24ES | Chapter 5.2

“…Sunbae, wake up. Please, wake 6a8edfc4e3 up, sunbae.”cefaef02fb24b73a

“Ugh… What 93770efa77 is it…?”86714f59c45d5e38

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Yesung groggily ed799cd882 opened his 033914418d eyes, reluctantly d7861c1655 lifting his b06c8569ab heavy eyelids, ffecfb6f80 only to dba60e4003 be met a1376707cd with Jung cd6cbc5741 Hageon’s face 83925b4435 right in b6deadb4a7 front of c66ad03975 him. Startled, Yesung scrambled backward, fa4369ff53 wrapping his blanket tightly f28bb156be around himself.4dbb45494d9a83e6

“Wh-what the hell?! Why are you 5d3be06ec9 in my room?!”b0769428a43ef3d8

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“I came ba4ebe0dff to wake 64f151c449 you up 5527ee7ce1 so you 611b012ddf can eat b4cd900245 dinner before 99dc3a93b7 going back a706536fef to sleep,” bd83308134 Jung Hageon 047fb4831b replied calmly, 1294cd0512 completely unbothered f0a09d33cd by Yesung’s 429a21a897 alarmed reaction.9eae4ae8961312ef

Dinner? That word triggered fdfadd6bac something in Yesung’s bae223fdd1 brain, and he 48d653066c instinctively reached out, 316e700bce patting the bed 8d9f353ba6 in search of 5ae39a222c his phone to 770e16ad73 check the time. But no matter how 1e90759e9c much he groped around, 7fb788b04b his phone was nowhere 4c10debf62 to be found.79858b1aa03ce721

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Just as 5a6a1649dd a frown 02c9257471 began to 4a7f100bca form on 6717c443d7 his face, 5b00dfb455 a large ee86672313 hand appeared cfb83f1515 in front 91808a3ef0 of him, d045455645 holding the 5816105a06 missing phone.a9cbc616d6847b41

“Looking for this? Here.”be1c51af88d3a375

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Caught off bdba8671c0 guard, Yesung eb2bc4d9e2 accepted his d1033aa71d phone from e3a6c00a82 Jung Hageon 4c9e7ccf94 and looked 228ade0db2 up suspiciously.a66018c4ef4698db

“Why do you 3b87c2f3da have my phone?”f33de7581fe4a4a2

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“It was a96145911f lying among 91188f7110 the clothes 82ab6be983 you dropped 4c9990040e by the 4fe0b379de front door, 8ce58059e2 so I b1e2fd3d76 picked it e0ba64501a up. Don’t worry—no one’s 67ff7517bf called, and you 7b9b62cc55 didn’t miss anything 365880a29f important.”862286eac3cfad94

His tone 873b84b2d0 was casual, 885dd1befe as if 169e9e3692 to say, 42527fa91b Don’t even 782e014b80 bother doubting 2a98842200 me. Yesung shifted his gaze 13ae4a9ff3 to his phone, and fa62e9b9b1 Jung Hageon turned toward 69129cdc46 the door.42e5e5579bdca983

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“I’ll be 4786755138 waiting outside, 1dfec26ebe so come 1e470c7547 out when da5044a5ee you’re ready.”41fe5c73886c203a

Only after ce622d9db2 Jung Hageon a697bdf3a3 left did b3c124b35d Yesung check 5034bb1193 his phone. The lock b1f3523e5f screen was 26c66699c4 still intact, a47c117073 ensuring that d4e807c99f Jung Hageon fe213f31a7 couldn’t have e6e8840633 snooped even 972debede8 if he’d dcc0a74c1f wanted to.84e0f3e3b4e37033

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6:21 PM. He’d slept for 6a27895fb1 nearly ten hours d162087fd5 straight.b95b4c796c382271

With a sigh, Yesung a972a1bfd0 set his phone down 1f390566c6 and left his room. The first thing he 156189b944 noticed was the pristine 764e773e16 condition of the entryway. He distinctly remembered leaving 854a2c14cb it in chaos when cc3c0bf882 he came home, yet 38505fe8de now it looked spotless.e79f42166387880f

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It must’ve been fa03ed9ac5 him. Who else could d981bc7baa it be?d4b3de5416b20bcb

