Hit and Run
Chapter 17
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Doc said goodbye to Carlos, who was bringing the bus back to the stationhouse to pick up Alex for the rest of the shift. Doc said he wanted to go up and check on Kim, Bosco and Faith and then he'd catch a ride home later.
"Okay, you're gonna stop by from time to time, right?" asked Carlos.
"Yeah. Dr. Jamison said I'm out of work for like three weeks to let this heal and get some physical therapy started, but I'll stop in. Hey, I gotta pick up my paycheck right?" he joked, slapping Carlos on the shoulder as he turned to walk down the hallway.
"Alright, take care Doc," Carlos said on his way out the door to the bus. "Boy 55-3 in route to the station to pick up a new partner," Carlos advised Central on the radio.
Doc heard the dispatcher respond back to Carlos' message as he rounded the corner and just about walked into Dr. Jamison.
"Whoa! Sorry about that Doctor," Doc said, barely avoiding the collision.
"Doc! What are you still doing here? You should be home with ice on that shoulder. And it's Jamie for you, not Dr. Jamison - unless of course I'm trying to impress some beautiful woman," Jamison said to him and the two men laughed.
"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to stop up and see the medic and two cops that got hit by that hit and run driver. You know, see how they're doing," explained Doc.
"Yeah, you know I wanted to talk to you about that. Thanks for reminding me," said Dr. Jamison as he led Doc into the lounge so they could talk, remembering the information he had seen on the news about the injuries to the driver of the hit and run vehicle. He walked over and poured a cup of coffee, offering it to Doc. Doc declined by shaking his head. Dr. Jamison added his cream and sugar and turned back to Doc.
"That guy that you and Carlos brought in - the homeless guy that fell through the floor in the abandoned building..." Jamison trailed off, waiting for Doc to remember the call.
"Geez, Jamie. We get so many of those - at least one a shift. And that's on a slow day," said Doc truthfully.
"Yeah, this was the one with the piece of metal in his ankle. Do you remember him?" Jamie asked.
"Oh yeah, that guy was a mess. He'd been that way for a while from the look of the infection that had set in," Doc answered.
"Yeah, it took me forever to get all that dead tissue out of there. Anyway - are you sure about where and how he got hurt?" the doctor asked.
"That's what the guy told us. He said he was living in some old building and was wandering around in the dark, stepped on a rotton piece of floor and found himself on the floor below before he realized what had happened. Why?" Doc asked him curiously.
"No reason," he said casually. "I was just thinking about it the other day," he finished, leaning against the counter, the flier from the police department with the man's description hanging on the board behind him.
"Okay, well I'm gonna head up and see how everyone's doing up there. Thanks again, Jamie. For everything," Doc said, shaking hands with Dr. Jamison and heading out of the lounge.
Jamie Jamison remained in the lounge for a moment, sipping his coffee, the flier glaring at him from behind. After a moment his pager sounded and he saw the fury of activity in the ER outside the door. "Looks like another bad one," he sighed, putting down his cup and heading out to get ready for the next trauma.
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Doc got off the elevator on the fourth floor. Kim had been moved to the same room as Faith, but he had been informed by information that Bosco was still up in ICU from complications. He turned the corner and walked into the hospital room, finding his two friends watching a soap opera.
"You know he's gonna cheat on you again, Felicia," Faith said with disgust at the television.
"No, no. I don't think so. I think he learned his lesson this time," Kim answered, writing on her board and showing it to Faith.
"Hmmph. My tax dollars hard at work I see," said Doc jokingly as he walked over and sat down between the two women.
"Doc! Great to see you. What the hell happened to you?" asked Faith, noticing the sling holding his arm in place.
"Oh, uh, Carlos was driving..." Doc started only to be interrupted by a loud groan from Kim.
"Carlos driving? R U CRAZY!!!!" Kim wrote on the board.
"Doc, I thought you'd learned your lesson about letting Carlos drive," Faith said almost like she was scolding him.
"No, no, nothing like that. Carlos was driving and this guy came around the corner from nowhere and almost ran us off the road. Carlos had to swerve and I kind of got thrown around the back. Dislocated my shoulder on one of the cabinets," he finished.
"Great! Boy, they're going to have to replace everyone from the 55th at this rate. So how long you out of work for?" asked Faith.
"Oh, like three weeks. I have to get some P.T., but I can go back to work while I'm doing that," he said to Kim and Faith. "So, how are you two doing?" he asked.
"Well, the mute over here is healing nicely," Faith said, laughing and gesturing to Kim. Doc laughed as Kim gave Faith a dirty look and then laughed herself. "I'm doing pretty good with the P.T., but I'm worried about Bosco," she said.
