"I need to look at this scan and we need to do a blood workup." I tell Janco.
"That'll take a little while." I tell Kiddo. "Once I can do the blood work and get all the equipment together, we can talk about options. That'll be this afternoon or tom…
I look her right in the eye and lower my voice- Kiddo can probably still hear me, but I don't want to hit her in the face with this. "The one that kills him if I fuck it up."
I nod. "I will look at the scan, run some more tests. That will tell me if it's spread. If it hasn't, I can operate- remove the tumor. Otherwise- it'll be option b." She's seen option b before- I don't really want to talk about that in front of Janc…
I run my hands through my hair, looking at Janco. "It's alright. I'm fine. It's a side effect." I say, rubbing my temples.
"The cancer is in his left lung. I can cut it out. If it's spread..." I say to Kiddo, trailing off.
Memories flash before my eyes. Real... or not. I don't know. I thought they were real. What if... what if it's not? What if all of it was a dream? A nightmare? My heart speeds up and I can feel myself breathing faster, but I can't slow it down. I ca…
I get everything set up- the tech is more advanced than what I trained on, but the programming during stasis tells me exactly what to do. I position Ollie under the scanner and go over to the console and start it up.
I close my eyes and reach out w…
"I'm going to do some scans. See where the cancer is." I explain to Kiddo. "Then we can figure out how to treat it."
I go about turning the machine on and getting ready to do the scan- the movements are routine for me, but I've never actually done …
I should have used it as a bargaining chip. I should have waited- maybe Branigan's would let Kiddo's parents go. I sigh. I never could have, though. Lives are not currency to be traded.
"Let's bring Ollie in for a scan." I say, matter of factly. "T…
I rub my cheeks and look over at her. Back before stasis I would just pitch in, helping wherever she needed it. Now... I need to know how much I can trust her.
OOC: Read a person incoming.
It's an old nurse trick- there's always a back door coded in so that in an event of an emergency the machines will still work- even if there isn't a doctor around. I'm surprised and not that they still put it in- that's the thing about medicine- peo…
The two hour block of time is probably when Kiddo's mom visits him. If it's something else... I'm not interested in that right now.
I give Kiddo some time to interact with him- turning to Janco. "Do you have a scanner? I don't see any films or anyt…
"Hello." I say to Oliver. I look around for a chart- god, it's so damn ingrained in me. Put me in a hospital room and I need a chart. "I'm going to see what I can do for you."
I take one of Kiddo's hands and squeeze it. "I will help him."
I'm scared I just made a promise I won't be able to keep, but fucking hell if I won't do every damned thing in my power to get this girl's dad back to her.
That last sentence catches in my brain. Was that... my ship? I don't remember anyone else there, but it seems like ships crashing isn't a common occurrence.
"Have you considered surgery?" I ask Janco. I'm outing my medical background- very few peop…
I made sure Kiddo knew about Trojan selling weed to her girls, but nothing past that. None of my business.
A guy had a heart attack out in the bay- I resuscitated him so he could be taken back to the infirmary. I told Telstra that I'm a doctor- tha…
I smile warmly at Saff- I'd ruffle her hair if I wasn't afraid she might stab me for it...
I don't have much for Audi to find- I give up my stun gun- with the Lego Fairy hung on a chain from it. I left the knife back in the van. I've got my med-pac…
Jemma kept Hump on her bike- I meant to ask her if he could ride with us, but she just sort of took off. Trojan is in the van with us- I let him sit in the front with Metro while I ride in the back.
Metro parks the van by Kiddo's bike and we get o…
"Oh, uh- we can go back to the van." I'd really been hoping to sleep in a bed. Maybe do other things in a bed. I sigh. I really don't want to make trouble, though. "It's ok. Maybe next time."