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2 days later: Robert brought Elizabeth's clothes so she could change and go home. "Okay, are you ready?" Elizabeth asked picking up her daughter "Hey, baby we are going home now." The next day: Robert stormed through the ER with a bloody nose and a cut on his head. He'd just gotten out of a trauma where a six year old girl died because she was constantly abused by her father but wasn't confirmed yet, but he was going to find out when her father came in. "Mr. Sanchez, I'm Doctor Romano, when I was examining your daughter three of her left ribs were broken and punctured a hole in her heart. I was unable to fix it.I'm sorry.She died." The father didn't look that hurt about all of this. Romano kept his voice steady, "How did this happen?" "Uh, she was pushed down the stairs." He said. "By whom?" "None of your business!" the father yelled. "look, Mr. Sanchez I also found bruises on her from 3 days ago and scars that are 2 months old.. I would like to know if there is any abuse going on at her home." Romano actually used a kind and soft voice. "We were getting ready to leave for a family gathering and I had her carry all of the stuff we needed to take with us and she wasn't moving fast enough for my liking so I pushed her while she was going down the stairs." He admitted. "That is just the work of getting this done quicker..NOT abuse." Robert looked shocked to this. "What about these scars here?" he asked and he showed him her scars on her legs. "She got in the way when we were moving furniture." He replied getting a little annoyed. "That, Mr. Sanchez, is abuse." He clearly stated raising his voice. "She was always in the way so she suffered the consequences, and quit telling me that is abuse...no it's not." He yelled. "She is only six years old!" he shouted. "Why would you or anybody ever want to hurt their 6 year old daughter?" Mr. Sanchez was getting really mad he made it look like he was turning around to leave when he swung back and slammed Robert in the nose with bare knuckles. This caught Robert off guard and he fell to the ground after cutting his head on the gurney. The guy ran out as Robert fond his conscience "Security!" he yelled but the guy got away. Abby saw him run out of the trauma room all bloodied up. He sat down in a chair and leaned over. "Dr. Romano, are you alright?" she asked "No, I feel sick." "What happened?" she asked. He lifted up his head and she saw the nasty cut on the side of his for head and his nose was bleeding. With a greenish-pale and sick look on his face, he told her what happened. Dr. Carter walked by the front desk and Abby saw him. "Dr. Carter. Could you come here for a sec?" "What is it?" "Dr. Romano got punched by a patients father and has a cut on his face and a bloody nose." Carter walked over to where he was sitting he was leaning over again, and bleeding pretty badly. Carter took him by the arm and started to help him up but he refused. "Dr. Romano, we need to look at your face your cut pretty badly." Carter insisted. Robert was even getting sicker. "He said he was feeling sick." Abby added. Blood was starting to drip off the side of his face on to his pant leg of his scrubs. Robert felt the energy to get up and run to the men's bathroom. Carter followed him. When he entered he saw Robert leaning over the sink. Carter reached around to grab a paper towel and gave it to Robert. "Come on Dr. Romano we need to get your cut looked at. And get your nose to stop bleeding." Carter helped him walk into an exam room and Robert sat on the bed and layed his head down on the bed. Carter grabbed a clean wash cloth and told him to sit up so he could wipe the blood of his cheek. Robert flinched out of fear than pain. "It's alright.I'm not going to hurt you." carter comforted. Carter gave a towel to Robert to hold to his nose. Abby came in "I called Dr. Corday." Carter ordered an x-ray for Robert's face and examined the cut. "Well, the x-ray is clear but it looks like you are going to need 8 stitches." Just when carter was getting ready to start suturing Elizabeth walked into the exam room. "Oh, Robert." She said a little worried as she handed the baby to Abby. "What happened?" Abby took Elizabeth to the side of the room to explain what had happened. "Dr. Romano, why don't you go home for the rest of your shift, I will find somebody to cover for you." Abby said. Robert was wanting to refuse but he didn't feel good enough to stay at work. Abby was being very nice to him, so he decided to be nice back by saying thank you and letting Elizabeth take him home. The next day: Robert came to the ER for a surgical consult only to find there was no surgery required for the injury. "Dr. Romano, how are you feeling?" Abby asked. "Uh, a lot better actually," he said.
"And how is the little one?" she asked.
"Just as cute as ever." He smiled and walked away with a trauma.
Robert was trying to stay away from kids. Elizabeth found a baby sitter and she was back to work only because they were needing surgeons. Robert came down for a surgical consult. "Ok, what do we have?" he asked slapping gloved on his hands.
"12 year old stab wound to the lower abdomen and it looks like they punctured his spleen." Abby filled him in.
"Yeah, ok we need to call the OR book a room." He said just before the kid started to bleed out the mouth.
"Oh, man." Carter said. A nurse came in to say there was an OR waiting and ready. "Okay, lets get him to upstairs and get consent." He ordered.
When they left the room with the kid on the gurney the mom was running with them. "What's going on?" she ask. Robert looked at the chart to find his name.
