LIVE, part 4
Mark took the gurney to trauma 2, Kerry's kidney - patient was moved to a suturroom, and on the way down the corridor he tried to get contact with the patient.
"Carol! Carol! It's Mark! Do you hear me?"
No answer.
"Please, Carol, answer me. Okay, folks", he said to the staff around him, "let's order CBC, Chem-20, a head, neck and back CT. And someone get Benton down here!"
"Babinski's negative", Haleh said.
Mark opened her eyes. "And. . she's reacting on lights. Please wake up, Carol. This is the second time I see you like this. Please let the strength in you fight this time too".
Mark thought it was awful to see one of his best friends like this. There was nothing that reminded him of the real Carol, the one he'd seen earlier that day. She used to have so much life but now was it nothing. Her entire soul seemed to be gone but as long as she was breathing and her heart was beating, she was still alive.
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A million stars light
This beautiful night
This is not a night to die
Let me sing and dance
Beneath the sky
I have such love to give
To give!
I want a chance to live
-Live (Céline Dion)
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Meanwhile Carol was fighting for her life at County, Doug had arrived at St. John. After taking a lot of test the doctors sent him to the ICU where he was sent to observation for the next 48 hours. A nurse was taking his BP when he woke up.
"Where am I?"
"You're at the hospital. You were in a serious plane accident. Do you understand?"
Doug rolled his eyes. "Of course I understand. This doesn't look like County".
"That's because you're not at County. This is St. John".
"What!!! Oh no! I've got to go to County! How did I get here?"
"I'm sorry but you have to stay here for observation the next 48 hours. You have serious second degree burns on your back and you also hit your head. The paramedics found you unconscious on the ground after the plane exploded".
"Oh no, no, no", Doug cried. He now remembered the explosion and he felt his back hurt. What if Carol and Tess still were on the plane. . .Not knowing anything was killing him more than his terrible pain. "Could you give me 5 mg morphine? My back is killing me. And could you arrange a taxi or something to County, it's very important?"
"I'll talk to the doctor about some painkillers but you're staying here till you're discharged".
"I can't stay! Listen, the rest of my family is at County. I don't know if my wife or my daughter even are alive but I do know that my other daughter's at County. I put her in an ambulance before the plane exploded. I need to be there with her. Don't you understand how important this is? Do you have children?
The nurse nodded. "Yeah, I have".
"Then do you understand me? I've got to be with my little girl".
"I'll try to get you transferred as soon as possible"
"Thank you".
When the nurse returned she was followed by a doctor and they'd brought a gurney.
"Hello, Mr .Ross". the doctor said. "I hear you want to be transferred". Doug nodded. "Nurse Watson will give you some morphine and then it's over to County. Do you mind telling me why that hospital is so popular?"
Doug laughed. "I wouldn't say popular but to me it's a very special place. I met my love there. The love of my life, and my two beautiful daughters were born there, and my whole life is in that place. I used to work there and all my friends are there and. . . To us who work there County is a place between heaven and hell. Everything has happened there".
" I see".
Doug was lay on the gurney and taken down stairs to the ambulance. On the way to County he was thinking a couple of days backwards. When he was working on his boat and suddenly looked up to see Carol standing in front of him.
-------------------Flashback-------------------------
It couldn't be, he thought. Or could it? Carol? He started walking up to the woman he knew so well. She hadn't changed since he saw her last time. Her thick, dark and curly hair and her beautiful eyes and smile. She came forwards him. They stopped and looked at each other.
"Where are the girls?" he asked.
"They're with my mum", she replied looking at Doug before she took a quick look around her. "It's beautiful here".
They smiled at each other before they kissed. She was finally home.
---------------------End flashback--------------------------
When Carol was stabilised she was brought up to the OR to stop an internal bleeding. In trauma 1 Cleo, Luka and Lily were trying to get Tess back. She was laying there without any signs of life, just like her mother.
"Why did this happen?" Cleo asked.
"I don't know. I don't know one knows", Lily replied looking sadly at the little girl on the gurney.
Suddenly Yosh came in. "Dr. Kovac! The ICU called. Abby's crashing!"
"Oh no! Do you got it, Cleo?"
"Yeah, just go!".
Luka ran out of the trauma room and up to the ICU were he saw Elizabeth with the paddles talking to a nurse.
"Time of death: 15.12 pm".
