The fog started to clear a bit as the morphine started to leave his body. He opened his eyes and glanced around. He wasn't in the same room as before, this one looked more like those hospital rooms you stay in for a few days when you're actually admitted to the hospital.
He looked up, following the plastic tubes that went up to plastic bags hanging above him.
The smaller bag was marked with 'A Rh POSITIVE', and was nearly empty. The line with the blood went down to his right hand.
The other bag was marked PlasmaLyte or something along those lines. Luca never really trusted himself with words he wasn't familiar with, especially technical or science-y words. But plasma made sense because of the blood thing named plasma, the 'lyte' part was more confusing to him though. Or, maybe it wasn't designed to make sense? Who knew?
The line with the clear liquid trailed down to his left hand.
He looked around again, and found the call cord. Activated it.
A little while later a nurse entered his room.
"Hello. How are you feeling?"
Luca shrugged, "In some pain, and a bit woozy…"
She nodded.
"How long have I been here?"
"On this ward? About an hour…" the nurse said, looking down at the watch hanging from her uniform. Then she stepped over next to his bed, "I'm Jasmyn, by the way, I'm your nurse today."
"Luca…" he replied and shook her hand, "So, what's happening with my leg?"
"Well, you broke your hip, the upper part of the femur which goes towards your hip socket." Jasmyn explained as she tried to explain it with her hands as well, "And you dislocated your kneecap."
"Figured that much…" Luca nodded, offering up what he thought would be a smirk, "I'm meaning, am I going to have surgery or not? -Or have I already had?"
Jasmyn chuckled a little, "You haven't had surgery, yet. But you are scheduled for one."
"Alright." Luca nodded, then he looked up at the bag with the clear liquid, "Can you please tell me what that thing is called, -and what it does?"
"PlasmaLyte? It's written on the bag." She smiled, "It's used to replace loss of fluids. The doctors often orders it up for patients who has for instance broken bones, been through operations, burns, head injuries, infections. Pretty much fancy saline drip…"
Luca chuckled, "Fancy saline drip, funny."
"It has a bit extra electrolytes and minerals. -And some sugar too I think."
Luca nodded, "Did they set my kneecap?"
Jasmyn tilted her head from side to side, "The orthopedic surgeon did when you were fairly heavy sedated earlier, but he thinks you might need surgery to replace your medial patellofemoral ligament later. He checked to see how stabile it was once it was set, and he said it probably wouldn't stay put if you bumped your knee properly, or placed your weight odd."
Luca nodded. "Is that something that can be fixed now, or does it have to wait until my hip is better?"
"It varies from case to case, and the surgeon didn't mention what would be the case for you yet." the nurse explained.
Luca nodded, "Do you know when I'll have surgery?"
"You're scheduled for surgery this afternoon." she answered, "Currently you're first in line."
"Cool…" Luca nodded, "Is it alright if I just try to sleep until then?"
The nurse nodded, "That should be alright…"
"Alright. Nice."