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Trials of Life part two; this is a Carter and Lucy Story.
Following from Trials of life part one.
Written By Louise Mills.
Author notes: This fiction takes place one week after the last one. John has been on his treatment for a week, and Lucy has gone back to work, but she isn't sleeping well.
Lucy slowly approached the admin desk and signed on the computer. She glanced up at the broad to see how many patients there were. She noticed there was only a hand full of patients and nearly all of them were either ready to be transferred or discharged. Randy was sitting behind the desk with her noise stick in her book. Lucy walked up to her and Randy was still reading, it was oblivious Randy didn't know Lucy was standing right in front of her. "Hey Randy, seen Dr Greene?" Lucy asked, and Randy jumped. "Jesus Christ Lucy, where did you come from?" Lucy laughed. "Randy I've been there for quite some time, and I wasn't quiet. So what are you reading? Obviously it must be a good book for you not to notice what's going on around you!" "Yeah, it's a dirty novel and its really good because it sends your imagination wild." "I'm sure it does, so do you know where Dr Greene is?" Randy shook her head glanced back down to her book. "Have you tried the lounge ject?" "No" "Probably be the best place to start last time we got someone come in was about an hour ago!" "Thanks." Randy placed her hand in the air s a means to say 'your welcome'.
Lucy opened the lounge door to the sight of Mark and Elizabeth kissing and hugging each other. "Oh I'm sorry" "Oh don't mind us Lucy, I have some great news!" Lucy turned to face Elizabeth entrée by what Elizabeth had to say. "Yes, me and Mark got engaged" Lucy started to smile uncontrollably for Mark and Elizabeth. "Oh my god, that's wonderful news! Congratulations to you both." "Thanks Lucy." Elizabeth replied when Elizabeth's pager started beeping, she looked down at her pager and started to get angry. "Oh for god sake, that man really knows how to spoil my day! Sorry you two we have to continue this discussion later, bullet head beckons." Mark and Lucy laughed at the remark that described Dr Romano. Mark stared at Lucy while she placed her bag in her locker ad got out her white coat. " Lucy have you been sleeping?" Lucy turned around and just stared straight into his eyes. "Not that well! But I have been getting some sleep." "Still having bad dreams?" "Yes I just want them to stop." "Have you spoken to John about them?" Lucy shook her head. "Why not?" "I don't want him to worry about me, and he will if I tell him. He should just concentrate on getting himself well, and not worry about me!" He nodded to her, she was right he did need to concentrate on getting better and Lucy telling him she wasn't sleeping well would take his concentration away from that goal. "Lucy you need to talk to someone professional about not sleeping well, we know its mostly about John and granted not sleeping is apart of the stress your going though, but soon you will make yourself ill and that won't help you or John. Just think about it and in the meantime I can write you a prescription for some sleeping tablets. But it's only a short-term solution. Now get some coffee down you, then meet me at the desk and we see what suitable cases there is for you!" "Thanks Mark you're a great friend." "It's okay see you in a minute." Lucy poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down at the table. Lucy thought about what Mark had said and she knew he was right, but it would take away the precious time she spent with John. But she needed to help herself to be as well as she could because John needed her and she would be no help if she were ill. Lucy picked up the phone in the lounge and dialled psychology, "Yes Hello I would like to make an appointment with Dr Lansley please." "Of course, how soon would you like the appointment?" "As soon as possible please!" "Okay how about this afternoon at 2pm." "That would be great!" "And your name miss?" "Lucy knight!" "Okay Miss Knight see you at 2pm." "Thank you." Lucy requested Mark to give her an extended lunch break, so she could have time to see John and her appointment.
Mark had agreed with Lucy that she could have an extended lunch and she was just on her way to see John. She was supposed to see him earlier just before her shift started, but she overslept. She walked out of the lift onto the oncology department and was immediately greeted by Rachel. "Hello Lucy missed you this morning." "I'm sorry, I overslept and was a little late for my shift. I was going to phone up and tell you I couldn't make it until lunch. But you now how the ER can be." Rachel nodded her head, "Lucy you don't need to explain, but he did miss you." "Is he mad with me?" Rachel smiled, "I don't think John could ever be mad with you. But I think he knows there's something wrong, is there something wrong?" Lucy was silent for a while. "I can't sleep I'm having really bad dreams, which are weird as well." "Well he can tell, maybe you should tell him?" "But wouldn't that make him not concentrate on him?" Rachel stopped the work she was doing and stared straight at Lucy. "Lucy John's already not concentrating as much as he should because his worried about you. But if you talk to him and tell him what you are doing to improve your heath, he will be better. So what are you doing?" "I'm going to talk to someone later." Lucy smiled and Rachel smiled back. "Good, now go and see the love of your life before he thinks you totally forgotten about him." "Thanks for listening Rachel." "It's all part of the job, but it's always a pleasure for you and John."
