"So what's the verdict?" Sam asked as Janet came to speak to her after give
Jack a complete check up.
"His pulse ox is still a little low and he's a little dehydrated. I'll keep him here over night."
"He's not going to like that." Sam said.
"I know. But it's for his own good."
"Do me a favour and sedate him." Sam replied.
"Why?" Janet asked.
"I didn't tell you this before but ever since his former CO died he gets nightmares. I can usually calm him down just by being reassuring and calm."
"Did you ask him what causing the nightmares?" Janet asked.
"He doesn't remember having them. He had one on the way back, and another a couple of days ago on the plane back from Nevada."
"Maybe he should talk to someone about it?" Janet suggested.
"I'll talk to him about it. I'll go and sit with him for a while."
"I'll get him that sedative."
"Thanks Janet." Sam smiled and walked over to Jack's bedside.
"How are you at planning covert ops to spring people from the infirmary?" Jack asked removing his mask.
"Very good, but you're staying for the night. You're pulse ox needs to go up before you can go home. Put your mask back on." She placed it back on for him.
"I'm fine." He pulled it back down.
"Not according to this," She pointed to the monitor, "and I'm going to go with the doctors on this one."
"Sam." He pleaded
"You're not going to win this one." She put her hand on his.
"Is your Dad going to kill me?" He asked giving up for now.
"No, I explained what happened. You got a twenty-four hour reprieve."
"Starting when?" He asked.
"Time to say goodnight Sam." Janet said coming in carrying a syringe and injecting it into the drip.
"What's that?" Jack asked.
"A sedative. You'll stop taking your mask off if you're asleep and you won't pull out your IV. You have about two minutes before he passes out Sam."
"Thanks Janet." Janet walked away to let them say goodnight.
"You knew she was going to do that didn't you?"
"I asked her too. You've been restless when you've been sleeping for the last few weeks and with almost dying you need the rest." She put her hand on his. "Get some rest I'll spring you for breakfast in the morning." She dropped a kiss on his forehead. "Sweet dreams."
"You don't dream when you're sedated." He said through a yawn.
"I know." His eyes fluttered shut.
~
"All you're eating for breakfast is toast?" Jack asked.
"Toast is a perfectly reasonable breakfast food sir." Sam said.
"I know that. You should eat more, thinking burns up lots of calories."
"I'll take that under advisement." She bit into another slice of toast.
"Sam, can I talk to you a minute?" Ferretti asked coming up to the table.
"Sure, I need to head back to my lab anyway." She got up. "I'll see you later."
"At least finish your toast." Jack said.
"I'll take it with me. Have a nice day." She picked up the slice of toast from her plate. "So?" Sam asked as they walked out of the commissary.
"I was wondering how you felt about me rescheduling the bachelor party for tonight?"
"Sure. I'll leave early and come back. We only have the one car today anyway. Come and kidnap him from the house about 1930."
"Are you sure I mean he only got back yesterday and."
"Take my Dad with you and its fine. I think he needs it."
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"His pulse ox is still a little low and he's a little dehydrated. I'll keep him here over night."
"He's not going to like that." Sam said.
"I know. But it's for his own good."
"Do me a favour and sedate him." Sam replied.
"Why?" Janet asked.
"I didn't tell you this before but ever since his former CO died he gets nightmares. I can usually calm him down just by being reassuring and calm."
"Did you ask him what causing the nightmares?" Janet asked.
"He doesn't remember having them. He had one on the way back, and another a couple of days ago on the plane back from Nevada."
"Maybe he should talk to someone about it?" Janet suggested.
"I'll talk to him about it. I'll go and sit with him for a while."
"I'll get him that sedative."
"Thanks Janet." Sam smiled and walked over to Jack's bedside.
"How are you at planning covert ops to spring people from the infirmary?" Jack asked removing his mask.
"Very good, but you're staying for the night. You're pulse ox needs to go up before you can go home. Put your mask back on." She placed it back on for him.
"I'm fine." He pulled it back down.
"Not according to this," She pointed to the monitor, "and I'm going to go with the doctors on this one."
"Sam." He pleaded
"You're not going to win this one." She put her hand on his.
"Is your Dad going to kill me?" He asked giving up for now.
"No, I explained what happened. You got a twenty-four hour reprieve."
"Starting when?" He asked.
"Time to say goodnight Sam." Janet said coming in carrying a syringe and injecting it into the drip.
"What's that?" Jack asked.
"A sedative. You'll stop taking your mask off if you're asleep and you won't pull out your IV. You have about two minutes before he passes out Sam."
"Thanks Janet." Janet walked away to let them say goodnight.
"You knew she was going to do that didn't you?"
"I asked her too. You've been restless when you've been sleeping for the last few weeks and with almost dying you need the rest." She put her hand on his. "Get some rest I'll spring you for breakfast in the morning." She dropped a kiss on his forehead. "Sweet dreams."
"You don't dream when you're sedated." He said through a yawn.
"I know." His eyes fluttered shut.
~
"All you're eating for breakfast is toast?" Jack asked.
"Toast is a perfectly reasonable breakfast food sir." Sam said.
"I know that. You should eat more, thinking burns up lots of calories."
"I'll take that under advisement." She bit into another slice of toast.
"Sam, can I talk to you a minute?" Ferretti asked coming up to the table.
"Sure, I need to head back to my lab anyway." She got up. "I'll see you later."
"At least finish your toast." Jack said.
"I'll take it with me. Have a nice day." She picked up the slice of toast from her plate. "So?" Sam asked as they walked out of the commissary.
"I was wondering how you felt about me rescheduling the bachelor party for tonight?"
"Sure. I'll leave early and come back. We only have the one car today anyway. Come and kidnap him from the house about 1930."
"Are you sure I mean he only got back yesterday and."
"Take my Dad with you and its fine. I think he needs it."
TBC