"Mandy
Mullins?" a nurse with brown hair and brown eyes
called.
Mandy slowly stood and made her way across the room, following
the nurse to the exam room.
"What seems to be the problem?" the nurse asked her pen at the ready.
"I…well the last few days I've been experiencing dizzy spells and I've fainted twice. I've been nauseated and I've been having hot spells." Mandy asked not looking up from her hands that she had folded across her lap.
"And this has all just happened for the last two or three days?" the nurse asked looking up from her clipboard.
"Yeah." Mandy answered finally gaining enough courage to look at the nurse.
"Okay, the doctor will come and see you in a few minutes." the nurse told her opening the door.
Mandy fiddled with her ring and her mind traveled back to the first day this had occurred. She had been in her living room with one of her friends when the room had begun to spin, she had gotten up to go and splash some water on her face when she had lost her balance and fell back onto the couch. She had gotten back up and this time fainted, luckily still close enough to the couch that she had not hit her head. She had awoken to her friend calling her name. The door opened and she jumped.
"Sorry didn't mean to scare you." her balding grey hair doctor told her.
"That's okay." Mandy told him her face growing red in embarrassment.
"Now, I hear you are having some fainting spells, you've been nauseated, hot flashes, and dizzy?" the doctor asked her looking up.
"Yep." Mandy sighed.
"Well, lets have a look see, shall we?" he asked her.
He listened to her heart, took her blood pressure, looked at her throat and ears, and felt around on her stomach.
"The only conclusion I can come up with is that you have the flu or a virus. Yeah, it's probably a virus." the doctor informed her.
"No blood work or...or anything?" Mandy asked unbelievingly.
"No need to, just let it run its course and come back in three days if your not any better." he told her turning toward the door.
Mandy got up and walked toward the elevator, sighing in frustration, she knew that she did not have the flu, and she wanted her doctor to realize that she didn't.
Mandy walked into the elevator and looked at the blonde haired man with a white lab coat on. She smiled and walked to the other side. All at once her face grew hot and the elevator refused to stop spinning. She leaned up against the railing hoping to keep her balance.
Dr. Chase watched the young blonde haired woman walk into the elevator and saw that she had smiled at him.
He returned the smile and watched as her face grew deathly pale. "Are you okay mam?" he asked taking a step toward her.
She nodded and held onto the rail even tighter.
"Are you sure you are okay?" Chase asked finishing the distance between them.
Once again she nodded and heard the familiar ding of the elevator as the doors opened. She swallowed hoping to push the salty taste away and slowly walked out of the elevator.
Chase followed behind her watching as she almost stumbled over her own two feet. He grabbed her arm to steady her, "Are you dizzy?" he asked her, concern evident in his voice.
"No, I'm fine." she told him thinking that her body would listen to what she was saying.
"Okay, if you're sure…" Chase told her still not convinced but reluctantly letting go of her arm nonetheless.
She felt his arm pull away and she walked a few more steps until she could no longer fight the feeling that was taking control of her and she fell to the ground, her head slamming hard against the floor.
Chase watched in horror as she fell almost immediately he went to try and catch her but arrived only a few seconds too late. He looked around at the people who had stopped to gawk. "Give us some room, I need some help over here!" he called to any medical personnel who happened to be listening.
Foreman heard a familiar voice yell for help and ran over to it pushing people out of the way. "What happened?" he asked Chase.
"She fell." Chase answered putting his fingers to her neck looking for a pulse.
"I'll go get a gurney, I'll be right back." Foreman assured him running to the front of the hospital.
