Mark, Kerry, and Haleh came back into the exam room with Abby. Carter was violently shaking with seizure on the bed.
"He dropped his sats, pressure is 80 over 60 and falling!" Abby stated as she got a quick glance at the monitor while she began restraining Carter's movement.
"Push 5 of dilantin right now!" Mark ordered.
"Pulse is 130, resps are shallow at 8," Haleh said.
"What's going on, Dr. Greene?" Abby asked.
"I don't know. He must have a head injury that we didn't account for. Wasn't his head CT normal?" Mark asked.
"Yes-it could be something new that just occurred. We should send him for another CT scan," Kerry replied.
They all looked at Carter as he stopped seizing. He lay quietly on the bed now.
"Well, that's better," Mark said.
"Ugh... He's not breathing," Abby said quickly.
"Okay, let's intubate, 80 of attomodate, 100 of sux! Mark ordered.
Haleh bagged Carter as Abby got the supplies needed for Mark to intubate.
"I'm in! Bag him!" Mark stated.
"I've got breath sounds!" Kerry said. "We've got to get him to CT."
"What are his vitals?" Mark asked.
"Pulse is still tachy at 110, B/P is 105 over 70," Abby replied.
"All right, we're going to need a vent down here. Page CT, tell them we're on our way up!" Mark said.
They wheeled Carter up to CT.

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A few hours later Chuni walked into the lounge. Abby was sitting on the sofa with a cup of coffee, deep in thought. Luka was pouring himself a cup as Chuni got a bottle of water out of the refrigerator.
"Do you know how Dr. Carter is doing?" Chuni broke the silence.
Luka looked at Abby, and Abby barely looked up. "He's in a coma. He's up in the ICU. He's got a bleed in his brain." Abby's answer was weary. She barely believed what she was saying.
"Wow. Does anyone know what happened to him? I mean, I know he was beat up, but...wow. You know, you never think anything like this would happen to anyone you know. And this happens to Carter...twice." Chuni was talking to no one in particular. "He must be, like, the most unlucky guy I know."
Luka nodded as he sat down at the table.
"Yeah." Abby agreed. She wondered what Carter did to deserve this. He had been through so much in such a small amount of time. Just when things were starting to get on track for him, something else bad had to happen. She didn't understand.
"Hey. You off?" Abby looked up and saw Susan staring back at her. "Where did she come from?" She thought.
"Ugh, no. I'd better get back to work." Abby dumped the rest of her coffee down the sink and left the lounge quickly, trying her best to avoid Susan. Susan was nice and all, but their personalities didn't exactly mix.

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The rest of Abby's day went by uneventfully. Only one big trauma came in, and Abby avoided it. All she could think about was Carter.
At the end of her shift, she practically ran up to the ICU.
"What room is John Carter in?" She asked at the nurses' station.
A nurse led her to his room. She took a deep breath, and went inside.