"I just don't know what I'm missing," Hook muttered as his eyes
ran over the latest test results again. Okay, there were still some more
exotic tests that they were still working on running but he knew those were
real long shots. What in the world was going on here? Why wasn't Elmer
awake? He had to have missed something, some sort of small thing, but why
couldn't he figure out what it was now that he was searching for it?
"Hook, you have to stop beating yourself up, okay?" Chris said gently as she laid a hand on his shoulder. She knew that he took medical mistakes seriously but she hadn't really known how seriously until she saw how he was handling the notion that he might have made a mistake of his own, one that could very well harm a friend. "I've looked over those tests too and there's absolutely nothing wrong that I can see. You can't find things that aren't there."
"There has to be something." Hook insisted. "Healthy people just don't go into comas for no reason and Elmer was fine before...." Had he made a mistake when he was patching Elmer up? Maybe the use of the general had been too much but at the time Elmer's wounds had definitely looked serious enough to call for putting him under. He still couldn't quite believe that they had turned out to be so minor after all.
"No they don't but maybe it's just going to take awhile for us to find the reason." Chris said as she reached up, gently pressing a kiss against Hook's lips. Okay, she hoped he didn't think that was too forward,
especially considering the current circumstances but he just looked so upset that she couldn't help it. She knew how hard mistakes were and had never had anyone there to comfort her when she knew she had made an error.
She was definitely going to be there for Hook and do her best to convince him that this wasn't his fault. "Hook, you can't keep blaming yourself for this, okay? You know this isn't what Elmer would want."
"What Elmer would want would be to be sitting up and basking in Louis and Lona both fussing over him." Hook shook his head slightly as he thought of how Lona was taking Elmer's injuries, definitely way worse than he had expected even under the circumstances. He really hoped that that meant that his friend might have a bit of hope for winning her after all.
"Tell me about it. He would definitely love this." Chris said with a grin at Hook. Before he could grow more upset once more, she continued. "And you know what, he's still going to be able to love it.
We're going to figure out what this is and fix it so that we have our old Elmer back and driving us nuts, right?"
"I just wish it was that easy." Hook said with a shake of his head. He honestly had no idea of which direction to go in now with all of the tests coming back negative.
"It will be, it just doesn't look like it now." Chris said gently.
"Why don't I call the lab and see if they can take some more blood samples, get them to run the tests again. It could be that we're just dealing with some sort of lab error here."
Hook nodded in response, wanting to hold out hope that Chris's suggestion might be correct but at the same time very afraid that it wasn't.
Chris shook her head as she looked over at Hook. Obviously he didn't think this was a lab error but they had to start looking someplace for a solution. "Okay." she said firmly. "I'll call the lab to get them to run those tests again and then you and I are going back down to your Kingdom to lie down for awhile." From the expression on Hook's face, she could tell that he was about to object more than a little strongly so she continued before he could. "Hook, you were up half of the night last night between getting Elmer fixed up and taking care of Lona. You're not going to be any good to him if you don't get some rest soon. And who knows,
maybe something will come to us while we're sleeping. I've got a few research ideas that way, you know." She grinned slightly once more as she mentioned that.
"So we'll both be sleeping, hmmm." Hook said with a soft smile as he allowed Chris to lead him down the hall. "You're taking this rather seriously. For better or for worse, hmmmm?"
"Hook, you have to stop beating yourself up, okay?" Chris said gently as she laid a hand on his shoulder. She knew that he took medical mistakes seriously but she hadn't really known how seriously until she saw how he was handling the notion that he might have made a mistake of his own, one that could very well harm a friend. "I've looked over those tests too and there's absolutely nothing wrong that I can see. You can't find things that aren't there."
"There has to be something." Hook insisted. "Healthy people just don't go into comas for no reason and Elmer was fine before...." Had he made a mistake when he was patching Elmer up? Maybe the use of the general had been too much but at the time Elmer's wounds had definitely looked serious enough to call for putting him under. He still couldn't quite believe that they had turned out to be so minor after all.
"No they don't but maybe it's just going to take awhile for us to find the reason." Chris said as she reached up, gently pressing a kiss against Hook's lips. Okay, she hoped he didn't think that was too forward,
especially considering the current circumstances but he just looked so upset that she couldn't help it. She knew how hard mistakes were and had never had anyone there to comfort her when she knew she had made an error.
She was definitely going to be there for Hook and do her best to convince him that this wasn't his fault. "Hook, you can't keep blaming yourself for this, okay? You know this isn't what Elmer would want."
"What Elmer would want would be to be sitting up and basking in Louis and Lona both fussing over him." Hook shook his head slightly as he thought of how Lona was taking Elmer's injuries, definitely way worse than he had expected even under the circumstances. He really hoped that that meant that his friend might have a bit of hope for winning her after all.
"Tell me about it. He would definitely love this." Chris said with a grin at Hook. Before he could grow more upset once more, she continued. "And you know what, he's still going to be able to love it.
We're going to figure out what this is and fix it so that we have our old Elmer back and driving us nuts, right?"
"I just wish it was that easy." Hook said with a shake of his head. He honestly had no idea of which direction to go in now with all of the tests coming back negative.
"It will be, it just doesn't look like it now." Chris said gently.
"Why don't I call the lab and see if they can take some more blood samples, get them to run the tests again. It could be that we're just dealing with some sort of lab error here."
Hook nodded in response, wanting to hold out hope that Chris's suggestion might be correct but at the same time very afraid that it wasn't.
Chris shook her head as she looked over at Hook. Obviously he didn't think this was a lab error but they had to start looking someplace for a solution. "Okay." she said firmly. "I'll call the lab to get them to run those tests again and then you and I are going back down to your Kingdom to lie down for awhile." From the expression on Hook's face, she could tell that he was about to object more than a little strongly so she continued before he could. "Hook, you were up half of the night last night between getting Elmer fixed up and taking care of Lona. You're not going to be any good to him if you don't get some rest soon. And who knows,
maybe something will come to us while we're sleeping. I've got a few research ideas that way, you know." She grinned slightly once more as she mentioned that.
"So we'll both be sleeping, hmmm." Hook said with a soft smile as he allowed Chris to lead him down the hall. "You're taking this rather seriously. For better or for worse, hmmmm?"