Disclaimer: I do not own or profit from GI Joe, nor do I own or profit
from any mention of Stephen King and his books, nor am I a doctor or in the
medical field.
Author's note: Please do not trust any medical advice given in this fic. The only known medical fact in this fic is that Kidney Stones HURT. I had to change the title to incorporate the new storyline, actually rewrote/rewriting the remaining chapters completely. This unexpected changed though has been fun. The outcome is not what any one will expect. I warned you my imagination is a little warped. Enjoy the suspense.
The Doctor's Results? - Chapter 3
Lady Jaye saw the look of worry in Scarlett's face as Scarlett come out of her bedroom and headed for the door.
"Everything ok?"
Scarlett shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't know. Doc wants me to come back to his office for a moment."
"You want me to come with you?"
"No thanks, I'll be okay."
Scarlett made her way to Doc's office. She felt like she was walking the Green Mile. Her mind replayed scenes from Stephen King's movie, "The Green Mile", which was about men on death row, waiting for that final walk to the electric chair. She certainly felt nervous and on edge about the unknown, and Doc hadn't relieved her doubts with his phone call. As she approached his office, her heart raced and rose to her throat. Scarlett took a deep breath and knocked on Doc's door. Doc motioned her to come in and close the door.
He saw the look of dread in her face, and he was sure that she noticed the alarm in his voice when he had called her. "Scarlett, I'm not really sure what to tell you. The tests are not showing anything conclusive. I'm going to need to draw two more vials of blood and send them down to the hospital for further tests."
Scarlett was very worried now. Doc had always been straightforward with her. He had always told her the best and worst case scenarios. "Huh? What was wrong with the test results?" She asked timidly, knowing that Doc had already said that they were inconclusive.
"They were all garbled and distorted. The blood counts are not anywhere near where they should be, and..." He paused, "I'm sorry for telling you this, but I have always been honest with you. I'm hoping that something is wrong with my machine, or something around base has interfered with the readings. That could be the case. I don't want to frighten you unnecessarily, but this really has me stumped."
Scarlett appreciated his honesty. She knew that machines sometimes failed even medical machines. She remembered when her brother, Sean, was misdiagnosed for appendicitis when in fact he had kidney stones. The doctors took his appendix out, but the pain continued. The hospital was very embarrassed after their wrong call, but all the tests and what Sean was explaining to them pointed towards appendicitis.
Doc started to draw the second vial of blood when Scarlett got very light- headed and dizzy. She really had not eaten since her earlier visit, and this would be the third vial of blood taken from her today. "Whoa, pretty lady, you need to stay with me here. Lisa, run back and grab me an orange juice and some cookies." Doc instructed his nurse. "Scarlett, you know you need to eat when you give blood, voluntary or not."
"I know, but food was not appealing to me, and you told me to rest, so I went back to my quarters and laid down. I didn't expect you to need to draw more blood."
The nurse came back and quickly had Scarlett drink some orange juice. "There, there Shana, you'll start feeling better soon."
"Thank you, Lisa."
Lisa held onto Scarlett's hand while she drank the orange juice. "Here try a cookie. We need to get some sugar in you."
Scarlett didn't feel like eating anything, but Doc was giving her that stern look that said 'eat it or else'.
"When do you think you will have the results back from the hospital?" She asked.
"I don't know. I'm going to deliver them personally right after I see that you get safely back to your quarters. I already spoke to Doctor Miller, and he will oversee the lab testing. He promised me that as soon as he has the results, he would contact me. He is very reputable. I have dealt with him before on some odd cases." Doc could see the fear in her eyes. "Don't worry until we find out exactly what the results are. I promise, I will tell you as soon as I have the outcome." He gave her hand a friendly pat.
"Do you have any ideas? Doc, I have to know something."
Doc shook his head, "I really have no clue, and with something like this, I would not even want to speculate."
