The Ice Queen's Rebound

Chapter 58: Sutures

Carmel Lucia

"Nurse, paabot naman ako ng 1-0 absorbable suture–"

"1-0 absorbable suture–"

Pinukol niya ako ng masamang tingin nang sabay kaming humingi ng sinulid sa surgical nurse. Kasalukuyan kaming narito sa operating room. We're all wearing blue, disposal PPE including a gown, gloves, facemask, kaya naman halos mga mata lamang namin ang kita.

Kasalukuyan siyang nakapwesto sa gilid ng ulunan ni Mrs. Estrada dahil siya na ang magco-close ng stab wound na tinamo ni Mrs. Estrada sa dibdib. He just had the General Surgeon on stand-by to make sure that there were no complications with the other nearby organs, then Beaux took over from there.

Sa kanyang tabi ay nakaupo ang Anesthesia doctor, binabantayan niya ang monitor, at madalas ay nagbabasa lang siya ng romance or drama books, dahil nabo-bored siya sa ginagawa naming mga surgeons.

Pro tip: if you don't want to cut or do not like human flesh, but still want to be a doctor in an O.R, be an Anesthesiologist. You make the patient fall asleep for us surgeons, and you get to sit in an O.R for hours, doing whatever you like, as long as the patient is on the right dose of medication and won't have any complications.

To Beaux's right is the surgical nurse and surgical tech, with the table of instruments and tools that we needed. Habang naka-pwesto ako dito sa pagitan nang mga nakabukang hita ng pasyente dahil kailangan kong ayusin ang stitches ng kanyang C-section.

I could feel the eyes of the hospital staff observing the surgery from the gallery above, as well as the medical students around us, who're observing the surgery up-close.

"Uh—"

"---Nurse, please ako muna, mas mahalaga 'to, dahil kailangan kong tahiin kung saan nanggaling ang bata." I said as I looked straight at him. I could see his jaw clench through the mask.

"---Abutan mo muna ako ng mga four inches, then you can give the rest to Dr. Jonas," The way he said my name feels like there's an acid on it.

"Mas mahalaga 'tong ginagawa ko, so dapat mauna ako–"

"Oh, so kung mahalaga dapat inuuna, hindi sinasaktan at iniiwan, no?" Nanunuya niyang tanong sa akin.

The medical students around us let out a silent gasp, while the whole surgical team including the nurse beside me, literally stared at me, as though they were waiting for my rebuttal.

"Hindi mo ba naisip na baka kaya nanakit at nang-iwan 'yung tao, kasi may mahalagang reasons siya?"

Bumalik ang tingin nila kay Beaux na ngayon ay halos sakalin ako sa sama ng tingin niya sa akin.

"How important are those reasons that you broke the person who loved you the most? What are you, a superhero saving the world?"

"Well, sort of—"

"Shît, mas matindi pa kayo sa librong binabasa ko ah." The anesthesia doctor butted in.

Hindi ko naman maiwasang mamula habang naglayo ng tingin si Beaux, we just then realized that everyone has been watching us argue like a cat and a dog.

"----Uhm, k-kailangan niyo pa po ba ng a-absorbable suture?" Tanong ng surgical nurse matapos ang ilang sandali.

"Let her have it first." He grumbled.

*.*.*.*.*.*

"This was Dr. Carmel Lucia Gozar-Jonas' first day back at GSMH and yet she had already pulled a miracle..."