Chapter 142 Caught You in the Act
Brisa drove quickly and ran several red lights along the way before arriving at Caltun General Hospital.
When she reached the emergency building of the hospital, she got out of the car and rushed in to push out a mobile bed from the lobby.
Then the two worked together to carry Radley into the emergency building.
A doctor approached them, but Freya didn’t have time to explain and directly rushed Radley to the operating room of the emergency building.
When they reached the door of the operating room, the doctor stopped Freya. “Miss, please wait outside!”
Freya furrowed her brows tightly as she knew that Radley had been shot, and the location of the injury appeared to be dangerously close to his heart.
Her hands trembled violently as she forced herself to calm down.
She felt like her soul was floating outside her body and heard her own voice saying, ‘Let me in. I am a doctor!”
The doctor wanted to say something, but Freya had already walked into the room in strides.
“Miss, your actions will delay the patient’s treatment!” The doctor hurriedly followed her in.
Inside the operating room, the nurses had prepared the surgical instruments rapidly. Freya walked to the surgical table and looked at Radley lying on the bed before turning to the nurse.
Her voice was icy cold. “Prepare blood packs in the blood transfusion department and bring them over immediately!”
Freya remained calm and reached for the surgical knife in the tray.
The doctor hurriedly approached her. “Miss, the patient’s injury needs to be examined with an X–ray first!”
Freya’s face was stern. “There’s no time for that!”
Given the severity of the blood loss, waiting for the X–ray results might be too late!
Freya stared at the location of the wound and quickly scanned through the blood vessels in the chest in her mind.
She directly took scissors and cut open Radley’s shirt. “We need to start the surgery immediately!”
The nurse on the side asked, “Aren’t you going to anesthetize him?”
Freya’s face was serious. “There’s no time. Hold him down!”
Several nurses looked at each other in confusion as they were clearly aware she was not their hospital’s doctor!
As the nurses hesitated, Freya was about to speak when a commotion erupted outside the operating room.
He was on duty in the hospital director’s office when he received a call from the emergency building and was informed that a woman had forcibly entered the operating room to perform surgery on the person she brought in!
If a medical accident were to occur, the hospital would be held accountable.
After Ethan entered, he met Freya’s eyes, and his panicked expression quickly turned cold.
He glanced at Radley, who was still bleeding on the bed, and made a decisive decision. “Dr. Jones, please leave. The rest of you, follow her instructions!”
Ethan swiftly put on surgical gloves and a cap and spoke urgently. Tll assist you!”
Several nurses looked at each other as they couldn’t guess Freya’s identity.
Freya gripped the knife tightly while her heart trembled slightly.
As a doctor, I must stay composed in times of crisis!
Gritting her teeth, she decisively made an incision along the location of the wound!
Due to the lack of anesthesia, Radley’s body trembled violently.
Fortunately, the nurses held him down tightly.
Freya wielded the knife with the precision of an emotionless machine.
Blood bags were continuously delivered and infused into Radley’s body.
After half an hour, she stopped her movements, and her eyes were bloodshot.
This was the most thrilling surgery she had ever performed. As Radley’s wound was dangerously close to the major blood vessels of the heart, even a slight deviation could result in vessel rupture. And once that happened, there would be no time to stop the bleeding.
At the side, Ethan had beads of sweat forming on his forehead as he watched intently.
He believed that if any other doctor were to perform this high–risk surgery, the success rate would be significantly reduced.
Freya carefully sewed up the wound after removing the bullet.
Her gaze fell on Radley’s face, and she was aware that one shot had almost cost him his life.
It was clear that he had just narrowly escaped death.
There were still two wounds on Radley’s arm. One was a graze, and the other was a bullet lodged inside.
The bullet had caused extensive damage to the flesh upon entry. It was a gruesome sight. Freya clenched her teeth as she continued with the surgery.
A few minutes later, she used forceps to extract the bullet, which made a crisp sound as it landed on the
nearby tray.
Tll handle the sutures and bandaging. Ethan looked at Freya with concern.
She’s soaked all over, and I have no idea what happened to her. On top of that, she’s performing this high–difficulty surgery while pregnant! If anything happens to her, I won’t be able to bear the responsibility.
“No need. I’ll do it, Freya replied coldly.
She quickly and accurately sutured the wound.
On the operating table, Radley slightly opened his eyes.
This unexpected situation caught everyone off guard. Perhaps due to the lack of anesthesia, he woke up from the pain while having his flesh stitched.
Freya met Radley’s gaze and was momentarily startled.
Radley smirked and weakly uttered a few breathy sounds. “I finally… caught you in the act…”
Freya gritted her teeth as she felt both angry and distressed. “Shut up! You just narrowly escaped death! How can you have the presence of mind to chat with the lead surgeon here?”
She noticed that Radley was about to speak again and worried it might strain his wound further.
“Stay still! If you want to live, don’t disturb my concentration!”
After Radley closed his mouth, her speed in treating the wound increased significantly as she didn’t want him to suffer for too long.
Ten minutes later, Radley fainted again from the pain.
Ethan wiped his sweat. “The surgery is over, so it can be considered a success, right?”
Freya tightly pursed her lips. The bullet in the chest was dangerously close to the heart, and the wound. was deep. There is a high risk of infection, and it could be fatal if it does get infected.”
She clenched her hands tightly. As the surgery was done without anesthesia, Radley suffered greatly from
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Not everyone could withstand surgery without anesthesia, especially an open chest surgery.
Radley remained unconscious with his eyebrows furrowed.
Freya’s heart ached as she could almost empathize with his pain.
She took off her mask. “Take him to the ICU sterile observation room!”
Ethan immediately called a few nurses, and Freya accompanied them as they wheeled the bed out.
They arrived at the observation ward, where the nurses pushed Radley inside.
Freya started changing into sterile clothing in the middle partition of the room.
Brisa, who had been waiting outside, became anxious. “Freya, you haven’t had a checkup yet!”
Freya shook her head. I’m fine, Brisa. But could you do me a favor? My phone got broken at the banquet today, so please prepare some clothes for me and let my brother know I’m staying at Isabella’s house. Also, please help me get a new phone.
Freya was aware that Braxton was currently avoiding Isabella, so she believed he wouldn’t call Isabella to ask about her whereabouts.
After instructing Brisa, Freya also finished changing into sterile clothing.
Brisa was furious. “You just soaked in the river and performed surgery on him. You didn’t have enough energy to take care of him right now. Come back with me!”
However, Freya remained resolute and could not be persuaded by anyone. So, Brisa could only grit her teeth and leave in frustration.
As Radley’s condition was critical, Freya followed him into the sterile room.
Freya’s gaze fell upon the man lying on the hospital bed with monitoring devices attached to his body and his exposed chest with magnetic patches affixed.
She pursed her lips as she stared intently at the numbers displayed on the monitoring devices. Her posture remained unchanged even until the sky outside gradually brightened.
In the ward, Freya’s heart was pounding rapidly.
Brisa had come prepared with clean clothes and a mobile phone, and she stayed with Freya in the hospital room until morning.
Her frustration grew as she noticed Freya remaining motionless. “Freya, if you don’t rest now, I will remove his oxygen mask this instant!”
