The Runaway Groom

The Runaway Groom Chapter 813

Ray had the nurse prepare the surgical equipment and assist Irene with everything she needed.

“Since you’re a member of the patient’s family, sign the surgery consent form. This is an essential procedure in any hospital, and we wouldn’t be able to take the responsibility if anything happens. So…”

Irene understood—every doctor feared reprisals.

If Dennis died, his family would press the issue on this hospital.

But she wanted to perform the surgery, so she must therefore assume that responsibility.

“Give it to me,” Irene said.

The nurse did so, and Irene quickly signed it before turning to Ray. “I will need your assistant.”

Ray nodded. “Of course.”

“You know the people here, Dr. Hall. I’ll be counting on you now.”

“Just leave it to me.”

Having taken the Hippocratic Oath, Ray did his best to assist Irene.

She opened the box and took out the artificial heart that Finn brought, then took a deep breath.

“Are you sure about this?” Ray asked.

“No,” Irene replied.

are you

there any other choice?” Irene asked calmly in

That left Ray stumped.

would give the patient a hanging thread’s chance at staying alive,

count on me for

Dennis was prepped for

up the scalpel and

done it many times, but this

was not as if she was afraid of taking responsibility—she was just worried that Dennis’s

would

an artificial heart, and she would be lying if she said that she was not

as well as the prudence and composure she honed

keep it together,

in perfect

Beep, beep…

almost hear the scalpel

the average person would feel the creeps form that sound, everyone in the operating room was used to it—some would even hear

on the artificial heart had been simulated many times, and

test on the goat was the only

she was slowly getting

build up in the chest and she could not see the

“Suction.”

up, checking and ensuring the blood pressure reading