December 5th...
Eliot strolled into the ED wearing a green jacket with a furry hood, one headphone in listening to Justin Beiber. It was chiilly outside, the roads and pavements covered in ice. Black ice at that. The morning's were dark and so were the evenings. For a doctor like Eliot, well that meant the only time you'd see daylight is when you had a day off.
Before getting changed, She walked into the nurses station to see if she'd left her coffee mug lying the day before. Tom approuched and lifted Eliots other Earphone "got another bleiber on my hands.."
Ellie smirked narrowing her eyes at him.
"Your just like your sister you know that" he said raising his eyebrows with a giant grin.
"EVERYBODY LISTEN UP." Nick Jordan said getting everyones attention.
"There's been an RTC about 40 minuites away from the hospital.. Could be several hours before the most injured are brought in as they're still trying to get them out the wreckage. A team from Darwin is about to leave and head out there...along with... " Nick said. Zoe didn't look impressed.
"All hand's on deck people, lets clear resus and some cubicals.".
Eliot went and got changed
****Four Hours later.***
Car Crash Victums had just started to come in, In total 2 had died at the scene and 7 Had been injured.
Eliot put sanitizing cream on her hands rubbing them as she looked at the board with green,amber and red boxes on it telling her who was next to treat. Eliot found notes for the patient(s) she'd selected then walked to cubical 3.
Pulling back the curtians revealed two little girls sitting on the bed side by side. One cradling her arm, The other had a small cut on the side of her head. "Olivia and El..?" she said
"her name is oliva" replied the older one.
"hi Ellia and Olivia. My name is Ellie, im your doctor...why don't we get that arm fixed up and clean your head" she smiled gently at them. Robyn came to assist Eliot.
Eliot pulled over a stool as Robyn got out a suture kit. Eliot washed her hands then put on some protective gloves. She sat on the stool infront of Olivia, the older child.
"How old are you girls?"Ellie asked gently.
"Im 7...Olivia's 5"
Eliot examined Ellia's arm gently despite her wincing.
"Robyn can you get Ellia's arm X-rayed for me. I think she might have a small break just here" she said showing the girls where, Robyn checked that there was a space for an x-ray there and then, then fetched a wheelchair. Eliot began cleaning the blood from the gaping wound on Olivia's hairline. "Is daddy in heaven now?" Olivia asked quetly holding a soft doll tightly. Eliot didn't know what to reply but Ellia jumped in there before she could anyway. "It's okay olivia...she's with great nanny pat now" Ellia said holding Olivia's hand.
Robyn took Ellia away for her x-ray.
Eliot began stitching up Olivia's head once the anesthetic was working. Tom entered the cubical.
"hey...where's your nurse?" he asked wondering why she was alone.
"she's taking little Olivia here's sister for an x-ray." Ellie replied softly.
Tom waited and spoke to Olivia trying to cheer her up whilst Ellie finished stitching her head. She covered it with a small dressing afterwards. Olivia complained of a sore chest so Eliot lifted up Olivia's T-shirt to see some small bruising from the seatbelt. She also noticed something that pause. She ran her finger over a small birthmark on Olivia's side. Tom was waiting for Eliot to go outside the cubical for a queit chat but Eliot seemed in a world of her own now. "Can't be" she whispered before Tom said her name again louder. Eliot snapped out of it, let down Olivia's t-shirt and stepped outside the cubical.
"What was that?" Tom asked.
"...Nothing" Eliot replied.
Tom knew something was up as she never did reply with a one worded answer.
"Okay...well the kids dad was pronounced dead at the scene with the kids still in the car. There Mother is unconious in the small Resus bed being monitered and having tests done. Their grandmother is on there way as far as i know so she should be here soon."
Eliot nodded then got a nurse to go stay with Olivia. Tom left.
Approuching the small resus at a run she stoped at the swinging doors looking in at the woman. Eliots Eyes welled up with tears as she almost recognised the woman who lay unconsious on a ventilator, her head wrapped up in bandages. Eliot entered and approuched lifting the patient notes. She continued to stair at the womans face before looking down the notes until she saw the maiden name. A few tears fell. Eliot sort of gently put the notes ontop of the unocious womens legs and left the room and returned to olivia's cubical. She dried her face and went in with a smile.
"How you doing" she asked as she checked olivia's stitches then sat down on the stool to talk to her.
"Is it just you and Ellia?" She asked Olivia.
Olivia Nodded
"Mummy and daddy can't have anymore babies" Olivia spoke.
"Did something happen?" Eliot asked.
Olivia shrugged.
"Who's this?" Ellie smiled touching Olivia's doll.
Olivia was looking sad and angry stairing down, clentching the doll tight only occasionally looking at Eliot. Her eyes were tearfilled having cried for hours in the car and whilst she got her sutures done.
"Penny Pumpkin" Olivia said after a while.
"That's a nice name"
...the conversation went on. They discussed what Olivia's bedroom is like, what she did for her last birthday, how she was liking Primary school. Ellia was returned and Eliot left them to it feeling inappropriate.