Meredith-The game. They say either a person has what it takes to play, or they don't. My mother was one of the greats. Me, on the other hand...I'm kinda screwed.
I had a shock when the alarm went off for the second time "oh shit im late for work" i said as i got dressed made a coffee and puttling on my shoes before flying out the house. I got to the hospital where i then got lost "excuse me" i said to a man who was with a pacient "yes can i help you" he said as i was so out breath "im new and im late for for my first day, im an inturn" i said as i grabbed a cup of water and took a drink "your in luck im dr webber i head of the internship follow me" he said as we made our way to the other interns.
HOUR 1
"Each of you comes here hopeful Wanting in on the game a month ago you were in med school being taught by doctors today, you are the doctors. The seven years you spend here as a surgical resident will be the best and worst of your life.
You will be pushed to the breaking point. Look around you say hello to your competition. Eight of you will switch to an easier speciality. Five of you will crack under the pressure. Two of you will be asked to leave. This is your starting line. This is your arena. How well you play that's up to you" said the chief
we then headed to the locker room there was another doctor calling out the names on the list "Martin, Robinson, Bond, Parkins" he yelled as they all left the locker room "there are only six women out of twenty" said Meredith as I looked at who was left
"Yeah I hear one of them's a model Seriously, like that's going to help with the respect thing?" asked Christina as I looked at the doctors that were going to be our surevisiors "You're Cristina, right?" Meradith asked as she turned to us "Which resident you assigned to? I got Bailey" she asked as I stood there shy and not talking.
"Shy girl who you with?" asked Christina as i turned round and "I have Dr Bailey" i said as George turned round to me "I'm George O'Malley, uh, we met at the mixer, you had a black dress with a slit up the side, strappy sandals" said George as I giggled "Im Martha Avary" i said as Christina looked shocked "Avary as in the Haper Avary award" she said i nodded.
what happened to your hand?" Meredith as it had now gone a light purple "oh I er shut it in the car door", I said as another doctor came in "O'Malley, Yang, Grey, Stevens, Avery" she said as we made our way out of the locker room.
"And I'm totally forgettable" muttered George as i smiled and we headed to the Nazi "Bailey?" Christina asked a doctor that was stood in the hallway "End of the hall" he said as we got there "That's the Nazi?" she asked as we weree confused. "I thought the Nazi would be a guy" said George as we stood there
"I thought the Nazi would be the Nazi" said Meradith as I rolled my eyes "Hitler is dead",I said as the others laughed. Izzie piped up "Maybe it's professional jealousy. Maybe she's brilliant, and they call her Nazi because they're jealous, maybe she's nice. Chistina then turns to the group "let me guess you're the model" she as we saw DR Bailey.
Izzie then put her hand out to shake her hand "Hi, I'm Isobel Stevens, but everyone calls me Izzie" she said as she ignored the handshake "I have five rules. Memorize them. Rule number one, don't bother sucking up, I already hate you, that's not gonna change.Trauma protocol, phone lists, pagers ,Nurses will page you, you answer every page at a run.
"Rule number two. Your first shift starts now and lasts forty-eight hours. You're interns, grunts, nobodies, bottom of the surgical food chain, you run labs, write orders, work every second night till you drop and don't complain" she said as she carried on and we followed her as a group.
"On call rooms attendings hog them, sleep when you can, where you can, which brings me to rule number three, if I'm sleeping, don't wake me, unless your patient is actually dying" she continued
"Rule number four, the dying patient better not be dead when I get there, not only would you have killed someone, you would have also woke me for no good reason, we clear?" she asked as we all nodded and Meredith raised her hand " you said that there were 5 rules" she said then i rased my hand "that was only 4" I said as her pager went off. "Rule number five when I move, you move Get out of my way" said Dr bailey as she pushed some of the doctors out of the way" she said shouting at the people in stair way.
Our first patient was a girl called Katie who was seazures and the paramedic brought her in "Katie Bryce, fifteen-year-old female, new onset seizures, intermittent for the past week, ID lost en route, started grand mal seizing as we descended" he said as we moved her from bed to bed.
"All right, get her on her side, Izzie, ten milligrams Diazepam. No, no, the white lead is on the right, righty whitey, smoke over fire, a large bore I.V. don't let the blood haemolyse, let's go" said Dr Baliey
Dr Baliey then tolled us what to do for the rest of the shift that means every test in the book, CT, CBC, chem. seven, a tox screen, Cristina you're on labs, George, patient workups, Meredith and Martha , get Katie for a CT, she's your responsibility now" she as she was walking away when Izzie piped up "Wait, what about me?" Izzie asked as Dr Baliey turner around "you honey, you get to do rectal exams" she said as she headed to the OR.
