was even more necessary to face reality and work hard. That’s what Xie Wanying believed, no need to argue with others.
This newcomer, she seemed too naive to Luo Yanfen, who frowned, wondering if she was too old to communicate with the younger ones and asked, “Did Teacher Sun ask you to do anything today?”
“He asked me to go check on Patient 3.”
“I’ll go with you. I’ve already done rounds there this morning,” Luo Yanfen said, following her.
Just as Xie Wanying arrived at bed 3, which had been operated on the day before, a nurse called from behind, “Dr. Luo—” Luo Yanfen had no choice but to turn back and leave.
Xie Wanying was left alone by the bedside.
Since the surgery had gone smoothly, and to save the patient money, they had not been sent to the ICU but simply monitored in the ward. Xie Wanying reviewed the monitor’s records, checked the patient’s temperature, looked at the 24-hour input and output in the bedside record book, and examined the condition of the nasogastric tube and the postoperative abdominal drain, as well as the incision. Since she heard that Dr. Luo had checked these, she was not too worried.
She listened carefully to the opinions of the patient’s family.
“I feel like, since he came back yesterday at noon, he’s been sleeping a lot. Maybe because the anesthesia hasn’t worn off,” the family member expressed concern.
Xie Wanying assured the family member, “The surgery was major, so recovery will take some time, and it’s partially related to the anesthesia. He’s been put on a pain pump.”
“How many days until recovery?” the family member asked. “I heard Dr. Tan say yesterday that the situation is quite good.”
“Moderately differentiated cancer, with proper treatment and a positive mindset, there’s a good chance of living many years,” Xie Wanying said.
“It was supposed to be a Laparoscopic surgery, but then I heard that open surgery allows for a more thorough removal of cancer cells.”
“Yes, with Laparoscopic surgery you can only rely on the naked eye, which sometimes doesn’t see things clearly. With open surgery, the surgeon can feel with their hands and remove additional tissue; the exploration range is wider. For stomach cancer, unless it’s early stage, curative treatment certainly means open surgery is better. When Dr. Tan discussed it with you initially, he should have mentioned that even with Laparoscopic surgery there might be a need to switch to open surgery mid-procedure.”