Here is the third chapter! Please R/R. Go easy on me, I know it's basically
been a summary so far, but I want to become a little more original in this
chapter, as I intended.
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She knew what had happened. The stabbing. thinking back at that gave her a head ache. If she could feel it since she had been filled with powerful painkillers though. She could remember hearing voices. The voices of Dr. Elizabeth Corday and also the voice of the man who she had never believed would safe her life, Dr. Robert Romano. She probably suffered major injuries. After all she had been stabbed for like what, three or five times? She quietly moaned. How would Carter be doing now? Had he survived? She could hear the beeping of her breathing machine. It became louder with the second. She opened her eyes with a shock.
She first looks in the bright light and she narrowed her eyes immediately. Her lips feel dry. She looks at all the machinery that is keeping her alive. She never imagined how much those machines could mean to a person. In fact, they were the ones handling human lives. And currently, they were handling hers.
"Miss Knight?" Lucy stared up at the person calling her last name. "Good, you're awake. I'll go get Doctor Corday." The face left her eyesight. It was the face of a nurse she had not seen before. Not strange since she hardly came to the OR. She heard the nurse open the OR doors. She could hear a vague "Dr. Corday, She's waking up." And then lots of footsteps. Lucy closed her eyes for a second. Elizabeth had saved her life. Lucy always had great envy for the curled woman. She was happy that Elizabeth would also be the first familiar face she would see again.
"Lucy, can you hear me?" Elizabeth was above her. She looked emotional. No wonder after all the things that must have happened after she and Carter were found, and the tremendous work that Elizabeth and Romano must have done in order to save her life. She looks up at the woman and nods.
"Do you know what happened to you?" What happened? Of course. She got stabbed, bled out and nearly died. She nods again. Elizabeth took a deep breath. "There were several stab wounds, one laceration to your proximal aorta. We had to perform a thoracotomy after you arrested. They gave you a trach to maintain your airway, and brought you to the OR. Your liver was damaged but we were able to repair it. However, we did have to remove your spleen. I'm sorry." Lucy closed her eyes for a second, as if she was hoping that it had all been one big nightmare. The fact that they had to remove her spleen was kind of horrifying. It told Lucy how badly she really had been stabbed. She wanted to tell Elizabeth what happened, what was going through her mind, what had happened to Carter, if she was going to live...
She opened her mouth. "Lucy, you can't speak. You can whisper if I plug the trach. Do you want to try that?" She sounded so calm, so friendly. Lucy nodded. "Okay. Remember, only whisper." Elizabeth plugged the trach. Lucy cleared her throat. "Thank you." The older woman stood there for a moment with so much sorrow on her face. Then she inserted the trach and Lucy took a deep breath.
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Of all the things Lucy had wanted to say, she had to thank Elizabeth. This woman had saved her life, and that was the best thing that a person could ever do for her. Her thoughts went after Carter. How would he be? Would Elizabeth have told her if he was. dead? Probably not. She would ask her as soon as she was better. He hadn't been nice to her, not nice at all today. She didn't blame him for that, she knew that doctors were very preoccupied and they also need to see their own patients, but this time she had gotten really angry with him. And now all this had happened.
Elizabeth's pager starts beeping. "They need me in the OR. I'll be back, Lucy." As Elizabeth leaves for the door, a sharp pain hits Lucy's chest. She closed her eyes as the pain seemed to rip up her chest. It made it hard to breath. She could vaguely hear the sound of her monitor beeping wildly.
"Hold on. Sat's down to 82." A nurse warned Dr. Corday. She was quickly returning to Lucy's bedside. "What is it? Chest pain? Sudden onset?" Yes! Yes! Lucy thought, and she nodded painfully. "Hook her up to 100 percent oxygen. We need to go for a spiral CT." Oh no. Could it be PE? She mouthed the words to Elizabeth. "Yes Lucy, PE is a possibility." Lucy closed her eyes. Not more of this. Not again.
They quickly rolled her to the hallway, where Romano joined them. She recognised his features, even although the pain was killing her. "What's going on?" He sounded worried. Somehow, it made Lucy smile inside. She never believed he could be so sensitive. Sure, he did manage to get her a heart once for a very ill patient, but she had gone trough many obstacles before she finally persuaded him. Now this man was saving her life. "Sudden onset, chest pain. Dropped her sats. We're going to scan her for a pulmonary Embolism." Elizabeth sounded serious. "Bolus 5000 heparin, start a drip at 1000 an hour." She said that to a nurse, Lucy thought. It was hard to follow their conversation because she was rolled towards the elevator, down the hall. For some reason they suddenly stop, but then after a signal from Romano started moving again. He must have said something that Lucy was unable to hear. The next thing she saw was the elevator.
