godfather of surgery

Chapter 409 Houston, we are in trouble!

Jim Bassa decides—report to the White House.

This matter must be reported to the White House. If the Chinese are invited to help deal with emergencies, it is beyond his scope of authority and must be done through diplomatic channels. This is the job of the Secretary of State.

Jim Basa cannot command the Secretary of State, but the White House can.

"This matter is beyond our capabilities. I need to report to the White House. Please wait a moment."

Jim Bartha convened NASA scientists and officials to hold an emergency meeting in the conference room of the control center. Even if there was something that was not present, he was required to make a video connection.

"Everyone, we have encountered the biggest crisis after the Columbia incident in 2003. Everyone has heard the opinions of medical experts. Their opinions are very clear. Only with the help of a Chinese doctor can we resolve the crisis. These experts are the top medical professors in the United States, and their opinions represent the most professional opinions, and I am going to report this matter to the White House."

Jim Basa understands the complexity of the matter. If the handling of this crisis is slightly wrong, he will not only be held accountable, take the blame and resign, but also leave a bad reputation.

"The International Space Station has always excluded China. Now it is not so easy to invite, no, to ask for China's help." Richard is very embarrassed. Under this background, the United States will find it difficult to ask for China's help, and China will not. Will definitely help.

"It is indeed very sensitive, but in any case, we can only ask the White House to come forward. We cannot bear this embarrassment. Whether we have reported it is our problem. Whether we are willing or able to invite Chinese doctors is their problem." Aviation. Aerospace scientist Mercado hits the nail on the head.

"Maybe it's because we are overly sensitive. China doesn't need to cooperate with us at all. They have independently developed a space station. We cover it up and treat it as a treasure, but people may never have taken a fancy to it." Another scientist Vincent Poulder very optimistic.

"This is a matter of the White House. All we know now is that we need the help of Chinese doctors, otherwise Steven will not be able to return to Earth alive. As for how to ask for help, I think the Secretary of State will have a way."

The majority agreed to ask the Chinese to help. If it was an aerospace technology issue, they would have a full say. Now it is a medical issue. They have no other choice but to support Jim Basa.

Any obstructers will be condemned afterwards, life is above all else, they cannot understand this truth.

"Everyone, if you have no objections, should I report it to the White House now?" Jim Basa was in a hurry to report that once this matter deviates from the right path, it would be like a whirlpool, involving many people. In case of a whirlpool, Jim Basa didn't want to be a scapegoat.

"How do you object? Object to Steven coming back alive?"

No one dared to object, and the all-pervasive reporters were the ears of the wall. Maybe their opinions would be on the news after the meeting was over.

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Internet news reacted more quickly than newspapers. In the overhead cabin, Yang Ping was browsing the news on the Internet when the test results came out. Steven had a small aneurysm in the brainstem.

Yang Ping is very interested in these difficult cases. This requires interventional technology for coil embolization, but this requires extremely small coils, and the operation is very difficult. The blood vessels in the brain are extremely complicated, forming a tortuous network, not the heart. Comparable to the liver, especially in the brainstem, the blood vessels close to or passing through the nerve nuclei cannot be achieved by interventional techniques.

Yang Ping saw Johannesson's WeChat, because WIFI could be used to surf the Internet on this plane, but he could not make calls or send and receive text messages.

Fortunately, in order to keep in touch with Yang Ping, Johannesson has already learned to use WeChat.

Intervention? Intracranial intervention? Or brainstem, Johannesson is in Houston, and it turned out that it was because of Steven's business, Yang Ping was not in a hurry to answer.

Intervention is not Yang Ping's specialty, but it doesn't matter, Yang Ping entered the system space and looked for interventional surgery training in the surgery training in the mall.

In the training package with various names, a complete intervention training has been opened. Internal medicine, surgery, and intervention have become the three major techniques in parallel. To make one's medical skills complete, intervention is indispensable. Yang Ping thinks it is time to light up interventional technology .

Yang Ping buys a heavyweight intervention training package and conducts devil training in the system space.

With a strong anatomical and surgical foundation, interventional techniques are easy to learn.

Yang Ping has repeatedly trained all the interventions in the various systems of the body. The interventional treatment of the brain is the most difficult and the riskiest. The intervention of the brainstem is currently a restricted area, but there is no restricted area in the system.

The training of hundreds of surgeries is no longer of any interest to Yang Ping. Now he chooses training packages starting at a few thousand.

System Space No matter how difficult the case is, no matter what cutting-edge interventional technology, you can choose it at will.

After mastering the interventional technology, he used the case push function to obtain cases similar to Steven's, thoroughly researched these cases, and trained them well.

Even Yang Ping trained to operate in the microgravity environment of the space station, using telerobotic surgery.

After thoroughly mastering the interventional technique, Yang Ping knew that if he copied Steven's case at the right time and simulated it hundreds of times, there would be no difficulty in this operation.