"Kevin is bleeding internally, we need to do an exploratory surgery, and we also may need to remove his spleen." He explained and the elevator doors closed.
Robert ended up having to take the spleen out of the 12 year old. He hated telling parents bad news like that about their children.
"Kevin came in with a stab wound and it ruptured his spleen we did have to remove it, but the surgery went fairly well and he is in recovery." Robert told the parents. He led them to their child and he told them some more information.
Elizabeth walked out of an Or exhausted and ready to go home. She was still told to take it easy as for Alexis was only born about two weeks ago.
"Shirley, I'm going home now so if Robert asks for me you know where I am." She said.
"Good night." Shirley replied.
About three hours later Robert dragged himself to his office and threw himself on the couch and fell asleep. He was having a peacefull sleep until the phone rang. He groaned to the familiar sound. "Please not the ER." He said to himself when he picked the phone up. "Yeah." He answered.
"Robert." Elizabeth was on the other line.
"Oh, Lizzie I thought you were Kerry wanting me to drag my ass to the ER or something." He said. Elizabeth laughed at his comment.
"Didn't your shift end at 10:00?" she asked.
"Oh, I was too tired to even get in my car to drive ome, I fell asleep in my office." He replied.
"Can you come home now?"
"Yeah I will be there soon." He hesitated. "How is she?"
"she's sleeping right now." She replied.
"Ok, I will be home soon, bye." He said.
Robert dreaded walking down in the ER.
"Robert." He stopped in his tracks.
"What do you want Kerry?" he asked annoyed.
"I need." She started before he turned around stopping her.
"I don't want to hear what you need, Kerry. I have been here for over eighteen hours on two hours of sleep.. So I don't know what you need, nor do I care but right now I need to go home." He shouted .
"yeah but." She tired again. he turned to walk out the door after "Leave me alone Kerry."
When he got home he searched in his pockets and realized he left his house keys in his office. So he rang the door bell no answer. He figured she fell asleep. He knocked on the door very loudly. After about five minutes of knocking and ringing Elizabeth groggily got up and when she reached the door "Who is it?" she asked.
"who is it?" he repeated "Elizabeth, it's me I left my keys in my office now let me in before I freeze to death." He said.
"Oh gosh Robert." She said as she opened the door.
"Did you fall asleep?" he asked.
"Yes I'm sorry." She replied.
"Well, thanks for forgetting about me." he said
"I didn't figure you were going to forget your keys at work." She snarked back.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah.I'm going to bed." He said.
2 days later: Robert brought Elizabeth's clothes so she could change and go home. "Okay, are you ready?" Elizabeth asked picking up her daughter "Hey, baby we are going home now." The next day: Robert stormed through the ER with a bloody nose and a cut on his head. He'd just gotten out of a trauma where a six year old girl died because she was constantly abused by her father but wasn't confirmed yet, but he was going to find out when her father came in. "Mr. Sanchez, I'm Doctor Romano, when I was examining your daughter three of her left ribs were broken and punctured a hole in her heart. I was unable to fix it.I'm sorry.She died." The father didn't look that hurt about all of this. Romano kept his voice steady, "How did this happen?" "Uh, she was pushed down the stairs." He said. "By whom?" "None of your business!" the father yelled. "look, Mr. Sanchez I also found bruises on her from 3 days ago and scars that are 2 months old.. I would like to know if there is any abuse going on at her home." Romano actually used a kind and soft voice. "We were getting ready to leave for a family gathering and I had her carry all of the stuff we needed to take with us and she wasn't moving fast enough for my liking so I pushed her while she was going down the stairs." He admitted. "That is just the work of getting this done quicker..NOT abuse." Robert looked shocked to this. "What about these scars here?" he asked and he showed him her scars on her legs. "She got in the way when we were moving furniture." He replied getting a little annoyed. "That, Mr. Sanchez, is abuse." He clearly stated raising his voice. "She was always in the way so she suffered the consequences, and quit telling me that is abuse...no it's not." He yelled. "She is only six years old!" he shouted. "Why would you or anybody ever want to hurt their 6 year old daughter?" Mr. Sanchez was getting really mad he made it look like he was turning around to leave when he swung back and slammed Robert in the nose with bare knuckles. This caught Robert off guard and he fell to the ground after cutting his head on the gurney. The guy ran out as Robert fond his conscience "Security!" he yelled but the guy got away. Abby saw him run out of the trauma room all bloodied up. He sat down in a chair and leaned over. "Dr. Romano, are you alright?" she asked "No, I feel sick." "What happened?" she asked. He lifted up his head and she saw the nasty cut on the side of his for head and his nose was bleeding. With a greenish-pale and sick look on his face, he told her what happened. Dr. Carter walked by the front desk and Abby saw him. "Dr. Carter. Could you come here for a sec?" "What is it?" "Dr. Romano got punched by a patients father and has a cut on his face and a bloody nose." Carter walked over to where he was sitting he was