Not A Small-Town Girl

Chapter 4-2

They had no choice but to wait for his family members to arrive. After all, the patient’s grandson was too formidable-if anything happened to him at their hospital, they couldn’t bear the responsibility. The entire hospital might not survive the fallout.

With one eyebrow arched, Danielle asked, "Is valvular heart disease really that complicated?"

"You know the condition?" Christopher asked, surprise coloring his tone.

"Do you know medicine?" Savannah Watson chimed in. "Since you know this is valvular heart disease, you must also know that valve replacement surgery is necessary!"

Danielle lifted her cool gaze, her eyes sparkling like stars. "If you’re considering valve replacement, it only shows you haven’t used enough antibiotics, which led to the infection and perivalvular leakage."

The doctors froze at the young girl’s words-she’d pinpointed their oversight with surgical precision.

head of cardiac surgery, asked, his commanding presence preceding his silver

still an hour

valve replacement surgeries, soon developing perivalvular

sought treatment abroad, but complications like postoperative recurrence and infection appeared shortly after

critical, and there wasn’t time to go abroad again. They

cardiac surgery department was nationally renowned, and Ethan’s

managed to stabilize Logan’s condition-essentially pulling him back from death’s door. However, the very next day, he developed an infection, requiring another

upper respiratory infection had progressed to pneumonia, and just as they’d gotten the pneumonia under control, heart

was dire. If they operated again, Logan might not survive the surgery. They could only

consent forms signed, the surgery would shield them from liability even if the patient didn’t survive-the