Mark took the gurney to trauma 2, Kerry's kidney - patient was moved to a suturroom, and on the way down the corridor he tried to get contact with the patient.
"Carol! Carol! It's Mark! Do you hear me?"
No answer.
"Please, Carol, answer me. Okay, folks", he said to the staff around him, "let's order CBC, Chem-20, a head, neck and back CT. And someone get Benton down here!"
"Babinski's negative", Haleh said.
Mark opened her eyes. "And. . she's reacting on lights. Please wake up, Carol. This is the second time I see you like this. Please let the strength in you fight this time too".
Mark thought it was awful to see one of his best friends like this. There was nothing that reminded him of the real Carol, the one he'd seen earlier that day. She used to have so much life but now was it nothing. Her entire soul seemed to be gone but as long as she was breathing and her heart was beating, she was still alive.
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A million stars light
This beautiful night
This is not a night to die
Let me sing and dance
Beneath the sky
I have such love to give
To give!
I want a chance to live
-Live (Céline Dion)
--------------------------------------------
Meanwhile Carol was fighting for her life at County, Doug had arrived at St. John. After taking a lot of test the doctors sent him to the ICU where he was sent to observation for the next 48 hours. A nurse was taking his BP when he woke up.
"Where am I?"
"You're at the hospital. You were in a serious plane accident. Do you understand?"
Doug rolled his eyes. "Of course I understand. This doesn't look like County".
"That's because you're not at County. This is St. John".
"What!!! Oh no! I've got to go to County! How did I get here?"
"I'm sorry but you have to stay here for observation the next 48 hours. You have serious second degree burns on your back and you also hit your head. The paramedics found you unconscious on the ground after the plane exploded".
"Oh no, no, no", Doug cried. He now remembered the explosion and he felt his back hurt. What if Carol and Tess still were on the plane. . .Not knowing anything was killing him more than his terrible pain. "Could you give me 5 mg morphine? My back is killing me. And could you arrange a taxi or something to County, it's very important?"
"I'll talk to the doctor about some painkillers but you're staying here till you're discharged".
"I can't stay! Listen, the rest of my family is at County. I don't know if my wife or my daughter even are alive but I do know that my other daughter's at County. I put her in an ambulance before the plane exploded. I need to be there with her. Don't you understand how important this is? Do you have children?
The nurse nodded. "Yeah, I have".
"Then do you understand me? I've got to be with my little girl".
"I'll try to get you transferred as soon as possible"
"Thank you".
When the nurse returned she was followed by a doctor and they'd brought a gurney.
"Hello, Mr .Ross". the doctor said. "I hear you want to be transferred". Doug nodded. "Nurse Watson will give you some morphine and then it's over to County. Do you mind telling me why that hospital is so popular?"
Doug laughed. "I wouldn't say popular but to me it's a very special place. I met my love there. The love of my life, and my two beautiful daughters were born there, and my whole life is in that place. I used to work there and all my friends are there and. . . To us who work there County is a place between heaven and hell. Everything has happened there".
" I see".
Doug was lay on the gurney and taken down stairs to the ambulance. On the way to County he was thinking a couple of days backwards. When he was working on his boat and suddenly looked up to see Carol standing in front of him.
-------------------Flashback-------------------------
It couldn't be, he thought. Or could it? Carol? He started walking up to the woman he knew so well. She hadn't changed since he saw her last time. Her thick, dark and curly hair and her beautiful eyes and smile. She came forwards him. They stopped and looked at each other.
"Where are the girls?" he asked.
"They're with my mum", she replied looking at Doug before she took a quick look around her. "It's beautiful here".
They smiled at each other before they kissed. She was finally home.
---------------------End flashback--------------------------
When Carol was stabilised she was brought up to the OR to stop an internal bleeding. In trauma 1 Cleo, Luka and Lily were trying to get Tess back. She was laying there without any signs of life, just like her mother.
"Why did this happen?" Cleo asked.
"I don't know. I don't know one knows", Lily replied looking sadly at the little girl on the gurney.
Suddenly Yosh came in. "Dr. Kovac! The ICU called. Abby's crashing!"
"Oh no! Do you got it, Cleo?"
"Yeah, just go!".
Luka ran out of the trauma room and up to the ICU were he saw Elizabeth with the paddles talking to a nurse.
"Time of death: 15.12 pm".