"Tell me when he wakes up." Lu told the attending nurse. She stared down
at Jack's lifeless body, and her mind returned to when they first met. How
he had stood up for her in front of that creep construction worker. How
good he had been with Marc, and just how wonderful he was. Lu started to
weep and had to run out of the room.
Lu walked down to RWHC to get some work done, but she couldn't shake Jack from her mind. How much pain he must have been in when that construction building had crashed down on him. How frightened he must have been, and if he will ever wake up from the blow to his head. Lu had to calm down when she saw Lana coming in the room. "Hey baby, what are ya doing her so early?" Lu quickly wiped her tears and turned around to face Lana. "Patient came in to the ER." "Oh sweetie, you must be so tired." "Yeah." Lu automatically responded. "Well, I guess that's the life of a dedicated attending." "Uh huh. Lana, I'm gonna go and crash in my office, if the ICU calls, wake me up, and could you make sure I'm up before everyone gets here." "No problem baby."
"Lu, LU!!" Lana shakes Lu furiously to wake her up. Lu is immediately awoken. "What is it Lana?" "Lu, it's the ICU they just called they said your patient is in trouble." "Lana, tell Dana and everyone else where I am." "Ok honey." Lu jumps up and rushes to the elevator, tears streaming down her face as she hurries to Jack's side. She makes it to his floor, and goes to his room. She flies by a pretty woman and a young child. "Time of death, 6:35." The doctor pronounces Jack. Lu stares at Jack, and starts to cry. "God no." she says to herself. Lu glances outside the window, there is a pretty young black woman, and a newborn child. "Jack's family." Lu mutters to herself. She catches a glimpse of the doctor telling Jack's wife the awful news. She crashes to the floor and hands her little baby to a nearby nurse. "Please tell me this is a mistake." She cries out. "I'm very sorry miss, but it isn't." Lu can't handle watching this poor widow suffer, and she takes the elevator back down the clinic.
"Lu thank god you are here." Dana looking all professional hands Lu a new chart. Dana starts to explain the new patient's situation, and rattles off info. "Dana, could you please take it?" Lu told her, swallowing hard trying not to cry. "Ok, but I just thought…" "Dana, not now." "Okaayy." Dana replies but looking quite confused. "I'll be in my office, if anyone needs me Lana." "Lana, what is wrong with her?" "Is it the rape?" "I wish I knew, but I think it might have to do with a patient." "Hmmm, maybe I should go talk to her." "She might bite your head off." "Yeah you are probably right, I'll go see a couple of patients and then try." "Does she have anyone scheduled for awhile?" "No, not for awhile she is on call all day." "Ok, if she comes out of her "hole" tell her I want to talk to her." "Will do Dr. Stowe."
A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER…
Lu is sitting at her desk falling apart. She has been crying since she left Jack and she can't stop. Lu suddenly throws a chair across the room, and cries even harder. Her door suddenly swings open. "Lu, what is it?" Dana appears next to her. "Dana just go away, I'm sorry about the chair, I just don't want to talk to you now." "Ok Lu, but you are going to have to talk sometime, plus I have an ultra sound scheduled with you tomorrow." "That's just fine, but LEAVE NOW!" "Lu, if you don't talk to me or somebody soon, I'm going to have to tell Bob about this incident. You can't go on pretending nothing is wrong, and I KNOW you are still hurting from the rape, and you have never seeked any counseling help whatsoever. Plus you have stopped your support group, I will NOT stand idly by watching you start on this path again. I know this is hard, and you have had so many setbacks, what with Harry, and the rape, and now whatever this is that is making you like this. You can't give up, you have to get help when you need it. I'm not going to say anymore but I WILL tell Bob if you don't talk to someone." Dana tells all of this to Lu while Lu sits on her couch with her head in her hands. She says one last word to Lu before she leaves. "Lu, Rand is gone, you have a good job, a great kid, and a nice place to live since you moved out. You have the keys to happiness just take hold of them." Dana walks out of Lu's office, and heads towards Lana's desk.
"Dr. Stowe, Rachel Cassidy is back." "Ok, that's good Lana, can you put her in Exam four for me." "Sure." "I've got to go talk to Nick for two seconds and then I'll be right back for Rachel."
"Hey sweetie." Nick calls out to Dana as she walks into the E.R. "How are you feeling?' "Just peachy Nick." "That's good." "Nick I was thinking wouldn't it be nice if we went out to dinner tonight?" "That would be great hon, but I have to work till 12." "Alright, then I will have some pasta waiting for you when you get home." "Thanks babe." "Nick, I hate that name, I'm not your babe, I'm your wife." "Sorry babes." Nick says laughing and winks at Dana. "Ok, lover I've got a patient so I'll see you later."
"So there you go, Rachel take these twice a day, and I want to see you in about a month, and please call if you have any more problems." "Ok Dr. Stowe."
