Like a Plague
Chapter 1: The First Flashback
It is like a plague. Everyone keeps going, and there was nothing I could do about it. Every time I turn around, someone is gone or going. It is almost unreal.
Susan Lewis wasn't thinking about patients. She was thinking about the people who worked in County General's ER. It all started two monthsago…
flash back
It was a regular day at the ER. It wasn't too busy, but it wasn't too slow either. Everyone was just going along, taking care of patients. A trauma or two came in, but nothing real exciting happened. It was just a regular day, and everyone was going about with their regular routine. It was almost creepy, how normal and almost… no you can't say perfect, but heck, that's how things were going. Doctors would treat and discharge patients, and that was it. Treat and discharge, treat and discharge, all day long.
It wasn't until the end of her shift that it happened. She was getting ready to go home, after what seemed like the perfect day. What happened next changed that though. She went over to admit, and there was Frank, having a fatal MI.
Everything has been fatal, she thinks, coming out of the flashback.
The flashback continues, as Susan screams, "Someone help!" Doctors rush over to help the desk clerk who is clinging onto life. A gurney is brought over, and Frank is lifted onto it. They quickly roll him into the closest trauma room.
An hour later Frank was gone, his lifeless body sitting in the trauma room waiting to be picked up by the morgue. Susan stared through the door, almost afraid to go in. A tear dripped down her face as she goes to tell Frank's family what happened.
Flashback ends
That was the first one. Yes the first one, but not the last. Not nearly the last. There was more to come. Way more to come. There's more, so wait and then read on. We all want to know what happens to the rest of the beloved County General ER staff. But most of all, we all want to know what Susan means by; "It is like a plague."