Say Hello to Black Jack 16

Say Hello to Black Jack, Volume 2, Chapter 16 (pp. 171~190)


<171>
=10:30 am. The vein for the graft has been extracted.
=Preparations are underway to connect it with the clogged portion of the heart vessels.

=The chest is sliced open. The ribs cut apart.
=The pericardium opened.

THUMP..

=Finally...
=I'm finally back, huh.


<172>
THUMP
#16: Smile


<173>
[x10]THUMP


<174>
=Scalpel.

[bubble]SHLICK

SWUP
S-SWUP

=As expected...
=I don't see any deterioration in his skill. At least on the physical level...


<175>
=Control it...
=No doctor enters the operating room feeling 100% confident...

=If by chance, you find such a doctor...
=They've unknowingly overestimated their own ability...

=Everyone is suppressing their anxiety...
=And battling their own fears...

=He's fast...
=Unbelievably fast...

=Control it...

=Because...
=I want to see Mr. Miyamura smile...!!


<176>
I am...
A cardiac surgeon

THUMP


<177>
WHOOSH

ZWHOOSH

BEE—

=Huh...?


<178>
[x4]VRR

=What's going on...?

[x?]VRR


<179>
=Ventricular fibrillation...
=A rare, trembling contraction of the heart that occurs for unknown reasons during a heart operation.

=Ventricular...//Fibrillation...

=Shit!! The heart's getting pissed off!!
=Commencing countershock!!

THUD

[bubble]ZZT


<180>
=There's bleeding!!
=I know!! The CPR takes priority!!

[x2]GRIT

[x2]GRIT

=No good!! It's not moving!!
=Calm down!! We'll try again!!

=It's over...
=Probably because I forced them into doing the operation...

THUD

=It's all my fault...

He's gonna die...


<181>
Mr. Miyamura's going to die...

=Open your eyes!!

=If you're a doctor...
=You can never avert your eyes...!!

=Move...
[x3]=HUFF


<182>
=MOOOOOVE!!

THUMP...


<183>
[x3]=THUMP

=Continuing operation...
[x4]=HUFF—

=Doctor...
=We should stop the heart and switch over to the Heart-Lung Machine.

=There's no guarantee that the ventricular fibrillation won't start again.
=It would be safer than continuing to operate on a beating heart...
[x2]=HUFF—

=True, putting him on the Heart-Lung Machine would eliminate the risk of ventricular fibrillation...
[x2]=HUFF—


<184>
=But the patient also has liver cirrhosis.
=Using the Heart-Lung Machine would exponentially increase the likelihood of death through liver failure...

=It's a safety measure!!
=No one can blame you for putting him on the Heart-Lung Machine!


<185>
=I can.

=We won't be using the Heart-Lung Machine.

=I trust...
=My own decisions...!!


<186>
=This person...
=Is a true doctor...

=I'm glad...
=I became a doctor...


<187>
=Dr. Saito...
=All my life... I've been walking... Trying to find out what was beyond this embankment...

=But...
=All I had to do, was turn around...


<188>
=Thank you.