A/N So I am trying to get this out as fast as I can, without rushing it, I am trying to make this thing a rather involved piece. All my others have been kind of tiny...anyways. I think you know where I am sort of going with it now. Let's just see what comes hey! To keep you on track- Sam was rushed to the infirmary around lunchtime, it is now about thirteen hours later, around 2 o'clock Tuesday morning.
5 more minutes MGM I promise!
Shanks-Away!
CaptainDoctor
Daniel sat across the table from Dr Brightman in her office.
"Doctor Jackson, I normally would not discuss a patient in this manner but seeing as it may be the best course of action to inform you I will go against my better judgment. Colonel Carter did not miscarry. She was not pregnant, she would not have been going through the gate if she was, not until I did a full examination." Dr Brightman said.
"Then what is wrong?" Daniel asked.
"Colonel Carter's MRI showed a slight anomaly. Now after a closer look," the doctor stood up and slid a large film into the light box on her wall, "we found a massive cyst had formed in the lining of Major Carter's uterus. Now most of the time, a cyst is harmless. They can stop growing when they are no bigger than a pea, or they can grow very large and need to be removed."
"How big was Sam's?" Daniel asked.
"About the size of a golf ball."
"So how has that made her sick?" Daniel asked.
"Well, the surrounding membrane and soft tissue has been slowly bleeding for any amount time, we can never know, but I would say three days at least, and it finally haemorrhaged. Colonel Carter has also shown high amounts of toxins in her blood, a result of this form of internal bleeding."
"Blood poisoning?" Daniel asked.
"Basically, caused by a massive infection. Further test will confirm this. Normally this would not happen, the bleeding can cause a lot of pain but the fever, the build up of these toxins, makes me believe Colonel Carter has not been feeling very well for a while but did not tell anyone. The problem is, with Colonel Carter's unique body chemistry, we can only hope that these toxins will not have an adverse reaction to the other organisms in her blood."
"Her physical after the mission didn't show this?" Daniel asked trying not to sound angry.
"You left 11 days ago, there was nothing in the test results to indicate a problem. Her post mission work came in just as General O'Neill informed us of her condition. Bad timing on all counts." Dr Brightman replied.
"So what now?"
"As I said we are trying to break her fever, administer antibiotics. After we have the final results in we will be able to work out a firmer course of action."
"Like what?" Daniel asked.
"Blood and plasma transfusions, try to rid her body of all toxins. And tomorrow we would like to perform exploratory surgery to assess any damage done. We removed the cyst and surrounding damaged and infected tissue. However we have to make sure it is all gone. Dr Jackson the amount of damage this has caused already, and if the infection is still present...I am concerned we may need to perform a near total hysterectomy. If that's the case..."
"Sam will never have children." Daniel said sadly.
"She has her father listed as her next of kin..."
"He's unreachable. They tried to get in contact but as far as they can tell he has gone to ground...he won't be reached till he wants to be found." Daniel told her.
"Well we believe it is in her best interest to perform the procedure, however in the event that Jacob is unable to consent..." She flipped through Sam's file searching for what Daniel already new.
"It's Jack." He said softly.
A/N Back again: My explanation of what's wrong with Sam is basically true as far as I can tell, something similar happened to a family member of mine (although sadly was pregnant at the time) I tried to make it as accurate as possible. Please correct me any medical people out there!
5 more minutes MGM I promise!
Shanks-Away!
CaptainDoctor
Daniel sat across the table from Dr Brightman in her office.
"Doctor Jackson, I normally would not discuss a patient in this manner but seeing as it may be the best course of action to inform you I will go against my better judgment. Colonel Carter did not miscarry. She was not pregnant, she would not have been going through the gate if she was, not until I did a full examination." Dr Brightman said.
"Then what is wrong?" Daniel asked.
"Colonel Carter's MRI showed a slight anomaly. Now after a closer look," the doctor stood up and slid a large film into the light box on her wall, "we found a massive cyst had formed in the lining of Major Carter's uterus. Now most of the time, a cyst is harmless. They can stop growing when they are no bigger than a pea, or they can grow very large and need to be removed."
"How big was Sam's?" Daniel asked.
"About the size of a golf ball."
"So how has that made her sick?" Daniel asked.
"Well, the surrounding membrane and soft tissue has been slowly bleeding for any amount time, we can never know, but I would say three days at least, and it finally haemorrhaged. Colonel Carter has also shown high amounts of toxins in her blood, a result of this form of internal bleeding."
"Blood poisoning?" Daniel asked.
"Basically, caused by a massive infection. Further test will confirm this. Normally this would not happen, the bleeding can cause a lot of pain but the fever, the build up of these toxins, makes me believe Colonel Carter has not been feeling very well for a while but did not tell anyone. The problem is, with Colonel Carter's unique body chemistry, we can only hope that these toxins will not have an adverse reaction to the other organisms in her blood."
"Her physical after the mission didn't show this?" Daniel asked trying not to sound angry.
"You left 11 days ago, there was nothing in the test results to indicate a problem. Her post mission work came in just as General O'Neill informed us of her condition. Bad timing on all counts." Dr Brightman replied.
"So what now?"
"As I said we are trying to break her fever, administer antibiotics. After we have the final results in we will be able to work out a firmer course of action."
"Like what?" Daniel asked.
"Blood and plasma transfusions, try to rid her body of all toxins. And tomorrow we would like to perform exploratory surgery to assess any damage done. We removed the cyst and surrounding damaged and infected tissue. However we have to make sure it is all gone. Dr Jackson the amount of damage this has caused already, and if the infection is still present...I am concerned we may need to perform a near total hysterectomy. If that's the case..."
"Sam will never have children." Daniel said sadly.
"She has her father listed as her next of kin..."
"He's unreachable. They tried to get in contact but as far as they can tell he has gone to ground...he won't be reached till he wants to be found." Daniel told her.
"Well we believe it is in her best interest to perform the procedure, however in the event that Jacob is unable to consent..." She flipped through Sam's file searching for what Daniel already new.
"It's Jack." He said softly.
A/N Back again: My explanation of what's wrong with Sam is basically true as far as I can tell, something similar happened to a family member of mine (although sadly was pregnant at the time) I tried to make it as accurate as possible. Please correct me any medical people out there!