"Coil embolization can be accomplished by interventional methods, and it is safer to use drug-loaded microsphere interventional technology."

Yang Ping replied to Johannesson concisely.

The interventional technology of drug-loaded microspheres is the most cutting-edge technology in the world. Yang Ping is not pretending to be mysterious, but this method is the most suitable for Steven.

Ordinary coil embolization successfully resolves the crisis of the aneurysm, but new crises will emerge, and the coils left in the blood vessel will become new bombs.

Steven will eventually return to the earth. When falling at high speed, once the spring coil moves, the consequences will be disastrous.

Yang Ping's analysis of cases is more profound than that of Americans, and his thinking ability honed by the system space is beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Lao Cheng was sleeping and snoring while reclining, while Huang Jiacai was still reading.

The stewardess came over with a glass of juice, and Yang Ping bowed.

Outside the window, there is a sea of ​​clouds below. At this time, the plane has been flying for seven hours.
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"Houston—" Susan called.

"Susan!" Johannesson and Massimo stared at the screen.

The communication signal is not very good, there is a freeze, and Susan's anxious voice is intermittent: "Houston, Houston, request Houston."

It took more than ten minutes for the communication to stabilize. Susan, who was so anxious to cry, finally uttered a complete sentence: "Houston, we are in trouble!"

"Steven can't breathe now!" Susan was terrified.

"Oh my God!"

Johannesson shook his head.

Massimo was also nervously out of breath. On the space station 400 kilometers above the ground, the arteries in the brainstem were progressively expanding.

"Blood pressure can't drop any further, and you'll go into shock." Susan's voice trembled.

"Steven? How does it feel?" asked Massimo.

"He feels breathless now." Susan finally couldn't control herself and started crying again.

"I have no choice but to inhale oxygen. He can't breathe." Susan almost collapsed. On the space station, she had never dealt with such a truly dangerous case, and her loneliness and helplessness overwhelmed her little confidence.

"Don't be nervous, we are trying to find a way to use telemedicine equipment to help you if necessary." Johannesson comforted Susan.

"Steven, you'll be fine, hang on!" Johannesson encouraged him.

"——" Steven made an OK gesture.

But Director Jim Basa has not responded yet, and everyone is waiting.

"Dr. Yang's plane has been flying for five hours?" Collins asked.

"It should be almost seven hours now." Johannesson was more anxious than anyone else.

Now everyone is at a loss. Even on the earth, Massimo has only a 20.00% success rate. He has performed two hundred monkey operations, but he has not yet performed human operations.

Finally, Jim Basa came out of the meeting room.

"It has been reported to the White House to ask for China's support. As for bowing or kowtowing, that is the business of Mr. Secretary of State. In short, I said that without the help of this Chinese doctor, Steven will never be able to return to the voyage." Jimbasa felt relieved.

Next, you can only wait, maybe you can do something else.

However, Jim Basa is still a little bit sure that Mr. President is planning to seek re-election, so he must not fall into this matter.

"The reporters were stuck downstairs, and they asked why we refused the help of the Chinese, and why did we disregard the safety of the astronauts for our own self-interest?" the secretary hurriedly reported to Jim Basa.

How come their news is so fast? The meeting has just ended.

The director looked around, everyone looked away, pretended to cough, and shrugged helplessly. In short, everyone expressed helplessness and had nothing to do with him.

The director sat down and looked at his watch. There was still no phone call. Is it because the White House is hesitating, or Mr. Secretary of State's negotiations have encountered resistance.

"Why so long?" Chief Medical Officer Alpha couldn't wait.

Jim Basa is relatively calmer, he knows that politicians consider more issues, unlike experts who go straight.

"Wait patiently, the report has been submitted, we just have to wait." Jim Basa can only wait, who to urge? Urge the president?
Everyone was anxious and uneasy, as if this last ray of hope might be dashed at any time.

"Director, look, the reporter interviewed Steven's wife."

The secretary turned on the computer, and there was a picture of Steven's wife.

Steven's wife was interviewed by the reporter, and she also knew about the invitation of Chinese doctors. She made it clear: "The decision on this matter should not be just for NASA to act on its own, but to invite family members to make a decision together. She strongly requested that if The Chinese can let Steven go home, why can't the Chinese be the hero, if she is willing, Steven will also be willing."

"It is now said on the Internet that we are hesitant to invite Chinese doctors. We are unwilling to let the Chinese be the hero. We lack the minimum self-confidence. We are afraid of the Chinese. We——" the secretary explained the direction of online public opinion.

"enough!"

Jim Basa said angrily, how did these reporters get the news so quickly? Now that he went to the bathroom, the reporters probably knew about it.

But these reporters are right. There is no news about what the bosses in Washington are doing.

Even Jim Basa couldn't hold his breath.

(End of this chapter)