Her color started to return to her face, and her head stopped spinning. "Okay, I trust you and thank you. I think I'm feeling better. Can I go now?"
"Sure, come on. I'll walk you back to your room, and then I'm taking these babies to the lab." Doc motioned towards the vials he had packaged for transportation. "Lisa, contact the control room, and let them know I will be leaving base soon and going to St. John's Hospital."
He walked Scarlett back to her room. "I'm fine Doc. You really don't have to walk me home."
"Yes, I do. If anything happens to you between here and there, it's my butt on the line. I would be the one having to answer to a certain overprotective Commanding Officer." He winked at her.
Scarlett almost forgot about Duke and his meeting with Hawk. She could not imagine what they were talking about. There is not too much that can be done when the bigwigs say it is time to shutdown.
Doc got Scarlett safely and without incident back to her quarters. Lady Jaye and Flint had left to go see a movie so Scarlett had the room to herself and her worried thoughts. The unknown was so intimidating. Her mind wondered into forbidden territory and conjured up all kinds of bad thoughts and illnesses. She could not even begin to imagine what would cause a blood test to go so haywire. Her head was starting to ache again, but she wanted to go online to do some of her own research. Before she could motive herself to go into her bedroom and connect her laptop to the worldwide web, she passed out on the sofa.
When Lady Jaye and Flint returned from their night out, they found Scarlett sound asleep on the sofa. Flint picked her up, and he and Lady Jaye laid her in her bed. "She must have been really tired to just fall asleep on the couch with her boots still on." Flint commented.
"She has been feeling very tired lately. I made her go see Doc today. I guess I'll have to wait until morning to see what her test results were."
"Well, you don't have to wait until morning to see what my test results are." Flint teased her.
"Why, you little flirt. Come over to the other side of this suite and tell me that." Lady Jaye challenged him.
Flint could not resist her challenge, and warned her, "Ready or not, here I come."
While the two of them disappeared in Lady Jaye's bedroom, Scarlett tossed and turned in her room, completely engulfed in a very strange and bizarre nightmare. Or was it?
*To Be Continued
Author's note: Please do not trust any medical advice given in this fic. The only known medical fact in this fic is that Kidney Stones HURT. I had to change the title to incorporate the new storyline, actually rewrote/rewriting the remaining chapters completely. This unexpected changed though has been fun. The outcome is not what any one will expect. I warned you my imagination is a little warped. Enjoy the suspense.
The Doctor's Results? - Chapter 3
Lady Jaye saw the look of worry in Scarlett's face as Scarlett come out of her bedroom and headed for the door.
"Everything ok?"
Scarlett shrugged her shoulders and said, "I don't know. Doc wants me to come back to his office for a moment."
"You want me to come with you?"
"No thanks, I'll be okay."
Scarlett made her way to Doc's office. She felt like she was walking the Green Mile. Her mind replayed scenes from Stephen King's movie, "The Green Mile", which was about men on death row, waiting for that final walk to the electric chair. She certainly felt nervous and on edge about the unknown, and Doc hadn't relieved her doubts with his phone call. As she approached his office, her heart raced and rose to her throat. Scarlett took a deep breath and knocked on Doc's door. Doc motioned her to come in and close the door.
He saw the look of dread in her face, and he was sure that she noticed the alarm in his voice when he had called her. "Scarlett, I'm not really sure what to tell you. The tests are not showing anything conclusive. I'm going to need to draw two more vials of blood and send them down to the hospital for further tests."
Scarlett was very worried now. Doc had always been straightforward with her. He had always told her the best and worst case scenarios. "Huh? What was wrong with the test results?" She asked timidly, knowing that Doc had already said that they were inconclusive.
"They were all garbled and distorted. The blood counts are not anywhere near where they should be, and..." He paused, "I'm sorry for telling you this, but I have always been honest with you. I'm hoping that something is wrong with my machine, or something around base has interfered with the readings. That could be the case. I don't want to frighten you unnecessarily, but this really has me stumped."
