Summary: Ray, Abby and Carter get too attached to a patient! What will happen when they found she is a relation to one of their own?
Disclaimer: I don't own ER! Nope, none of it! However, I do own Sarah, so you can't have her!
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Breath of Life
"Frank, can you call the police. One of my patients can't remember her last name or her parents, so we may need their help," Ray was worried about the girl. She seemed so frightened and lethargic that he was left wondering what had happened in her life. Ray wandered outside and sat on the bench, shivering in only his lab coat. Abby sat down beside him a few minutes later.
"Don't you ever work, Lockhart?"
"I was off an hour ago, but I stayed to help you with your patient," She replied, with a scornful attitude.
"Well thank you for your help. It was greatly appreciated," Ray gratefully thanked.
"Hey Ray!" Ray turned around to see Sam calling him from the front doors, "Your patient is back from radiology."
"Okay, thanks!" He yelled back, then turned to Abby, "Well, I got to go see what type of fractures she has. Want to come?"
"Sure, why not. The poor girl needs one friendly doctor." They walked towards the front entrance, and into the hospital. They rounded the corner only to see Carter to run into the room, under the haze of a blue light.
"What the…" Ray mumbled, under his breath, breaking into a run. He almost slid into the trauma room.
"She started crashing a minute ago," John exclaimed, performing CPR on the young girl.
"Her oxygen levels aren't improving. We've got to intubate!" There was panic in Ray's voice. For some reason, he felt he had to save this girl. He felt as if it was his only purpose. He grabbed the tube from Sam's hands. Out of the corner of his eye, he could see Abby. He opened Sarah's mouth, and tried to slide the tube down the girl's trachea.
"It's not going down. The airway's blocked!"
"We got to put in a surgical airway!" there was authority in Carter's voice.
Sam ran back into the trauma room, "Blood and tox screen are back! You're going to want to see them."
Abby took the sheet from Sam's hands. "Her white blood count is off the chart, and there are traces of narcotics in her system. I'm going to check her appendix." She felt around Sarah's abdomen. "There's something wrong here. I'm calling the OR for a consult," Abby took the phone of the wall and dialled Surgery. Seconds later she hung it back up. "Dubenko's on his way!"
"Okay, we got an airway established," Ray was exhausted from the efforts, but pleased that Sarah was stabilized.
"Did you call for a consult?" All turned to see Dr. Dubenko walk through the doors.
"We're thinking appendicitis or abdominal trauma. Whatever it is, she needs her appendix removed, quick," Abby quickly interjected. Dr. Dubenko quickly examined the girl and agreed.
"Well let's get this girl upstairs. Where are her parents?"
"We don't exactly know. She came in with the paramedics, and she can't remember her last name. We've got detectives coming to see her, but that may have to be postponed." Ray quickly said, not wanting to take time away from Sarah's survival chances.
"Well, lets get her rolling!"
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