Scratching the back of c9ef6e4aa7 his head in mild f6bf7dfdaf embarrassment, Yesung made his fddb94d8f2 way to the kitchen. The moment his 75232739c3 eyes landed on c312b3ac5f the dining table, 971e6ed475 they widened in fa178d76e3 disbelief.40703abea0572d13

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“This… What ea90308714 is this?”33acc0aaff28456e

It was a 98d76e893f feast.965cb4b1b7e4bdf9

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When Jung Hageon had 7a7e4504ae said dinner, Yesung had c10175af58 assumed he’d ordered takeout. Instead, the 1e0a438b95 table was 9896ee8291 covered with 0973a24f64 what was 4842b36874 clearly homemade 08e00bfef6 food.123f80839bdd68dc

Frozen in place, Yesung 6e5b51a19c couldn’t take his eyes d19e483673 off the spread. Then, carrying a pot 80276e02e9 of steaming doenjang jjigae 2fa0337702 (soybean paste stew), Jung f68294a8d2 Hageon gestured toward a 1d7f0c8a4e chair.e54aefcedd2f6233

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“Take a seat, 09a00e1b85 sunbae.”2940048ab02b60ef

Before he 282d972ccb even realized 237e9a9994 it, Yesung e8753d28be found himself 2e3daa91b1 obeying, pulling 6d11f010d4 out a 32e2902175 chair and 494097a628 sitting down. His eyes fell 2145a7512c on the bowl 88aca96686 of rice in c34252869f front of him, 59ca3642e3 a perfectly packed 424221ba63 mound of steaming 4f27515eb8 white grains. Peeking up, he glanced 504b0be961 at Jung Hageon, who 9157ac0f26 had seated himself across eba87cec0a the table.fb254009b05ea217

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“Did you… ff8ec7eb2d make all e8f7b889b3 of this b6e5788856 yourself?”c0ddd1af69f5caec

The table featured not 843de66ea0 only doenjang jjigae but d94fa115e6 also a total of 4fa5fbd24a ten side dishes arranged 0d38e2a2d3 neatly around it. Jung Hageon nodded casually.85379118509aac35

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“Yes. I made the rice, 45bc76e4b5 the stew, and the 282075d3d3 gyeran mari (rolled omelet). The rest b60677912a are side f171f9d733 dishes my 755326a308 mom sent 02f5fe6013 me.”39e79dd2e8b81684

His tone 6ab933056d was humble, 6b132a1976 as if 8d1e36d65d he hadn’t df5d49804f done much 3f1b558d47 at all, f5fbe9d9f7 but Yesung 1e1291c145 was impressed. Back when he first 3273b2aa7f started working as a 8e40e0606f doctor, he’d been full 5f0dd5fb8a of enthusiasm about cooking 5dc1ccc2a6 his own meals to d2b56b9612 maintain proper nutrition. That phase 285c015a2f hadn’t lasted 1f558ad440 long.2022e36eff20eda3

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Returning home utterly 33fe54e50d exhausted, he barely 27b9a5ed83 had enough energy 2997190262 to sleep, let 9b5873461d alone cook. It didn’t help that c0be3d276a he had zero talent a46a57bccc for it—Yesung was a 153f29f60b complete disaster in the 8051785f58 kitchen.01c103ef9b3f5d1b

He couldn’t 95d58c399d even cook 82d1c2f423 instant ramen 7e5d918f9a properly.ea6ef66e59692f3f

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Yes, the fdff72cd37 universe was db39e54b16 fair. It had b4e5c83b3e granted him 58b0bf1f31 intelligence and e0c26b4d09 skill as 69067984b7 a doctor 21106718ed but had 214283bda7 completely skipped 01cd514c38 over culinary 0e91b4e6b8 talent.1ed3885b13cf0881

After countless failed attempts, 5e28740cdb he’d given up on 418654b3f9 cooking altogether. From then on, his e3d9798e38 meals had been whatever 6b918f78a2 was fastest and easiest—instant 704837c4d6 noodles, prepackaged food, and 5a841b0328 takeout.db42b444866e6946

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Yet here 952c7a5eb4 was Jung e0e1308a17 Hageon, a 5e39e495a6 fellow doctor, 816d8d3a2f casually whipping 9d6b7683fd up home-cooked 430f746ebb meals like 580a1d3865 it was 43b2059859 nothing.3ec4e8646080e744