"Yeah, I heard he's still in the ICU. What happened?" he asked.
"Some kind of residual internal bleeding. A leak or something," Faith explained, knowing that Doc would understand what she was talking about. "He finished in surgery during the night, but I haven't been able to talk to him yet. Every time I call upstairs, they say he's still sleeping," she said, somewhat frustrated.
"Well, it's probably a combination of the anesthesia, the pain medication and his body being worn out. I wouldn't worry about it," he said, trying to calm her fears.
"Tell you what. I'll go up and see if I can find out anything, okay?" he offered.
"Doc, thanks. I'd really appreciate it," said Faith gratefully.
"Okay. I'll be back in a few," he said as Kim and Faith's meal trays were being brought in. Doc noticed the unhappy look on Kim's face as she looked at the solid food on Faith's tray and saw her liquid diet because of her jaw being wired.
Faith looked over at Kim and noticed her glare. "Kim, I'm sorry. Believe me, it tastes like garbage," she said. Doc chuckled as he walked out of the room. "Be right back," he said still laughing. "I'll bring you a chocolate shake from the cafeteria," he called back to Kim who heard and immediately smiled at the thought.
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Doc went up to the ICU and got off the elevator. He saw a flurry of activity down the hall and glanced down at the list on the nurse's station to see what room Bosco was in. He walked down the hall, largely unnoticed by the staff as they were busy trying to resuscitate a patient across from Bosco's room. He looked in at the activity for a moment and then suddenly looked at Bosco's room as the alarms from his machine suddenly registered in Doc's ears.
He ran into the room and saw that Bosco was unconscious and his breathing was very shallow. The man in the bed next to him was just sitting there. "Why didn't he call for anyone?" Doc thought as he grabbed an ambu bag from the rack on the wall and started breathing for Bosco, ignoring the pain shooting through his shoulder from his efforts. He looked across the hall and recognized Jenny, the nurse from the ER that had brought him to x-ray earlier. He didn't get a good look at the man in the bed next to Bosco or he would have recognized him as the man that he was just discussing with Dr. Jamison not a half hour ago.
"Jenny! Jenny! Over here! We've got a problem in here," he called, finally getting her attention. He reached down and felt the last beat of Bosco's pulse. Before Jenny could get into the room Doc called out to her, "Call a Code! He's not breathing. No pulse!"
He immediately put a compression board under Bosco's shoulder blades and prepared to start CPR. The call for a Code Blue went out throughout the floor again, but was additionally broadcast throughout the hospital as there was already one code being run on the floor and most of the staff was tied up with that. A couple of the staff from the emergency across the hall were directed to Bosco until more staff could arrive.
Jenny had returned and was handing out medications that the resident was calling out to her to try to resuscitate Bosco. Doc was relieved of doing CPR by one of the orderlies and returned to ventilating Bosco. Finally, after a few minutes - that seemed like hours to Doc - another Code Team appeared in the doorway, led by Dr. Jamison.
"Doc, what the hell's going on in here?!" Jamison yelled out to Doc.
"I walked in on him like this. I don't know how long he was in trouble. He was still breathing and had a pulse when I got here, so he hasn't been down for more than a minute. I started CPR right away and got good perfusion so his brain should be okay," Doc rattled off to Dr. Jamison who assumed control of the situation.
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Faith and Kim were finishing up their meals when they heard the speakers overhead come to life with something other than the normal pages.
"Attention. Attention. Code Blue ICU. Repeat Code Blue ICU. Second Code Team please respond to ICU."
The voice over the speaker repeated the message and Faith and Kim just looked at each other. Faith just had a gut feeling that Bosco was in trouble. She slowly and painfully got herself out of bed and into the wheelchair that was in the corner. Kim didn't try to stop her, knowing that she wanted to do the same thing, but was in traction and couldn't move without assistance.
Kim reached over for the phone between the two beds and dialed up the firehouse. Luckily Jimmy answered so she didn't have to worry about not being understood. Jimmy had come to understand her mumbling through the wires.
"Jimmy. Get over here. It's Bosco. Hurry!" she managed to get out.
"Kimmy?" Jimmy said. "What's the matter? I'm on my way," he said, hanging up. He called into the Lieutenant that he had an emergency and had to get over to Mercy. The Lieutenant just assumed that Kim had a setback and let him go without question.
Jimmy ran out of the station and saw Sully and Ty across the street just getting into their car.
"Sully! Get over to Mercy. Something's happening to Bosco!" he yelled as he jumped into the back seat of the patrol car with them.
Sully and Davis jumped in. Sully threw the car into 'drive' and sped away toward the hospital, Jimmy telling them what Kim had said.
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TBC... Hope you liked that one.