Dana walks her patient out, and notices Peter walking towards Lana and her. "Has anyone seen Lu lately?" Peter asks them. "I think she is in her office Petie." Lana tells him. Peter walks straight into Lu's office. "Lu I just heard… I'm so sorry."
Lu walked down to RWHC to get some work done, but she couldn't shake Jack from her mind. How much pain he must have been in when that construction building had crashed down on him. How frightened he must have been, and if he will ever wake up from the blow to his head. Lu had to calm down when she saw Lana coming in the room. "Hey baby, what are ya doing her so early?" Lu quickly wiped her tears and turned around to face Lana. "Patient came in to the ER." "Oh sweetie, you must be so tired." "Yeah." Lu automatically responded. "Well, I guess that's the life of a dedicated attending." "Uh huh. Lana, I'm gonna go and crash in my office, if the ICU calls, wake me up, and could you make sure I'm up before everyone gets here." "No problem baby."
"Lu, LU!!" Lana shakes Lu furiously to wake her up. Lu is immediately awoken. "What is it Lana?" "Lu, it's the ICU they just called they said your patient is in trouble." "Lana, tell Dana and everyone else where I am." "Ok honey." Lu jumps up and rushes to the elevator, tears streaming down her face as she hurries to Jack's side. She makes it to his floor, and goes to his room. She flies by a pretty woman and a young child. "Time of death, 6:35." The doctor pronounces Jack. Lu stares at Jack, and starts to cry. "God no." she says to herself. Lu glances outside the window, there is a pretty young black woman, and a newborn child. "Jack's family." Lu mutters to herself. She catches a glimpse of the doctor telling Jack's wife the awful news. She crashes to the floor and hands her little baby to a nearby nurse. "Please tell me this is a mistake." She cries out. "I'm very sorry miss, but it isn't." Lu can't handle watching this poor widow suffer, and she takes the elevator back down the clinic.
"Lu thank god you are here." Dana looking all professional hands Lu a new chart. Dana starts to explain the new patient's situation, and rattles off info. "Dana, could you please take it?" Lu told her, swallowing hard trying not to cry. "Ok, but I just thought…" "Dana, not now." "Okaayy." Dana replies but looking quite confused. "I'll be in my office, if anyone needs me Lana." "Lana, what is wrong with her?" "Is it the rape?" "I wish I knew, but I think it might have to do with a patient." "Hmmm, maybe I should go talk to her." "She might bite your head off." "Yeah you are probably right, I'll go see a couple of patients and then try." "Does she have anyone scheduled for awhile?" "No, not for awhile she is on call all day." "Ok, if she comes out of her "hole" tell her I want to talk to her." "Will do Dr. Stowe."
A COUPLE OF HOURS LATER…
Lu is sitting at her desk falling apart. She has been crying since she left Jack and she can't stop. Lu suddenly throws a chair across the room, and cries even harder. Her door suddenly swings open. "Lu, what is it?" Dana appears next to her. "Dana just go away, I'm sorry about the chair, I just don't want to talk to you now." "Ok Lu, but you are going to have to talk sometime, plus I have an ultra sound scheduled with you tomorrow." "That's just fine, but LEAVE NOW!" "Lu, if you don't talk to me or somebody soon, I'm going to have to tell Bob about this incident. You can't go on pretending nothing is wrong, and I KNOW you are still hurting from the rape, and you have never seeked any counseling help whatsoever. Plus you have stopped your support group, I will NOT stand idly by watching you start on this path again. I know this is hard, and you have had so many setbacks, what with Harry, and the rape, and now whatever this is that is making you like this. You can't give up, you have to get help when you need it. I'm not going to say anymore but I WILL tell Bob if you don't talk to someone." Dana tells all of this to Lu while Lu sits on her couch with her head in her hands. She says one last word to Lu before she leaves. "Lu, Rand is gone, you have a good job, a great kid, and a nice place to live since you moved out. You have the keys to happiness just take hold of them." Dana walks out of Lu's office, and heads towards Lana's desk.
"Dr. Stowe, Rachel Cassidy is back." "Ok, that's good Lana, can you put her in Exam four for me." "Sure." "I've got to go talk to Nick for two seconds and then I'll be right back for Rachel."
"Hey sweetie." Nick calls out to Dana as she walks into the E.R. "How are you feeling?' "Just peachy Nick." "That's good." "Nick I was thinking wouldn't it be nice if we went out to dinner tonight?" "That would be great hon, but I have to work till 12." "Alright, then I will have some pasta waiting for you when you get home." "Thanks babe." "Nick, I hate that name, I'm not your babe, I'm your wife." "Sorry babes." Nick says laughing and winks at Dana. "Ok, lover I've got a patient so I'll see you later."
"So there you go, Rachel take these twice a day, and I want to see you in about a month, and please call if you have any more problems." "Ok Dr. Stowe."
Dana walks her patient out, and notices Peter walking towards Lana and her. "Has anyone seen Lu lately?" Peter asks them. "I think she is in her office Petie." Lana tells him. Peter walks straight into Lu's office. "Lu I just heard… I'm so sorry."