Title: Abby who?
Author: AnnaSun
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimers note: I don't own ER but I do this fanfic
Chapter 11
Author's Notice: I'm no Doctor so I may be wrong about some medical terms. I hope you enjoy reading it.
Abby was screaming. She was screaming at the top of her lungs. Carter had his arms around her trying to calm her down.
"Sweetie I need you to calm down for me. Can you do that?"
Abby screamed louder.
"Make them go away! They're trying to strangle me!" Abby shouted.
"Abby you need to calm down or I'm going to have to give you something."
Abby was shaking and suddenly threw up onto the floor and burst into tears.
"Oh Abby. Its okay. Shhh." Carter wrapped his arms around Abby tighter and rubbed her back. She began to throw up again and was so weak she collapsed into Carter's arms, sobbing. Suddenly Susan rushed into the room.
"I heard Abby screaming. Is she okay?"
"No." Was all Carter could say.
Susan looked down at where Abby had been sick.
"I'll clean that up for you."
Carter smiled.
"Could you get Dr Legapsi for me?"
Susan nodded and started to clean up the mess before heading out the door.
A few minutes later Dr Legapsi entered the room. Abby had her head buried in Carter's chest still sobbing to herself and now rocking back and forth. Dr Legapsi could instantly see what was wrong.
"Abby's suffering from a delayed shock to being strangled. I thought this would happen but I didn't know when. I'd like to up her insomnia tablets and keep a close eye on her in case she starts to hurt herself."
Abby started to scream again and Dr Legapsi left the room and returned with a sedative.
"I'm going to give Abby a sedative to calm her down before she hurts herself. Alright?"
"That's fine. I've been trying to calm her down but she's been getting more and more aggravated."
Dr Legapsi got the needle ready.
"Can you hold her arm steady?"
Carter nodded.
Dr Legapsi spoke "Abby I'm just going to inject you with a sedative to calm you down. Okay?"
Abby cried louder.
"No! No. Please leave me alone!"
Abby started to get off the bed but Carter kept a firm grip on her.
"Get off me!" Abby shouted.
"Abby please calm down." Carter said.
He pulled Abby back onto the bed and held her down as she started to thrash about.
"Sweetie you need to calm down. Kim's going to help you but you need to calm down first."
Abby stilled suddenly and her crying decreased.
"Good girl Abby. Good girl. Kim's just going to inject something into your arm. It won't hurt I promise."
Abby nodded feeling very weak. Kim injected the needle into Abby's skin. Abby groaned slightly. The drug started to take effect and her eyes began to droop.
"That better?" Carter asked her.
Abby nodded and closed her eyes.
"She'll be asleep for a few hours." Kim said.
"Thanks for the help." Carter said.
"No problem. I better get back to my work. I'd like to come and see Abby every morning to see how she's doing."
"Great!" Carter smiled.
Dr Legapsi left.
Abby woke a few hours later feeling like she was coming out a thick fog. She sat up in bed and rubbed the sleep from her eyes. She was still feeling the affects of the sedative inside her body and felt tired. She clambered out of bed and started to head down the hallway. Carter was coming the other way and he nearly bumped into her.
"Hey what are you doing out of bed?" He asked her.
"Looking for you." Abby replied, smiling
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm feeling better. Still got the sedative inside of me but I feel a lot calmer."
"That's good to hear. I was just coming to give you a check up to see how your cuts are healing."
"Okay." Abby replied.
They started to head back to the room when an angry man rushed down the hall and smashed into Abby.
"Sorry." was all he could say before rushing on ahead.
Abby had fallen to the floor and in a daze tried to stand up. She faltered slightly and Carter gave her a hand and pulled her up. She staggered slightly and ended up sitting on one of the hospital chairs.
"Abby you okay?" Carter asked. Her scanned her body for injuries finding non.
"Just a bit dizzy. God the room's spinning."
Abby put her head in her hands and started to take deep breaths.
"Did he hurt you?" Carter asked, worriedly
Abby shook her head.
"He just scared me that's all. I wasn't expecting it. It made me go all dizzy. I'll be fine."
"You sure?" Carter asked.
"Positive. Can you help me back to my room though?"
