I know it's been a while I've got no excuses so here's the next updat even! Hopefully the next updates will be quicker. :)
The fire-crew informed Connie and her colleagues of the plan that would free Connie's hand and enable Jeff and Zoe to slide the injured former surgeon out of the vehicle. The plan was for Jeff and Zoe to remain in the vehicle with Connie, they were to hold her in place while the winch on the fire engine tilted the car up slightly in order to give enough room to move Connie's hand out of the way. Zoe was to remain inside incase there was a huge bleed that needed dealing with.
"Connie did you catch all of that?" Zoe asked unsure that Connie was fully conscious.
"Yeah. Yeah. They'll lift, I'll move and you'll fix my hand up."
"In a nutshell, yeah." Zoe replied smiling. "Tess has been taken back to the hospital by Tamzin and Dixie. As soon as we get you out your going straight into Jeff and Dixie's ambulance. You ready?"
"I'm ready." Connie answered shakily taking in a deep breath to try and settle her nerves. Zoe gave the fire-crew the thumbs up and took hold of Connie's free hand. Jeff took hold of Connie's legs to keep her in place. The sound of the winch starting up made Connie flinch slightly but that was nothing compared to the excruciating pain that began to trail up her arm. She screamed out loud as the car moved.
"We need to stop!" Zoe shouted to Jeff worried about the chilling scream from her Boss. Jeff began to move but was stopped by a determined voice.
"No!" shouted Connie "Keep going" she continued through gritted teeth and what sounded like a hint of desperation for the this whole event to be put behind her. The car lifted suddenly revealing Connie's terribly shredded and bloodied hand. Zoe was in shock from the site of it and Connie had passed out due to the pain and possibly blood loss. Jeff however had quickly sprung into action and had begun moving the injured arm out of the way from the car incase it suddenly came crashing down. Zoe recovered from her shock and started putting antiseptic and bandages over the open wound to stop the bleeding. Once the wound was covered Jeff slid under the gap that was created by lifting the car, Zoe moved Connie so that Jeff could pull her out by the legs. Once Connie was removed from the vehicle Zoe followed enabling her to take a better look at the wound.
"How's it look?" Jeff asked whilst cautiously lifting Connie onto a gurney.
"Not good. Looks like there is severe bone damage and tendon damage. Saving it is going to be touch and go I reckon. I'll ring Holby see if we can get a specialist to meet us when we get back."
Back at Holby
Tess had arrived at the hospital and made her way straight to Ethan who had been brought in earlier. She entered the room and was greeted by a smiling Cal and Elliot. "How is he?" Tess asked
"He's going to be fine thanks to Dr Hope." Cal replied patting Elliot on the back.
"And Lilly?" Tess asked.
"She's wanting to know when she can get back to work." Elliot replied with a chuckle. His chuckle suddenly disappeared at the thought of his dear friend still out there. "How are you?" Elliot asked as he approached the nurse slowly.
"Just a few cuts and bruises really. I came off as one of the lucky ones."
Elliot was now within touching distance, his face had gone somewhat paler than it had been before.
"And Connie?" Elliot asked his voice shaking slightly.
"Elliot..." She paused and placed a hand on his shoulder. "Its not looking good. When I left they were preparing to lift the car to release her. Zoe mentioned amputation to get her out."
Elliot stared at Tess in disbelief whilst Cal rubbed his eyes and sighed.
"Its really been a bad day out hasn't it?" spoke the waking Ethan behind them. Cal rushed over to his brother and took his hand in his own.
"How are you feeling bro?" Cal asked with concern. Ethan looked at his brother somewhat confused by his strange and unusual behaviour.
"Sore and tired." Ethan replied weakly.
"You get some rest ill be right outside if you need me." Replied Cal. Everyone filtered outside as they exited the doors Charlie came rushing towards them.
"It's Connie" He stated "They're on route and their asking for you Elliot."
In the ambulance.
She couldn't keep herself still. She was sliding from side to side. She could feel the warm blood gushing down her left arm but could no longer feel the pain anymore. She was out the car but at what cost she thought to herself as she felt a pair of hands press what felt like cotton down on injured arm.
"How you doing Zo?" shouted Jeff from the driver seat of the ambulance. The loud sound of the siren was making it difficult to hear but Zoe got the gist of it.
"She's losing a lot of blood i'm applying as much pressure as i can but the blood keeps coming through the bandages." Zoe wiped the sweat from her forehead with the sleeve on her arm.
With her good hand yet extremely shaky hand Connie slowly moved the oxygen mask from her mouth to enable her to speak.
"NoNo you keep that on" said Zoe softly.
"I need.. I need you to do something for me" stuttered Connie whilst once again removing the oxygen mask that Zoe had replaced. She looked at Zoe determinedly whilst Zoe nodded in agreement. " I need you to tell G-Grace that I'm s- sorry." it was evident that the once surgeon was struggling to tell Zoe what it was she wanted urging Zoe to listen intently and drop her head so close that their noses were almost touching. "I n-need you to tell her that-that I wish I had been a better mother. That I wished I had spent more time with her." There was now a few tears rolling down her face Zoe in turn had tears threatening to spill.
"You can tell her yourself, your going to make it Connie and your going to be able to tell Grace how much you love her." Connie nodded weakly hoping that Zoe was right but deep down knowing that her fate was balancing on a fine line. Jeff shouted something from the front that was inaudible but they soon realised what it was when the sirens made a honking noise indicating that they had arrived at Holby General.
Holby Entrance.
Charlie had once again joined Grace in her mothers office in order to keep her from seeing her mother in a state that would haunt the child for the rest of her life. Elliot and Tess had rushed to the ambulance drop off point and was joined soon after by Rita. The sound of the sirens grew ever nearer as they shuffled their feet nervously from one place to another. Tess placed a comforting hand on Elliot's shoulder as the ambulance came racing in. It was in fact a race against time Elliot just prayed they were given enough time to save his dear friend.
Chapter 6 complete! I'm wanting to finish this story so I can move onto another idea that I have. Let me know if there is anything that you'd like me to incorporate into the story and ill try my best to include it!
