Chapter 6 - Eavesdropping
Sara Lanski rolled her eyes when she saw Abby entering the room. She smirked at Sara's expression.
"I'm going perform an ultrasound on you Miss Lanski"
"Yeah whatever" Sara replied, looking at her doctor wondering why her eyes were all puffy.
Abby grabbed a stool placed it next to the gurney and sat down. She reached for the transductor probe and pulled it towards herself and placed it on the bed. She tapped away on the keyboard inputting details.
"Can you lift your gown up please, I want to scan your abdomen" Abby asked grabbing the gel bottle. "I'm gonna put this gel your tummy ok? This may feel a little cold" She squeezed out the gooey blue gel on the girl stomach, puts the bottle down. She grabbed the transductor, placed it on the girl's stomach and steers it around vigorously to pick up a clear picture on the screen.
Susan walked across the road to the Jumbo Mart to grab a coffee. She entered the store, looking around. She sighed when she saw the length of the queue at the coffee counter. Susan joined the queue. She looked down one of the aisles and saw Jake on his break.
Jake strode along the aisle and bumped into an old friend. They shook hands and started chatting. From a distance Susan can hear them.
"Hey long time no see!" the guy said, "You still training to be a doc?"
"Yeah I am on my fourth year and working over the road" Jake replied
"Oh yeah County General?"
Jake nodded.
"God that place is busy, I bet it's nice having to work with those hot nurses!"
Jake laughs, "Yeah…"
"So have you got a babe in your life then?"
"Yeah I work with her, she's a doctor"
"Yeah! What she like?" The guy asked out of curiosity
"Hot! She's my rotation supervisor!"
"Really? You're living dangerously aren't you?"
"That's the thrill of it!" Jake laughed
Susan gasped after eavesdropping their conversation. Her mouth is hanging wide open. Susan stormed out of the store leaving the queue. She dashed across the road into the ambulance bay and entered the hospital through the sliding doors.
A young Indian doctor stopped Susan. "Can I speak to you for second?"
"Later, Neela" Susan replied glancing around "Has anyone seen Abby?"
"She's in treatment room four Dr Lewis"
"Thanks Neela"
Chuny is assisting Abby whilst she is working away on the ultrasound.
"See that. That's your baby," Abby is pointing at the screen. "Heartbeats good, I can see a slight separation on your placenta which have cause the bleeding"
"How far gone I am?"
"About 15 weeks, we will have to admit you, you will need bed rest"
"I can't do that," the girl sobbed "My parents gonna kill me now, they don't know I'm pregnant!"
"I'll go and phone for a bed Doctor," Chuny said. The nurse walked out and bumped in to Susan looking infuriated.
"Dr Lockhart" Susan said in a whispered tone "I want to see you in my office!"
"Huh?" Abby turned her head and saw her angry looking boss stood next to her. "Ok, I'll be there a in a sec" Abby narrowed her eyes at her patient. Did she really report me?