Later that day, Daniel and Teal'c headed for the infirmary, where they met
up with Doctor Fraiser.
"Okay Daniel, let's check that wound on your arm again," she told him.
The bandages came off and she looked again at the ugly wound.
"Oh my. This is beyond my health skills. I mean Thai told me not to touch for I might cause you further discomfort because of it," Fraiser said. "I mean, I don't think any member of any SG team actually came home with an animal wound before. Besides, it looks worse than before."
"I don't think anyone has either. I've been through things just as bad," he said with a laugh.
"Like what?" wondered Fraiser with a smile.
Daniel shook his head and lifted his other hand in an 'I don't know ' gesture as the doctor replaced the bandages on his arm. He stood up and swayed a bit. Daniel put a hand on his head.
"Daniel Jackson, what is wrong?" asked Teal'c.
"I'm not sure, I just started to feel a bit dizzy now," he replied as he walked a bit away from the two.
He leaned on a nearby table.
"Daniel Jackson, are you need in of any assistance?" wondered Teal'c.
Daniel turned around and simply stared at the Jaffa and doctor before collapsing onto the floor, hitting his head against the table he was leaning against and hit the floor with a THUD!
"Oh my god," Fraiser cried as she and Teal'c ran to his side and laid him on his back.
Daniel's eyes were closed. Fraiser checked his pulse only to find it racing and so was his breathing. His chest was rapidly rising up and down as his pulsed raced on.
"I don't know what's wrong because it's from something I'm unfamiliar with," she said to herself.
She felt his head and felt a sticky liquid where he hit his head against the table.
"He's got a head injury atop all that he's got already," she muttered to herself.
She sighed before running into the next room to get some help.
She came back with a couple other doctors and faced Teal'c.
"You'd better go now Teal'c and come back later to see how he's doing," she told him.
He nodded his head and left the infirmary.
"Let's get him onto the bed," the doctor said as she and the others proceeded to get him up.
Soon, he was on the bed and was immediately being attended to.
"We have to get his heart rate down to normal along with his breathing and his head injury has to be taken care of," Fraiser told them.
They proceeded to get Daniel's body under control until he started convulsing violently.
"He's having a seizure! Get him on his side so he doesn't choke!" Fraiser ordered.
They tried to get him on his side but his body continued to move violently on its own.
***
Teal'c proceeded down the hallway as O'Neill, Carter and Jacob hurried towards him.
"Hey Teal'c, where's Daniel?" asked Carter. "I need to ask him something."
"He is in the infirmary being attended to," he replied.
"What's wrong with him?" wondered O'Neill.
"I am unsure. I joined him when he went to Doctor Fraiser to have his arm examined when he collapsed onto the floor," Teal'c explained.
Jacob's face at that moment spelt total disaster.
"Oh god. Not Daniel," he said, putting his face in his hands.
"What's wrong Dad?" asked Carter, becoming very worried.
"It's from the wounds he suffered. Most often, they result in death. He's experiencing the first steps towards that. It starts off with dizziness and you don't even want to know what happens after that," Jacob solemnly said.
The three members of SG1 couldn't help but think of the grim possibility that their friend was going to die.
***
Back in the infirmary, the doctors were not succeeding in getting the moving body to its side. Daniel's limbs flailed about before his good arm hit the bars that were on the bed and an audible crack was heard. His other arm was being held by Doctor Fraiser.
"Somebody get that arm before it hits anything else," she said just before another doctor held onto it.
Soon, the convulsions slowly stopped and his body went limp on the bed.
"Let's get that arm x-rayed and his head bandaged as well before he loses too much blood," Fraiser told them as she laid his arm back down on the bed.
Bandages were quickly retrieved and they started to bandage his head, which was now bleeding badly from the now enormous cut.
Fraiser walked away from the bed for a moment, relieved his breathing and heartrate returned to normal, when she heard noises coming from the bed. She whirled around to find he was experiencing another seizure.
"Oh my," she said as she hurried up to him.
***
"So you say his other arm is broken now and he has a severe head injury?" asked General Hammond as the doctor stood before him.
"Yes sir. He came to me to look over his wound again because of the warnings given to us by both Jacob and Thai. He collapsed, thus hitting his head against a table. When we finally got him situated on a bed, he went into a seizure and he broke his other arm on the bars that are on the sides of the beds. Right now, he's gone into a deep coma. No doubt from the combination of the wounds he suffered on P9X-989 and his recent head injury here," the doctor explained to him.
General Hammond sighed as he stood up and walked over to the wall, facing it.
"Now all his vital organs are slowly shutting down. There's not much I can do for him now," Fraiser told him.
"How much time does he have left?" he reluctantly asked her.
