A Twist of Fate
Jac Naylor was having a bad day she had over slept and then hit the morning rush hour traffic making her even later for work. Arriving in the car park she parked her car and raced up to the Keller ward on entering the ward Jac was surprised to see a little girl no older then ten or eleven on the ward. Heading over to the nurse's station Jac spotted Maria filing away patient notes and decided to ask her about the child.
"Nurse Kendall why is there a child on the ward" asked Jac Maria who hadn't seen Jac walk up jumped in surprise dropping the pile of patient notes she was holding on to the floor.
"Miss Naylor you scared the life out of me" said Maria
"Sorry" said Jac "Well what about the kid"
"Her names Isabelle Higgins she was in a car accident both parents died on impact" said Maria "Mr Spence has been called to theatre so for now she's in your care"
"Why isn't she on peads" asked Jac
"There is an out brake of measles" said Maria.
"Ok where are her notes" asked Jac
"Down there" said Maria pointing to the pile of notes on the floor before bending down and scooping them up Jac took the notes from Maria and flicked through them. Jac was half way through reading the file when a shouted erupted from Isabelle's bed Jac put the file down and walked over to find out what was wrong, she found Isabelle thrashing about in her bed having some sort of night mare Jac gently took hold of the child's shoulders and gave them a shake.
"Hey it's ok it's just a dream wake up" said Jac Isabelle woke up with a jolt and sat bolt up right.
"I want my mummy" sobbed Isabelle Jac's heart began to thump under her top she knew how the little girl felt she had lost both her parents at a young age too.
"Oh sweetie" said Jac as Isabelle threw her arms around Jac's waist and began to howl in to her chest Jac began to rub the sobbing child's back "it's ok hunnie" Isabelle stopped crying and looked up at Jac with wet eyes.
"What's your name" asked Isabelle wiping her eyes with the blanket.
"My names Jac I'm a doctor" said Jac here try this and she handed Isabelle a tissue
"Thank you Jac" said Isabelle
"It's ok now are you feeling any pain" asked Jac
"No I just want to go home" said Isabelle and she began to pull at the IV in her arm
"No Isabelle leave it alone" said Jac but Isabelle didn't listen she pulled the drip out and the temperature monitor off her finger "Isabelle no" Jac got a hold of Isabelle's hands and shouted for help and Maria came rushing over.
"Miss Naylor what's happened" asked Maria
"She's pulled her drip out" said Jac "Stop fighting me Isabelle"
"No leave me alone" said Isabelle struggling against Jac's grip
"Ok 10mls diazepam" said Jac and Maria got the needle ready
"Here you go" said Maria handing Jac the syringe
"Thanks" said Jac and she injected it straight into Isabelle's arm and within minutes Isabelle stopped fighting and Jac was able to insert a fresh IV.