Bianca pulled off her shirt and placed it in the chair on top of her neatly folded jeans before pulling on the hospital gown. After her check up on Tuesday David had requested she come back to have a full medical in order to better record her progress. She hopped around just as the curtains of the hospital cubical swished aside and David was there to help her climb up and settle back on the bed.

Her eyes followed his movements as David set about removing the brace and medical boot from her left leg. She hadn't noticed the first time Gabby had innocently pointed it out, but Bianca could see it more and more now, her right calf was strong and muscular, her left, pale and stick thin.

David noticed her staring.

"What's wrong?"

"Will it always look like that, my leg?" Bianca asked, she hated to think of her left leg as a thing but sometimes it just didn't feel like a part of her anymore. "It's looks so frail in comparison."

"The brace and the limited nature of movement in you left leg will effect muscle development. Your thigh muscles and certainly your right leg will develop to compensate for the change in load."

"So they will always be an odd pair." said Bianca.

"I didn't think vanity was one of your concerns."

"Its not." said Bianca shaking her head, or course it shouldn't be,

"But how are you feeling?" David asked.

"The parts that feel, feel fine." said Bianca with resigned smile.

David snickered at her dry humour.

"I'm glad to hear it, and you are still coping with the change of medication."

"I am." said Bianca. "I haven't felt like screaming in frustration, bursting into tears or tearing Marissa's head off at the slightest provocation, so I'm doing very well."

David nodded. He started by removing the dressing from her big toe. She was pleased to see it was no longer red and inflamed but looked pinker and healthy.

David, felt around the nail.

"It should be fine to leave the dressing off now." He said eventually. "But keep wearing the boot until the redness subsides, and any change…"

"…right back here." finished Bianca.

"See, you know what you have to do." said David. "Just make sure you do it!" He examined the toe once more. "You might find you have problems as the nail grows back so do keep an eye on it."

"I will."

He got her to sit up again and began feeling around her neck, checking the musculature around her scar.

"Going back to your change in medication." said David. "I may have mentioned this last time…The reduced dosage with effect the speed of your recovery. You still have a lot of muscle mass to recover after over a month of inactivity."

"I am getting stronger." said Bianca, "And my coordination is so good now I can play catch with the kids left-handed and only drop the ball once or twice."

"That is good." said David, concentrating as his fingers moved from her neck to her shoulder.

"You are maintaining your exercise regime?"

"I am. Marissa is very strict about that. And she's roped the kids in now as well so there is no getting out of it. Marissa is making sure I take care of myself."

"I'll bet she is worried about the trial coming up." David said as he contorted Bianca's left elbow up above her shoulder and felt along the muscles of her forearm.

"She is… and all this press nonsense. Although hopefully yesterday's photo-shoot should have helped that."

While she spoke David pushed Bianca forward and pulled aside the gown to feel down her spine.

"Any discomfort?" he asked feeling along the vertebrae.

"No, none." said Bianca trying to keep the conversation going after the sudden change of position. "… I think Marissa is more worried about how this is affecting the kids. Miranda is still having nightmares, she's seeing Dr Stanhope today and despite everything AJ is soldiering on regardless; he's a great little boy. The trouble is he's been called to testify for the defence and one of the minions of JRs lawyer is coming to brief him tomorrow. I'm really worried that they will use the fact that we are testifying for the prosecution as a way of keep him apart from Marissa."

"Can they do that?" David asked, his fingers now probing the injection site at the base of her spine.

"Jackson is going to accompany him to the briefing so they can't get up to any legal funny business. Even so I except that Carol woman will try something… all the other rubbish she's thrown our way. "

Bianca drifted into silence as David continued his exam, moving to examine her legs.

"How are things with you." Bianca asked eventually as David moved to feel around her left hip.

"We are good." said David. "I've found Leora excellent day-care and she is showing in some improvement in her coordination."

"That is good." said Bianca. "And have you heard any more about what happened with your Orpheus treatment."

David sighed.

"Well there are rumours of a 'Lazarus' formula being created in the Far East. It looks like I'm going to have to publish early even though the formula isn't a complete success."

"It brings people back from the dead!" exclaimed Bianca incredulously. "It's a success!"

"Not completely." said David pointedly as his fingers moved down Bianca's leg to where sensation ended.

Bianca smiled.

"Three quarters of a miracle is better than no miracle at all."

David's fingers had now reached her knee.

"But it should have worked." said David, roughly manipulating the joint. "Which is why we need to remap you nervous system… if we could just locate the exact nerve cluster…"

"Is that the real reason for this full medical," Bianca interrupted, "Because I just can't do it anymore… more hospitals and surgery and hope. I've had my miracle and I'm learning to live with the rest."

David gave her a smile.

"No, of course not, this exam is for your own health. We want the complete picture before we plan a way to start reducing your meds."

Bianca nodded.

"Okay." she said, although she wasn't so sure she trusted him.

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