The Thoughts and Pain
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A/N: We don't own the characters of Strong Medicine. They belong to Lifetime and the creators of the show. Also, we don't know anything about medicine, so don't take any of our "symptoms" and such seriously.
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It was a Monday morning. Dr. Luisa Delgado was awake, getting dressed, and trying desperately to get her 14-year-old son up for school. "Marc, come on, time to go to school." Lu called. She rolled her eyes at the amount of effort it took just to wake her teenage son.
He mumbled something she couldn't hear.
"Marc, if you're not up in five seconds, I'm getting a bucket of water." she said. When in doubt, make empty threats.
Marc grunted. "I don't feel good." he said.
Lu pulled the covers off his face, and saw he really did look sick. "Honey, what's the matter?" she asked gently.
He grunted again and shrugged his shoulders. "I can check my books, but I'm pretty sure 'Uuuugh' isn't anything I can treat." she teased. Marc just looked at her. She bent over and kissed his forehead. "Honey, you really are hot." she said. She left the room and came back with a thermometer. "Put this under your tongue." she said. Silently he complied. A few minutes later, he handed it back to her. "103." she said. She got him a glass of water, and bent over him, worried.
"Mom, I'll be fine." he said. "Just go to work."
She sighed, and reluctently agreed, but made him promise to call her if he needed anything.
For the next few days, his fever went up and down. On the fourth day, his gums started bleeding. Lu got him cleaned up and brought him to the hospital.
"Lu, I didn't know you were working today." Dana said when she saw Lu in the ER.
"I'm not." Lu said, trying to sound normal. "Marc's sick. He's had an irregular fever for the past four days, and today his mouth was bleeding."
"OK," Dana said brightly to reassure her partner, "Marc, honey, lie back."
After she'd stopped the bleeding and examined Marc, Dana had Peter set up a room for him. "He needs to stay overnight, to have the usual tests." she explained to Lu.
Lu nodded. She knew they needed to do blood tests to rule out anemia, cancer, and various other diseases. It was just procedure, but still, Lu couldn't help but be afraid. When treating her patients, a lot of whom were kids, Lu always tried to think about what she'd do if it were her child. Now that it was Marc, Lu realized she had no idea.
Dana could tell what Lu was thinking, and squeezed her arm reassurignly. "He'll be fine, Lu."
Lu could only nod.
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A/N: We don't own the characters of Strong Medicine. They belong to Lifetime and the creators of the show. Also, we don't know anything about medicine, so don't take any of our "symptoms" and such seriously.
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It was a Monday morning. Dr. Luisa Delgado was awake, getting dressed, and trying desperately to get her 14-year-old son up for school. "Marc, come on, time to go to school." Lu called. She rolled her eyes at the amount of effort it took just to wake her teenage son.
He mumbled something she couldn't hear.
"Marc, if you're not up in five seconds, I'm getting a bucket of water." she said. When in doubt, make empty threats.
Marc grunted. "I don't feel good." he said.
Lu pulled the covers off his face, and saw he really did look sick. "Honey, what's the matter?" she asked gently.
He grunted again and shrugged his shoulders. "I can check my books, but I'm pretty sure 'Uuuugh' isn't anything I can treat." she teased. Marc just looked at her. She bent over and kissed his forehead. "Honey, you really are hot." she said. She left the room and came back with a thermometer. "Put this under your tongue." she said. Silently he complied. A few minutes later, he handed it back to her. "103." she said. She got him a glass of water, and bent over him, worried.
"Mom, I'll be fine." he said. "Just go to work."
She sighed, and reluctently agreed, but made him promise to call her if he needed anything.
For the next few days, his fever went up and down. On the fourth day, his gums started bleeding. Lu got him cleaned up and brought him to the hospital.
"Lu, I didn't know you were working today." Dana said when she saw Lu in the ER.
"I'm not." Lu said, trying to sound normal. "Marc's sick. He's had an irregular fever for the past four days, and today his mouth was bleeding."
"OK," Dana said brightly to reassure her partner, "Marc, honey, lie back."
After she'd stopped the bleeding and examined Marc, Dana had Peter set up a room for him. "He needs to stay overnight, to have the usual tests." she explained to Lu.
Lu nodded. She knew they needed to do blood tests to rule out anemia, cancer, and various other diseases. It was just procedure, but still, Lu couldn't help but be afraid. When treating her patients, a lot of whom were kids, Lu always tried to think about what she'd do if it were her child. Now that it was Marc, Lu realized she had no idea.
Dana could tell what Lu was thinking, and squeezed her arm reassurignly. "He'll be fine, Lu."
Lu could only nod.