Chapter 5
“His vitals are crashing. We’re in the optimal treatment window, Danielle’s cool voice cut through the chaos. “Another hour and not even God could save him.
“And who’d take responsibility if he dies on the table?” Savamal snapped, rounding on Danielle. “Go play doctor somewhere else.”
“Quacks,” Danielle muttered, examining her nails.
“What did you just call us?” Savannah’s face llushed crimson.
“Savannah, don’t argue with a young girl. The patient’s conditions our priority right now,” Christopher said diplomatically.
“She called me a quack!” Savannah’s voice rose–shrilly, She, the youngest associate chief of surgery with a wall full of awards, bristled at having her competence questioned by this girl.
“She doesn’t understand the situation, so why bother arguing?” Christopher focused solely on Logan’s crisis. No matter what, they couldn’t let him die in their hospital–the consequences would affect not just the institution, but everyone present.
“I can do the surgery, Danielle stated, arms crossed casually.
“You? Are you even old enough to drive? Have a medical license Savannah’s laugh dripped acid. “He’s had multiple failed heart surgeries. His heart’s completely compromised–no surgeon or hospital in the country would dare touch it.”
“Drop it, Savannah,” Christopher said, wanting to end the argument.
Without a word, Danielle slapped her credentials on the counter. The room fell silent at her attending physician status- nearly impossible for someone twice her age.
The revelation landed like a slap across Savannah’s face. The surrounding doctors stared in disbelief. “An attending physician? That’s practically professor level… but she’s so young–how is this even possible?”
“Shall we begin?” Danielle’s smile didn’t reach her eyes.
*Perfect scapegoat,” a resident whispered to his colleague in a corner.
“She’s not staff,” Savannah muttered back. “You know Mr. Charrington’s grandson. He’d burn this place to the ground, scapegoat or not.”
“But what do we do now?” the resident asked helplessly.
“Listen, girl,” Christopher said, trying to defuse the situation. “This is an extremely high–risk surgery. Even Dr. Wood isn’t- confident of success.
“In the patient’s current condition, only the miracle healer could guarantee his survival. The risk is simply too high–it’s beyond our expertise to make that call.”
Ethan, who’d been observing silently, spoke. “You can save him? Walk me through it.”
“Immediate surgery. You’ll assist, Danielle said.
“The audacity!” Savannah sputtered. “Who do you think you are? Ordering around the director?”
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“Dr. Wood, let’s not waste time arguing with her, Savannali continued with unconcealed disdain. “We’re running out of time
let’s use medications to keep him stable until the family arrivi
Prep OR One. I’m assisting. Ethan’s tone brooked no argi
“Dr. Wood, please!” Savannah exclaimed. “Thirty percent survival rate at best, and given Mr. Charrington’s status–our hospital can’t handle the responsibility if something goes wrong
“I’ll take full responsibility for any consequences,” Ethan snapped his irritation clear. Not wasting another mornent on their objections, he turned to Danielle. “Follow me.”
If she knew who she was operating on, she would have fled–no one would dare take on such a risky case, Ethan thought grimly.
“Get the OR’s cameras running,” Savannah said sarcastically. “We can’t risk being blamed if anything goes wrong”
Word of a teenage surgeon ripped through the hospital like wildare, drawing doctors to the observation deck. Even the director himself was stumped by this case, so a teenage girl couldn’t possibly have a solution; she had to be a fraud talking big.
In the OR, Danielle stood beside the operating table, fully outfitted in sterile surgical gear from mask to gown. She carefully administered the Heart Elixir Pill she’d brought from York Pharmacy that morning, placing it directly in Logan’s mouth.
The medical staff watched in alarm, their confidence wavering at the unknown medication before surgery.
What was that?” Ethan asked, tension evident. He’d let the girl into the operating room because of her composure and confidence. It was a gamble, maybe she could actually succeed.
“Heart Elixir Pill, Danielle replied calmly.
Ethan’s eyes
widened at the sight of the legendary Heart Elixir Pill–a medicine so rare and costly it could bankrupt most doctors. Watching her administer such a priceless remedy with casual confidence, he felt his doubts dissolving. Perhaps this girl really could pull off a miracle.
The observation room was already packed with medical staff who were astonished to see that the surgeon was indeed a teenage girl. But to their surprise, Danielle commanded the OR like a seasoned conductor.
“Position.”
“Anesthesia.”
“Full sterilization.”
“Scalpel.”
Her surgical instructions echoed decisively in the quiet OR. Logan’s heart, altered by numerous previous surgeries, presented a complex challenge. Yet Danielle’s initial incision was flawless and decisive, leaving the watching medical team speechless.
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Shocked whispers rippled through the observing crowd.
“Could she really save Mr. Charrington?”
“Even doctors with decades of experience wouldn’t dare make such an incision!”
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“That cut was perfect–swift, precise, and steady”
When Danielle exposed Logan’s heart, even she paused at the cage: a roadmap of scars and misplaced vessels that barely resembled human anatomy anymore.
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