This family's situation was too complex, and it involved their family privacy. Liu Banxia didn't have the time to play guessing games with them, so he had to lay out the situation bluntly. As for what they chose to do, that was their business. As a doctor, he had done what he was supposed to do.
"So, can we start the surgery now?" Liu Banxia asked after scrubbing in and entering the operating room.
"We have to wait a bit longer; the anesthetic hasn't taken full effect yet," Li Liwei said.
"This is the Dr. Liu you've been looking forward to," Li Liwei continued, addressing the patient. "Even with your condition, he still dares to perform a small-incision appendectomy. He's the only one."
"On the way here, I looked at the ultrasound and CT scans; there's no major issue. But when I operate, I need to be steady. Your appendix is quite swollen, so I have to be very careful during the procedure to minimize the chance of rupture," Liu Banxia, who had already donned his gloves, said.
