January 1st, 2023
Jesper, New York
I got a 911 page from doctor Barnes, which got me worried, because the man never paged me directly, he always chose to do the surgeries alone and I think he actually kind of didn't like me. I was so stunned that I decided to call him on my way to the hospital, so that I knew what was happening.
"Harris, where are you?" Were the first words he said as soon as he picked up. His voice sounded strained, like he was worried about something, like he was even overwhelmed with something. "I need to know how long until you'll be able to be here," he added.
"I'm a block away from the hospital, sir. I'll be there in less than five minutes," I answered, walking a little faster, running, even. "What's happening, doctor Barnes? What do we got?" I asked, getting more and more worried, since my boss himself sounded scared.
"Lee Minseok is on his way to the hospital, he should be here any minute," doctor Barnes said. Minseok? What? "He got another heart attack, Harris. He needs an emergency surgery," the man added sternly.
"A-another heart attack? How?" I asked disbelievingly. His surgery a few months ago was successful, his recovery was great, he was doing fine. How the hell did he have another heart attack? "Sir?" I spoke, when the man wasn't answering.
"The hell if I know, Harris. We'll see when he gets here," he said with an annoyed huff. "When you're here, go straight to OR3 and scrub in immediately, we probably don't have much time to work with," he added. "I've already assembled the whole team, I'm just waiting for you, so you better hurry."
Shit. This wasn't happening. It couldn't be happening. He was doing fucking fine, what the hell could have gone wrong? Damn it, damn it, damn it. "Doctor Barnes?" I spoke before the man could hang up. "Is Lee Jisoo on call tonight?" I asked, hoping that wasn't the case. The last thing I needed right now was scared Jisoo, who would want to operate on her own dad, while she was a fucking mess. I was hoping she wasn't at the hospital at all tonight. I didn't want her to be here, to see this.
"She's not on call Harris, and don't even think about calling her. We have capable residents who can help, we don't need her making a mess here," doctor Barnes said sternly. I completely agreed.
When I hung up the phone I noticed that it was already after midnight and I contemplated whether I should call Yohan. Jisoo was a risk, I couldn't have her barging into an operating room. But Yohan? I couldn't keep something like that from him, not again. "Where are you?" I spoke after dialing his number. I was still running, trying to get to the hospital as soon as possible, so I was a bit out of breath.
"Jesper, hi," I heard him speak with a funny voice. He was probably drunk. "I'm totally not at a New Year's Eve party, you know, it's not like it's the end of the year-" He started joking around, and I didn't have the fucking time for that.
"Minseok had a heart attack," I said sternly and loudly, so that he could hear me. I heard complete silence on the other side of the line, so I decided to continue. "He's on his way to Pres right now, Yohan, and I'm on my way as well, from what I've heard he needs an emergency surgery, but I don't know what's wrong yet. I'm calling you now, because I'm going straight into surgery, and I probably won't see you in a long while, so I just wanted you to know as soon as possible. I'm scared as hell, because I don't know what happened to him, because he was fucking fine. And I'm telling you this, so that you can get your ass to the hospital and be with him after the surgery is over. And please don't call Jisoo, there's no point in worrying her yet."
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