Angel In The ER
Part 2: "Dr. Dave''
By: Jade14
Summary: A cancer patient shakes up the ER. Part 2 told from Dr. Dave's point of view.
Rating: PG.
Disclaimer: I own nada.
Author's Notes: This is my first ER fic. Excuse the medical terms, I'm no doctor, I'm only 14! Each part is told by a different person's point of view. Despite popular opinion, this is not a spin off of 'Malucci and the Minor', I swear! Send feedback to mara_ditullio@hotmail.com . Thanx and enjoy!
Characters You Know (So Far): Dr. Dave, Randi, Mark Greene, Malik, Kerry, Jing-Mei, Carter, and Luka.
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Dr. Dave Malucci rubbed a hand over his tired face. He had been up since 7:00, when he had woken his daughter for school.
He had taken in the newly formed bruises on her arms and legs, and asked her about them. After she confirmed that they hadn't been there the day before, and Dave cleaned up her bloody nose, he called the pediatrician. When he had explained his daughter's symtoms, Dr. Quinn ordered him to bring Skye into his office immediatly.
After five hours of blood tests, Dave's worst fears had been confirmed. His daughter's lukemia was back.
Without hesitating, Dave and Skye went into the same rouitine they had first gone into two years ago, when Skye had fainted in daycare. Pediatrician, hospital, bone marrows, chemo, and recovery drugs. They were now on the second step. Hospital.
" Daddy?"
" Yes sweetheart?" Dave finished filling out the admission forms and walked behind the desk. He squeezed between Mark and Randi, arguing over some petty thing, and wrote 'S. Malucci' on the board.
" Does it hurt?" his daughter looked up at him, biting her nails.
" Does what hurt?"
" The bone needle." Dave looked at her.
" You mean the bone marrow exam?" She nodded. " Don't you remember? You must have had a dozen of them when you were five."
"Nope." Dave walked over to Skye and took her fingers out of her mouth. She looked up at him with big brown eyes.
" Dosn't hurt much honey. They numb it. But it does hurt some. Will you be a brave girl for Daddy?" She nodded, then put her hand to her nose as it started to bleed again. Dave got a tissue and gently pushed her head back. " Hold this to your nose." He sighed again, wondering how anything this awful could happen to such a perfect little girl.
He was about to carry her to Exam 5, when a handful of flying charts hit him in the back.
" Randi!"
" Sorry, Dave. I was aiming for him." She glared at Dr. Greene. Dave rolled his eyes. Even he was more mature than this.
" Well cut it out. Your getting innocent parties involved." Dave bent down to help Randi pick up the charts once again. Out of the corrner of his eye, he saw Dr. Greene walk up to his daughter.
" What's your name honey?" he asked her. Instead of answering, she looked towards her father and asked him something in Spanish.
" I'ts okay. You can talk to him." Dave answered her. He made a mental note to congradulate her on remembering not to talk to strangers. Skye looked towards Dr. Greene again.
" My name is Skye Malucci, and I'm seven."
" My name is Dr. Greene, it's nice to meet you Skye." Skye took the bloody tissue off her once-bleeding nose and looked at it.
" I'm sick."
" I know. But we're going to make you all better." she smiled at him.
" That's what Daddy said."
" Is he your daddy?" Dr. Greene pointed towards Dave.
" Yes."
" Where's your Mommy?"
" She went up to heaven three years ago. Daddy says she's an angel now and she watches over me." Skye smiled.
" Wow. You must be a pretty special girl to have your own gaurdian angel." Dr. Green pushed his glasses up his nose.
" Yup."
" I'm going to talk to your daddy now, okay?"
" OK. Bye Dr. Greene."
" Bye Skye." Dr. Greene walked back to Dave. Dave stood up.
" Why didn't you tell us you had a daughter?" He shrugged.
" I have two actually. And as for not telling you I had kids, I don't know why I didn't . I just didn't feel like it I guess. C'ya later guys." Dave walked over to Skye and picked her up. " Come on honey. Let's get you started." He grbbed her overnight bag from chairs, and walked towards Exam 5.
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(End of Part 2)
Comming Soon: Part 3: Dr. Greene