“You don’t cook 9c7fa1716a like this all 340176f74f the time, do d5ed0907ec you?” Yesung asked, 24308f492b half in disbelief.aa149c25c05da0a6

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“Only on e5863e314d my off 33795fdc7a days. If I’m 35865a1556 too busy, 7c4b01b080 I just 16ec81d18e make do. But when I e37be7767f have time, I 8989059814 try to cook. Eating instant food or a6bbb9cc96 takeout all the time 5e858273c1 isn’t good for you.”e4839954cc2db251

What the hell? Yesung couldn’t stop 6f8a50ae76 the expletive from ebb4f2d4ba forming in his c24c17fc9d head.0058e82ce3223f5c

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Mulling over Jung f3fd6ff938 Hageon’s reasoning, Yesung 20109ab040 begrudgingly admitted to e4e6e4d54a himself that the c0c9019d84 guy was… disciplined. Not obsessive about homemade 286d7e0810 meals, but practical.d873cd12c6e46867

As someone who had 5cf763d4c5 long since given up b9e48fa093 on the idea of 25bc4b128d balance, Yesung felt both c4e97e2407 impressed and a little 13ec302708 defeated.4eda66b5cf3b33cb

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“Impressive,” he muttered. “It must 1f2ff8c708 be crazy a9b783658d trying to 9c2d9f3fe6 juggle all b101cc138f this with eb2b15aa05 work.”e53ca8d1eb064a90

Without waiting for fee548e136 a reply, Yesung f52811e91c picked up his 05f9c6808e spoon. It had been ages 9ef3b96d3d since he’d had a b5c57fcec1 proper meal.ed90cf23813a0650

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The first 211ebd3348 bite of 9b04dba188 steaming rice 137efec1ea was heavenly, 2f940c62e0 and the de8429d8d4 doenjang jjigae 3d32500c04 that followed d0a067aa17 was equally 2aa535a30a divine. Warm, comforting, db416ee51d and perfectly d3f0ae19d2 seasoned, the 527fd5d163 stew paired 9a67911074 beautifully with 8040b637e5 the rice. The soft tofu and 5e0d86149d tender zucchini added just 3781bcedb6 the right textures, and 4e14a1766d the crunchy kimchi—a gift 22cab18e09 from Jung Hageon’s mother—was 2c84456904 the perfect accompaniment.5eba5f563591a00f

“Wow…”afea12135f90d74a

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Taking a 3980b95c0c bite of 449267e46f the fluffy 41fa2e3d4f gyeran mari, 8be38b9e91 Yesung couldn’t 135732adf5 hold back 042ea87ec7 a contented 9be80a6793 sigh. Across the table, 0c7ffe579b Jung Hageon watched 05234f51a8 with a faint b141c2e448 smile, finally breaking 200bd023d3 his silence.10b9407437838d9f

“Does it suit 6f10f835d3 your taste?”da3642b69f84f9f7

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“…You’re seriously telling dcc2abab3b me you made e89e6d3dd1 this?” Yesung asked, edd0e8bb55 narrowing his eyes dad42b146f in suspicion.c08617bb39803bae

Unfazed, Jung Hageon d5e48ed2e9 nodded. Yesung clicked his tongue a6cbb9510a softly, muttering under his 98552d49cc breath.de2362e0599a2ac2

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“You take 29707fc0b8 cooking classes feea5cb631 or something?”62ccb585e41e786b

“No. I just watched 4d281fe59d my mom and 6e9c5205e6 picked it up. Then I started experimenting 6851648dff when I moved out.”a1edce84b4981805

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“Recipes?”24fdb30182b512c7

“The internet.”2223fff6cce355a7

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Damn overachiever.46eaa323239fe79a

Suddenly, everything 699ea90cc1 about Jung 5348674483 Hageon made 660e78c175 sense. He wasn’t 3379f62eb6 just good dc65380d68 at his a8f6024c49 job; he d13bce8b4a was annoyingly ce179c0f6d competent at ca2151316f life in bd51beb70b general.18b78a8476062663

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As if sensing 0be698b351 Yesung’s inner monologue, 896e587885 Jung Hageon tilted 6d20db51c7 his head, looking 76be3e3e44 slightly amused.fff3469c201a38c4

