Chapter 4 This Life, I Don't Want to Give Up

"Dr. Jessica," Megan looked at the monitor with the continuously dropping numbers and said in a low voice, "blood pressure has dropped below normal levels, heart rate is 23 beats per minute. If the blood keeps flowing like this, this patient..."

"Megan, quiet down, I know!" Jessica's heart was in turmoil as she quickly grabbed the hemostatic forceps to try to stop the bleeding for the patient. But the blood seemed to be uncontrollably splattering out.

She didn't think this surgery was difficult for her. In her opinion, she was fully capable of handling it with her own skills. That's why she dared to ignore Ashley's warning and decided to perform the surgery herself, but she didn't expect something like this to happen.

Not only did she violate hospital regulations, she also caused a medical accident with her own hands.

Moreover, the patient was a soldier from the military.

What if this patient died in her hands? What would she do?

Jessica's hand holding the hemostatic forceps trembled, and she couldn't even clamp down tightly on the bleeding site.

Megan squinted her eyes and saw Jessica's actions, becoming red-eyed with anxiety. "Jessica, Dr. Ashley didn't let you perform the surgery, but you insisted on doing it yourself. Now that the patient is in such a dangerous situation, as his doctor, why are you panicking?"

"I, I..." Jessica stammered, her heart in chaos. "I don't know what to do next?"

"You..." Megan was about to swear at her.

Jessica was a doctor, if she didn't know what to do next, what could Megan as a nurse do?

Jessica put down the surgical tools in her hand and could only do some basic first aid measures, but the patient's condition was getting worse.

"Jessica, can you do anything besides not knowing what to do?"

"I..."

Megan glared at Jessica angrily and quickly rushed to the first operating room.

"Dr. Ashley."

"What's wrong?" Ashley was abnormally focused on the movements in her hands, but sweat kept dripping from her forehead, which didn't affect her meticulousness.

"Dr. Jessica performed the second surgery without permission. Halfway through the surgery, the patient's liver suddenly hemorrhaged and he fell into a coma. All his vital signs are below normal."

Ashley suddenly stopped her movements, but after pausing for two seconds, she accelerated her movements.

"Megan, you go back first and arrange for blood transfusion for the patient. I'll come over in three minutes."

"The patient has nss blood type, and there is no such blood in the hospital blood bank." Megan's voice was dull. "As far as I know, Dr. Ashley, you are the only one in the hospital with this blood type."

Ashley bit her lip and clenched the surgical tool in her hand. A stubborn light flashed in her almond eyes. "Megan, I'll be there in three minutes. You arrange for the blood transfusion equipment now. When I get there, I'll give him my blood."

"Dr. Ashley..."

"Hurry up."

Ashley didn't look at Megan anymore, but continued with her surgery.

She didn't expect Jessica to dare to ignore her and perform the surgery herself. The patient's liver was mechanically damaged and he was indeed seriously injured, but not too critical. The reason why she really judged him as critically ill was because there was a leiomyosarcoma on his liver blood vessels. Jessica must have accidentally cut through the fibrous tissue of the leiomyosarcoma during surgery, causing him to bleed continuously.

This life...

She didn't want to give up!

Ashley squinted her almond eyes and her movements were fast but not chaotic.

After finishing the last stitch, Ashley strode towards the second operating room.

"Ashley, doctor!" Megan greeted her as soon as she saw her.

"Is everything ready for the blood transfusion?" Ashley asked without hesitation.

"Absolutely," Megan replied.

Ashley lay down on the bed, rolled up her sleeve, revealing her snow-white arm, and handed it to Megan. "Megan, draw 300CC first."

"Sure thing."

During the transfusion process, Ashley could feel her blood flowing through the transfusion tube and into the patient's body.

Jessica stood in the corner of the operating room, biting her lip and staring at Ashley intently. Ashley never looked at Jessica once, instead focusing on the monitor and observing the patient's vital signs.

After the 300 CC of blood was transfused, Ashley didn't even bother pressing the wound on her arm before getting off the bed and starting the surgery. To save time, the needle hole from drawing blood wasn't sealed, and blood flowed out of the wound. But Ashley didn't pay much attention to it.

"Clamp."

"Gauze."

Ashley was completely focused on the surgery at hand.

After successfully completing the surgery, Ashley's face was pale, and she hadn't stopped the bleeding from her arm wound. She didn't even know how long it had been bleeding for. But when her tense spirit relaxed, Ashley felt that her left arm was completely numb.

Ashley took off her mask and walked up to Jessica with an unpleasant expression. "You, come with me."

Jessica followed Ashley out of the operating room.

"I-"

"Smack!"

Before Jessica could even explain herself, Ashley raised her right arm and slapped her across the face cleanly and precisely.

"You hit me!" Jessica felt her cheek burning with pain. She covered her face with her small hand and couldn't believe what had just happened.

"Jessica, did you not listen to a single word I said before entering the operating room?" Ashley was shorter than Jessica, but when they faced each other now, Ashley's aura crushed Jessica's heart.

"So what gives you the right to hit me?" Jessica retorted. "I'm the director's daughter, I stole your boyfriend, you hate me, don't you? Even if I did something wrong today, why do you have the right to hit me? You're just taking revenge!"

"Jessica, I don't care if you're the director's daughter or not. It's you I'm gonna hit!" Ashley glared at Jessica with an indescribable coldness in her eyes.

Just then, Steven finished two surgeries and walked out of the operating room.

"Steven..." Jessica burst into tears as soon as she saw him. "My face hurts so bad."

Steven saw a faint red handprint on Jessica's cheek and realized that Ashley had hit her.

Steven walked up to Jessica, looked at her and then at Ashley, but he ended up embracing Jessica in his arms.

"Ashley, why did you hit Jessica? Even if she did something wrong, you shouldn't have done it this way!" Steven scolded Ashley.