Scarlett appreciated his honesty. She knew that machines sometimes failed even medical machines. She remembered when her brother, Sean, was misdiagnosed for appendicitis when in fact he had kidney stones. The doctors took his appendix out, but the pain continued. The hospital was very embarrassed after their wrong call, but all the tests and what Sean was explaining to them pointed towards appendicitis.
Doc started to draw the second vial of blood when Scarlett got very light- headed and dizzy. She really had not eaten since her earlier visit, and this would be the third vial of blood taken from her today. "Whoa, pretty lady, you need to stay with me here. Lisa, run back and grab me an orange juice and some cookies." Doc instructed his nurse. "Scarlett, you know you need to eat when you give blood, voluntary or not."
"I know, but food was not appealing to me, and you told me to rest, so I went back to my quarters and laid down. I didn't expect you to need to draw more blood."
The nurse came back and quickly had Scarlett drink some orange juice. "There, there Shana, you'll start feeling better soon."
"Thank you, Lisa."
Lisa held onto Scarlett's hand while she drank the orange juice. "Here try a cookie. We need to get some sugar in you."
Scarlett didn't feel like eating anything, but Doc was giving her that stern look that said 'eat it or else'.
"When do you think you will have the results back from the hospital?" She asked.
"I don't know. I'm going to deliver them personally right after I see that you get safely back to your quarters. I already spoke to Doctor Miller, and he will oversee the lab testing. He promised me that as soon as he has the results, he would contact me. He is very reputable. I have dealt with him before on some odd cases." Doc could see the fear in her eyes. "Don't worry until we find out exactly what the results are. I promise, I will tell you as soon as I have the outcome." He gave her hand a friendly pat.
"Do you have any ideas? Doc, I have to know something."
Doc shook his head, "I really have no clue, and with something like this, I would not even want to speculate."
Her color started to return to her face, and her head stopped spinning. "Okay, I trust you and thank you. I think I'm feeling better. Can I go now?"
"Sure, come on. I'll walk you back to your room, and then I'm taking these babies to the lab." Doc motioned towards the vials he had packaged for transportation. "Lisa, contact the control room, and let them know I will be leaving base soon and going to St. John's Hospital."
He walked Scarlett back to her room. "I'm fine Doc. You really don't have to walk me home."
"Yes, I do. If anything happens to you between here and there, it's my butt on the line. I would be the one having to answer to a certain overprotective Commanding Officer." He winked at her.
Scarlett almost forgot about Duke and his meeting with Hawk. She could not imagine what they were talking about. There is not too much that can be done when the bigwigs say it is time to shutdown.
Doc got Scarlett safely and without incident back to her quarters. Lady Jaye and Flint had left to go see a movie so Scarlett had the room to herself and her worried thoughts. The unknown was so intimidating. Her mind wondered into forbidden territory and conjured up all kinds of bad thoughts and illnesses. She could not even begin to imagine what would cause a blood test to go so haywire. Her head was starting to ache again, but she wanted to go online to do some of her own research. Before she could motive herself to go into her bedroom and connect her laptop to the worldwide web, she passed out on the sofa.
When Lady Jaye and Flint returned from their night out, they found Scarlett sound asleep on the sofa. Flint picked her up, and he and Lady Jaye laid her in her bed. "She must have been really tired to just fall asleep on the couch with her boots still on." Flint commented.
"She has been feeling very tired lately. I made her go see Doc today. I guess I'll have to wait until morning to see what her test results were."
"Well, you don't have to wait until morning to see what my test results are." Flint teased her.
"Why, you little flirt. Come over to the other side of this suite and tell me that." Lady Jaye challenged him.
Flint could not resist her challenge, and warned her, "Ready or not, here I come."
While the two of them disappeared in Lady Jaye's bedroom, Scarlett tossed and turned in her room, completely engulfed in a very strange and bizarre nightmare. Or was it?
*To Be Continued