"Relax a little, okay? There's no need to be nervous, Auntie," Lau Jingyun tried to soothe the patient's emotions.
"I can't bend over, my back hurts so much," the woman kept crying out in pain.
Lau Jingyun looked back at the clock, wondering if the operating surgeon might arrive soon. If they saw that the patient hadn't been properly anesthetized, they were likely to get angry. This was a midday surgery, already a sacrifice of the surgeon's rest time on behalf of the patient's emergency.
The result of the surgeon getting angry would be the same as last time with the emergency department—eventually complaining to the anesthesiology department: "It's only a simple spinal anesthesia, can't your people even do that right?"
"Don't be nervous, take a deep breath, Auntie. May I hold your hand first?" Lau Jingyun grasped the patient's hand, sincerely wishing she could take the patient's pain upon herself.
Xie Wanying examined the patient from head to toe, looking for any problems.