leaning over again, and bleeding pretty badly. Carter took him by the arm and started to help him up but he refused. "Dr. Romano, we need to look at your face your cut pretty badly." Carter insisted. Robert was even getting sicker. "He said he was feeling sick." Abby added. Blood was starting to drip off the side of his face on to his pant leg of his scrubs. Robert felt the energy to get up and run to the men's bathroom. Carter followed him. When he entered he saw Robert leaning over the sink. Carter reached around to grab a paper towel and gave it to Robert. "Come on Dr. Romano we need to get your cut looked at. And get your nose to stop bleeding." Carter helped him walk into an exam room and Robert sat on the bed and layed his head down on the bed. Carter grabbed a clean wash cloth and told him to sit up so he could wipe the blood of his cheek. Robert flinched out of fear than pain. "It's alright.I'm not going to hurt you." carter comforted. Carter gave a towel to Robert to hold to his nose. Abby came in "I called Dr. Corday." Carter ordered an x-ray for Robert's face and examined the cut. "Well, the x-ray is clear but it looks like you are going to need 8 stitches." Just when carter was getting ready to start suturing Elizabeth walked into the exam room. "Oh, Robert." She said a little worried as she handed the baby to Abby. "What happened?" Abby took Elizabeth to the side of the room to explain what had happened. "Dr. Romano, why don't you go home for the rest of your shift, I will find somebody to cover for you." Abby said. Robert was wanting to refuse but he didn't feel good enough to stay at work. Abby was being very nice to him, so he decided to be nice back by saying thank you and letting Elizabeth take him home. The next day: Robert came to the ER for a surgical consult only to find there was no surgery required for the injury. "Dr. Romano, how are you feeling?" Abby asked. "Uh, a lot better actually," he said.
"And how is the little one?" she asked.
"Just as cute as ever." He smiled and walked away with a trauma.
Robert was trying to stay away from kids. Elizabeth found a baby sitter and she was back to work only because they were needing surgeons. Robert came down for a surgical consult. "Ok, what do we have?" he asked slapping gloved on his hands.
"12 year old stab wound to the lower abdomen and it looks like they punctured his spleen." Abby filled him in.
"Yeah, ok we need to call the OR book a room." He said just before the kid started to bleed out the mouth.
"Oh, man." Carter said. A nurse came in to say there was an OR waiting and ready. "Okay, lets get him to upstairs and get consent." He ordered.
When they left the room with the kid on the gurney the mom was running with them. "What's going on?" she ask. Robert looked at the chart to find his name.
"Kevin is bleeding internally, we need to do an exploratory surgery, and we also may need to remove his spleen." He explained and the elevator doors closed.
Robert ended up having to take the spleen out of the 12 year old. He hated telling parents bad news like that about their children.
"Kevin came in with a stab wound and it ruptured his spleen we did have to remove it, but the surgery went fairly well and he is in recovery." Robert told the parents. He led them to their child and he told them some more information.
Elizabeth walked out of an Or exhausted and ready to go home. She was still told to take it easy as for Alexis was only born about two weeks ago.
"Shirley, I'm going home now so if Robert asks for me you know where I am." She said.
"Good night." Shirley replied.
About three hours later Robert dragged himself to his office and threw himself on the couch and fell asleep. He was having a peacefull sleep until the phone rang. He groaned to the familiar sound. "Please not the ER." He said to himself when he picked the phone up. "Yeah." He answered.
"Robert." Elizabeth was on the other line.
"Oh, Lizzie I thought you were Kerry wanting me to drag my ass to the ER or something." He said. Elizabeth laughed at his comment.
"Didn't your shift end at 10:00?" she asked.
"Oh, I was too tired to even get in my car to drive ome, I fell asleep in my office." He replied.
"Can you come home now?"
"Yeah I will be there soon." He hesitated. "How is she?"
"she's sleeping right now." She replied.
"Ok, I will be home soon, bye." He said.
Robert dreaded walking down in the ER.
"Robert." He stopped in his tracks.
"What do you want Kerry?" he asked annoyed.
"I need." She started before he turned around stopping her.
"I don't want to hear what you need, Kerry. I have been here for over eighteen hours on two hours of sleep.. So I don't know what you need, nor do I care but right now I need to go home." He shouted .
"yeah but." She tired again. he turned to walk out the door after "Leave me alone Kerry."
When he got home he searched in his pockets and realized he left his house keys in his office. So he rang the door bell no answer. He figured she fell asleep. He knocked on the door very loudly. After about five minutes of knocking and ringing Elizabeth groggily got up and when she reached the door "Who is it?" she asked.
"who is it?" he repeated "Elizabeth, it's me I left my keys in my office now let me in before I freeze to death." He said.
"Oh gosh Robert." She said as she opened the door.
"Did you fall asleep?" he asked.
"Yes I'm sorry." She replied.
"Well, thanks for forgetting about me." he said
"I didn't figure you were going to forget your keys at work." She snarked back.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah.I'm going to bed." He said.