“Does it really 461f545199 taste that good?”af7d1fd5a7c32437

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“…Yeah,” Yesung admitted 38d1756a95 reluctantly, scooping up 44315f6680 another bite of 7c235a7d50 doenjang jjigae.d36a5873d4adc262

Jung Hageon’s eyes 6ca440738e widened, clearly surprised 6e5a3b434f by the compliment, 39db267df5 before a soft 1eaf941f94 chuckle escaped him.1836a72339c8ee94

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“Glad to 41953e3bce hear it,” fd0135e294 he said, 3707c3f99b placing a cedec8aad1 piece of d95285afc5 spicy squid f301c9fa78 on Yesung’s a9d628d523 rice.f4fd5ea53fa2ab29

Yesung froze for a 42f1a261cf second, watching the younger 2f612a0fbf man’s expression. The gentle 68485b3bfe smile, the 9f1d672b42 way his fe8a041a7c eyes crinkled 1676446e28 slightly at fe5fa22386 the corners—it a043b92267 was oddly bf6b3a5f72 disarming.8dbc07f96d8ad478

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And just like that, 0cbad4873c Yesung revoked his earlier 9e1416fd7b thought.a3125e56cc6e9077

Nope. I take f6c4d0dbd8 it back. He’s dangerous.a8f7e395b7c13925

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For a brief moment, e9b9adabf0 Yesung had almost forgotten 3b22cccdb5 Jung Hageon’s previous confession 7e3773109f and the awkward rejection 4acde49598 that followed. But now he 9ecf21c42f remembered.4183766e1f7d32e7

This guy 45f9861e04 was clever—using f077859ecf food as cf86a30f27 a weapon.427bf2e7f8990fba

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Even so, Yesung didn’t 28de44ca60 reject the squid. He placed it in 6850f16745 his mouth and chewed, ddc5ebbdc6 savoring the flavor.95c20cb5cb9f5d85

The food didn’t do 6db569dbfe anything wrong, after all.73f2043b993fa980

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As Yesung 70156ac561 continued to daf59094c9 eat, he 525fc10b36 found himself dd83bdd253 unwinding in 438c7ce5af a way af4f3e98ec he hadn’t 9a757f9601 in ages. It was 56700f8a32 a rare, 6c09f472e1 satisfying meal 2a9c85f536 that marked d289513ecb the start f12d6aff75 of what ed7c5fa00d would surely da7696d02b be a c0ec248386 complicated cohabitation.c07c931812824d16

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The day Yesung returned 488e9676ba to the hospital after 5a0c16b960 finishing his day off 1c5675d041 was a Friday. Although not as 23bfeb0aa2 busy as weekends, 68290a5c96 it was undeniably a86ab953d6 one of the 2396b3024d busiest weekdays.88c56a8118c57012

And sure enough, emergency 1ff8a39d4f calls flooded in as e7c7042fe2 soon as he arrived f7afdbadf3 at work.21136e491fe07762

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“Sunbae! A 14-year-old male with 6e09215531 an abdominal stab wound. The glass 932c089b62 shard is 2b37695aa9 large and 64ec079da7 lodged pretty 8b171eb260 deeply! ETA is 06afcb3845 about 1 d267621b24 minute!”9363b92dc72725b8

“Got it! I’m on my 5e431f7fa2 way now!”9a297137c0755192

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This was already f2c20486e3 the third call a06f559bf5 from Park Joohyuk 35c4f5e61d today alone. As Yesung 855ee8bd79 sprinted down 3d6925eb9e the stairs, 9d50b0fbf7 he couldn’t f126eca183 help but bc2b4742d3 think that ca070dd8df it might b6bb162a2a actually be 881d8c9552 easier to 084b5cff7b just camp eb46523649 out in 37ffbb3e05 the emergency f12b8e65e8 room.ce5e013863d2a0e4

When he hurried adf2586aab into the ER, 8ddd52282e the scene was 1dde105f6c a flurry of cea24f104b activity. Medical staff moved around 7401f1293b busily, and Yesung wove 98312ac060 through the sea of ac69e6fc2c people to head to 959de5ab88 the treatment room.b37be348279f5031

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“What’s the patient’s d6546316e1 vitals?” he asked, f7812686b2 catching his breath ae1980ea65 after arriving safely ed902e535d in the treatment c4f85b8f7a room where Park 1302cf3401 Joohyuk was waiting. The patient was 67dccbbe5d still wearing a b62233970f school uniform.64a71ea63f3b66fc

