"How's Lona?" Hook asked as he came down the hallway towards
Elmer's room and spotted Chris standing outside. He had spent the last few
hours trying to convince the lab to put a rush on the bloodwork and
standing over their shoulders to make sure that there were no errors.
"You mean besides making me think that she might be needing a psych referral soon?" Chris said with a shake of her head. She just couldn't believe that Lona had fallen apart like this and over Elmer too. Okay,
Chris expected Lona to be upset about what happened, of course, but with how Lona was always saying that Elmer drove her nuts, she just didn't expect at all that her friend would fall into such hysterics. She grinned slightly at her next thought Maybe Lona liked Elmer a bit more than she was willing to admit. There was a notion that would definitely please the young doctor, that is if he ever woke up to find out about it. That sobered her almost instantly.
"She hasn't calmed down at all?" Hook asked. Okay, the more upset that Lona got, the more that he was absolutely sure that Elmer couldn't be faking this. Elmer could do some stupid stuff, it was true, but no way would he do it to the point that Lona's wellbeing might be endangered. He shook his head softly as he thought of that. He had a feeling that Lona's wellbeing was even more important to Elmer than his own even if he could do stupid stuff sometimes.
"I had to give her another sedative." Chris was starting to definitely look worried by this point. "Louis and I got her back into bed.
Maybe after a good sleep.... Hook, do you have any clue what in the world is wrong with Elmer?" Elmer was usually so full of life and to see him lying there motionless in the bed like that... Chris had had to come out to the hall to try to get a hold of herself before she started to freak like Lona.
"I have no idea what could be causing this. Here, take a look."
Hook said as he passed the test results to Chris. He had insisted that the lab test for everything possible, had even asked them to run tests for any sort of illicit drugs.
"Drugs?" Chris said softly as she came to that part of the test results. Her eyes widened in shock as she looked up at Hook. "You think that maybe Elmer was taking something and..." Okay, some sort of illicit drugs would definitely explain why Elmer had lapsed into a coma when there was no physical reason to explain it but.... Although she knew that a lot of younger doctors did take thinks to get through the pressures of med school and residency, she would never have thought that Elmer would be the type to do something like that.
"No, I don't really think that's what's going on," Hook said with a shake of his head and a grin at Chris. "Elmer's just naturally odd."
Honestly with Elmer's natural personality, Hook would hate to see what would happen if the younger doctor ever did decide to give drugs a try.
Now that would be a frightening situation. Might even be more frightening that the notion of Stegman operating.
"My son doesn't take drugs!" Unnoticed by the pair, Louis had stepped out into the hall and had heard what they were discussing. He glared at both Hook and Chris as his anger started to build. Here his son was laying there in that hospital bed, helpless, and his so called friends were out here doing something to totally destroy his reputation. If people thought that Elmer was on drugs.... "He would never, ever...."
"Louis, we know that, okay? Settle down." Hook said as he hurried over to Louis's side with Chris right behind him. "I'm just grasping at straws here trying to figure out what in the world is going on."
"It's not drugs." Louis said firmly. "I can guarantee that." He reached out, snagging the results out of Hook's hand and rapidly scanning them.
"There's nothing there." Hook said as he watched Louis. "They tested for everything but there's just nothing."
"How can that be?" Louis whispered as he looked up. Hook was right, the tests were completely negative but then what was wrong with his son? "Healthy people just don't end up in comas!"
"I know. The only thing that I could find is a couple of areas on the EEG that look a bit off." Hook shook his head as he thought of that.
"Of course, that might be something completely normal for Elmer. I would need to talk to an expert to be sure."
"And the Elmer expert around here just happens to be heavily sedated at the moment." Chris said as she peered into the partially open door. What in the world were they going to do now?
"You mean besides making me think that she might be needing a psych referral soon?" Chris said with a shake of her head. She just couldn't believe that Lona had fallen apart like this and over Elmer too. Okay,
Chris expected Lona to be upset about what happened, of course, but with how Lona was always saying that Elmer drove her nuts, she just didn't expect at all that her friend would fall into such hysterics. She grinned slightly at her next thought Maybe Lona liked Elmer a bit more than she was willing to admit. There was a notion that would definitely please the young doctor, that is if he ever woke up to find out about it. That sobered her almost instantly.
"She hasn't calmed down at all?" Hook asked. Okay, the more upset that Lona got, the more that he was absolutely sure that Elmer couldn't be faking this. Elmer could do some stupid stuff, it was true, but no way would he do it to the point that Lona's wellbeing might be endangered. He shook his head softly as he thought of that. He had a feeling that Lona's wellbeing was even more important to Elmer than his own even if he could do stupid stuff sometimes.
"I had to give her another sedative." Chris was starting to definitely look worried by this point. "Louis and I got her back into bed.
Maybe after a good sleep.... Hook, do you have any clue what in the world is wrong with Elmer?" Elmer was usually so full of life and to see him lying there motionless in the bed like that... Chris had had to come out to the hall to try to get a hold of herself before she started to freak like Lona.
"I have no idea what could be causing this. Here, take a look."
Hook said as he passed the test results to Chris. He had insisted that the lab test for everything possible, had even asked them to run tests for any sort of illicit drugs.
"Drugs?" Chris said softly as she came to that part of the test results. Her eyes widened in shock as she looked up at Hook. "You think that maybe Elmer was taking something and..." Okay, some sort of illicit drugs would definitely explain why Elmer had lapsed into a coma when there was no physical reason to explain it but.... Although she knew that a lot of younger doctors did take thinks to get through the pressures of med school and residency, she would never have thought that Elmer would be the type to do something like that.
"No, I don't really think that's what's going on," Hook said with a shake of his head and a grin at Chris. "Elmer's just naturally odd."
Honestly with Elmer's natural personality, Hook would hate to see what would happen if the younger doctor ever did decide to give drugs a try.
Now that would be a frightening situation. Might even be more frightening that the notion of Stegman operating.
"My son doesn't take drugs!" Unnoticed by the pair, Louis had stepped out into the hall and had heard what they were discussing. He glared at both Hook and Chris as his anger started to build. Here his son was laying there in that hospital bed, helpless, and his so called friends were out here doing something to totally destroy his reputation. If people thought that Elmer was on drugs.... "He would never, ever...."
"Louis, we know that, okay? Settle down." Hook said as he hurried over to Louis's side with Chris right behind him. "I'm just grasping at straws here trying to figure out what in the world is going on."
"It's not drugs." Louis said firmly. "I can guarantee that." He reached out, snagging the results out of Hook's hand and rapidly scanning them.
"There's nothing there." Hook said as he watched Louis. "They tested for everything but there's just nothing."
"How can that be?" Louis whispered as he looked up. Hook was right, the tests were completely negative but then what was wrong with his son? "Healthy people just don't end up in comas!"
"I know. The only thing that I could find is a couple of areas on the EEG that look a bit off." Hook shook his head as he thought of that.
"Of course, that might be something completely normal for Elmer. I would need to talk to an expert to be sure."
"And the Elmer expert around here just happens to be heavily sedated at the moment." Chris said as she peered into the partially open door. What in the world were they going to do now?