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She knew what had happened. The stabbing. thinking back at that gave her a head ache. If she could feel it since she had been filled with powerful painkillers though. She could remember hearing voices. The voices of Dr. Elizabeth Corday and also the voice of the man who she had never believed would safe her life, Dr. Robert Romano. She probably suffered major injuries. After all she had been stabbed for like what, three or five times? She quietly moaned. How would Carter be doing now? Had he survived? She could hear the beeping of her breathing machine. It became louder with the second. She opened her eyes with a shock.
She first looks in the bright light and she narrowed her eyes immediately. Her lips feel dry. She looks at all the machinery that is keeping her alive. She never imagined how much those machines could mean to a person. In fact, they were the ones handling human lives. And currently, they were handling hers.
"Miss Knight?" Lucy stared up at the person calling her last name. "Good, you're awake. I'll go get Doctor Corday." The face left her eyesight. It was the face of a nurse she had not seen before. Not strange since she hardly came to the OR. She heard the nurse open the OR doors. She could hear a vague "Dr. Corday, She's waking up." And then lots of footsteps. Lucy closed her eyes for a second. Elizabeth had saved her life. Lucy always had great envy for the curled woman. She was happy that Elizabeth would also be the first familiar face she would see again.
"Lucy, can you hear me?" Elizabeth was above her. She looked emotional. No wonder after all the things that must have happened after she and Carter were found, and the tremendous work that Elizabeth and Romano must have done in order to save her life. She looks up at the woman and nods.
"Do you know what happened to you?" What happened? Of course. She got stabbed, bled out and nearly died. She nods again. Elizabeth took a deep breath. "There were several stab wounds, one laceration to your proximal aorta. We had to perform a thoracotomy after you arrested. They gave you a trach to maintain your airway, and brought you to the OR. Your liver was damaged but we were able to repair it. However, we did have to remove your spleen. I'm sorry." Lucy closed her eyes for a second, as if she was hoping that it had all been one big nightmare. The fact that they had to remove her spleen was kind of horrifying. It told Lucy how badly she really had been stabbed. She wanted to tell Elizabeth what happened, what was going through her mind, what had happened to Carter, if she was going to live...
She opened her mouth. "Lucy, you can't speak. You can whisper if I plug the trach. Do you want to try that?" She sounded so calm, so friendly. Lucy nodded. "Okay. Remember, only whisper." Elizabeth plugged the trach. Lucy cleared her throat. "Thank you." The older woman stood there for a moment with so much sorrow on her face. Then she inserted the trach and Lucy took a deep breath.
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Of all the things Lucy had wanted to say, she had to thank Elizabeth. This woman had saved her life, and that was the best thing that a person could ever do for her. Her thoughts went after Carter. How would he be? Would Elizabeth have told her if he was. dead? Probably not. She would ask her as soon as she was better. He hadn't been nice to her, not nice at all today. She didn't blame him for that, she knew that doctors were very preoccupied and they also need to see their own patients, but this time she had gotten really angry with him. And now all this had happened.
Elizabeth's pager starts beeping. "They need me in the OR. I'll be back, Lucy." As Elizabeth leaves for the door, a sharp pain hits Lucy's chest. She closed her eyes as the pain seemed to rip up her chest. It made it hard to breath. She could vaguely hear the sound of her monitor beeping wildly.
"Hold on. Sat's down to 82." A nurse warned Dr. Corday. She was quickly returning to Lucy's bedside. "What is it? Chest pain? Sudden onset?" Yes! Yes! Lucy thought, and she nodded painfully. "Hook her up to 100 percent oxygen. We need to go for a spiral CT." Oh no. Could it be PE? She mouthed the words to Elizabeth. "Yes Lucy, PE is a possibility." Lucy closed her eyes. Not more of this. Not again.
They quickly rolled her to the hallway, where Romano joined them. She recognised his features, even although the pain was killing her. "What's going on?" He sounded worried. Somehow, it made Lucy smile inside. She never believed he could be so sensitive. Sure, he did manage to get her a heart once for a very ill patient, but she had gone trough many obstacles before she finally persuaded him. Now this man was saving her life. "Sudden onset, chest pain. Dropped her sats. We're going to scan her for a pulmonary Embolism." Elizabeth sounded serious. "Bolus 5000 heparin, start a drip at 1000 an hour." She said that to a nurse, Lucy thought. It was hard to follow their conversation because she was rolled towards the elevator, down the hall. For some reason they suddenly stop, but then after a signal from Romano started moving again. He must have said something that Lucy was unable to hear. The next thing she saw was the elevator.
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