Chapter 4 – Check-up
New York – Upper East Side – Gymnasium of Constancy Billiards – Late in the afternoon
The girls take a shower before getting changed and dressing their city keeping. For many, it's the end of the school day. Blair does the same.
But first of all, she takes out his portable and calls her mother. For once, his mother answered right away.
"Good evening, Blair that is worth me this call?"
"Good evening Mom, I think that I have a problem of health that could be serious. The sport's teacher accuses me cryptically of doping. And seen my performances during the lesson, I understand her. In addition, I break some small things by accident. She recommends me to do a complete medical examination to see if I did not absorb something unusual or if I have something that will not. I can summarize my situation with this sentence: I feel too well and it worries me."
"If I understand correctly, you want to see the doctor because you are too much in form, answered her his mother."
"Mom, you understood everything. But my anxiety is to be too much in form today, but tomorrow, I shall be what? Of more at first, I thought that I didn't have the chance by breaking small things. But the teacher frightened me with its history of dope without my knowledge and I prefer being reassured. If they take a problem early, they solve it more easily. I prefer telling myself that I am in great shape because everything goes well rather than my nice form would be owed to any poison or to any disease."
"That is the first time that you should see a doctor because you are too much in form. But this idea of doping without my knowledge can be disturbing and we need to eliminate the hypothesis although very unlikely. I will ask Dr. Sinclair to the clinic saint Jude, to examine thee. They have all they need to do a complete review. I hope that they will be able to receive this evening. Good, I have been involved with this. Although I think that the answer will be: everything goes well Mademoiselle. Check, I am in charge of it. Although I think that answer will be: everything goes well Miss."
"He will sing us the French song, « Everything goes well "Madame la Marquise"» answers Blair in a sarcastic way."
"Does not make humor, Blair, I thank you, says coldly her mother. I remind you as soon as I have a date. What are you since then going to make? What do you do in the meantime?"
" I'll go to work in the library. Just send an SMS, otherwise, the librarian put me outside."
"Goodbye, Mom."
Blair ends to get dressed. It takes him a certain time because many her friends come to see her to congratulate her. They are 2 teams. Some people say to her that she had been also bright never. Others ask her for her secret. Some people asked her the question of the training in Dodgeball or even cryptically which products she used, so much she had been above all the others.
As soon as she could, she goes up to Eileen to introduce her to some sort of an apology to have pulled in the back and to know if she had black and blue.
"Greeting, Eileen, I hope that you do not suffer from my shooting earlier. But you were so bright that it was necessary to eliminate you as soon as possible. I used your entertainment, but I am afraid to have been a bit strong."
Eileen looked at her with a furious air. It gets up and raises the shirt and shows her the back where spread out a splendid round blue which was becoming brown.
"Look at your work and admire there. What are you now going to make?"
"First not to make another one, she claims. I can also accompany you in the infirmary if you want it. But I think that you don't want me for it. The last thing which I can make is to offer you my sincere apologies. I didn't make it express. But we play and they don't turn the back to their opponents when they play Dodgeball. It's an error. I caused it, but do not forget that I also, you're responsible for it because you forgot a not written essential rule of this game: Don't turn the back to the opponent."
Then Blair turns heels and moves away angry while Eileen and her friends look at her with a poor air.
Always dissatisfy, Blair goes to the library of the high school. Serena joins her on the way and says to her: "Cease grumbling under your breath. I heard your brawl with Eileen. And all my congratulations on your game. You would have almost could win you against all the others."
"I was good but in most, I dare say that this was my day. But by talking about it, the professor accused me in words covered of doping. Given what has happened since this morning and even since yesterday evening, I'm afraid to have something and I would prefer to have the peace of mind. I asked my mother to have a full check-up this evening to be reassured. Since thou here, if I have this balance sheet this evening, could you accompany me because I might need some help? Because it's not recommended to go there alone."
"If it pleases you, I can accompany you. But I envisaged others things this evening and it's necessary that I know fast when and where you go, answers Serena."
"I'm waiting for SMS of mother and I transmit it to you as soon as I have it. At the moment, I'm going to work in the library by hoping to break nothing. And you?"
"Since you want that I accompany you in the private hospital, I go with you to the library. I must work in geometry."
New York – Upper East side – Library of Constance Billard – End of Afternoon
Forty minutes later, Blair's cell phone vibrates and the SMS of her mother show off: "Meeting to the ST Jude Clinic at 6 am 30 with the doctor Sinclair. I'll come for primaries results".
