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The next day Lu went to work with a problem on her mind. She sent Marc off to school and drove to the clinic. She arrived at 8:00. She saw Dana getting a cup of coffee and took the chance to talk with her.
"Dana if you get a chance I need to consult with you on a patient." Lu asked Dana. "Sure Lu, I don't have anyone scheduled from 9 to 10 can you do it then?" Lu turned to Lana. "Yeah kid your schedule is clear from 9:30 to 10:00." "Ok Dana can you come to my office at 9:30?" "I'll be there."
"Here Lu, Jenny is your next patient." Lana handed Lu a chart. Lu found Jenny in the waiting room and they walk into exam three.
At 9:30.
"Knock knock." "Come in. Hey Dana." "Hey Lu." Dana sits down and Lu starts to explain. "I have this patient Rachel Connelly she is Marc's age and his friend. She came in for a broken ankle but I suspected she had other injuries so I got a full body X-ray. I found out that my suspicions were correct and she has previous injuries. I then checked her medical records and she has been to the county ER at least 3 times with injuries. I called the doc over there who is familiar with her case and he says once she admitted the abuse but then she said it wasn't true and she had been lying. I don't know how to help her Dana." "Wow Lu, that is some situation." "What do you think I should do?" Dana answered her quickly without thinking. "Trust your instincts." Lu looked at Dana as if she were going to finish her thoughts. "That's it?" "Yep." "Trust my instincts I thought you would give me a little more of the Dana wisdom than three words." "Lu I can't tell you how to handle a difficult situation like this. I mean you can't call Social Services because they can't do anything if she won't admit to the abuse. You are going to have to improve the quality of your patient's life the best you can. If you can't do anything about this right now then just be the best doctor you can be to her. Treat her injuries and gain her trust, you will know when the time is right to take action." Lu looked pleasantly surprised at the wisdom of her partner. "You're right Dana, I should just take this one step at a time." "See I knew you would see it my way." Dana laughed and left the office.
Lu continued on with her day including another call to Brian. He convinced her also to just gain Rachel's trust as he did and maybe this time get a witness like Marc or tape record the confession. He also said he would be happy to meet with her to discuss anything else she wanted to. They decided to meet tomorrow at lunchtime.
~Cut to Marc's Math Class~
Marc walked into third period Math and looked for Rachel he hadn't seen her at her locker and he wanted to talk to her and convince her to come back to the clinic. He looked around for her and saw her nowhere. She wasn't in her seat or talking to her best friend Angie. He walked up to Angie and started talking to her. "Hey Angie where's Rachel today?" "I have no idea Marc I'm a little worried because we have a major dance rehearsal today and she wouldn't miss it for anything in the whole world." Marc looked stunned and slowly walked away from Angie. "Oh no." He thought to himself this is not good at all. All during Math he couldn't stop thinking about Rachel. What if something had happened to her what if her dad beat her so much last night. What if she was hurt really bad or what if she was just upset and crying. He told himself to forget it, maybe she was just sick or something. All throughout the day this horrible feeling got worse and worse. When lunchtime came he decided he would call Rachel. He had her phone number memorized and called her from the school pay phone. It rang and rang and rang no answer. This continued to frighten Marc so he finally dialed the clinic's number.
"RWHC this is Lana speaking how can I help you?" "Lana it's Marc is my mom there?" "Hey kid I think she is in her office I'll transfer you hold on." Lana transferred the call to Lu's office. "Ring ring" "Lu Delgado" "Mom, it's me I'm really really worried about Rachel." "Marc what's wrong you sound awful?" Lu had a feeling by his voice it wasn't good. "She's not at school today Mom. She didn't show up and I talked to her best friend and she doesn't know what's wrong and they have a major dance rehearsal and I have a bad feeling and Mom what if something is terribly wrong?" Marc was talking a mile a minute. "Calm down Marc." But this advice was better said than done because Lu felt worried too and Dana's advice hung over her head. "Trust your instincts" she heard it over and over again. "Okay Marc I'm going over there I don't have a good feeling either." "Should I go with you?" "No stay in school and come to the clinic after school." "But Mom, I want to." Lu cut him off. "Marc stay at school." Lu said firmly. "Ok Mom." He not so willingly agreed. "Bye Marc I love you and you did the right thing." "Bye." Marc hung up the phone and felt awful.
Back at the clinic.
"Lana I have to make a house call hold down the fort while I'm gone." "But girl you've got patients." "They have to wait this is important." "Well ok but I don't want to be the one to have to tell 'em." Lana said under her breath.
Lu got in her Pacer and headed towards White Dove Lane afraid of what she would find.
That's all for Chapter four! You all know where that review button is so click it!!
