"I was woken up by George this morning because the Chief wanted to talk to me and ask me if I wanted the day off and spend it with my family. I told him that I was fine and that I'd rather work and both he and Bailey insisted I do charts and paperwork all day and banned me from the OR, so I'm stuck doing this all day." I say to Cristina, who's really not paying any attention at all because she's trying to figure out how to get in on a surgery.
"Yeah, yeah, sucks to be you." She shrugs and I laugh, shake my head and get back to my charts.
"Dr. Yang, is there a reason you're not attending to your patients and doing your job?" Bailey questions, raising her eyebrows at her. Cristina frantically shook her head. Bailey sighed and leant against the desktop. "Burke is going in to talk to your Mother now, are you coming?" I nod and Cristina and I followed her up two flights of stairs and towards her room.
Max and Louise are sat in the room, Louise holding her hand and Burke had just entered when we did too. Burke picked up her chart and overlooked everything while explaining to her what had happened and what they were going to do next.
"So, Dr. Yang, what are we going to do now?" Burke questions.
"We're going to run some tests and do a CT scan to make sure that we didn't miss anything in the chest area." She replies and Burke nods.
"Ms. Green, are you experiencing any discomfort or pains of any kind?" Bailey questions as Cristina uses her stethoscope to check her heartbeat.
"I just got out of a surgery, what do you expect?" She jokes. "I have a slight headache and I feel nauseous, but that's to be expected, right?"
"Right. Yang keep your eye on her and see if the headache or any other symptoms persist and get her a CT scan." Burke orders and she nods, leaving immediately. "I'll check on you in a little while, Ms. Green. Dr. Green." He nods at me as he leaves and Bailey follows, closing the door behind her. I take a deep breath and look at her chart.
"Where is everybody else? Are they all okay?" I question, sitting down on a chair by the door.
"They'd only allow immediate family in right now and only two of us, so it's just us. Tom is with Alana and Isabella, I told them to take the kids to the park and get them out of the hospital for a little while. They're alright, just a little tired." Louise replies. "So, uh, what's going on?"
"I don't know any more than you do. I'm doing paperwork all day and I'm supposed to be on call tonight. I should probably get back to work, actually." I say, putting the chart back.
"Can you stay for a few more minutes?" My Mom asks and I nod, leaning against the wall in front of her bed.
"Mom, you should get some sleep while you can. You're going to be exhausted and it's going to take a few weeks for you to recover. Get some rest." I tell her. "Dr. Burke is one of the best cardiothoractic surgeons in the country, Bailey is one of the best surgeons and Cristina is one of the best interns here. You can trust that they'll do a good job, they're very good and very precise." My pager began beeping and I frowned, I wasn't supposed to be doing anything other than paperwork today. "I'm sorry, 911, I have to go. I'll come back in a few hours."
"What's going on?" I question as I rush down the hallway to see two nurses and Alex attempting to resuscitate a thirty-five year old male who'd not long had heart surgery. Alex was doing compressions and the nurses were setting up the defibrillator. "Alright, pass me the paddles and charge to three hundred." I press the paddles against his chest and check his stats.
"No change."
"Okay, do it again, and somebody page Burke!" I exclaim.
"He's not answering his page."
"Then page him again."
I press the paddles against his chest again and wait for the shock, which this time makes his heart start again. I pass the paddles back and check his heartbeat.
"We need to take him for a CT immediately, I think he might have a blood clot. Somebody find Burke or Bailey, just go and do it now and fast." I say, beginning to unhook his bed from the wall and Alex and one of the nurses help me to take him to the elevator.
"How is your Mom?" Alex questions and I stare at the elevator door, not wanting to make eye contact. We hadn't interacted since the episode in the storage closet yesterday and I wasn't really sure what to say to him.
"She's okay, I think. They're doing some tests and doing a CT scan later to make sure everything is good." I reply.
"That's good." He acknowledges and I nod, not saying anything back. The elevator doors open and we take him for a CT scan, where Bailey is waiting outside for us.
"Alex, you go and deal with the CT. Burke is on his way." She orders and he takes him into the room to prepare him for a CT. She sighs and looks at me. "You shouldn't have been paged, but nice job. Now if he needs surgery, you know that I can't allow you into the OR."
"I know. I get it, it's okay. I'm just doing my job." I assure her. "Just please don't make me do paperwork. Please let me do some sutures or something, I'm bored out of my mind. I might actually go insane!" Bailey's pager began to go off and she nodded.
"Okay, come with me to the pit. We need to hurry."