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, and both detectives; so you can't have them!
Author's Note: Well, I'm back! Sorry for not being quick, but guess who got Season 1 of "ER" on DVD. If you guessed me you would be correct. I again find myself explaining Thought. I asked her to help me with a last name (Detective Ryder), and she gave me the name of her hero, Lisa Ryder, whom she met during the summer when she got to be on Andromeda. She is so lucky; I want to be on ER! Please let me be on ER! Oh well, on with the show, or story I guess, unless someone from NBC contacts me wanting to make this an episode. That would be cool!
Breath of Life
She slowly opened her eyes. Unfamiliar with her surroundings, she blinked. She tried to speak, but her voice was restricted. She started to panic. Someone ran into the room.
"Calm down, calm down," the women said, stroking her hair. "Its okay, your in the hospital. You have a tube down your throat to help you breath. My name is Dr. Lockhart, do you remember me?" Sarah shook her head. "That's okay, sweetheart. I'll be right back and then we'll take out that tube okay?"
Sarah looked around the room again. In one corner hung a TV, then a window looking out into the hallway. To her left she could see a pole holding bags of liquid and a computer monitor. To her right she could she a chair.
Abby walked in again, followed by two other men.
"Hi Sarah," the younger one said. " Do you remember me? I'm Dr. Barnett."
"And I'm Dr. Carter," the older one added. Abby walked towards the girl as he spoke. "Dr. Lockhart is going to take out the tube and then we're going to talk to you for a few minutes. Is that all right?
Sarah nodded and Abby came closer. "On the count of three, I want you to cough out. One…two… three!" Sarah coughed and the tube slid out. Ray quickly held an oxygen mask to her face to help her slow down her breathing, then started the conversation. Abby stood by her head and John sat down.
"Do you remember coming into the ER earlier?" Sarah shook her head.
"Do you remember anything from before you woke up?" Again she shook her head in a negative response.
"Do you want to know why you are in the hospital?" Sarah nodded her head.
"You came in an ambulance. They said the found you by a park." John began, "You have a broken left leg, a broken right wrist and, a dislocated left shoulder," that explained the sling on her arm, she thought to her self, "You also have a concussion, which means that you hit you head on something or something hit you. Further more, you had an elevated white blood count, which means your appendix had ruptured. We took you to surgery where they took it out, as well as your spleen. Do you understand?"
Sarah made her first attempt at speaking, "Yes," she replied in a shaky voice.
"Thank you Sarah, you've helped us a lot." Ray said, "We're going to put casts on your leg and wrist. What colour do you want?"
She thought for a moment then smiled for the first time in a long time. "Green!"
"Great choice! Now why don't you try you get some sleep, and we'll set your bones back to normal."
Author's Note: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Sorry about the long-winded authors note above, but Thought doesn't like to explain things so… Anyways if you liked this, please review.