~*Val*~
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The next day Lu went to work with a problem on her mind. She sent Marc off to school and drove to the clinic. She arrived at 8:00. She saw Dana getting a cup of coffee and took the chance to talk with her.
"Dana if you get a chance I need to consult with you on a patient." Lu asked Dana. "Sure Lu, I don't have anyone scheduled from 9 to 10 can you do it then?" Lu turned to Lana. "Yeah kid your schedule is clear from 9:30 to 10:00." "Ok Dana can you come to my office at 9:30?" "I'll be there."
"Here Lu, Jenny is your next patient." Lana handed Lu a chart. Lu found Jenny in the waiting room and they walk into exam three.
At 9:30.
"Knock knock." "Come in. Hey Dana." "Hey Lu." Dana sits down and Lu starts to explain. "I have this patient Rachel Connelly she is Marc's age and his friend. She came in for a broken ankle but I suspected she had other injuries so I got a full body X-ray. I found out that my suspicions were correct and she has previous injuries. I then checked her medical records and she has been to the county ER at least 3 times with injuries. I called the doc over there who is familiar with her case and he says once she admitted the abuse but then she said it wasn't true and she had been lying. I don't know how to help her Dana." "Wow Lu, that is some situation." "What do you think I should do?" Dana answered her quickly without thinking. "Trust your instincts." Lu looked at Dana as if she were going to finish her thoughts. "That's it?" "Yep." "Trust my instincts I thought you would give me a little more of the Dana wisdom than three words." "Lu I can't tell you how to handle a difficult situation like this. I mean you can't call Social Services because they can't do anything if she won't admit to the abuse. You are going to have to improve the quality of your patient's life the best you can. If you can't do anything about this right now then just be the best doctor you can be to her. Treat her injuries and gain her trust, you will know when the time is right to take action." Lu looked pleasantly surprised at the wisdom of her partner. "You're right Dana, I should just take this one step at a time." "See I knew you would see it my way." Dana laughed and left the office.
Lu continued on with her day including another call to Brian. He convinced her also to just gain Rachel's trust as he did and maybe this time get a witness like Marc or tape record the confession. He also said he would be happy to meet with her to discuss anything else she wanted to. They decided to meet tomorrow at lunchtime.
~Cut to Marc's Math Class~
Marc walked into third period Math and looked for Rachel he hadn't seen her at her locker and he wanted to talk to her and convince her to come back to the clinic. He looked around for her and saw her nowhere. She wasn't in her seat or talking to her best friend Angie. He walked up to Angie and started talking to her. "Hey Angie where's Rachel today?" "I have no idea Marc I'm a little worried because we have a major dance rehearsal today and she wouldn't miss it for anything in the whole world." Marc looked stunned and slowly walked away from Angie. "Oh no." He thought to himself this is not good at all. All during Math he couldn't stop thinking about Rachel. What if something had happened to her what if her dad beat her so much last night. What if she was hurt really bad or what if she was just upset and crying. He told himself to forget it, maybe she was just sick or something. All throughout the day this horrible feeling got worse and worse. When lunchtime came he decided he would call Rachel. He had her phone number memorized and called her from the school pay phone. It rang and rang and rang no answer. This continued to frighten Marc so he finally dialed the clinic's number.
"RWHC this is Lana speaking how can I help you?" "Lana it's Marc is my mom there?" "Hey kid I think she is in her office I'll transfer you hold on." Lana transferred the call to Lu's office. "Ring ring" "Lu Delgado" "Mom, it's me I'm really really worried about Rachel." "Marc what's wrong you sound awful?" Lu had a feeling by his voice it wasn't good. "She's not at school today Mom. She didn't show up and I talked to her best friend and she doesn't know what's wrong and they have a major dance rehearsal and I have a bad feeling and Mom what if something is terribly wrong?" Marc was talking a mile a minute. "Calm down Marc." But this advice was better said than done because Lu felt worried too and Dana's advice hung over her head. "Trust your instincts" she heard it over and over again. "Okay Marc I'm going over there I don't have a good feeling either." "Should I go with you?" "No stay in school and come to the clinic after school." "But Mom, I want to." Lu cut him off. "Marc stay at school." Lu said firmly. "Ok Mom." He not so willingly agreed. "Bye Marc I love you and you did the right thing." "Bye." Marc hung up the phone and felt awful.
Back at the clinic.
"Lana I have to make a house call hold down the fort while I'm gone." "But girl you've got patients." "They have to wait this is important." "Well ok but I don't want to be the one to have to tell 'em." Lana said under her breath.
Lu got in her Pacer and headed towards White Dove Lane afraid of what she would find.
That's all for Chapter four! You all know where that review button is so click it!!
~*Val*~