"I don't know sir. It could be hours or it could be minutes," the doctor replied.
General Hammond sighed as he faced the floor.
***
Jacob stood behind his daughter as she sat by her friend's bedside.
"So this is what the inevitable feels like," she finally said, her head leaning against her hands.
"I'm sorry it has to turn out this way Sam but it was his choice to block the attack on Thai. He not only saved her life but her child's as well," Jacob reassured her. "At least he died saving someone's life."
"Don't say that Dad. Please don't," she asked, almost to tears.
"What? The 'D' word?" Jacob wanted to confirm. "Sam, there's nothing we can do. He's going to die whether you like it or not. Most of the Tok'ra who got bit by those things didn't survive."
It was at that moment Jack O'Neill walked into the room.
"What are the numbers Jacob? How many?" he wondered.
"Two dozen had been attacked O'Neill. 22 of them died before the day was over. Like I told George, those things are unlike anything you've ever seen here. They're much more deadly than any lion or tiger or anything else here that could kill a man," Jacob replied as he solemnly looked at the colonel.
Teal'c walked in behind them three. O'Neill looked over his shoulder at him.
"Looks like the whole team's here. Too bad one of us is not going to make it out alive," O'Neill said, turning around.
"This is no time to joke sir," Carter told him with a sigh.
"Of course it isn't," he replied with a smile.
Fraiser walked into the room and up to her patient as the team watched on.
"How's he doing?" asked O'Neill with a worried look on his face.
"Colonel, there's nothing I can do. He's just going to get worse from now on," Fraiser told him.
The entire team appeared to be in shock over this. Teal'c stood silently by the bed as Carter still sat in her chair and O'Neill stood by the end of the bed with his face in his hands.
Suddednly, the moniters began to go erratic as Daniel 's body began to twitch in movement.
"Daniel?" said Carter, standing up.
His whole body began to convulse violently again in yet another seizure.
"Come on! Let's get him on his side!" called the doctor as the team and the Tok'ra quickly walked away from the bed.
"It's so hard seeing him like this," O'Neill muttered under his breath.
"It's always hard to see a friend in a problem you can't fix at all," Jacob said to him.
Fraiser quickly held onto Daniel's shoulder and pulled him onto his side with the help from the other nurses. Just as quickly as the movement started, it stopped and the room fell silent to the one sound they never wanted to hear.
The monitors was reading flatline.
TBC...
"Okay Daniel, let's check that wound on your arm again," she told him.
The bandages came off and she looked again at the ugly wound.
"Oh my. This is beyond my health skills. I mean Thai told me not to touch for I might cause you further discomfort because of it," Fraiser said. "I mean, I don't think any member of any SG team actually came home with an animal wound before. Besides, it looks worse than before."
"I don't think anyone has either. I've been through things just as bad," he said with a laugh.
"Like what?" wondered Fraiser with a smile.
Daniel shook his head and lifted his other hand in an 'I don't know ' gesture as the doctor replaced the bandages on his arm. He stood up and swayed a bit. Daniel put a hand on his head.
"Daniel Jackson, what is wrong?" asked Teal'c.
"I'm not sure, I just started to feel a bit dizzy now," he replied as he walked a bit away from the two.
He leaned on a nearby table.
"Daniel Jackson, are you need in of any assistance?" wondered Teal'c.
Daniel turned around and simply stared at the Jaffa and doctor before collapsing onto the floor, hitting his head against the table he was leaning against and hit the floor with a THUD!
"Oh my god," Fraiser cried as she and Teal'c ran to his side and laid him on his back.
Daniel's eyes were closed. Fraiser checked his pulse only to find it racing and so was his breathing. His chest was rapidly rising up and down as his pulsed raced on.
"I don't know what's wrong because it's from something I'm unfamiliar with," she said to herself.
She felt his head and felt a sticky liquid where he hit his head against the table.
"He's got a head injury atop all that he's got already," she muttered to herself.
She sighed before running into the next room to get some help.
She came back with a couple other doctors and faced Teal'c.
"You'd better go now Teal'c and come back later to see how he's doing," she told him.
He nodded his head and left the infirmary.
"Let's get him onto the bed," the doctor said as she and the others proceeded to get him up.
Soon, he was on the bed and was immediately being attended to.
"We have to get his heart rate down to normal along with his breathing and his head injury has to be taken care of," Fraiser told them.
They proceeded to get Daniel's body under control until he started convulsing violently.
"He's having a seizure! Get him on his side so he doesn't choke!" Fraiser ordered.
They tried to get him on his side but his body continued to move violently on its own.
***
Teal'c proceeded down the hallway as O'Neill, Carter and Jacob hurried towards him.
