Chapter 496 The Angel Is You, The Devil Is You

Stephen Strange. A global leader in neurosurgery, he is a leader in his own professional field. Created many revolutionary surgical rescue methods. The Strange Trauma Surgery Method has been promoted by him around the world, and it has become the most important treatment method in countless surgeries, especially in the field of neurosurgery.

It is not for nothing that The Lancet magazine named him one of the fifty greatest doctors of the 21st century. In the research of neurosurgery, Strange has a unique talent, and he has provided important research directions and technical support for human beings in the field of neuromedical research.

It is not difficult to see his importance from the Osborne Group's selection of him as the most important neurosurgery consultant to participate in the limb regeneration improvement program.

For Strange, the operating table is his battlefield. Here he is the commander, leading his men to fight against death.

Although it is difficult to make a comment on the chaos of his private life, not many people criticize him. After all, wasn't Tony Stark a playboy before? For these geniuses, everyone pays more attention to how much change they can bring to the world, rather than how many girlfriends they changed this month.

Strange is a bit busy today, he has three operations to do in one day. He is the golden signboard of the hospital, and many people come for his fame.

Because of his 100% success rate of surgery, the hospital did not want to break his golden body, so he has the right to choose patients freely. If Stephen felt that a patient was hopeless, then he would definitely not take it.

Today's three operations went smoothly, except that the last operation was the damage to the nerve connecting the brain and the spine, which made him spend some effort. The other two surgeries were not difficult.

The three operations took Strange fourteen hours in total. On average, one operation can be completed in less than five hours, and Strange's hand speed is also famous in the industry.

He has a pair of flexible hands that he is proud of. This is one of the capitals for him to become an excellent surgeon.

But even so, after fourteen hours of surgery, Dr. Strange felt very tired. Surgery has always required a high degree of mental concentration. The highly concentrated operation of the brain will consume a lot of sugar in the body. The super-intensive and highly concentrated mental work consumes the body no less than those heavy manual laborers.

He came out of the operating room, refusing the other nurses to send him back to the office to rest. He found a vending machine in the hallway and bought a bottle of Coke to replenish his sugar.

Sitting outside the corridor on the first aid floor, Strange drank Coke to supplement his sugar, and at the same time felt a cold touch on his back from the cold iron seat, which made him feel much better.

Passing doctors and nurses would stop to say hello or nod when they saw him. He is a powerful figure in the hospital, he is a superior to many doctors and nurses, and he is a savior to patients.

When those patients who were almost to death were rescued by Strange one after another, they and their families all excitedly told Strange, told and sang his greatness.

There is a saying in the East: Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. There is also a saying in the West: The glory of killing a hundred people is not as good as saving the life of an innocent person.

But at this moment, although Strange always put on an amiable appearance, his heart was always cold. He could not appreciate the gratitude of those who escaped death, nor could he share the joy of those patients who had been paralyzed for a long time but stood up again because of his operation.

Sometimes he is as emotionless as a puppet. Medicine and art became a simple tool in his hands, and surgery and treatment became a measurable transaction.

If there is anything that can motivate him, it may be the sense of accomplishment after the successful operation and the admiration of others. Of course flowers, applause and honor money are indispensable.

Strange was sitting and resting when he saw an acquaintance walking in the corridor on the emergency floor. He stopped the other party: "Christine!"

"Strange?" Christine, who was wearing a first aid suit, looked like she had just finished an operation, and she didn't take off the mask and hair cover on her face.

"Not with the car today?" Strange patted the seat next to him, motioning for Christine to sit down and talk.

Christine took off her mask and sat next to Strange and said, "No. Today I am on duty in the emergency surgery operating room. I just admitted a patient with torn blood vessels and massive internal bleeding." Christine said shaking Shake your head.

Strange knew that the surgery was probably a failure, and he frowned: "You don't have to stay in the emergency surgery, especially the ambulance center. Everyone doesn't like to do this kind of work."

Christine stared at Strange and said, "It's because everyone doesn't like to do it, but someone has to do these jobs." After speaking, Christine seemed to want to leave.

Strange stopped her again: "Christine, are you free tomorrow night? I'll treat you to dinner."

After standing still, Christine turned and looked at Strange and said, "Is this considered dating me? Strange, we tried. We are not suitable." After speaking, Christine shook her head .

Seeing that Christine was about to walk away, Strange couldn't help but said, "At least this time, tomorrow is my birthday."

Christine stopped again. She looked at Strange as if he was thinking about something. After a while, she said, "In this case, I can consider it. But you have to promise me one condition first."

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An organ donor is dissected, and the organ is then removed. Strange wanted to be Christine's deputy in this operation, which was Christine's condition.

As a surgeon, Strange is naturally proficient in anatomy, which is a basic skill. It is not difficult for him to take out organs or something.

After bowing to the donor for three minutes, the donor was injected with a drug to make him brain dead. The operation officially begins.

For skilled doctors like Strange and Christine, this kind of operation wasn't very difficult.

The donor was a high paraplegic patient, unable to move from the neck down. This situation has been going on for three years. Medicine sometimes creates miracles, but more often it is hopeless.

A patient with high paraplegia cannot heal his body, he can only watch himself decay day by day, and finally walk towards death in a humble way.