Chapter 17
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Doc said goodbye to Carlos, who was bringing the bus back to the stationhouse to pick up Alex for the rest of the shift. Doc said he wanted to go up and check on Kim, Bosco and Faith and then he'd catch a ride home later.
"Okay, you're gonna stop by from time to time, right?" asked Carlos.
"Yeah. Dr. Jamison said I'm out of work for like three weeks to let this heal and get some physical therapy started, but I'll stop in. Hey, I gotta pick up my paycheck right?" he joked, slapping Carlos on the shoulder as he turned to walk down the hallway.
"Alright, take care Doc," Carlos said on his way out the door to the bus. "Boy 55-3 in route to the station to pick up a new partner," Carlos advised Central on the radio.
Doc heard the dispatcher respond back to Carlos' message as he rounded the corner and just about walked into Dr. Jamison.
"Whoa! Sorry about that Doctor," Doc said, barely avoiding the collision.
"Doc! What are you still doing here? You should be home with ice on that shoulder. And it's Jamie for you, not Dr. Jamison - unless of course I'm trying to impress some beautiful woman," Jamison said to him and the two men laughed.
"Yeah, I know. I just wanted to stop up and see the medic and two cops that got hit by that hit and run driver. You know, see how they're doing," explained Doc.
"Yeah, you know I wanted to talk to you about that. Thanks for reminding me," said Dr. Jamison as he led Doc into the lounge so they could talk, remembering the information he had seen on the news about the injuries to the driver of the hit and run vehicle. He walked over and poured a cup of coffee, offering it to Doc. Doc declined by shaking his head. Dr. Jamison added his cream and sugar and turned back to Doc.
"That guy that you and Carlos brought in - the homeless guy that fell through the floor in the abandoned building..." Jamison trailed off, waiting for Doc to remember the call.
"Geez, Jamie. We get so many of those - at least one a shift. And that's on a slow day," said Doc truthfully.
"Yeah, this was the one with the piece of metal in his ankle. Do you remember him?" Jamie asked.
"Oh yeah, that guy was a mess. He'd been that way for a while from the look of the infection that had set in," Doc answered.
"Yeah, it took me forever to get all that dead tissue out of there. Anyway - are you sure about where and how he got hurt?" the doctor asked.
"That's what the guy told us. He said he was living in some old building and was wandering around in the dark, stepped on a rotton piece of floor and found himself on the floor below before he realized what had happened. Why?" Doc asked him curiously.
"No reason," he said casually. "I was just thinking about it the other day," he finished, leaning against the counter, the flier from the police department with the man's description hanging on the board behind him.
"Okay, well I'm gonna head up and see how everyone's doing up there. Thanks again, Jamie. For everything," Doc said, shaking hands with Dr. Jamison and heading out of the lounge.
Jamie Jamison remained in the lounge for a moment, sipping his coffee, the flier glaring at him from behind. After a moment his pager sounded and he saw the fury of activity in the ER outside the door. "Looks like another bad one," he sighed, putting down his cup and heading out to get ready for the next trauma.
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Doc got off the elevator on the fourth floor. Kim had been moved to the same room as Faith, but he had been informed by information that Bosco was still up in ICU from complications. He turned the corner and walked into the hospital room, finding his two friends watching a soap opera.
"You know he's gonna cheat on you again, Felicia," Faith said with disgust at the television.
"No, no. I don't think so. I think he learned his lesson this time," Kim answered, writing on her board and showing it to Faith.
"Hmmph. My tax dollars hard at work I see," said Doc jokingly as he walked over and sat down between the two women.
"Doc! Great to see you. What the hell happened to you?" asked Faith, noticing the sling holding his arm in place.
"Oh, uh, Carlos was driving..." Doc started only to be interrupted by a loud groan from Kim.
"Carlos driving? R U CRAZY!!!!" Kim wrote on the board.
"Doc, I thought you'd learned your lesson about letting Carlos drive," Faith said almost like she was scolding him.
"No, no, nothing like that. Carlos was driving and this guy came around the corner from nowhere and almost ran us off the road. Carlos had to swerve and I kind of got thrown around the back. Dislocated my shoulder on one of the cabinets," he finished.
"Great! Boy, they're going to have to replace everyone from the 55th at this rate. So how long you out of work for?" asked Faith.
"Oh, like three weeks. I have to get some P.T., but I can go back to work while I'm doing that," he said to Kim and Faith. "So, how are you two doing?" he asked.
"Well, the mute over here is healing nicely," Faith said, laughing and gesturing to Kim. Doc laughed as Kim gave Faith a dirty look and then laughed herself. "I'm doing pretty good with the P.T., but I'm worried about Bosco," she said.
