Chapter 3 Dwayne's first proper day on Darwin

Dwayne's first proper shift on Darwin, he was in the staff room putting his scrubs on to start his shift

He put his belonging in his locker that was next to Jasmine as that was the only free locker left, this made him happy

After putting his belongings away he left the staff room and when to the desk

Dwayne waited for ages he was the only doctor on Darwin that wasn't assigned a patient so he was sitting at the desk feeling a bit bored, so he looked on the computer at the patient admissions and discharged files

Dwayne started counting how admissions and discharges there were until Zosia came to the desk

"Doctor Hargraves I've been assigned as your mentor, so you can shadow me again" Zosia announced

"Oh great, I will be a great student and I won't let you down" Dwayne said

"You better make sure you don't, now let's go to my next patient" Zosia also said

Dwayne followed Zosia to her next patient

Zosia read her patient medical information and then past it to her student

"This is F1 Doctor Hargraves, he's here shadowing me as I'm mentoring him" Zosia said to her patient

"That's fine" the patient said

Zosia examined her patient closely observed by Dwayne as he wanted to learn as much as he could from his mentor Dr March

Just as when Dwayne watched the whole examination Zosia carried out on her patient a young woman was wheeled in by a Staff Nurse so he got a tiny bit distracted as he wanted to prove himself to his Mentor

Zosia saw her student was distracted

"Doctor Hargraves this is your chance to prove yourself, you can take lead of this patient's case" explained Zosia

"I won't let you down Doctor March" said a determined Dwayne

Zosia finished her examination of her patient, she used her hand gel then observed her student taking over his first case

The Staff Nurse handed over to Dwayne his new patients medical records

"Hello Jenna Dobson, I'm Doctor Hargraves I will be your doctor" announced Dwayne

"Ok" said Jenna

"It says here your asthmatic" Dwayne said reading from his patients medical records

"Yes that's true" Jenna added

"I see you've been brought into hospital with a fever, hot flushes and including a rapid weight loss" Dwayne explained again reading his patients records

"Yes I've been having them for a few weeks now" Jenna expressed

Zosia is standing behind Dwayne still observing him she's looking impressed with her student

"Is there anymore symptoms your experiencing miss Dobsom" asked Dwayne

"As you come to think about it I've got some little bumps in my neck and one under my armpit" explained Jenna

"Oh ok would you mind if I could take a look" again asked Dwayne

"Go ahead please do" replied Jenna

Dwayne put his latex surgical gloves on and carried out an examination on his patients neck and under her arm, Zosia was still observing the examination very closely

Dwayne was still examining his patient as when Jasmine came to give Zosia some patient records

"Doctor March these patient records need filing" Jasmine said

"Shh I'm observing" Zosia shushed

Jasmine watched her friend examine his patient and she was pleased for him

Dwayne felt the little lumps in his patients neck and under arm he was concerned but wanted a second opinion

"Humm Doctor March could I have a second opinion please" asked Dwayne

"Yes sure Doctor Hargraves" Zosia said

"Could you feel them" asked Dwayne

"Yes" Zosia also said

"What is it, what's wrong with me" added Jenna

Zosia and Dwayne looked at each other

"I do have an idea what it could be" expressed Dwayne

Zosia asked Jasmine take Jenna for medical tests and scans

"Doctor Burrows could you please take Miss Dobson for testing please" asked Zosia

"Yes sure" said Jasmine

Jasmine and a porter wheeled Jenna off. Not before Jenna grabbed onto Dwayne arm

"Please could you come with me, I'm scared" asked Jenna as she was really scared

Dwayne looked at Zosia

"It's ok go ahead Doctor Hargraves" Zosia said

"Ok Jenna I'll be here for you I'm not going anywhere" Dwayne also said concerned for his patient

Jasmine, the porter and Dwayne wheeled Jenna off to the to have a CT scan and tests to find out what is wrong with Jenna

In the scanning room Jenna was scared so Dwayne comforted her with the microphone in the other room

