Golden Time (JungYong) Chapter 86

The ambulance crew shook their heads at Suhyuks words.

If they cut the stone, the surroundings might collapse.

Then the surroundings may collapse, they said.

Suhyuk, fixing his gaze on the victim, opened his mouth,

My idea is to have his leg amputated.

Everyones eyes turned big. It was an idea that n.o.body thought of.

You are talking nonsense. Who are you?

When a crew mber asked, Suhyuk said briefly, Im a doctor.

Then he knelt down to one side of the victims head, with the blood pack still raised, and Suhyuk asked the victim smiling blankly, Can you move your right leg?

His leg wriggled. As expected, the right side was not trapped, but there was bleeding coming from there. The victim let out a painful groan.

It seems like youve been pierced by sothing.

Suhyuk knitted his brows. What was it? But right now that was not the point to focus on.

You said earlier you do not have feeling. Can you feel anything on your left leg?

He shook his head. He could not get out because of his trapped left leg.

Suhyuk gave a brief sigh. The muscles in the crushed area were getting worse and worse. Thats why he had no sense of feeling there.

I think you have to have your leg amputated. The odds are 6 to 4.

Oh A sigh ca out of the mouth of the victim.

It sounds like the odds are that I might die.

Yes.

However, the worst could also happen when they took away the stone as it was.

Bywater syndro. Muscles that are pressured in so parts of the body are necrotic and produce toxic substances. When they release the stone and the pressure is released, the poisonous substance in one place will start roaming through the body in the blood. Also the amount of bleeding was severe.

I am taking low blood pressure dicine. Will it be okay?

At his bittersweet words, Suhyuks expression beca worse.

Thats why such excessive bleeding was happening.

I think you should make a decision now.

Give a little ti to think.

Suhyuk nodded his head, and then, he handed the blood pack to the paradics and climbed up.

Please save my husband!

Tears flowed constantly from the eyes of the victims wife.

Do you think he cant be pulled out?

Suhyuk nodded his head at Lees question.

One of his legs was trapped under a stone. I think we should consider an amputation.

A bolt out of the blue to the wife. She knelt down helplessly.

Suhyuk, moving the heap of stones that trapped the victim, said to Lee,

Bywater syndro. I think we need to cut his leg and have him get imdiate surgery.

Lee looked at Suhyuk quietly. His shoulders slumped. It was as if Lee was a part of the victims family when he saw what he was doing.

He was throwing the piled stones away one by one. As for a large stone that he could not remove with just his hands, he rolled it over with a steel pipe. But his own strength was limited. Among the stones, a big rock did not move even a bit.

A murmur ca out of his mouth, Move d.a.m.n it!

Then he stood up and moved to the victim.

Then Lee Mansuk caught him by the shoulder, asking, How is the victims condition?

He was bleeding and taking blood pressure dication.

I think I have to take a look, said Lee.

When Lee tried to put his foot into the pit, Suhyuk shook his head.

The inside is fairly narrow, let go in.

Suhyuks eyes t with Lees eyes, as if they were begging him to believe him.

When Lee nodded his head, Suhyuk began to move.

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Have you made a decision?

The victim closed his eyes for a mont and fell into thought.

It did not last long.

He lifted his eyelids and opened his mouth, I want to go out with normal legs.

That ant he rejected the amputation idea.

Suhyuk respected his judgnt, and gave a slight smile.

The situation was not that pessimistic and hopeless.

He could pin so hope on the fact that he was still conscious.

I will do what I can.

Got it.

Suhyuk imdiately loosened his belt and tightened it around the thigh of the victim.

It is an ad-hoc prescription to prevent toxicity that can go up the leg.

Suhyuk said to the ambulance crew who were looking at the surroundings.

Please remove the stones so I can pull out his leg.

The crew nodded, even though the heavy equipnt vehicles were still on their way over here.

When they went out, Suhyuk and the victim were left alone.

Suhyuk leaned against the wall holding the blood pack.

Youre having a real trouble because of . Thank you.

Suhyuk laughed.

You do not have to thank , this is my job, he said, looking at the hole where the light was coming in from.

No, youre having this trouble because of If I had chosen to have my leg amputated, I would have gotten out already.

Suhyuk listened to what he was saying. It was good for him to continue to speak, so he could stay conscious like that.

I felt as if I was going to be kicked out of my company if I had my legs amputated.

And I still have a lot of loans to pay back and a family to feed

I think you are a great family man. You should stay calm in order to get out of here.

