Emergency Blind Date - Chapter 64
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#Episode 64
Da-som opened the chart. Kang Hyeok carefully looked through the chart and then asked Da-som a question.
“So what’s your impression?”
The patient’s overall condition was good, but looking at the blood test results, there was serious liver damage and decreased kidney function.
So she stated the diagnosis based on the results.
“It seems to be hepatorenal syndrome.”
“Hmm… Any underlying conditions?”
Kang Hyeok asked if there were any pre-existing illnesses.
“None.”
“Really?”
Kang Hyeok moved to examine the patient directly. Da-som caught his intention and immediately guided him to where the patient was lying.
“Hello, I hear you’ve been having continuous diarrhea?”
When Kang Hyeok greeted the patient and spoke, the young male patient nodded.
“Yes, I keep having diarrhea.”
“Let me examine you for a moment.”
Kang Hyeok checked the patient’s eyes with a penlight, then pressed on his abdomen to check for rigidity or tenderness.
“Ugh, pressing like that makes me feel like I need to go again.”
“Does it happen even when you just drink water?”
“Yes.”
Kang Hyeok turned to look at Da-som.
“Redo the blood test. Don’t have a first-year resident do it, do it yourself.”
“Ah, understood.”
Kang Hyeok’s cold gaze looked directly at Da-som.
Had there been some mistake?
Da-som thought there must be a reason when Kang Hyeok gave such instructions, so she personally drew the blood, checked the label, and sent it to the lab.
Meanwhile, Kang Hyeok examined other patients in the Emergency Room.
It seemed like the patient’s blood sample had been switched.
Da-som must have come to find him because she was suspicious that the results were too severe compared to the patient’s condition.
During his internship, one of his peers had drawn blood from a patient scheduled for surgery at dawn, but discovered just before surgery that it was actually a blood sample from a different patient who had been moved, causing great trouble.
Looking at the blood test results, they should insert a central venous catheter and urinary catheter and immediately begin treatment, but they needed to be cautious until the retest results came out.
And if the blood samples had been switched, it would create a situation where another patient would also be harmed.
“…Hmm, here it is.”
As expected, there was a patient who had come in with hepatitis A as the chief complaint and was receiving treatment in the Emergency Intensive Care Unit.
That patient was scheduled to be transferred to the Cardiology Department soon. Kang Hyeok called Head of Department Kyung-tae to handle the situation.
Since Kyung-tae had experienced a similar situation during his first year, he would handle it thoroughly without needing to be told.
The first-year resident who had handled the blood test would probably get scolded until tears came out.
A minor mistake could lead to a life-threatening situation. Everyone needed to be alert to that extent.
A moment later, Da-som, who had rushed the blood test, came running with a pale face.
“Professor, I’m sorry. The results are out.”
He silently watched Da-som, who bowed her head deeply with a flushed face, admitting her mistake.
Kang Hyeok took the result sheet from Da-som’s hand and checked it. The liver enzyme levels were only slightly elevated, with no other abnormalities.
Da-som, who had discovered the abnormality in advance and notified Kang Hyeok, actually deserved praise.
After all, it was Da-som who prevented it from developing into a major medical accident.
However, instead of praise, Kang Hyeok scolded her with a sharp gaze.
“Are you just going to leave everything to first-year residents who just came in? Kids who don’t even know how to do basic intern work properly?”
“I’m sorry.”
“Think about what a momentary mistake could lead to.”
Da-som’s eyes hardened and the corners of her eyes lifted.
Usually people would be discouraged when scolded like this, but she seemed to be getting motivated.
“I’ll make sure this kind of mistake never happens again.”
“Good, go on.”
A quiet curse slipped from Da-som’s mouth as she bowed and turned around.
Our Da-som knows how to curse too.
He smiled slightly while watching Da-som’s back as she walked away swinging her arms.
She looked pretty no matter what she did, so he was quite seriously smitten too.
The Head Nurse was looking at him strangely, so Kang Hyeok erased the smile from his lips and quickly left.
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“…We’re all dead.”
Da-som muttered to herself as she looked around the Emergency Room for the first-year residents.
A doctor handling patients’ lives making mistakes.
It was embarrassing.
She resolved that no matter what happened in the future, she wouldn’t make such mistakes, and decided to work the first-year residents hard without going easy on them.
