It was an early start for Zoe this morning and when she left for work Georgia was still fast asleep. It was 10 o'clock before Georgia woke up, she went down for her breakfast and switched her phone on charge. After that she went back upstairs to get dressed and then wait for Zoe to come on her lunch break to take her to dancing. But half way up the stairs, she realised she had forgot to phone her mum to tell her she was up and fine and everything. So she quickly turned around to get her phone, but she slipped, and tumbled down the rest of the stairs, smacking her head on the radiator at the bottom. Georgia just lied there, unconscious, in lots of pain. But because she was home alone, nobody could help her.
Back in the ED, Zoe was getting anxious because she had had no phone call at all from Georgia and wondered if everything was all right, she rang Georgia but it cut off straight away, which worried Zoe even more. She then asked Charlie if she was allowed to take her lunch break half and hour earlier. Charlie agreed so Zoe went home to Georgia. When she opened the door, she got the shock of her life as Georgia was there lying on the stone floor.
"Georgia, Georgia can you hear me? It's Zoe, your mum, Georgia?" She said, trying not to cry. There was no answer, only the gentle sounds of Georgia breathing She checked for a pulse; it was very weak, she then pulled out her medi bag from the cupboard and listened to her chest: she still had a strong heartbeat. Zoe breathed a high sigh of relief. But she was still quite scared, so she rang the paramedics to send an ambulance to take Georgia into hospital, again.
Within 10 minutes, Dixie and Jeff arrived in the ambulance.
"Oh hey, Zo, did you phone for the ambulance?" Dixie asked, quite puzzled.
"Yes, it's Georgia, again, I think she's fallen down the stairs. I just came home to see her lying like this." Zoe replied, taking a deep breath.
"Okay, don't worry sweetheart, we'll make sure she's fine, she's a fighter!" Jeff said, trying to settle Zoe loads! They took no time into putting a neck brace on her and placing her on a board and shipping her off in the ambulance. Zoe didn't leave Georgia's side until they reached the hospital, when Charlie was outside waiting to take Georgia (nobody knew who it was yet) in.
"Oh Zoe, what's happened here?" Charlie asked
"I really don't know, I think she fell down the stairs, I came home to find her laid at the bottom of the stairs. I wanted I leave early, because she didn't phone me to tell me she was fine and her mobile kept cutting off, but I didn't expect to find her like this." Zoe replied.
"Oh okay, take it easy. Do you want the afternoon off or not?" Charlie asked
"No, but I'm going to shut myself in my office for the rest of the afternoon, but I want you to keep me posted about Georgia please" Zoe said
"Certainly, now go on then and I'll keep you posted" Charlie said, doing his best to comfort Zoe in the bad situation. Charlie went into resus and Georgia was actually doing quite well. They got her off to CT on her head, and it came back only bruised, so there was no major damage there. The next problem was her knee, it was dislocated yet again. So Charlie and Lilly had to pop it back in its right place again. Luckily, Georgia didn't feel much of that this time because she was still unconscious. After another 5 minutes, she came round, quite confused as to where she was, but when she heard Charlie's voice she knew and even though she was quite scared, she felt reassured by everyone around her. When Georgia was pretty stable, they moved her to cubicles and Charlie left Georgia for a bit, while he went to inform Zoe on the news. As Charlie approached the office, Zoe was on the phone. Charlie knocked gently and Zoe looked up and gestured for him to come in and sit down. A couple of seconds later, Zoe came off the phone.
"Now, you either here for a bad reason or a good reason..." She said laughing.
" I am the bearer of... Good news actually! Georgia's been moved into cubicles now, and her head CT came back and only showed a bit of bruising and very very slight concusion, and then the only other injured part of her was her knee again, and it was dislocated again." Charlie said
"God, that knee is beginning to come problematic isn't it?" Zoe said sighing
"Yes, but we pushed it back in place and are waiting to bandage it up and then keep her in probably for tonight but she can go home tomorrow providing nothin else happens. Do you think there is any way of trying to prevent it from coming out again?" Charlie wondered
"I'm not sure, I don't think there is a massive lot we can do, we could put in in plaster instead of a bandage to give it more support, and she could keep in on double the time? Do you think we should try it?" Zoe asked, looking at Charlie
"It's worth a try, I suppose. Do you want to?" Charlie thought.
"Yeah, and I mean its my daughter were talking about, not a complete stranger, so any problems i'll just bring her back. I just want the best for her and her dancing career which is ahead of her." Zoe said. Charlie excused hisself and went back to inform Robyn to plaster her up. Charlie went to tell Georgia what they were going to do and if she was ok with that.
"Well yes, but that means I won't be able to dance for ages." Georgia said, quite startled.
"Yes, and you might not be able to dance for a couple of weka after that, just to be on the safe side" Charlie Sid, he could see tears starting to appear in Georgia's eyes. "But it's better than never being able to same again, which could happen if you don't have this treatment."
Georgia gasped and agreed on this one. Zoe appeared to talk to her daughter.
"Hey hun, how are you feeling?"
"Well, fine, I guess" Georgia said sighing heavily.
"Come on, I may not have know you all your life, but if there is one things I know, is that there is something bothering you. Come of chick, you can tell me and then I can find a way to help you."
"Okay, well Charlie told me what they were going to do, but it means that I can't dance or do gymnastics for like 4 months, and I don't know if I can do it" Georgia said, with tears in her eyes.
"Oh come her chick, I'll support you all the way, you will be fine before you know it. I know it's going to be hard, but it's only 4 months, they could result in you never doing anything of it again if you don't do it" Zoe said. She leant in and gave Georgia a hug and then Robyn came in ready to plaster Georgia up. Zoe stayed by her side until it was done. After Robyn had put the padding and plaster on, she asked what colour Georgia wanted it. " We've got: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, or black"
"Red please Robyn" Georgia answered smiling, red was her favourite colour ever! Once it was done, Robyn left and Charlie reappeared.
"How are you feeling?" He asked.
"Much better thanks Charlie" Georgia said
"Good good, now, we're going to admit you in tonight and then hoping everything goes to plan, you can get discharged in the morning" he said smiling at Zoe, who nodded back.
Just then the curtain re opened and Louise popped her head round. "Zoe, there's the new locum at reception for you."
"Oh thanks Louise I'll be with you in a while." Zoe said as Louise disappeared back of to reception. Zoe rolled her eyes, which made Georgia laugh!
"Right sweetie, I'll be off now, but I'll be back soon to check on you. Try and get some sleep, because you look shattered"
And off Zoe went, to meet the new locum registrar. She found him wandering around reception "hi, you must be the new locum." She said shaking his hand
"Yes I'm Caleb Knight, but you can call me Cal, or knight in shining armor" He said and winked at Zoe, who raised her eyebrows at him. Ash was walking past at that minute, and Zoe grabbed him. "Dr Ashford, this is doctor knight, the new locum, can you show him around and stuff?" She asked hopeful.
"Yes certainly doctor hanna" he said laughing at her reaction!
"Thank you muchly!" Zoe said laughing as she walked towards her office and shut herself away again. She felt much better than before, now that she knew that Georgia was going to be alright. The rest of the day went pretty fast actually! At the end of the shift, Charlie came in Zoe's office "do you want to come to the pub?" He asked.
"You know what, yes I will, after the day I've had!" Zoe laughed. The two of them set off to meet everyone else in the pub for a drink and then went back to see how Georgia was doing