I have no medical training so I apologise for anything that may not be accurate
I unfortunately don't own Stargate or any of the characters and am just borrowing them for my own enjoyment.
By the time Teyla lunch arrived John was fast asleep. He didn't wake again until after dinner.
Teyla was sitting up in bed talking to Ronon, while Rodney was typing on his laptop.
"Hey guys." John croaked as he woke up.
"Colonel, good to see you awake." Rodney greeted putting his laptop aside.
"Mmm." John replied.
"How are you feeling John?" Teyla asked.
"Better." He replied. "You?"
"I am fine." Teyla smiled.
"That's good."
"How is my patient?" Dr. Keller asked as she arrived in.
"I'm ok." John replied. "Still bit sore and tired, but better than last time."
"That's good to hear. Now I need to give you a quick look over." Keller said as she gentle moved his arm.
"Sure Doc." John groaned
"A little sore." She asked.
"Yeah a bit." John admitted.
"Ok guys, I need you step aside." She instructed and starting pulling the curtain around John.
"This may be a bit uncomfortable." She cautioned as she started to remove some of the bandages. "Ok here we go." She said and started cleaning the wounds.
"Arghhh." John moaned. "More than.... a little....uncomfortable Doc."
"I know, I'm sorry, but it has to be done." Jennifer apologised as she continued to clean to wounds.
"Ok Colonel these are all looking good." She said. "Now I need to check the tubes so just stay still for me."
"K" John replied with a sigh and closed his eyes.
Keller gently checked the positioning of the chest tube, but John groaned as it moved slightly. She then moved to the Foley catheter and again John moaned as it moved slightly.
"Nearly done Colonel." Jennifer assured. "I just need to take some blood and fluids."
"Mmm ok." John moaned.
Keller quickly inserted the syringe and withdrew a few vials of blood. She then took some urine through the catheter.
"Ok Colonel, the next part might feel a bit strange. I need to take some fluid from your stomach and I'm going to take it through the naso-gastric tube."
"Um ok." John replied uncertainly.
"Don't worry it would hurt, it'll just feel like a tickle." Keller assured as she attached a syringe to the end of the tube. "Here we go, just breath normally."
She quickly withdrew the fluids and then covered John back up. "Now I'm all done. You can relax."
"Thanks." John replied as she helped him sit up a bit. "When can... I get...some scrubs?" he asked trough gritted teeth.
"Not for another while." Jennifer apologised. "We need access to your back and legs, so the gown is best for now."
"Ok." John sighed as Keller pulled the curtains back.
"What were you doing, torturing him?" Rodney barked.
"Rodney." Teyla scolded.
"What, he was screaming."
"No he wasn't." Ronon sighed.
"Was not." Sheppard said at the same time.
"Some of the wounds are still open, so it's bound to hurt a bit." Keller defended.
"Ok Sorry." Rodney apologised.
"Apology accepted. Now I'm going to leave you to chat for a while, but you need to keep it calm." Keller warned as she started to leave.
"Of course Jennifer." Teyla agreed.
"So, you're going all ancienty on us." Rodney said.
"Oh yeah now ancienty is a word." John smirked. "But yeah apparently I am."
"My people have always believed you to be 'Ancienty'" Teyla smiled.
"No offence to the Ancients." John said. "But I don't want to be one of them. I mean we've seen what they can do, and what they won't do."
"Yes well they are still powerful." Rodney stuttered.
"Power isn't all it's cracked up to be." John said. "I would prefer to be a nice Ancient, like Chaya."
"Yes she was one of the nicer ones we have encountered." Teyla added with a forced smiled
"And the people in the cloister were ok." John added. "Even if they were a bit cowardly as first."
"And they would still be stuck in that place, unaccended if it weren't for you." Rodney added. "But I supposed it helped that both Chaya and Teer were attractive."
"Yes that's true." John grinned. "Could you, um, pass me some water?"
"Oh ah yes of course." Rodney replied reaching for the glass and bringing the straw to John's lips.
John took a few sips and pulled away. "Thanks."
"No problem."
"So did you find out anymore about the machine?" John asked.
"No not really." Rodney sighed. "We are going back to the planet tomorrow with Lorne's tem, to see if I can find anything else."
"Watch out for stampedes." John joked
"I will." Rodney replied soberly. "I uh, well that is, thanks for, you know, saving me."
"It's not a problem." John smiled.
"Well ok then." Rodney smiled back.
The group chatted for another while, until Dr. Keller returned and kicked Ronon and Rodney out, so her patients could rest. John was given his meds and a quick check over before falling asleep. Teyla was also given a quick check before she too fell asleep.
To be continued........
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