"Yeah, I heard he's still in the ICU. What happened?" he asked.
"Some kind of residual internal bleeding. A leak or something," Faith explained, knowing that Doc would understand what she was talking about. "He finished in surgery during the night, but I haven't been able to talk to him yet. Every time I call upstairs, they say he's still sleeping," she said, somewhat frustrated.
"Well, it's probably a combination of the anesthesia, the pain medication and his body being worn out. I wouldn't worry about it," he said, trying to calm her fears.
"Tell you what. I'll go up and see if I can find out anything, okay?" he offered.
"Doc, thanks. I'd really appreciate it," said Faith gratefully.
"Okay. I'll be back in a few," he said as Kim and Faith's meal trays were being brought in. Doc noticed the unhappy look on Kim's face as she looked at the solid food on Faith's tray and saw her liquid diet because of her jaw being wired.
Faith looked over at Kim and noticed her glare. "Kim, I'm sorry. Believe me, it tastes like garbage," she said. Doc chuckled as he walked out of the room. "Be right back," he said still laughing. "I'll bring you a chocolate shake from the cafeteria," he called back to Kim who heard and immediately smiled at the thought.
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Doc went up to the ICU and got off the elevator. He saw a flurry of activity down the hall and glanced down at the list on the nurse's station to see what room Bosco was in. He walked down the hall, largely unnoticed by the staff as they were busy trying to resuscitate a patient across from Bosco's room. He looked in at the activity for a moment and then suddenly looked at Bosco's room as the alarms from his machine suddenly registered in Doc's ears.
He ran into the room and saw that Bosco was unconscious and his breathing was very shallow. The man in the bed next to him was just sitting there. "Why didn't he call for anyone?" Doc thought as he grabbed an ambu bag from the rack on the wall and started breathing for Bosco, ignoring the pain shooting through his shoulder from his efforts. He looked across the hall and recognized Jenny, the nurse from the ER that had brought him to x-ray earlier. He didn't get a good look at the man in the bed next to Bosco or he would have recognized him as the man that he was just discussing with Dr. Jamison not a half hour ago.
"Jenny! Jenny! Over here! We've got a problem in here," he called, finally getting her attention. He reached down and felt the last beat of Bosco's pulse. Before Jenny could get into the room Doc called out to her, "Call a Code! He's not breathing. No pulse!"
He immediately put a compression board under Bosco's shoulder blades and prepared to start CPR. The call for a Code Blue went out throughout the floor again, but was additionally broadcast throughout the hospital as there was already one code being run on the floor and most of the staff was tied up with that. A couple of the staff from the emergency across the hall were directed to Bosco until more staff could arrive.
Jenny had returned and was handing out medications that the resident was calling out to her to try to resuscitate Bosco. Doc was relieved of doing CPR by one of the orderlies and returned to ventilating Bosco. Finally, after a few minutes - that seemed like hours to Doc - another Code Team appeared in the doorway, led by Dr. Jamison.
"Doc, what the hell's going on in here?!" Jamison yelled out to Doc.
"I walked in on him like this. I don't know how long he was in trouble. He was still breathing and had a pulse when I got here, so he hasn't been down for more than a minute. I started CPR right away and got good perfusion so his brain should be okay," Doc rattled off to Dr. Jamison who assumed control of the situation.
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Faith and Kim were finishing up their meals when they heard the speakers overhead come to life with something other than the normal pages.
"Attention. Attention. Code Blue ICU. Repeat Code Blue ICU. Second Code Team please respond to ICU."
The voice over the speaker repeated the message and Faith and Kim just looked at each other. Faith just had a gut feeling that Bosco was in trouble. She slowly and painfully got herself out of bed and into the wheelchair that was in the corner. Kim didn't try to stop her, knowing that she wanted to do the same thing, but was in traction and couldn't move without assistance.
Kim reached over for the phone between the two beds and dialed up the firehouse. Luckily Jimmy answered so she didn't have to worry about not being understood. Jimmy had come to understand her mumbling through the wires.
"Jimmy. Get over here. It's Bosco. Hurry!" she managed to get out.
"Kimmy?" Jimmy said. "What's the matter? I'm on my way," he said, hanging up. He called into the Lieutenant that he had an emergency and had to get over to Mercy. The Lieutenant just assumed that Kim had a setback and let him go without question.
Jimmy ran out of the station and saw Sully and Ty across the street just getting into their car.
"Sully! Get over to Mercy. Something's happening to Bosco!" he yelled as he jumped into the back seat of the patrol car with them.
Sully and Davis jumped in. Sully threw the car into 'drive' and sped away toward the hospital, Jimmy telling them what Kim had said.
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TBC... Hope you liked that one.