He didn't want to die like this, so dishonorable. So after discussing with his family, he chose euthanasia and donated his organs after death.

After a physical examination, the doctor concluded that the kidneys, liver, heart and corneas in his body could be donated. After hiding his name, the organ donor took his own life on the operating table.

When his organs were taken out, they were immediately put into special storage containers. Then there is a race against time to send these still living organs to the operating rooms of various hospitals and deliver them to patients who need organ transplants.

Because organs lose their activity within hours of leaving the body.

After finishing all this and grooming the donor, all the medical staff once again bowed solemnly and observed three minutes of silence for the organ donor.

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Strange felt that it was a mistake to agree to such a condition as Christine. Although Christine came out for dinner with him, it was obviously not of a high nature.

She used a fork to fork the salad on her plate one after another, showing no appetite.

Strange patted her hand: "After the operation, you don't need to think about other things."

Christine looked at Strange and smiled, but Strange didn't quite understand the meaning of the smile. She said: "The name of this organ donor today is Sibion. He was a patient I rescued in the first aid three years ago. He was involved in a car accident. I was the first to rush to the scene and saved his life." , but he's still paralyzed."

Strange frowned: "Then you should feel very bad today."

Christine let out a foul breath: "Yes, I was the executor who injected him with brain death today. I saved him, but in the end I was the one who killed him."

Strange felt that this topic was a bit heavy, and some of his thoughts were aroused, he didn't want to talk about it, he wanted to change the topic. But Christine clearly wanted to continue the conversation on this topic.

"Doctors don't always save lives, right? Sometimes they are also executioners." Christine said.

"Can we not talk about this topic?" Strange looked a little upset: "You can't save everyone, some people always deserve to die. You can't blame yourself for this kind of thing."

"Self-blame? No." Christine shook her head: "I didn't blame myself for this kind of thing, because I knew that I tried my best. This is war. We always lose more and lose less when fighting with death, and our hearts are fragile. People should have left this industry long ago. As Florence Nightingale said: sometimes to heal, often to help, always to comfort."

"Although Sibion ​​is dead, he is still alive. He saved seven people with his fresh organs. His parents are also proud of him."

Christine stared at Strange and said word by word: "Do you know why I am the surgeon today? This is what Sibion ​​and his family requested."

"Why?" Strange asked, frowning.

"I saved his life when he was dying. Although he lived a strong life, it was very painful. He wanted to leave this world in a decent way. I saved him, and he also wanted me Send him away. Death is not the end, many times he is just a new beginning." Christine's words made Strange feel very uncomfortable.

Strange: "Today is my birthday, can we talk about something pleasant?"

Christine: "Your girlfriends can help you create many happy things, but I still want to say, Strange, what are you afraid of?"

"What about your previous ambitions? Look at what you are doing now, and you are timid. Are you so afraid of failure, so afraid of facing death? It was not like this when you were studying and practicing."

"Okay, Christine, I don't want to talk about this." Strange's face was a little stiff.

"You can't carry your sister's death on your back forever. It's no big deal to admit that you are a mortal, Strange. You can't be an angel and a devil at the same time. Aren't you tired?" Christine said sincerely .

Christine was probably the only one who could say these words to Strange. She spoke bluntly, and at the same time looked at Strange without hesitation.

This made Strange feel very annoyed, as if all his achievements were worthless at this moment, he said displeasedly: "Enough! You are no longer my girlfriend!"

"You can't spend your whole life hiding yourself behind honors and pretending you know everything. You're actually a slut who's afraid of failure! It's time to wake Strange from your dreams." Christine is a strong woman, She is a strong female doctor.

She valued life, so she joined the ambulance center. At the same time, she is also clearly aware that there are things in this world that need to be done by someone, and she doesn't mind being a minority. And she also knows that some things cannot be controlled by manpower. She should not despair when she is at the bottom, nor should she be arrogant when she is at the peak.

Only this peace of mind can make her a truly outstanding emergency physician. At the same time, it was also because of her calmness and chicness that gave Christine a different kind of charm. Let Strange and Thor fall for her.

Even after Strange took another path and drifted away from Christine so that the two broke up, Strange still felt that Christine was an irreplaceable person.

The reason why he invited Christine to dinner today was actually a little bit of reconciliation, because he found that the relationship between Christine and her stretcher bearer was a bit unusual recently, which made Strange a little upset.

But it was clear that Strange had miscalculated. Seeing that Christine was packing up and preparing to leave now, he couldn't help but said, "Dinner isn't over yet."

Christine shrugged: "But I don't think you're in the mood to eat anymore." Christine was right.

She shook her head and said, "Strange, I invite you to participate in the donor's surgery to let you understand that death is not the end. Sometimes it's not as scary as you think. Whether it's as a former girlfriend, or My current colleagues, I simply hope that you will become better. You can’t be blinded by money and honor all the time, making you forget what your original intention is.”

Christine looked at her watch and said, "It's getting late, I have something to do tonight."

"What's the matter?" Strange glanced at his watch, it was only eight twenty in the evening.

"Help the big guy in my team make up lessons, that's it. Goodbye!" Christine waved goodbye to Strange, and only Strange was left sulking, and he angrily slammed the napkin He fell hard on the table. I said silently in my heart: Thor!