Me and christina were watching and operation from the side of the glass as meradith came back with Katie results "Um, Katie Bryce's labs came out clear, there's nothing in the results that explain her seizures, I just thought you'd wanna know" she said as Baliey caught us watching and left the oparation to talk to us "what are you doing in here" she asked as she carried on and toled us to go and do our job she then pulls her mask back up and close the door.
HOUR 7
It was now lunch time and we were all sat down i was falling alseep when Izzie was staring at the food with some horror when George spoke up this shift is a marathon, not a sprint, eat" he said as i woke up "I can't" she said as George smiled at me" you should eat something" he said as i took a bit of my pasta "you know Meredith is inbred?" said Christina who sat down "don't say that it's mean" i said as i got up "does anyone want any coffee" i said as i got up and went to get it.
when i had sat back down "Like it's uncommon around here to be a doctor's no, I mean royally inbred. Her mother is Ellis Grey" she said as i was shocked "Shut up, the Ellis Grey?" i said as i ate more of my pasta " Uh-huh" said christina as George looked confused "Who's Ellis Grey?" he asked as me ,Izzie and Cristina started laughing "The Grey method? Where'd you go to med school, Mexico?" asked Christina?
She's a living legend, she won the Harper Avery twice" said Izzie as I rolled my eyes "the award isnt that special its who has been the best in the year, do you know how many times i have had to listen to some saying that" i said as George then joined in "so I didn't know one thing" said George as i had put the lid on the box of Tupperware that didnt fit on one side so i pushed pushed the lid down and it sprung back off and hit George in the face "oh for the love of god"he yelled grabbing his face"george omg i am so sorry" I said as i gave him a tissue for his nose. He had missed a bir of blood so i wiped it off his face "aww is Martha in love with little Georgie" said Christina as threw a bit of lettice off Meredith plate and threw it at her.
"Good afternoon interns. It's posted, but I thought I'd share the good news personally. As you know, the honor of performing the first surgery is reserved for the intern that shows the most promise. As I'm running the OR today, I get to make that choice" he said as we all stood there wanting to be picked "George O'Malley You'll scrub in for an appendectomy this afternoon
Congratulations" he said as rubbed Georges back to congratulate him "Me?" he said in shock as i continued to pat him on the back "Enjoy" said Dr Burke as he leaves.
When i got back to work i was standing at the desk and sorting out my paper work when two people were stood at the desk "hello how can i help you?" i asked as they looked upset "we are here to see Katie Bryce" she said as i took them to her room "thank you" she said as i was put on another Job.
Where a man called Mr Morris was putting up a bit of fight with some of the nurses "I DON'T WANT THAT IN MY ARM" he yelled as walked in "Hello Mr Morris what is going on in here?" i asked as he then hit the lady in the head as she went to put the IV line in his arm. I took the IV line and placed it gently in his arm and he calmed down.
my pager had gone off and it was Christina reminding me about Georges first surgery "Open identify ligate irrigate close, Open identify ligate rigate close, Open identify ligate irrigate close" he said as he was washing his hands as i was stood by the door "George your gonna be fine" i said as smiled at him. I then moved to the gallary where i sat next to Christina.
"He's going to faint ,he's a fainter" said one of the other interns as the others then join in "Naaah, code brown. Right in his pants" said another one.As one guy piped up "He's all about the flops, he's going to sweat himself unsterile" he said as they then all started to bet on him.
"Ten bucks says he messes up the McBride" said the first inturn as they were getting more into it. "Twenty says he cries" the the other " I'll put twenty on a total meltdown" said the third one.
" Fifty says he pulls the whole thing off" me and meridith "what thats 10 each then "That's one of us, down there The first one of us Where's your loyalty?" said Meradith
We had all cheered when he managed to remove the appendix and throw it in the tray. But then the man on the table started to crash and Dr Burke went mad. One of the new inturns that was called Alex Karev called George 007 and we were all a bit confused "What 007 mean?"asked Izzie as me and meredith "licence to kill" she said as I rolled my eyes.
Hour 19
We were sat on the spear beds in the empty corridor and we were having another break "007, They're calling me 007, aren't they?" He said as we rolled our eyes "no one's calling you 007" me, meredith and Izzie yelled at the same time as i was falling asleep.
