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

any other choice?” Irene asked

That left Ray stumped.

no choice, it was either surgery, which would give the patient a hanging thread’s chance at

do what you have to. You can count on me for the rest,”

nodded, just as Dennis

and made an incision through

times, but this was the first

afraid of taking responsibility—she was just worried that Dennis’s lifelong research failed to save

would be

was Irene’s first time transplanting an artificial heart, and she would be lying if she said that she was

the prudence and composure she

to keep it together,

in perfect tandem with

Beep, beep…

hear the scalpel

person would feel the creeps form that sound, everyone in the operating room

heart had been simulated many times, and they

test on the goat was the only

slowly

in the chest and she could not see

“Suction.”

she looked up, checking and ensuring the