Patient, Push Yourself

How much time had passed?

There was a sensation every surgeon experienced at least once.

In the operating room, it clearly felt as though about an hour had passed, yet when you finally lifted your head, half a day had vanished.

Conversely, there were times when it felt as though you had endured long enough for your entire body to collapse, only to find that barely a few dozen minutes had actually passed.

When you become too deeply immersed in surgery, time easily loses its shape.

That was how it was now.

I couldn't remember when I had last checked the clock.

But one thing was certain.

The surgery was nearly over.

“If I do this here⋯.”...