Chapter 232 - Snip! (1/2)

Zhang Fan shook his head as he told the patient, “Relax, and don’t worry. I’m just going to inspect just where exactly the object is right now.”

“Okay!”

Zhang Fan gently inserted his lubricated finger into the patient’s anus. “Okay, I can feel it. The problem is that the object’s fracture is still somewhat sharp,” Zhang Fan told Lu Shuyan as he performed the digital rectal examination.

“Then what should we do?” Lu Shuyan inquired.

“Let me think!”

Zhang Fan didn’t dare to stimulate the anus and the surrounding tissue too much, because there was already swelling. If the swelling became even worse due to additional stimulation, that would make things more troublesome.

Normally, the human body’s intestines and soft tissue would still have a certain degree of hardness and flexibility. It wouldn’t be anything to worry about even if something such as a soft rubber dildo became stuck inside the anus. However, things would be really different and problematic if there was also swelling—that would cause the tissue to thicken and the cell walls to become thinner. This would also lower the hardness and flexibility of the tissue.

So, in order to remove a foreign object from the anus, it would be necessary to first expand the anus, and then remove the foreign object by using tissue forceps. Additionally, in this type of scenario where the foreign object was fractured, the fractured portion couldn’t be allowed to touch the nearby swollen intestinal tissue.

“Firstly, I can confirm that there is indeed a foreign object in the intestine. Secondly, this object has an obvious fracture which might injure the intestinal walls. Thirdly, this foreign object might enter the sigmoid colon due to intestinal contractions. Fourthly, there is a possibility that attempting to remove the object from the anus will end in failure as the object enters the sigmoid colon due to intestinal contractions. If the object enters the sigmoid colon, it will no longer become possible to remove the object without using surgery. That will mean that an open surgery will be required in order to squeeze the object out of the intestine!” Zhang Fan informed the two women about his diagnosis. The truth was that there really was a possibility that it might not be possible to retrieve the broken dildo from the anus. Additionally, the intestine would constantly contract, and as time went on, nobody would be able to make guarantees about what might happen.

“I refuse to have surgery! I’ll be so ugly with a scar left behind on my stomach! No surgery!” The beautiful woman on the examination table started panicking. Tears started pouring out unstoppably, messing up her originally pretty face.

“Then what should we do now?” The black leather jacketed woman also started panicking.

“I will prepare the surgery agreement paperwork now. Both of you should sign it,” Zhang Fan told them.

“I refuse! No! NO!!!” The female patient was truly exploding now. She started screaming at a very high octave. Zhang Fan’s ears really hurt. The beautiful patient’s face now became rather indistinguishable.

She had been using many different colors of makeup. Due to all her tears and emotional turmoil, black and red mixed together with her tears, large eyes, exaggerated expression, and other complex colors. Zhang Fan suddenly felt as if he was watching a comical clown on television when he saw her current face.

“Don’t scream. If you keep screaming, when your abdominal pressure contracts, that will only absorb the object deeper into your intestine, making it impossible to retrieve,” Zhang Fan hurriedly told the patient while she was catching her breath. She had been screaming far too loudly about not wanting surgery!

“But I truly don’t want to have surgery~!” The patient’s voice was now far quieter after she heard this. She whimpered as tears kept streaming down from her darkened eyes.

“Right now, it’s not at the level of a surgery. However, this counts as an invasive treatment method that has the possibility of injury or further unintended consequences, which is why it must be treated similarly to a surgery with agreement paperwork. Understood?”

“Oh!”

“Oh!”

It was likely that the two women hadn’t really understood what Zhang Fan just said. Zhang Fan whispered to Lu Shuyan, “Watch over them and make sure that nothing happens! I’m going to go print an agreement form.”

“Okay,” Lu Shuyan whispered back in agreement after glancing at Zhang Fan. In China, any patient who entered a hospital and was accepted by a doctor for treatment would enter into a so-called unofficial medical contract with the doctor. China’s government placed a great deal of importance on this medical contract. If anything at all happened to the patient during this time, the doctor and the hospital wouldn’t be able to avoid responsibility. This was why Zhang Fan had to be extra careful.

To give a simple example, if the female patient suddenly fell off of the examination table and died for some reason while Zhang Fan was busy printing the agreement form, then the doctor would be held 80% responsible. If there were zero witnesses, then things would be even worse for the doctor. That was why the profession of doctor was such that the older the doctor became, the more cautious they would become.

Zhang Fan told Wang Zipeng about the situation and critical points. The latter then went to the gynecology department office to print out the necessary paperwork. For the time being, Zhang Fan didn’t want to go back and face the patient. He simply leaned against the wall and emptied his mind. Earlier, he had felt that the situation was slightly awkward and funny, but now that he thought things over more carefully, he felt that the patient must indeed be feeling really uncomfortable.

“Bro, it’s ready.” Wang Zipeng brought the agreement form to Zhang Fan.

“Okay. I’ll be going in again now. You can go back to the proctology department to rest for a while if you want. It’s not like there’s anything for you to do here.”

“It’s fine, Bro. You should hurry with your work.” This was the misfortune of Wang Zipeng not doing well on his medical license examination. He really regretted not studying harder!

Zhang Fan then went back into the patient examination room. Lu Shuyan glanced at Zhang Fan, but didn’t say anything. Humans were really complex creatures. Those who wanted to reach the top would definitely never submit to all the rules and those above them, yet the majority of people would also involuntarily draw closer to those who were strong or above them.

“This requires the patient’s signature as well as a family member’s signature.” Zhang Fan handed a pen and the agreement form to the patient who was still on the examination table.

The patient mumbled complaints under her breath as she signed it. Zhang Fan then glanced at her signature before asking her, “What about the family member’s signature?”

“Can she sign it? She’s my friend.” The patient referred to the manly-looking woman.

“Yes. Then you should sign this form as well.” Since this counted as an emergency checkup, the requirements weren’t that strict. If a real surgery had been required, then a friend’s signature wouldn’t have been allowed.

“Right here?” The black leather jacketed woman pointed at a part of the form.

“Yes.”