Da-som was still just a first-year resident herself, no different from a rookie, but that couldn’t be an excuse forever.
“But where did everyone go?”
Even searching thoroughly, she couldn’t see any first-year residents.
“Are you looking for someone?”
A nurse asked, seeing Da-som walking around the Emergency Room.
“Where did the first-year residents go?”
“The chief called them all to the department.”
“Ah, yes. Thank you.”
Da-som left the Emergency Room and headed to the department.
As she was breathing heavily and about to open the department door, harsh curses came from outside the door.
It was Kim Kyung-tae’s voice.
“Where the hell do you crazy bastards keep your brains! Should I stick a catheter in your dick! Huh? Want me to try? Or should I drill a hole in your chest!”
According to the blood test results, the young male patient would need a central venous catheter and urinary catheter inserted for treatment. The chief seemed to be talking about that now.
Still, so crudely…
“In my time, you know what happened when you made mistakes like this? Not only did your head get cracked, but you only did enemas for a whole month. You know? Do you kids know what a shit bomb is? Have you experienced that?”
They probably hadn’t.
Wasn’t that one of the typical intern jobs?
Da-som shook her head, recalling her intern days.
“You, you’re in charge of enemas until the Emergency Room rotation ends.”
Wow, that’s harsh.
She hadn’t seen the chief that way, but he was seriously tough.
“P-please, anything but that… How can I do all that alone…”
The voice of a first-year resident pleading tearfully could be heard.
Da-som quietly turned her steps around. There seemed to be no need for her to get involved.
Rrrrr. Rrrrr.
Just as Da-som was almost back to the Emergency Room after leaving the department, her phone rang.
It was a familiar number. Probably Kim Min-chan’s guardian.
She was about to not answer, but thought she should at least know the reason they wanted to meet, so she pressed the call button.
“This is Jeong Da-som.”
―I contacted you last time but there was no news…
“Ah, I’ve been quite busy. It was difficult to make time.”
―I’m in the Emergency Room waiting room right now.
“I’m right in front too.”
Da-som hung up the phone and looked for Kim Min-chan’s guardian. Seeing a woman get up from her seat upon seeing Da-som, she approached closer.
“…Sorry. For contacting you repeatedly.”
“What is this about? As you can see, I need to see patients.”
“Yes, I know you’re busy. Could you spare just a moment? I’ll wait.”
“Then, please wait just a moment.”
Da-som was about to turn around, thinking she should go back to Kyung-tae to get his permission, when she suddenly stopped in her tracks at a strange feeling.
What is it? Why do I feel so uneasy? It feels like I’m missing something, but what could it be?
Da-som slowly turned around and looked at the woman’s face.
The woman’s face, covering her mouth with one hand while looking at Da-som with trembling eyes, seemed strangely familiar.
…Ha, this is unbelievable.
At first, she hadn’t recognized her. She never would have dreamed that this woman was the one who gave birth to her.
If she hadn’t seen that photo in Father’s album, she probably wouldn’t have noticed even now.
It felt like her mind was going completely black.
She forgot to breathe and froze while staring at the woman.
The woman’s eyes facing her in Empty Space were also trembling mercilessly.
“Patient, please breathe slowly and deeply.”
“You’re doing well. Just a little slower, yes, like that.”
If I had known it was you, would I have really done that?
“O-our Min-chan! Doctor, where is Min-chan?”
The woman who had been desperately searching for her son in a daze.
If I had known that woman was the mother who abandoned me, would I have really done that?
Even if someone slashed my heart with a knife, could it hurt more than this?
Both breath and time seemed to have stopped.
Trapped by the resentment, longing, and sorrow that crashed over her like a massive wave, she couldn’t move.
I’m not ready to meet her yet.
No, I never wanted to see her for the rest of my life.
Why did you appear in front of me without permission?
She wished someone would take that woman away right now, but the woman took a step closer.
She needed to get away from the woman who had come right up to her face, but she couldn’t move as if paralyzed.
I have to run away. I don’t want to meet her. I don’t want to see her.
What should I do in a situation like this?
“Da-som, are you okay? Jeong Da-som. Look at me. It’s me. Okay?”
Kang Hyeok grabbed Da-som’s shoulders with both hands and made eye contact with her. Only then could she breathe and her mouth opened.
“P-Professor…”
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It’s a pain to recall the feeling of being abandoned… Hang on , da som 🥺🥺🥺