"Sure." Carter replied.
He helped Abby up and putting his arm around her waist guided her back to her room.
"Right I'm just going to look at your head, arm and tongue wound."
Abby nodded.
"I'll start with your head wound. Look straight ahead at me please."
Abby did as Carter said and he shone a penlight in front of her eyes.
"Good news. Looks like you've only got a slight concussion. I'm worried that you're still feeling dizzy and sick though. It may be due to the poison still inside of your body. I want to get a blood sample in a minute and analyse that."
Abby nodded.
"Now I'm going to check your arm okay?"
Abby nodded and extended her arm out.
Carter removed it from the sling and started to examine her arm. He pressed down over the area that was cut and Abby let out a painful hiss. She pulled her arm back towards herself and moved away slightly.
"Its okay Abby. Remember I love you. You know that don't you?"
Abby nodded, tears welling up in her eyes.
"I have to examine your arm for a bit longer. I'll try my best not to hurt you too much."
Abby stuck her arm out again and Carter started to feel the area of the cut. It still looked red and swollen but not as bad as it had been when Abby had come in.
"Okay I want to get your arm x-rayed again to see how it's healing up."
Abby nodded.
"I'm just going to check your fingers."
Carter removed the straps that were across Abby's fingers.
"Can you squeeze my hand for me?"
Abby nodded and gave Carter's hand a small squeeze. She groaned in pain.
"That hurts doesn't it?"
"Yeah a lot." Abby replied.
"I'm worried about your arm. You've damaged it badly and I think the damaged nerve endings are not fusing together like they should be. If that's the case you might loose some of the use of your fingers. Hopefully when you're arms healed we can get you doing to some physical exercise to bring back the strength in your arm and fingers and maybe then you'll be able to have full use of your arm and fingers."
"Oh God." Abby said, "What if I can't move my fingers as well as I used to. I won't be able to work as a nurse anymore." Abby started to sob and Carter pulled her into a hug.
"Shhh Abby. I'll make sure everything will be okay. I promise. It will take time but you're going to be fine."
"Thank you." Abby said and kissed Carter.
"Now can I look at your tongue? I won't hurt you."
Abby opened her mouth and stuck her tongue out.
Carter took a good look at it.
"Good news. You'll be able to have the stitches out today. Let me find the right equipment and I'll get them out for you. Alright?"
Abby smiled.
Carter went and found the equipment and brought it back into the room.
"These kits are harder to find every time. They keep being moved."
"Yeah I can never find them when I need them." Abby replied.
"Right this may feel uncomfortable but it will only be for a few minutes."
Carter got to work taking the stitches out. In a few minutes they were out.
"How does that feel?" He asked her.
Abby smiled "Much better. Thanks."
"No problem. Why don't you just relax here? I'm going to find Susan and see if she can take you up to have your arm x-rayed and get a blood sample."
Abby nodded.
"I love you Carter." She said.
"I love you too Abby."
"Hey Susan can you take Abby up to get her arm x-rayed and get a blood sample to check if the poison is still in her blood?"
"Sure. Is Abby's arm alright?"
"She's having problems moving her fingers and it's giving her a lot of pain."
"Aren't the nerve endings fusing together?"
"I'm not sure. That's why I want an x-ray."
"Okay good thinking."
"Thanks Susan."
Carter turned to walk away when Susan said something.
"Is there something going on between you and Abby because you spend a lot of time with her?"
"Yes there is." Carter replied.
"Like what? Come on Carter spill the beans."
"We'll when she had the seizure I told her I loved her and she said she loved me back."
"That's wonderful Carter. Its nice she has someone to open up to. So when you getting married?"
"Susan!" Carter slapped her playfully.
"We'll that's what people in love do: get married."
"I know and to be honest I haven't thought about it. I want to concentrate on getting her better first."
"Okay." Susan said grinning.
Carter smiled.
"I better go. Bye."
"See you." Susan said.
Abby slept peacefully in her bed as Carter and Susan started to look at the x-ray…
AN: What did you think of chapter 11. Thanks for all the cool reviews. Sorry I haven't been able to update. I've been feeling a little low lately. Hope you enjoyed this chapter. There's more to come.