Blair slips her phone to Serena with the SMS readable and she murmurs: "Do you accompany me ?"
"Yes, answers her softly Serena. How many hours to go at the clinic ?"
"On foot, about 15 minutes."
"In view of the hour, I think that the best is to go there now. Shall we go slowly by making a little of bootlicking-windows unless you want to end something right away."
"I feel unable to make though it is. A little of bootlicking-windows will tranquilize me. Shall we go?"
"Shall we go" answers Serena.
They go off the library and go easily by strolling towards the private hospital holy Jude.
New York – Upper East Side – Private hospital saint Jude – Early evening
They flog their affairs, leave the library and go wandering toward the clinic St Jude.
Arrived there Blair speaks to the receptionist: "Hello Miss, I am Mademoiselle Blair Waldorf. I have an appointment at 18:30 a.m. with Dr. Sinclair.
After typing on her keyboard, the receptionist, answers:
"Sorry, I don't have your name. There is no appointment for Dr. Sinclair at this hour."
Blair answers and says: "It's possible, my mother took this appointment for me, there are less than 2 hours. This is for a complete check-up. It is possible that it has not yet put on the schedule for the clinic. For confirmation, it must be that you call him or its secretariat to have confirmation."
The receptionist types a number on her phone and after few rings, she says: "Hello doctor, I've Miss Blair Waldorf in front of me. She tells that she has a date with you in some minutes. But I haven't this date on planning.
A few moments later, she says: "Agree Doctor, I put on schedule and I send you Miss Waldorf."
She rests on the phone and says, "Dr. Sinclair confirms this appointment and asks you to wait in the waiting room of the 4th floor. Of that he is free, he'll receive you".
They go up to the 4th floor and arrive in the waiting room. They have barely the time to settle before that Dr. Sinclair goes out of his office. He says:
"Hello Ladies, I'm Dr. Sinclair and you are?"
"I am Miss Blair Waldorf and my mother asks you to make a check-up for me. I came with my friend Serena Van der Woodsen."
"The better to preserve the medical secrecy is that I receive you alone but you can be accompanied by any or for certain parts of your exams by Miss Van der Woodsen if you wish. Do you know when your mother will join us?"
"My mother will happen of it can. She tells me that she will be for the results."
"Well, Miss Waldorf, if you want to follow me in the office to talk about a few of you before the various examinations."
"Serena, can you accompany me?"
They followed the doctor into the office.
"If you will sit down," says the doctor while he sits behind his desk. "Then Mademoiselle Waldorf, explain to me the or the reasons which will ask you an urgent appointment as well as for a full check-up."
"Well, Doctor, for once, a patient comes you see because he is too in form. That is my case. Since 24 h, I break small things. I cut myself and the scar has disappeared in less than an hour. And this afternoon, I was stronger and faster than usual so that the teacher of Sport accused me in words covered of doping."
"After more than one hour of rather intensive sports, I was not sweaty while the others were her. My friend Serena, here present, will you confirm it. In summary, I was stronger than usual, quicker, more accurate.
"As I have taken nothing, I think that I ingested despite me something that makes me feel as well. But tomorrow, I do not know which state, I shall be. Earlier that they know what it is, better it will be for me and if I need a treatment, so much to begin it earlier possible. I make a little of paranoia, I settle the question of a possible intoxication. You see where I follow it."
"If everybody could come to see the doctor that when it feels well, it would be marvelous for us, answers by smiling the doctor Sinclair. Good, I think that you make paranoia more seriously than you say it. But as your sport's teacher knows you well, one must consider these comments carefully. But before all, is this that there are things that have changed recently in your life before the symptoms you just bring me as new habits, abandonment of some of the others and so on?"
"I'm a teenager as normal as other. I haven't medical treatment in progress and no disease to my knowledge. I don't take any drugs, I don't smoke and I have a consumption of alcohol rather moderate reserved for a few evenings. The only thing that has changed is that I'm sexually active now. But I eliminate the idea of being pregnant because I had my rules last week and I have not had sex since. In addition, I take the pill."
"It must be when even better check although as you say given the conditions, it is very unlikely. Because in your situation, it is better to make a research every way. If there is nothing, I must speak about it with your mother or you prefer that she stays in ignorance. It is also important that I know what type of pill you take because some have side-effects."
"I would prefer that you did not mention because I didn't say anything officially. For the pill, I take this" and Blair tends to doctor a small box.
After a small pause, the doctor resumed: "The nurse will come to you to get a blood sample. For the supplement, it would be in favor of a tomorrow to fasting. There will be also the urine test and even if you could go to the saddle, it will be even better."
