Chapter 4! I really excited about this one! Tell me if you think it's good or not!
Closing the folder with a loud sigh the doctor turned to see Nanami heading his way. "Nanami" he called with less of a bounce than before. Nanami took note of the loss of happiness in his voice and had to ask. "Matsuo-san what is it? Something wrong?" She looked up at him curiosity written on her face with slight hope that it wasn't as bad as it seemed. "Our new patient has quiet the delicate case and I want you in charge, do you think you can handle it?" He spoke. "Of course, I will do my best but you must explain. You're never good at filling out the folders with the necessary information." Matsuo motioned for Nanami to follow him.
"The other nurses are setting up his room but you'll be in charge of him since his parents won't be there to watch him". Nanami gave him a funny look like 'why would I have to do that' but decided to go along with it anyways. "His name is Echizen Ryoma and he's 5 years old". Nanamis' eyes widened, not expecting him to be so young.
"I know you're good with children…" he continued "I've seen you with our younger patients". He looked over to her with a smile. However the smile disappeared as he opened his mouth to speak again "Nanami…" he spoke almost in a whisper. "This is a delicate situation so I need you to be ready for what this is going to involve." "Matsuo-san, please, I'm ready to help any patient that needs me. Will you tell me what this is about?"
Matsuo stopped in front of a door and looked at her with a serious face. "This boy…" he started but paused putting an even more serious expression on than before. "He has a lot of injuries and they are going to take time to heal. However this isn't the most worrying fact. He and his parents were all in an accident of sorts and the boy was the only one to survive out of the three." Nanamis' face dropped from its optimistic position, "They were attacked in their home at night and no one knew it was happening until the neighbors heard screaming coming from the home."
Reaching a hand to cover her gaping mouth she stared at Matsuo. It didn't help that the hallway and everything around them seemed to get quieter, but he continued. "By the time anyone got there it was too late for the parents. Luckily whoever did this showed some mercy, if you can even call it that. Compared to the injuries the police officer told me he could see on the parents, Ryoma-kun was fortunate. He also informed me that he has no other immediate family so he will have to be put in an orphanage once he is able to leave."
Matsuo stopped to look at his subordinate. "There is going to be a woman from child care who will pick him up when we give the OK and hopefully she will take care of things". She was content at staring at his shoes until he stopped talking. "Matsuo-san…" she waited for an answer. "Yes?" he replied. She looked up slowly but when their eyes met they were strong and had a determined look in them. "I will do my very best I promise, I won't let you down".
Seeing her like this gave him great reassurance so he said, "Thank you Nanami-chan, I leave everything to you". Finally putting his hand on the door to the room he opened it for her. "The chart with everything on it is at the end of the bed, and yes everything is on it this time" he said with a smile.
Nanami headed inside the big room they had wheeled him into minutes ago. She turned her head to see a nurse fixing the bandages that were placed around his mid-section. "Ahemm" she cleared her throat to let the nurse know she was there. She turned around fast, not noticing anyone else in the room until now. "Nanami-san!" she half shouted in surprise. "Oh god, don't scare me like that." She put her hand to where her heart was and breathed a sigh of relief.
Nanami smiled widely at the nurse "Sorry for scaring you like that, I really wasn't trying, honestly. Anyways how is he doing?" Walking over to the bed that seemed to swallow the boy up in all of its white blankets and pillows, she took in his features. He was 'quite the cutie' she thought as she looked at his dark hair and face that was scrunched up in pain. "Nurse, give him some more morphine, I think he's in more pain then we predicted. 'At least I hope that's the case, not that I want him to be in pain but I would rather it be pain than a nightmare about that' she thought now worried about him more than before. 'Then again, who wouldn't be having nightmares about something so horrible...I can only imagine.'
As soon as the nurse was done giving him the morphine Nanami sat down in a chair beside the bed. They had to keep a close watch on him since something could go wrong in the first 24 hours. Now seeing the fragile little boy she couldn't help but want to be there by his side until the doctors knew he was going to be okay.
She got into a more comfortable position in the chair and watched as his chest would rise and fall. 'I'm being silly' Nanami thought, intent to keep her spirits up and stay optimistic about his condition. 'Nothing is going to go wrong, he is just fine' she thought as her eyes started to close and drift off into sleep.
Beep…beep…beeeep…..beeeeep. Beeeep…..BEEeeeep…..BEEEEEP….BEEPBEEEP BEEEPBEEPBEEEPBEEP. Nanamis' eyes shot open at the noise coming from the machine beside her. 'HIS HEART RATE!' her mind started racing. Quickly pushing the button on the wall to get one of the nurses, she got a medication cart out. "Nanami-san" she heard Matsuo rush into the room, voice low and concerned, with another nurse in tow.
"What's happening in here?" he looked up to the heart monitor. "His heart rate is rising and fast, come here and help me" she blurrted out in a rush. Matsuo grabbed a needle while Nanami looked for the medicine. Grabbing the bottle out of her hands he measured the right amount into the needle and got closer to the bed. "Hold him steady for me" he said. Matsuo looked for the right vein, "Matsuo-san hurry he's almost at his limit!" Nanami said in a rushed tone.
With beads of sweat forming on his skin he injected Ryoma with the medicine and the only thing left for him to do was back away to watch the affect. The tension in the air so thin you could slice it with a knife; no sound except the heart rate beeping erratically. Beeeeep…beeeep…beeeep….beep….beep…beep. With the heart rate finding its normal beat the doctor and nurses in the room let out a breath they didn't know they were holding.
Nanami turned to Matsuo with a half worried, half guilty expression on her face. "Matsuo-san I….I…", 'How do I explain this, it was my fault for falling asleep. I feel terrible, he could have died and I was supposed to be watching him. What am I going to do?' Nanamis' head was spinning with guilt and worry. "Nanami-chan, please….don't worry it wasn't your fault anyway and you will not be punished I promise" he turned with a slight smile on his face.
"You're still in charge, don't forget that. Please take good care of our patient, I know you've had experience with boys so it shouldn't be a problem, yes?" "Of course. I do have 8 of my own at home along with a caring husband to boot, don't I?" Matsuo cursed his mind, 'Ah, you do, but sometimes I wish I was the lucky man to be called your husband. Ha, stop it Matsuo, you shouldn't be thinking those kinds of things'. He turned to look at the chart and scribble some things down before looking to Nanami again.
"Nanami-chan I set the machine to a different speed and for now we're going to up the amount of medicine, please watch him. I'll be back in a while so don't worry too much." He left with a nurse behind him and shut the door leaving only a little light from the crack. 'I need to pull it together, I can do this. When he wakes up I'll see what he remembers and go from there, but I don't think I want to say anything right away.' Sitting in the chair and letting her shoulders relax she looked over his chart one more time. "Please….please get better…" she whispered under her breath.
end of this chapter! Trying to get the story out fast before I lose motivation! wish me luck! :)