"So what's the verdict Doc?" Janet asked when she came back with his test
results.
"Your blood test results are normal at the moment. But that could change, so we'll take another blood sample in a couple of hours. So let me take another look and then retake your temperature."
"Then can I go?"
"No, I'm afraid you're going to be here for a few more hours yet Colonel." She took his arm and put a circle of blue dots around the welt then another circle a centimetre away, then one another centimetre further out.
"Trying to make me a target?" Jack asked.
"I need to see if it grows any larger sir. I'll take your temperature again." She took it. "Still slightly up."
"So that means?"
"A fever is usually a sign that your body is trying to fight something. If it doesn't fall in an hour, I'd like to do a chest film."
"Wouldn't some Tylenol get rid of it?" Jack asked.
"I don't want to give you anything just in case you have been infected with something. It may counteract it."
"Could I just have some of that stuff you gave me when that ball thing pinned me to the wall?"
"We'll see in an hour. Antibiotics can develop a resistance and with the amount of things that we treat here, I'd rather not give them out unnecessarily. So sit tight Colonel I'll be back."
"Doc?" Jack called as Janet got to the door.
"Yes Colonel."
"Can some one tell my wife I won't be home in time for dinner? I'm being held hostage at the whim of a mad scientist."
"I resent the mad part but I'll tell her the rest."
"Thanks."
Sam was waiting in Janet's office when she got there.
"So?" Sam asked.
"He still has a fever but his blood work is clean for now. I'm going to keep him in overnight probably just to be certain."
"I'll bet he loved that."
"Oh he thinks he's just going to be here for another couple of hours." Janet replied. "I thought baby steps were best."
"Probably. Give him this and I'll keep him entertained for a while." Sam pushed her laptop towards Janet. "You just need to plug the cables in."
"Thanks Sam."
#
"Back so soon Doc?" Jack joked.
"Yes sir, but only for a minute." Janet plugged in the computer and opened the screen. "There you go sir, a gift from Sam."
"What she wants me to write my report?" Jack questioned.
"I don't think so Colonel." Just then the computer bleep.
"That is never a good sound." Jack said.
"Oh this time it is. She IM'd you."
"IM'd me?"
"Instant Message Sir." Janet clicked on the button and brought up the instant messenger screen. "See, you read the message here and then type and click on the enter button to send it so Sam can read it." Janet explained.
"Thanks Doc." Janet left him to chat with Sam.
#
"Hey Sam. How's Jack doing?" Daniel asked as he walked into her lab.
"Janet's going to keep him in over night until she can figure out what's causing the fever, there's nothing in his blood work to indicate the reason and the welt hasn't grown." Sam said. She was reading a file. "But why don't you ask him yourself?" Sam suggested.
"I thought he was still in isolation."
"He is. Instant Message." Sam nodded to the computer. She was working in between keeping her husband entertained.
"You know he's sent you three messages you haven't replied to."
"I know. He's not happy that the girls and I are going out for a drink tonight and he has to stay in the infirmary." Sam replied. "So I let him rant for a while."
"Another short skirt night?" Daniel asked.
"Sort of, just without the skirts. Keep him entertained, I need to run down to the control room for a few minutes and talk to Davis. Some of these numbers aren't adding up."
"I don't think talking to me will keep him entertained." Daniel remarked. Sam clicked a few keys and then brought up a screen, on both computers.
"So play chess." She shrugged. "Tell him I'll IM him before I leave."
"Will do."
TBC
"Your blood test results are normal at the moment. But that could change, so we'll take another blood sample in a couple of hours. So let me take another look and then retake your temperature."
"Then can I go?"
"No, I'm afraid you're going to be here for a few more hours yet Colonel." She took his arm and put a circle of blue dots around the welt then another circle a centimetre away, then one another centimetre further out.
"Trying to make me a target?" Jack asked.
"I need to see if it grows any larger sir. I'll take your temperature again." She took it. "Still slightly up."
"So that means?"
"A fever is usually a sign that your body is trying to fight something. If it doesn't fall in an hour, I'd like to do a chest film."
"Wouldn't some Tylenol get rid of it?" Jack asked.
"I don't want to give you anything just in case you have been infected with something. It may counteract it."
"Could I just have some of that stuff you gave me when that ball thing pinned me to the wall?"
"We'll see in an hour. Antibiotics can develop a resistance and with the amount of things that we treat here, I'd rather not give them out unnecessarily. So sit tight Colonel I'll be back."
"Doc?" Jack called as Janet got to the door.
"Yes Colonel."
"Can some one tell my wife I won't be home in time for dinner? I'm being held hostage at the whim of a mad scientist."
"I resent the mad part but I'll tell her the rest."
"Thanks."
Sam was waiting in Janet's office when she got there.
"So?" Sam asked.
"He still has a fever but his blood work is clean for now. I'm going to keep him in overnight probably just to be certain."
"I'll bet he loved that."
"Oh he thinks he's just going to be here for another couple of hours." Janet replied. "I thought baby steps were best."
"Probably. Give him this and I'll keep him entertained for a while." Sam pushed her laptop towards Janet. "You just need to plug the cables in."
"Thanks Sam."
#
"Back so soon Doc?" Jack joked.
"Yes sir, but only for a minute." Janet plugged in the computer and opened the screen. "There you go sir, a gift from Sam."
"What she wants me to write my report?" Jack questioned.
"I don't think so Colonel." Just then the computer bleep.
"That is never a good sound." Jack said.
"Oh this time it is. She IM'd you."
"IM'd me?"
"Instant Message Sir." Janet clicked on the button and brought up the instant messenger screen. "See, you read the message here and then type and click on the enter button to send it so Sam can read it." Janet explained.
"Thanks Doc." Janet left him to chat with Sam.
#
"Hey Sam. How's Jack doing?" Daniel asked as he walked into her lab.
"Janet's going to keep him in over night until she can figure out what's causing the fever, there's nothing in his blood work to indicate the reason and the welt hasn't grown." Sam said. She was reading a file. "But why don't you ask him yourself?" Sam suggested.
"I thought he was still in isolation."
"He is. Instant Message." Sam nodded to the computer. She was working in between keeping her husband entertained.
"You know he's sent you three messages you haven't replied to."
"I know. He's not happy that the girls and I are going out for a drink tonight and he has to stay in the infirmary." Sam replied. "So I let him rant for a while."
"Another short skirt night?" Daniel asked.
"Sort of, just without the skirts. Keep him entertained, I need to run down to the control room for a few minutes and talk to Davis. Some of these numbers aren't adding up."
"I don't think talking to me will keep him entertained." Daniel remarked. Sam clicked a few keys and then brought up a screen, on both computers.
"So play chess." She shrugged. "Tell him I'll IM him before I leave."
"Will do."
TBC