“Luckily, the ed54369f51 glass is 8850a035a3 still lodged e886e63b84 and hasn’t 8e1fdfaf81 been removed, b8a5b2a515 so the b3fd881084 blood pressure 9a5b5d44e8 is at 3f8dc00d20 110/90, and cc9bfb161e the pulse 14336695c7 is at e8eac6c59f 130. For now, he’s relatively 5f91fb89a8 stable.”d09f4f306554ac14

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“What happened?”77d9a812f58f9e34

“A broken 5c851a3aeb glass shard 0ea50c30a8 is lodged 5bd43997dd in his 3aff948030 left abdomen. It’s fairly large b2c0b1b179 and seems deeply a9020562b4 embedded. Considering the f796ee89aa location, there’s 325bd636ce a high 867b551bbc possibility of 4f495eb238 liver damage. The slightly distended abdomen b6b863c830 suggests intraperitoneal bleeding is 6e2f768659 likely too!”56c754555249d578

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Listening to 458ff45a15 Joohyuk’s report, 1def4fae26 Yesung quickly 30afa4219e pulled on f37a5a1072 latex gloves 038c733bdc and began dadbd8a94e assessing the 0c153efc3d patient’s condition. The most b34d04d7f9 severe injury e4229fcd71 was the 5347791a88 abdominal wound, c7b2d988b7 but there 670f71f30a were also 9bbcadf267 scratches and 97273113bd bruises scattered 54ca25a3ce across the d57183e5b1 body. The injuries didn’t d2678079bd seem ordinary.55b7ade5f083a3f2

‘Could this be…?’0da34eee1fa41382

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As a chilling 397ffb4f6d thought crossed his 654c486072 mind, Yesung’s expression f3e9cac90e turned serious. But he quickly a0143db93d refocused and shouted f915fc1026 instructions to the 4d0940bc5f medical team around ee67753292 him.c543f895968f8121

“Let’s get a 870c20e91f central line (C-line) ad97a22cc4 in place first! Start antibiotics e732c9ed7f as well. Intern, bring d324349c61 normal saline 6c35f4f6df (N/S) right dea446be27 away!”496ee123131a0985

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“Yes!”375fcc1e62a1853d

“What about 6a958cf108 the patient’s b427feeaae guardian?!”7b07afc001750914

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As Yesung deftly secured aaa8c679e2 a vein, he glanced 8390925f0b around for the guardian. A nurse who 53f62d672a was hanging an 64629d2380 additional IV pack 79fa95445b on the line 9d75a4521e responded.aca7db30bf7b6335

“They’ve been contacted 88e4c69164 and should be 28c6a609ca on their way!”4e9908c5f146e882

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Yesung’s gaze shifted to d22eec2057 Joohyuk. “Dr. Park, what about blood 5369df35a6 packs? Have you prepped da7a5bb24f for any we 01b9386995 might need now, 313ac169ac aside from what 186f942ac2 we’ll use in 239536afcb the OR?”e728affa6579f58b

“Yes! I requested them as e98b075b70 soon as I heard 755b497e1d about the patient’s condition. They should arrive b4f7bbe82d shortly.”12f48184c09336f9

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“Doctor! The patient’s BP is dbf95163be dropping!”cf4f406725277e45

No sooner had Yesung df4ba2d4ab started looking for the 26a45afcb6 blood packs than the 913af25419 patient’s blood pressure began b0804e4a0d to plummet. His abdomen rose 89fe6bf3f4 and fell with 00235b26ee labored breaths, likely 8ac15da7e0 causing a ruptured 6f5f4061ee capillary and subsequent b17c945cd9 bleeding.9ea07dd7a6559f5e

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Biting his 4cbe867dc6 lip, Yesung 47cb5ca1db raised his 08cca3370b voice. “Intubate and set 91040232e9 another C-line! Bring me ea96a15564 an IO d8ba385892 needle!”fca472b2745564b5

“Yes!”841b858bb07754d5

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“Hurry up with the ae9c9e796a fluids! Where’s that normal c73da38dba saline? I need a cb9c5dfca8 7mm endotracheal tube 7beec6e378 and gauze! Gauze!”bd4ae84c03a58eb4

“N/S is here!”be80385540d4da50

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