I was woken up by christina walking in and sitting down next to Meredith. George then carried on "I was on the elevator and Murphy whispered 007"George said but he was not letting this go and Christina was getting annoyed "Oh, how many times do we have go through this, George, five, ten? Give me a number or else I'm going to hit you" she said as i smiled as my pager went off.
It was a 911 "Shit its Mr Morris" i yelled as i tried to run out of the door only not seeing the bin that was there and i tripped and hit my elbow on the ground it was beeding through my scrubs and the contence from the bin was on the floor.
George helped me up and i went to slip on a drink that was now open and on the floor but he caught me "thank you" i said as he took me to a cubical.
He helped me with my hand first "you need and x-ray on your hand" he said when my pager beeped again "shit its Mr Morris again. I have to go but thank you" i said as i kissed him on the cheek. I then left and Mr Morris was fitting and i then had Dr Shepard on my back "were have you been i eas trying to page you" he snapped as turned Mr Morris on to his side and gave him some diazipam. The fits has then stopped but I looked at my elbow that was still bleeding.
Hour 24
I woke in the on call room when my alarm was going off and I realized i was late for work. I Messsged George to see where we were.
"Well good morning I'm going to do something pretty rare for a surgeon, I'm going to ask interns for help. I've got this kid, Katie Bryce. Right now, she's a mystery. She doesn't respond to her meds. Labs are clean, scans are pure, but she's having seizures" he said as Grand mal seizures with no visible cause" he said as walked three the door pretending everyone couldnt see me.
"She's a ticking clock , she's going to die if I don't make a diagnosis. Which is where you come in I can't do it alone I need your extra minds, extra eyes, I need you to play detective, I need you to find out why Katie is having seizures. Derek said as i stood next to George.
"I know you're tired, you're busy, you've got more work than you could possibly handle I understand. So, I'm going to give you an incentive. Whoever finds the answer rides with me. Katie needs surgery. You get to do what no interns get to do.
Scrub in to assist on an advanced procedure. Dr Bailey's going to hand you Katie's chart. The clock is ticking fast, people. If we're going to save Katie's life, we have to do it soon" he finished as be becond me over.
"Dr Avary i have a different job for you. Come with me" he said as i left the others who were all looking a bit worried. We then reached a hospital bed with the curtains around it "Look, give the antibiotics time to work" someone yelled as he opened the curtains "The antibiotics should've worked by now" shouted the nurse.
"She's old, she's freaking ancient. She's lucky she's still breathing" shouted Alex as he smiled at me "now, I got a shot to scrub in downstairs and a patient who wasn't alive during the civil war. Don't page me again "he snapped as Derek sae my hand.
"Dr Karev this is Dr Avary she will be helping you out with this case" he said as Alex didnt look too keen.
Dr Webber had come fown to check on the paicent and to ask me and Alex questiond "She's still short of breath?" He asked as i nooded " Did you get an ABG or a chest film?"Webber asked as raised my eyes "Oh, yes sir, I did" said Alex who face had a gone a bit red "And what did you see?" Webber asked.
"Oh, well, I had a lot of patients last" Alex tried to say but Dr Webber was getting more itritated by him "Name the common causes of post-op fever?" He asked as pulls out his note book "From your head. Not from a book. Don't look it up, learn it, it should be in your head. Name the common causes of post-op fever" he shouted as Alec put his book down "Uh...the common causes of post-op..." he stuttered as Dr Webber had gone birght red it the face.
" Can anybody name the common causes of post-op fever?" He shoyed st the top of his voice. "Wind, water, wound, walking, wonder drugs. The five Ws. Most of the time it's wind, splinting or pneumonia. Pneumonia's easy to assume, especially if you're too busy to do the tests" i said as he looked inpressed "thank you a least someone has lernt something" he said
"What else?" He asked a d i thought about it "The fourth W, walking. I think she's a prime candidate for a pulmonary ambulus" i said as he turned to question me more "How would you diagnose?" He asked i took a minute to think about it "Spiral CT, VQ scan, provide O2, dose with Heparin, and consult for an IVC filter" i said as he turned to Aelx "Do exactly as she says, then tell your resident that I want you off this case" he said as i smiled and he looked pissed off.
Hour 48
After handling the scans for Alex's pacient
i then went to the desk to see whst was hsppening "We don't have to do that thing where I say something, and then you say something, and then somebody cries, and there's like a moment" said Chritina when she saw me "You two should get some sleep. You look like crap" she said as i was offended "we look better than you" i said anf she was amazed "wow Martha Avary spoke" she said as we left.