"It's ok Jenna, just try and relax it will be over in a few more minutes" Dwayne comforted Jenna

"I'm really scared" Jenna said started to cry

Dwayne found it hard to watch his patient burst into tears but he had to stay professional as he knew it was the best for her to have the CT scan to find out what is wrong with her

Dwayne spotted the lumps on the computer of the scan

The scan ended

"Right Miss Dobson the scan has finished" said the scanning operator

"Thank god for that" Jenna cried

Dwayne and Jasmine went to get Jenna from the scanning machine

The hospital porter came help and then wheeled her back to Darwin

Later on Zosia received the scan and test results for Jenna

Dwayne was sitting at the desk

"Doctor Hargraves, Miss Dobson's results are here" Zosia said

"Could I be there when you tell her the results" Dwayne asked

"Yes you can it's more experience for you, good thinking" Zosia said

Zosia and Dwayne when to tell Jenna her scan and test results

"Jenna we have your results" Dwayne announced

"Is it bad news" questioned Jenna

"I'm afraid it is bad news" Zosia answered

Jenna's facial expression turn from scared to frightened and alone when she heard it's bad news

"We've found the lumps and we want to take a biopsy of the lumps" explained Zosia

"So they could be cancerous" Jenna questioned

"I'm afraid they could be, we will know more when we do the biopsy, so I'd like to book that for you now" Zosia answered

Dwayne felt really bad for his patient

Zosia left to book the biopsy and Dwayne followed his mentor

Later that day Jenna went for her biopsy and Dwayne was anxious to know the results

Dwayne saw a man with the results and handing them to Zosia he left the staff room strait away

"Are those Jenna's biopsy results, could I tell her" Dwayne asked

"Yes" Zosia said

The two Doctors went to tell their patient the results

"Jenna I have the results of your biopsy" Dwayne announced

"I can tell it's bad news" Jenna said

Dwayne took a deep breath while his mentor what standing beside him

"Jenna I'm so sorry to tell you that the results of your biopsy confirms that the lumps in your neck and under arm are cancerous and that you have Hodgkin's Lymphoma" said Dwyane

"What is that"s asked Jenna

"Hodgkin's Lymphoma is white blood cells of the lymphocyte kind. Symptoms may include fever, night sweats, and weight loss. Often there will be non-painful enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, under the arm, or in the groin. Those affected may feel tired or be itchy, but the good news is we have cause it very early so we will treat you with a cycle of chemotherapy and then a cycle of stem cell transplant" explained Dwayne

Jenna burst in tears so Dwayne put his hand on his patient's arm and tried to comfort her

"Can I just have a few minutes on my own please" asked Jenna

"Yes you can, if you need anything I'm just a shout away" Dwayne said

Dwayna and Zosia left their patient to give her some time to take it all in

Dwayne stormed off into the staff room he punched his locker

"AAARRRGGGHHH, I JUST WISHED I COULD HAVE GAVE HER SOME GOOD NEWS" shouted Dwayne

"Doctor Hargraves calm down, you did great I've very pleased with you, took everything step by step I also wish it would have been good news" Zosia said tried to comfort her student

"I just wished it was good news" cried Dwayne

"I know you do, like I said you did everything the right way, I'm very pleased of you, you made this mentor a very proud one" Zosia explained

Jasmine saw Dwayne was in distress through the staff room window so she rushed into the room

"Dwayne is everything ok" Jasmine questioned

"He's had to deliver some bad news to his patient and he's took it very hard" Zosia explained

"Oh my god noo, Dwayne come here" Jasmine said giving her friend a hug

"I'll leave you two, to it" Zosia added

Dwayne had tears coming from his eyes and Jasmine could tell this so she hugged him for ages

Authors Notes As it's Dwayne's first proper day on Darwin and first patient on the ward he hoped it would had been good news but as it's bad he took it to heart, what does everyone think of Foundation 1 Doctor Dwayne Hargraves so far, and Jenna Dobson is just a made up random character