"Hey Teal'c, where's Daniel?" asked Carter. "I need to ask him something."
"He is in the infirmary being attended to," he replied.
"What's wrong with him?" wondered O'Neill.
"I am unsure. I joined him when he went to Doctor Fraiser to have his arm examined when he collapsed onto the floor," Teal'c explained.
Jacob's face at that moment spelt total disaster.
"Oh god. Not Daniel," he said, putting his face in his hands.
"What's wrong Dad?" asked Carter, becoming very worried.
"It's from the wounds he suffered. Most often, they result in death. He's experiencing the first steps towards that. It starts off with dizziness and you don't even want to know what happens after that," Jacob solemnly said.
The three members of SG1 couldn't help but think of the grim possibility that their friend was going to die.
***
Back in the infirmary, the doctors were not succeeding in getting the moving body to its side. Daniel's limbs flailed about before his good arm hit the bars that were on the bed and an audible crack was heard. His other arm was being held by Doctor Fraiser.
"Somebody get that arm before it hits anything else," she said just before another doctor held onto it.
Soon, the convulsions slowly stopped and his body went limp on the bed.
"Let's get that arm x-rayed and his head bandaged as well before he loses too much blood," Fraiser told them as she laid his arm back down on the bed.
Bandages were quickly retrieved and they started to bandage his head, which was now bleeding badly from the now enormous cut.
Fraiser walked away from the bed for a moment, relieved his breathing and heartrate returned to normal, when she heard noises coming from the bed. She whirled around to find he was experiencing another seizure.
"Oh my," she said as she hurried up to him.
***
"So you say his other arm is broken now and he has a severe head injury?" asked General Hammond as the doctor stood before him.
"Yes sir. He came to me to look over his wound again because of the warnings given to us by both Jacob and Thai. He collapsed, thus hitting his head against a table. When we finally got him situated on a bed, he went into a seizure and he broke his other arm on the bars that are on the sides of the beds. Right now, he's gone into a deep coma. No doubt from the combination of the wounds he suffered on P9X-989 and his recent head injury here," the doctor explained to him.
General Hammond sighed as he stood up and walked over to the wall, facing it.
"Now all his vital organs are slowly shutting down. There's not much I can do for him now," Fraiser told him.
"How much time does he have left?" he reluctantly asked her.
"I don't know sir. It could be hours or it could be minutes," the doctor replied.
General Hammond sighed as he faced the floor.
***
Jacob stood behind his daughter as she sat by her friend's bedside.
"So this is what the inevitable feels like," she finally said, her head leaning against her hands.
"I'm sorry it has to turn out this way Sam but it was his choice to block the attack on Thai. He not only saved her life but her child's as well," Jacob reassured her. "At least he died saving someone's life."
"Don't say that Dad. Please don't," she asked, almost to tears.
"What? The 'D' word?" Jacob wanted to confirm. "Sam, there's nothing we can do. He's going to die whether you like it or not. Most of the Tok'ra who got bit by those things didn't survive."
It was at that moment Jack O'Neill walked into the room.
"What are the numbers Jacob? How many?" he wondered.
"Two dozen had been attacked O'Neill. 22 of them died before the day was over. Like I told George, those things are unlike anything you've ever seen here. They're much more deadly than any lion or tiger or anything else here that could kill a man," Jacob replied as he solemnly looked at the colonel.
Teal'c walked in behind them three. O'Neill looked over his shoulder at him.
"Looks like the whole team's here. Too bad one of us is not going to make it out alive," O'Neill said, turning around.
"This is no time to joke sir," Carter told him with a sigh.
"Of course it isn't," he replied with a smile.
Fraiser walked into the room and up to her patient as the team watched on.
"How's he doing?" asked O'Neill with a worried look on his face.
"Colonel, there's nothing I can do. He's just going to get worse from now on," Fraiser told him.
The entire team appeared to be in shock over this. Teal'c stood silently by the bed as Carter still sat in her chair and O'Neill stood by the end of the bed with his face in his hands.
Suddednly, the moniters began to go erratic as Daniel 's body began to twitch in movement.
"Daniel?" said Carter, standing up.
His whole body began to convulse violently again in yet another seizure.
"Come on! Let's get him on his side!" called the doctor as the team and the Tok'ra quickly walked away from the bed.
"It's so hard seeing him like this," O'Neill muttered under his breath.
"It's always hard to see a friend in a problem you can't fix at all," Jacob said to him.
Fraiser quickly held onto Daniel's shoulder and pulled him onto his side with the help from the other nurses. Just as quickly as the movement started, it stopped and the room fell silent to the one sound they never wanted to hear.
The monitors was reading flatline.
TBC...