"You will test even my stool is exclaimed Blair of an air offended then that Serena is swallowed it the lips not to laugh."
"If we can: Yes, says very seriously Dr. Sinclair, since we don't know what you have been interfering. Therefore it should be the most comprehensive. But this is part of the standard procedure. It also requires that you take a few hairs. It will be for the best to not damage your hair."
"They will go on by an examination with a stethoscope and a catch of tension, an EKG at rest and an electroencephalogram, by an exercise stress test with a running of 20 minutes on movable carpet linked up with an EKG. And then we'll finish by a visual check, aural and reflexes to see if it is affected. We'll finish by a gynecological examination. Then we'll see if we need to do to other complementary examinations either directly or on appointments with various specialists.
"Then are you ready, miss Waldorf?"
"Ready, Dr. Sinclair."
The nurse comes for the blood sample. She isolates herself to urinate and make small saddles which were recovered by the nurse for the laboratory. The doctor examines Blair, makes the two exams at rest and finds nothing.
The test of the effort makes on the treadmill to inclined plane and lasts 20 minutes. In the end, he takes away the sensors and the doctor says a little surprised.
"Miss Waldorf, you're in great shape. What you have just done is worthy of an Olympic athlete in his best form. I take again you the blood pressure."
"After having taken, your blood pressure doesn't increase, very surprising. I propose to you to repeat in part this test of effort in easier but with the breathing tests. This is not recommended. But here, you're outside standards and we see Dr. Sinclair increasingly puzzled."
They do again the test accompanied with respiratory measurements and they saw the more and more perplexed doctor Sinclair.
"He says, it would be necessary that I do again you to tests another day which they reserve for the athletes of high level. Because this test indicates that you are."
"Therefore, the idea of doping despite you could be good. But I would like to know what you have taken. We tested may be on you the product super boosting for our athletes for the next Olympics Games said it with a smile."
"I hope not, says purring Blair because I will kindle their year trial which their will cost the skin of the buttocks. "
"I also found that you are not in sweat despite your efforts."
The review continued with the ophthalmologic tests and hearing aids. Results were such as the doctor take back Blair's file and read it attentively He rests it and says:
"Miss Waldorf, you have a problem. Your vision and hearing have improved significantly. Your vision is now worthy of a fighter pilot. Your hearing is fabulous. All this is well above what said your medical record. These 2 tests show that you have a problem that many people would love to have. But as you say: it is well today and tomorrow that is what you will be. "
"Or as the said laughingly called my teacher, I developed superpowers" answers Blair.
"It should tell me that you had taken a chemical bath for having your superpowers says with a big smile the doctor. Serena smiles so in the back."
"But apart it, I top up a genetic contour to see if your genes are attacked. Because I know nothing that ameliorates view so and audition except good on the acquisition of superpowers in New York it concludes by smiling."
"I'm beginning to be tired of this history of superpowers. Everyone knows that this doesn't exist, says exasperated Blair. Otherwise, the superheroes would fly for a long time in the sky of New York."
"More seriously, have you other changes in you that you would not be pointed out at the beginning of the examination."
"Then, Serena says: yes, we forgot to tell you that she eats a lot more than usual. At noon, it took 2 times what it usually takes. And she told me that it was the same thing last night and at breakfast this morning. But nothing to point out yesterday afternoon."
"Miss Waldorf, is this true?"
"Yes, says Blair, it means nothing. I was just more hungry than usual and that is all."
"A change may indicate a metabolic disorder but I do not see for the moment what is the cause. And the fact that this is suddenly a indicate that this is not a disease, but most any form between quotation marks of poisoning."
After a small instant of cogitation, he followed by saying: "I shall like to make a small test since you said that you were stronger. We have a dynamometer which allows recording force in the different muscles. They are going to see which force you develop at the level of hands, biceps, and legs. But they are going to make before a gynecological exam".
After the latter, the doctor concludes from it:
"Nothing at this level. I see that you are sexually active. But nothing else in what they can expect from a girl in good health of 17 years. We pass to dynamometric tests."
Seeing results, the doctor is very surprised and says:
"The strength that you show in your different muscles is comparable to that of the best Olympic sports. I'd like to know your results in weightlifting, running and throwing."
The phone rings and the doctor the Marla takes it down by saying: "Yes"
And he listens to some instants. Then he says: "Very well, having made take up Mrs, Waldorf and I hang up."
"Miss Waldorf, your mother has just arrived. I propose that we're waiting in my office."