Chapter 9: "Infection"
"Shit he has a fever!" Greene said while paging Benton.
He noticed that his whole body seemed to be shaking, and knowing it was chills and his temperature was probably high.
Greene took his hand off of Luka's forehead and took the ear thermometer off of the wall. He placed it in Luka's ear and waited for the beep before reading the temperature,
"102.3" Greene read aloud to himself (at least that's what he thought), not aware that Benton had entered the room, a worried expression on his face,
"What do you think is wrong?" Benton asked while advancing towards the bed, making Mark jump slightly as he had not noticed that he had entered. Benton walked up to the side of the bed, and put on a pair of latex gloves,
"I'm not sure, it could be an infection from surgery, or just the body's natural way of fighting, and I am definitely hoping for the second" Greene said while wetting a face cloth and draping it on Luka's forehead, hoping it would cool him down slightly.
Benton lifted up the bandage and began checking that everything was okay; but when he lifted up the bandage there was some blood on the underside, and two of the stitches had came out slightly and were bleeding.
"Damn!" Benton shouted and Mark looked at him worried, "The stitches came out, he'll need surgery, make sure that there is no internal damage." Mark knew that the stitches probably came out from Luka shaking with the chills, and being so thin it would have been easier to rip them. He knew that it was going to be tough on Luka to have surgery again as his body was already so weak and he was only after having major surgery, the chances of making it through the surgery would be low, and the chance of having internal damage would just complicate things even more.
"Okay, call the O.R, and tell them I need a room, STAT!" Benton said on the