“Okay. Send me the image. Here's my email. 423******," Johann gave Luca his email.
"Alright. I'll send it to you now. Thank you, Dr. Park." After Luca noted down Johann's email, she ended the call and
saved the CT result and color doppler before sending them to Johann.
Johann immediately received the email.
After he downloaded the result, he opened the image and raised his eyebrows.
The intern who stood beside Johann noticed that something was wrong too.
"Dr. Park, isn't this cancer?" The intern asked. He was the relative of the assistant medical director of the hospital.
He pulled some strings to become Johann's intern as he admired him a lot.
"Yes," Johann replied and zoomed in to read the result of the report. "Breast cancer."
"Is this patient a friend of yours?" The intern could not help but ask.
Johann rolled his eyes at him and said, "What did I tell you?"
"Don't ask questions..." the intern replied embarrassingly.
Johann no longer said anything. If it were not for the medical director's request, Johann would not have wanted to
guide the intern.
It was troublesome to keep an intern beside him.
"Please step out for a second," Johann asked him to leave.
The intern rubbed his nose, knowing that he had been asking too many questions, which pissed Johann off. He stood
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtup and walked out of the room.
Johann looked at the results several times. He eventually sent a message to Luca: [It's breast cancer. The situation
doesn't look so good. There are signs of the cancer spreading. But a biopsy test is needed to find out what the
specific situation is. How old is the patient?]
[She's in her 50s.] Luca's heart sank when she saw Johann's reply.
Wanda's cancer cells had spread.
[Is this the medical examination report? Are there any other CT scans and color doppler for the other parts of the
body?] Johann sent another message to ask Luca. If the patient was in her 50s, was she not Bianca's aunt?
Johann remembered Wanda was diagnosed with breast cancer last time. However, she preferred to receive a
conservative treatment. Thus, she found a naturopathic doctor who specialized in nursing health without getting
any surgery.
After that, Wanda would come to the hospital for medical examinations every year.
There was no news from Luke telling him about Wanda's situation either. Why did things suddenly turn out this way?
Luca sent the rest of the medical report to Johann.
Johann carefully went over the medical report and sent a message to Luke: [Does the medical report belong to your
wife's aunt?]
[Yes.] Luke replied to Johann's message. Although Luke had not seen the report, the doctor working at the health
care center had contacted him and told him that Wanda's health was in a pretty bad condition.
Perhaps she could no longer receive conservative treatment.
[Dr. Craw sent me the medical report. The conservative treatment isn't working anymore. The patient's condition
has taken a turn for the worse in such a short time. She needs to undergo surgery, and she needs to receive
chemotherapy.] Johann replied to his message. Luke would always send Wanda's and Old Man Rayne's medical
reports to him for him to take a look at them.
Hence, Johann knew their health condition well.
[Can you be her surgeon?] Luke asked.
Johann stroked his chin. He was not an expert in this field. He could perform the surgery, but he was afraid that he
would not be able to do it well.
[I can't be her surgeon, but I heard my mentor in New York say that there'll be a few professors coming here to
give seminars in half a month. There might be someone who's an expert in this field. If there's someone, you'll have
to counsel her first and convince her to be admitted to the hospital. She needs to cooperate with us to do some
physical examinations and receive treatment. She can take half a course of chemotherapy first. We'll then see how
the results are and decide if it's necessary for her to continue. The surgery will be arranged once the expert has
arrived. If there's no expert in this field, I'll look for someone else. Dr. Barlowe is one of the experts in this field.
There are many cases of surgeries like this, and the survival rate of patients suffering from breast cancer for the
past five years is more than 80 percent.] Johann replied to Luke.
Luke replied: [Okay. I'll leave it to you.]
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmWanda's health condition could not be delayed any longer.
The doctor working at the health care center told him that fortunately, Wanda came for the medical examination in
time. If Wanda only came for the medical examination once a year like in the past, it would have been too late.
Johann had Luke's permission, so he replied to Luca: [I've read the medical report. The cancer hasn't spread to the
other organs at the moment, but I'd suggest the patient be admitted to the hospital to get a detailed health
examination as soon as possible so that she can be treated in time.]
Luca's mind went blank when she saw Johann's reply. She had no idea how she replied to his message: [Okay. Thank
you.]
Wanda's health was pretty bad, but Luca had no idea how she was supposed to tell her about this.
Luca recalled how hard Wanda had tried to keep her breasts many years ago. She was willing to drink bowls of
herbal medicine that tasted bitter to keep them.
Now, Luca had to tell her such cruel news. All the treatments she had received did not work, and she had to
undergo breast removal surgery. She did not know if Wanda could accept it.
Luca let out a sigh. She did not have the courage to tell Wanda about this.
She was down in the dumps as she stared at Wanda's medical report.
The phone she left on the table vibrated for a second. Luca picked up her phone and noticed that she had received
a message from Luke.
[I've read the medical report. Johann suggests she gets admitted to the hospital to do a check-up and receive
treatment. I'll tell her about it.]
There was a hint of sorrow in Luca's eyes. It sounded like a good idea for Luke to tell Wanda about it.