I Have Never Been Your First Choice novel Chapter 384

Chapter384:

In the afternoon, there were about a dozen patients waiting in line for appointments at the neurology department, all registered under Nigel. Some of them were even his regulars.

Charlotte took notes on the side, Nigel checked other tests, diagnosed how serious the illness was, and decided if surgery was suitable or what kind of surgery would work.

At that moment, a man in his sixties who had hemiplegia was pushed in by his family in a wheelchair, “Dr. Kendall.”

Nigel recognized the patient and family, “Are you Adam Bell’s family?”

“Yeah, it was us,” the middle–aged woman said, embarrassed. “Last year my husband was in the neurology department. The director there asked you to make a plan for us… If we had followed your surgery arrangement back then, my husband wouldn’t have…”

The middle–aged woman was full of regret, her voice shaky with tears.

The woman’s two kids were by her side. Her oldest son comforted her, while the little daughter didn’t say anything, just looked up at Nigel from time to

time.

Charlotte glanced at Nigel. He didn’t say anything, picked up the flashlight, got up, walked over to the old man, and checked his pupils.

“Dr. Kendall, you were the youngest brain specialist at Quelum Hospital. Back then, we didn’t realize how serious the illness was and didn’t listen to your advice, so my husband… Can he still recover?”

“After you guys left the hospital, did he have any episodes?”

“Yeah, but he had always been taking blood pressure meds, then suddenly these past few days he started having convulsions, got confused, and just became paralyzed…”

Nigel picked up the brain MRI on the table, “This was the most common cerebral arteriosclerosis. Last year in neurology, it was just a cerebral thrombosis. If you guys had agreed to do the minimally invasive surgery back then, it wouldn’t have gotten this bad.”

“It’s my fault, all my fault.” The middle–aged woman covered her face and started to cry.

The young man next to her asked, “So does my dad need surgery now?”

Nigel turned his head and looked at Charlotte, “Dr. Sutton, you’re the lead surgeon, what do you think?”

The family looked at Charlotte in surprise.

Even though she wore a mask, it was obvious from her eyes and face shape that she was a very young female doctor.

Still just a director?

Charlotte checked the patient’s records from last year on the computer, then looked at the current exam, nodded, and said, “We can do a CEA, which means using carotid endarterectomy to remove the thickened atherosclerotic plaque from the carotid artery. This helps prevent the plaque from breaking off and causing stroke. It’s a procedure to prevent cerebral infarction.”

Dr. Kendall, was there any risk with this surgery?”

The middle–aged woman ignored Charlotte and only asked Nigel.

Didn’t seem to trust a young girl.

Charlotte just smiled when she met Nigel’s eyes and didn’t say anything else.

Nigel stayed calm, “Any surgery had risks, but if you didn’t do it and had a stroke, have you thought about the consequences?”

The middle–aged woman didn’t say anything else. After thinking it over, she still agreed to have the surgery.

The diagnosis didn’t finish until four in the afternoon. Charlotte packed up her stuff and was just about to get up when a girl came to the door looking for Nigel.

Dr. Kendall.”

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