In 2016, a 19-year-old girl had half of the heart surgery, but the surgeon suddenly ran off the operating table with trembling hands, and the operating room was instantly panicked......
A phone ringing echoed in the hallway outside the operating room, breaking the suffocating silence, and Cortana's parents waited anxiously for bad news.
A few hours earlier, they had witnessed their 19-year-old daughter, Cortana (not her real name), being wheeled into the operating room to fight for her young and dying heart.
It was a fight to the death, and two of Cortana's three coronary arteries were completely blocked, and the remaining one was severely narrowed, and she was in danger of her life at any moment.
After a failed operation, Cortana's body and mind have suffered a heavy blow, and her parents have given all their family property, but they are still determined to entrust their daughter's life in the hands of Ge Junbo, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, a top cardiologist in China.
With his outstanding medical skills, Academician Ge formulated the final treatment plan for Xiao Na: catheter interventional treatment.
The risks of this less invasive surgery are much higher than those of other traditional surgeries, but in the face of life, in order to save the child's life, parents have no choice but to grit their teeth and agree to this high-risk plan.
The operation went smoothly at the beginning, and under the personal operation of Academician Ge, a tiny guide wire passed through Cortana's narrow blood vessels and gradually advanced to the critical part of the heart blockage. It's an extremely difficult process, and the slightest mishap can put Cortana in a crisis of blood shortage.
Just when everyone was secretly rejoicing that the operation was about to be successful, a sudden change completely disrupted the process of the operation - Academician Ge's hand suddenly cramped, the pain was unbearable, and he had to leave the operating table temporarily!
At this critical moment, Xiao Na's anesthesia effect also began to fade, and she gradually woke up, and when she found that the chief surgeon, Academician Ge, was not in front of the operating table, an unprecedented fear seized her heart.
At the same time, Academician Ge was trying his best to control the cramps in his hands, adjusting his breathing rate, rinsing his hands with warm water, and doing massage exercises, but nothing could relieve the pain.
His heart turned from helplessness to self-blame, blaming himself for making a mistake in this life-and-death situation, which might have buried a young and precious life.
It was in this sad atmosphere that Academician Ge made up his mind that he had to hand over the operation to other doctors to continue to complete, although he knew that it meant that the risk of surgery would increase again, but he had no choice.
The doctor who took over the operation was also a top cardiologist in China, and under the personal guidance of Academician Ge, the interrupted operation was restarted.
On the operating table, Cortana's life is like being thrown on the cusp of a surging wave, and she may be shattered at any time. Eventually, that critical guidewire finally passed through the last blocked blood vessel in Cortana's body.
With a deafening round of applause in the operating room, everyone celebrated the miracle that Cortana had survived!
This is the victory of life, and the eternal testimony of medicine challenging death and creating miracles.
There are too many uncertainties in life, but as long as you have hope and move forward bravely, you will eventually overcome all difficulties, just like Cortana and her life-saving benefactors, embrace life, face death, and never give up!
Source: Episode 8 of the documentary "The World": Persistence
