Race Against Christmas Time

Chapter 4

... "Mmmm sounds tempting, but you will see your gifts, then again, I could always send them home with Elliot!... you know what yes, I will message you when We are finished!" Jac said, as she walked into the lift with Jonny closely behind her...

"Hold on a minute! Did I just hear right? Elliot is going shopping with you tomorrow?" Jonny said, wondering how she had managed to get him round to the idea of going Christmas shopping, he then caught up with her, both stepping in to the lift just as the doors began to close,

"You did indeed, I'm just as shocked as you are! Apparently he wants to keep an eye on me because I'm so close to my due date, I guess all your worrying and panicking have rubbed off on him!" Jac said, jokingly, as she smiled sarcastically at Jonny, who was smiling at the comment.

Moments later the lift had reached Darwin, the couple then walked out on to the ward, and turned to enter the consultants office, so Jac could collect her patient files ready to do the ward rounds before she was due in theatre with Elliot and Jonny. Just as they both entered the room they found Elliot sitting at his desk, looking rather confused about something,

"Everything ok Prof?" Jonny asked, seeing that Elliot was using all his attention to try and make sense of what he was reading

"Not really, something doesn't add up here, the patient is clearly displaying signs of pulmonary stenosis, but there's nothing on the scans to suggest that it is!" Elliot said, just as Jac and Jonny walked over to his desk to have a look at the scans, Jac picked up the sheet of paper and held it up in the air,

"Mmmm, there's a slight indication that it is pulmonary stenosis, but if you look there, the left ventricle is narrower than the right, in many places, which is causing restricted blood flow, he needs a series of stents and a possible valve replacement!" Jac said, picking up on the slight shadowing and narrowing on the scans,

Elliot took the piece of paper off of Jac and took another look,

"Wow, your right! How did I miss that! It's obvious!" Elliot said, removing his glasses and looking at Jac, as did Jonny,

"She's got an eye for these things, haven't you sweetheart?" Jonny said, smiling as he saw how proud Jac was of herself that she had managed the diagnose a tricky illness

"I've stumbled across a couple of these in my time, they'e easy!" Jac replied, walking over to her desk, picking up the patient files and walking towards the door,

"Shall we do these ward rounds, we can prep Mr Rogers for theatre while we are at it!" Jac said to Elliot and Jonny, who followed her out of the room, backing off a little as Jonny spoke to Elliot,

"I don't know what you've done, but she's been in a brilliant mood all day!" Jonny said, leaning over to Elliot slightly, who looked at him gone out,

"All I did was listen to her and help her out, and allowing her in theatre probably helped the situation as well!" Elliot said, letting out a small smile as he looked at Jonny,

"Possibly, that could be a contributing factor!" Jonny said, laughing as they both knew Jac too well,

"Who knew that looking for gifts was such a difficult thing to do!" Elliot said, letting out a little sigh, as he thought back to when him and Jac were looking for Jonny's presents,

"I know the feeling, she is the most hardest person to buy gifts for! Oh and thanks for offering to go shopping with her tomorrow, keep an eye on her for me please!" Jonny said, to Elliot, who nodded in agreement,

"It's my pleasure, anything to get a day off from this place! And i'm worried she may go into early labour So, I didn't want her to go on her own!" Elliot said, as they reached the side bay, were Jac was standing waiting for them.

45 minutes later, the trio had just finished doing the ward rounds and were getting ready to go into theatre, Jac then had the sudden urge to use the toilet, so quickly ran to the ladies toilet on the ward, before she had an accident,

"Ill meet you in theatre 1!" Jac said as she walked out of the office.

As she got in there, she was hit by a wave of nausea, she picked up a cardboard bowl off of the sink area and took it into the cubicle with her and projectile vomited into it, little did she know that there was someone she knew in the ladies at the same time as her,

Mo cautiously stepped over to the cubicle where the noise was coming from and knocked on the door,

"Hello, are you ok in there?" She said, placing her ear against the door, so she could hear their answer,

"Yes, i'm fine, it'll pass!" Jac said, still not clicking on to who she was speaking to,

"Jac is that you, have you been sick again?" Mo asked, recognising Jac's voice from a mile off, Jac sat there frozen, as though she had been caught out, she was sure that Mo would put a stop to her going in to theatre.

"Yes and Yes, but i'm fine as I said, it will pass!" Jac said, finishing what she was doing and flushed the toilet, opening the cubicle door to be greeted by Mo,

"Jac, you look exhausted and pale, there is no way you're going into theatre like that!" Mo said standing next to Jac as she washed her hands and dried them,

"Mo, everything is fine, it's just my body preparing itself for labour, now back off!" Jac said, walking out of the bathroom and in direction of theatre one.

5 minutes later, Jac had reached the theatre and went to stand next to Jonny, as they waited for Elliot and Mo to arrive to perform the surgery,

"Are you ok? You look a little flushed!" Jonny said, wrapping his hand around Jac's hand,
"Yes, i'm fine!" Jac replied, smiling as Elliot and Mo walked in to the operating theatre,

2 and a half hours later, 6.30pm

Elliot and Mo had finished the operation and had sent the patient to recovery, Jac and Jonny were stood in the anaesthetics room, chatting about the baby, until moments later they were interrupted by Mo,

"Are you feeling better now Jac?" Mo asked, leaning against the cabinets, causing Jonny to look at her funny,

"Why wouldn't she be, she's just feeling groggy because she's 2 weeks away from her due date!" Jonny explained as he looked at Mo,

"Yes, I'm fine, I was only sick once, nothing to be excited about!" Jac explained as she walked out of the anaesthetics room in a huff,

"When was she sick Mo?" Jonny asked, crossing his arms as he watched Jac through the small window,

"Just before theatre, it was quite a bit as well, it's just her body preparing for the birth, she'll be fine!" Mo said, before walking out aswell.

Back on the ward Jac was in the locker room, collecting all her stuff so she could go home, after a long shift. Seconds later Jonny came walking in, also coming to collect his stuff so they could go home,

"Why didn't you tell me you were sick?" Jonny asked, sounding concerned for her health,

"It's nothing, you heard Mr T, it's gonna happen, so there's nothing to sing and dance about!"Jac replied, placing her bag on her shoulders,

"Lets go home, I'm knackered and hungry, it's gonna be a long day tomorrow!" Jac added, as she took hold of Jonny's hand, before they both walked out of the locker room...

Hi,

I hope you enjoy reading this chapter, I'm sorry if it sounds confusing and rushed,

The next chapter will be the shopping bit..

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