Rating: K+
Spoilers: None
Pairings: Janet and Rodney
Summary: Dr Frasier comes face to face with a hypochondriac
Disclaimer: I own none of the characters and I use them for my own purposes
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Dr Janet Frasier was on call in the ER. She was only spending a few weeks this hospital while she was waiting for a transfer to Colorado, not that she minded, the hospital also admitted Civilian patients as well as Military ones and it had made a nice change to treat common everyday injuries and complaints instead of the usual military related injuries. She sighed as the little boy who's wrist she'd set after falling from a swing waved goodbye to her, she'd missed all of this kind of thing, the busy bustle of an ER, mothers fussing over children, old couples comforting each other and promising not to leave each other behind.
"I'm telling you I can feel it swelling," said a complaining male voice
"I can assure you, sir there is no swelling there at all," said a female voice
"Are you sure you're doing your job properly?" asked the man.
"I can assure you Mr McKay...," replied the woman
"It's Doctor McKay, I didn't spend five years at university to be addressed as Mister " the man remarked tersely
"Doctor McKay I can assure you I am more qualified than you to assess that your throat is not swollen" the woman replied sarcastically. Janet smirked, poor Nurse Abby McKenzie she really did pick them, she decided to go to the rescue before the nurse decided to put the man's tongue in a splint. Janet pulled the curtain aside and stepped into the cubicle.
"Problems Abby?" Janet asked, the nurse, breathed deeply in an effort to be polite about her patient
"Doctor McKay here came in complaining about having accidentally swallowed some citrus, he has an allergy apparently, he thinks his throat is swelling up and his windpipe is closing" replied the nurse handing Janet the notes and she started to read through them.
"Well it could happen," said McKay defensively, Janet smiled
"Thank you Abby, I'll take it from here," she said, Abby smiled at Janet, glared at McKay and left.
"I'm Dr Janet Frasier" she looked at the notes "Dr Rodney McKay, you think you may have swallowed some citrus", she said
"As I was telling the nurse I am mortally allergic to citrus, one of my lab assistants gave me a muffin earlier and I wasn't paying much attention so I didn't take any precautions, you know, to make sure there was no citrus in it, it wasn't until I'd taken a mouthful that I realized there was a problem. She did apologise but that was just for show, she knew that muffin was lemon and lime, she was deliberately trying to poison me because she'd jealous of me getting the grant for my theories and not hers," he said. He put his hands to his throat "Look I can feel it swelling here, oh God I can feel it closing up", Janet sighed, a hypochondriac and paranoid to boot. She sat a little closer and put her hands to his neck, gently pressing her finger into the contours,
"There is a little swelling here, nothing that would cause the epiglottis to close," she said smiling. A nurse came in and handed Janet a file, she opened it and read the report,
"According to this there are no traces of citrus although there are a number of chemicals that are used in food flavourings" Janet closed the file. "You were lucky Dr McKay if that had have been an organic muffin you could be dead, that goodness your assistant went for the cheap mass produced one instead", Rodney looked a little deflated
"Oh" he said as he swung his legs off the bed "What about the swelling in my throat?" Janet smiled
"Probably a slight reaction to the chemicals in the muffin, I'll get Abby to give you a shot" she said. Rodney rolled his eyes
"Oh thank you so much" he said sarcastically, Janet smiled and patted his knee
"My pleasure Dr McKay" she replied. A nurse popped her head round the screen
"Dr Lam needs you in cubical four" the nurse said, Janet nodded
"Can you ask Abby to come in and give Dr McKay his anti histamine shot please" she said. The nurse nodded and disappeared
"So I really am going to be ok?" said Rodney
"Yes Dr McKay" Janet replied "now please excuse me" Rodney nodded and she left.
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AN: Please excuse the Dr Evil quotefrom Austin Powers but that line was made for Rodney. Thanks for the reviews and suggestions, keep 'em coming.