She wasn't sure how long she had been asleep, but when she woke up, Kris
was gone and she was once again in the room by herself. Before she had
left, though, Kris had poured some of the ice chips into a cup and then
placed the cup on the night stand where Kelly could reach it without much
effort. By the time she woke up, most of the chips were melted but Kelly
rather it that way, especially when her mouth was as dry as it was then.
After taking a sip from the cup, she placed it back down on the night
stand, before making a second attempt to sit up a little in the bed. It
wouldn't have been so bad if only the room didn't start spinning every time
she moved that much. Trying to overcome it, she closed her eyes as she
pushed herself up. Right as she was doing so, however, the door to the
room opened and Dr.Jackson walked in.
"Someone's getting a little antsy I see" he commented as Kelly relaxed again.
"I just wanted to see the room from a different perspective, that's all."
"Well maybe this will help." After he said that, he walked over to the side of the bed and pressed a button on the controller, which moved the back of the bed up just enough so that Kelly was sitting up. "So how do we feel today?"
"Tired mostly."
"Good, that's normal. How's the pain?"
"Bearable." Kelly lied.
"You're not saying that to avoid being given another sedative, are you?" Dr. Jackson asked while he checking her blood pressure.
"No, I'm fine. So how much longer before I can go home?"
"Let's see. I want to keep you here in the ICU for at least another day, and I want you to spend at least a day or two in recovery before I give you the ok to go home."
"So basically, I'm stuck here for another 3 days."
"Not too bad, considering you were brought in here with a bullet lodged in your head, you underwent brain surgery, and you've only been here for 2 days." Dr. Jackson replied. Kelly knew he had an indisputable point, she was lucky to be going home at all. "If you decide you want a sedative for the pain, just page one of the nurses. I'll be back before I go home tonight to check in on you."
"Thank you doctor." With that, Dr. Jackson wrote something down on her chart before he left the room. Kelly was glad to be sitting up, without the spinning room effect, but that didn't change the amount of pain that she was actually in. She hated the idea of going back to sleep, but without anything better to do, she really didn't have any other choice, especially since that was the only time that the pain was at its minimum.
After adjusting the pillow behind her head, she closed her eyes and just allowed her mind to wander, and explore any thoughts that she had. A part of her wanted to remember exactly what had happened, mostly so she could figure out what she had done wrong, but the other part of her just wanted to forget it. She knew lingering on the memories would slow her recovery, but after being shot twice in only a period of five years, she was desperate to figure out how to avoid it from happening again. The two events were too different to be compared though, and Kelly knew that although the first shooting had been purely accidental, this time it wasn't. She had been wanted dead, and if Bosley hadn't been there, she would probably be dead.
"Someone's getting a little antsy I see" he commented as Kelly relaxed again.
"I just wanted to see the room from a different perspective, that's all."
"Well maybe this will help." After he said that, he walked over to the side of the bed and pressed a button on the controller, which moved the back of the bed up just enough so that Kelly was sitting up. "So how do we feel today?"
"Tired mostly."
"Good, that's normal. How's the pain?"
"Bearable." Kelly lied.
"You're not saying that to avoid being given another sedative, are you?" Dr. Jackson asked while he checking her blood pressure.
"No, I'm fine. So how much longer before I can go home?"
"Let's see. I want to keep you here in the ICU for at least another day, and I want you to spend at least a day or two in recovery before I give you the ok to go home."
"So basically, I'm stuck here for another 3 days."
"Not too bad, considering you were brought in here with a bullet lodged in your head, you underwent brain surgery, and you've only been here for 2 days." Dr. Jackson replied. Kelly knew he had an indisputable point, she was lucky to be going home at all. "If you decide you want a sedative for the pain, just page one of the nurses. I'll be back before I go home tonight to check in on you."
"Thank you doctor." With that, Dr. Jackson wrote something down on her chart before he left the room. Kelly was glad to be sitting up, without the spinning room effect, but that didn't change the amount of pain that she was actually in. She hated the idea of going back to sleep, but without anything better to do, she really didn't have any other choice, especially since that was the only time that the pain was at its minimum.
After adjusting the pillow behind her head, she closed her eyes and just allowed her mind to wander, and explore any thoughts that she had. A part of her wanted to remember exactly what had happened, mostly so she could figure out what she had done wrong, but the other part of her just wanted to forget it. She knew lingering on the memories would slow her recovery, but after being shot twice in only a period of five years, she was desperate to figure out how to avoid it from happening again. The two events were too different to be compared though, and Kelly knew that although the first shooting had been purely accidental, this time it wasn't. She had been wanted dead, and if Bosley hadn't been there, she would probably be dead.