Lucy continued to walk down the corridor until she was standing outside his door staring at him playing a game on the play station with another patient who was about 8 years old. "Oh you win again, Josh." "Your letting me win." "Why would you say that?" "Because you are!" John stated to laughed and turned towards the door noticing Lucy was standing there. John stopped laughing, but he kept smiling. "Hello stranger." John said to Lucy, "this is Josh, his new to the ward, and is a great player on the play station." Lucy smiled "I know I saw, nice to meet you Josh." John just stared straight into her eyes, not wanting to never stop looking into those wonderful blue eyes, which sparkled with life. Lucy looked up at john as well and also stared into his eyes. Josh who was standing in between them looked first at John, then at Lucy and back again to John. Josh knew then he should leave, like all the sudden he wasn't wanted. "Well I see you again later John have fun." "Yeah thanks for the game." He said while still looking at Lucy. Lucy had just got used to the way he looked now, and was beginning to like the way he had cut his hair. John had cut his hair to a number two length, it was weird at first being so short. But it would help when his hair started to fall out because it would be less noticeable. She then noticed he had a few bruises on his arms but that was a common side effect to the chemotherapy and symptoms to the Leukaemia. Because Leukaemia increase the production of immature white blood cells, and reduces the production of the red bloods cells and platelets. And platelets help colt the blood and the body can't produce enough platelets to stop bruises forming. His blood was continuously tested in case the red blood count and platelets were low and needed a transfusion. 'Thank god he hadn't needed any ject' Lucy thought.
Lucy came all the way into the room and sat on the bed, "Luce, there's something wrong, isn't there?" When she didn't answer and moved her head down he knew there was. John kneed down in front of her and took his hands in hers. "Well by the way we were looking at each other the other minute, I know it's not about us! So there must be something wrong with you?" Lucy lifted her head and looked into his eyes. "It's nothing serious, its just could make myself every ill." John nodded realising what she was telling him. "Your not sleeping probably I had the same problem when Bobbie was in hospital." "Well yes but I do sleep its just sometimes I get these disturbing dreams, that's when I can't sleep." "Tell me about them? Please Luce if you don't, I won't stop worrying." "Well okay but only if you promise not to worry anymore, and concentrate on yourself to get better." "Of course I will!" "Well I'm walking down the oncology corridor, which seems to be miles long. I can't hear anything except a constant beat of a heart monitor. The heartbeat becomes rapid ad distressed. I get to the front desk of the oncology department and the nurses and doctors don't seem to be bother about one of their patients are in distress. The heartbeat becomes louder and louder I walk towards the room where the sounds coming from. Realising its your room I start running but I'm not getting any nearer, all the sudden the heartbeat goes flat line. And no one moves towards the room to help, I start screaming but no one hears me its like I'm not even there, I finally get to your room and your not even there. The room starts to spin and spin around, the room blends together and then nothing just white light. Its absolutely quite eerie, then voices so many voices start screaming in pain pleading for help. I cover my ears with my hands, but still hear them screaming. I start pleading them to stop, but instead they get louder and louder. That's when I wake up." Lucy looks over at John, and John moves and sits on the bed next to her and puts his arm round her and she puts her head on his shoulder. "Thanks for listening, now you concentrate on getting better." "Of course I will, so are you going to talk to someone? It might help!" "Yes, I'm going there at two after spending time with you!" "Good, because I worry about you, if you don't." Lucy nudged Johns arm and smiled, "Hey, I thought we had a deal, that you wouldn't worry about me and you concentrate on yourself." John smiled and grabbed Lucy by the waist and pulled her down onto his lap, then stared straight into her eyes. "Sorry I lied, I can't help myself you're the most important person in my life. But I will promise I concentrate more on getting better only if I can worry about you a little?" "Okay" John leaned down and kissed Lucy, John tapped Lucy and said, "Well you better get upstairs to your appointment before you miss it." He pointed to the clock on the wall to indicate it was approaching 2pm.
Lucy closed Dr Lansley's door behind her after the session she had with him, and she did feel better. Dr Lansley suggested she come and talk to him once a week, realising how difficult john being ill was for her. She agreed to come back, she was glad for once someone was listening to her problems, instead of her being the one people came to talk about their problems. Lucy made her way back down to the ER and found Dr Greene to get back to work. "So how it go, Lucy?" Dr Greene asked her once they had finished with their last patient. "Great I forgot how good it was to talk to someone, I think Dr Lansley really helped. I'll be going back once a week to talk." "That's great so you going to try and get some sleep tonight?" "Yes I will try." "Good and just in case I still give some sleeping tablets, but only use them if you need them." "Thanks." Dr Greene got out his prescription pad and started to write her a script of 7 Tazamepam. "Here Lucy." He handed her the prescription, "And why don't you go up to John and then go home, it's not that busy we can handle the rest of your shift without you!" "Thanks Mark."
Lucy walked up to the oncology department desk, "Hi Rachel, is John awake?" "No his sleeping!" "Can you give him a message for me when he wakes up." "Sure I can." Lucy picked up some paper and started to write John a note, Lucy handed the note to Rachel. "Thanks Rachel." "No problem, Lucy what ever you told John earlier it seems to be working, his improved a little since you left." "I only told him what was wrong, and not to worry and concentrate on himself." "Well thanks, I care about my patients health. And Johns one of the least hostile patients up here." "Hostile? Why would the patients be hostile your only trying to help." "Yeah but that's just it some of them don't want help, because they can't believe what happening to them. And others are scared and don't want to feel weak so they take it out on anyone who comes their way. So John being a doctor helps I suppose because he knows what happening to him." "And he witness the effects of Leukaemia first hand when he was 8, his brother died of the same leukaemia he has." Rachel looked towards Lucy. "I didn't know that." Lucy yawned. "Well I'm going home to bed, remember to give that note to John the minute he wakes up." "Of course goodnight Lucy." "Yeah goodnight." Lucy went home, and the minute her head hit the pillow, she was asleep.
Next part called the Dreaded day Coming soon….