Thank you.

As soon as he said that, the dirt fell down. It ant that the heavy lifting machinery arrived.

The paradics ca down again.

There is a risk of collapse while we are removing the stones, so we will install so equipnt around here first.

The paradics imdiately installed hydraulic support beams here and there.

Soon, solid iron steel was installed to support stones that could collapse, and the place inside beca even narrower.

Okay. We will remove the stone from above. Tell us if you see any sign of collapse here.

When Suhyuk nodded his head, they went up again.

Dirt kept falling from above. Suhyuk picked up the jacket he had overlaid over the victim.

Youll be able to get out of here soon, just be patient.

How long has it been so far? The amount of light pouring down was becoming more and more.

Then the paradics ca in.

Were ready. Were going to remove the stones.

Please do it as much as possible without any vibration.

They nodded, and got the cutter from above.

Even with sprinkling water there will be have a lot of dust.

The man who put a mask on the victim handed another one to Suhyuk.

Weeeing The cogwheel started to turn and the machine cut the stone slowly.

On all such occasions, the victims face frowned.

Suhyuk asked him, Are you okay?

He nodded his head. He felt the vibration in the part where bleeding ca from, and the pain beca more severe than before. But he could hold on, for he had to, for the sake of his family.

The cogwheels kept turning without stopping. It took 20 minutes before the cutter stopped, and the stone on which the victim was trapped was cut into several pieces. The stones were removed, and Suhyuk checked the bleeding leg.

A rebar was poking through the thigh, which protruded from the stone.

Suhyuk knitted his brows.

The risk of cutting the rebar with the cutter and removing it was too great.

Because muscles and nerves could be damaged by the ensuing vibration.

Even though he wanted to pull out his thigh, excessive bleeding could occur.

Though he agonized a bit over it, Suhyuk made a quick judgnt.

Even a second was not to be wasted.

He could not delay anymore.

Please give so bandages.

Suhyuk, who was handed bandages by the crew, tied up the upper part of the stabbed wound with the bandages.

You will feel a bit of pain.

When the victim nodded, Suhyuk slowly pulled the thigh from the rebar.

Ugh

The blood poured out. However, it was blood that was stagnant and that had stayed trapped in the leg.

The bleeding was getting less frequent because he tied the wound very tight with utmost pressure.

Move him quickly! When Suhyuk said that, the crew began to raise him out the pit.

Honey!

Boohoo Dad!

The victim was carried into the ambulance amid the familys crying.

As soon as the victim arrived at the ergency room, he went through an examination while he was receiving blood transfusions first. Of course, the place that was penetrated by the rebar was also treated. A teta.n.u.s shot was given to him too.

Can there be such a miracle?

There was a small crack in the bones of his trapped leg, and only a little muscle damage.

However, his blood pressure slightly dropped. In the end, that was all.

The reason why the man was not seriously hurt was sothing Suhyuk could only guess at.

As the head of the family, he had such a great care and consideration for his family.

Could that devotion have caused such a miracle?

But he could not afford to be off guard. Even bywater syndro could cause trouble.

He imdiately administered sap and dication. It was a drug that diluted toxicity.

Prof. Lee took the lead there. Well, it was mostly done by Suhyuk, because the victim followed what Suhyuk said.

Dont cry, Im okay.

The victim, lying in a stretcher bed, smiled and soothed his child.

Then Lee brought the chart and ca up to him.

Fortunately, there seems to be no problems, but I need to watch over the progress of your condition while youre being treated here for a few days.

When Lee said that, the man turned his gaze to the side.

There, Lee Suhyuk, the intern, was laughing with his child.

If he had not been there at the ti of the accident, what would have happened to ?

Suhyuk made him hold open his eyes that he felt were closing by having him think of his family.

Guardian, follow .

Lee left the place, and Suhyuk, left alone, opened his mouth, Youre lucky. Youve got insurance, right?

The man smiled and nodded, Yes, even life insurance for the family.

Suhyuk laughed a little. He was such a great patient, still caring about his family so much.

But it looked like a new house

At Suhyuks words, his expression got harder and harder.

It was less than a week since his new house was built. How did they build it like that

I think theres only one thing I can do for you.

The victim made a curious expression.

What does he an when he said he could do sothing for him?

He was already so grateful that he saved his life and treated him.

Then he heard sothing.

Hey, Suhyuk!

A woman with long waving hair approached him laughing. It was reporter Han Jihye.