The quiet, slow beeping of the heart monitor provided absolutely no comfort to the health of the slight, pale brunette laying under the thin blanket in the dimly lit hospital room. The slight pinkish-red stain around her bandages highlighted the severity of her wounds, the chart that currently read 'Jane Doe' provided Dr. Gallagher with a profound sense of foreboding. He sighed and set the chart back down before quietly walking out of the ICU room and closing the door, scrubbing his hands in the large sink of the shiny metal room that sat in the middle of a four room wing before he walked out to speak once again with the C.H.P.D. Carmel Hills Police Department was looking into the young woman's injuries. Found in an abandoned building bleeding profusely from several knife wounds, Jane Doe was rushed to the Carmel Hills General Hospital where Gallagher had been on ERS duty, Emergency Room Surgeries. He shook his head as he approached the two officers on duty at his hospital.
"It could be a few more day's, maybe a few more weeks, before our Jane Doe wakes up, but she will be in the ICU for at least another week." he murmured and sighed "The knife wounds caused severe internal bleeding, we are worried about brain damage from the bruising on her skull... though we checked in an MRI and she has no bleeding in her brain. She is lucky for that, but there is potential for memory loss and possibly potential for speech impairment or vision impairment. Nothing is for certain until she wakes up." he informed them, motioning for them to follow him towards his office.
"If we brought in a few pictures from the missing persons database, would you be able to identify her?" Officer Hail asked, sitting in one of the chairs of the doctors office, his partner, Officer Hudson, sat down beside him.
"Maybe, the nurse with me the night she came in swore her eyes where blue, but she had only seen them briefly, but I am willing to take a look. The sooner I know who this woman is, the sooner I can get a hold of her records and be sure the best treatment possible is given." Gallagher leaned his arms on his desk and sighed.
"We have a binder with us, we took the description given the night she was found and have put together a partial list, the other half is still being sorted at the station, but we thought we could give this a try" Officer Hudson put the thick black binder on the surgeons desk and leaned back, allowing the surgeon to slowly open the binder and begin to study each picture carefully.
Gallagher was maybe half way through when he froze and pointed to a woman, bright blue eyes, shiny mane of brown hair, a bright smile on her face. "This is her, there is no mistaking it" he murmured and looked up at them, he turned the binder without moving his finger and Officer Hail nodded, memorizing the number written at the top of the woman's picture and flipping to the back, finding her name before reading it out loud.
"Anastasia Grey" he murmured and frowned "I will call the stations" he murmured and stood up, flipping open his cell and stepping into the hallway.