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Post by ERFanRach on Nov 18, 2006 12:25:26 GMT 10
Update Soon!!!
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Post by strizzy on Nov 19, 2006 7:54:26 GMT 10
Nice updates!!!
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Post by jadestar on Nov 19, 2006 11:55:34 GMT 10
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Post by hollygirl on Nov 20, 2006 7:54:16 GMT 10
a verrrrry long update! a little too long...
Monday morning came all too fast for Abby. Today was going to be hectic, it was her first day at work…. She had to get the kids off to school.. And make it to work no later then 8:30. Kerry had put her on the schedule for 7. But found out she had kids, and changed it. Abby had spent a few days in the ER trying to learn where everything was… she knew where some things were.. But not everything. This ER had a fast pace. It was always busy, and the board was never empty. Her alarm went off at 5:30, she jumped in the shower, and then woke Ella and Jayla up. She had each of them in and out of the shower in less than 10 minutes. Next she woke Danielle, who spent 15 minutes in the shower. She was almost at 20 when Abby started banging on the door. “Lets speed things up, you have been there for almost 20 minutes! And there better be hot water for Grace!”
Danielle opened the door, and steam started going out into the hallway. Grace sleepily walked into the bathroom, and turned on the shower. She was out in about 10 minutes. When she walked into the kitchen, Danielle was sitting at the table eating. “See… it is possible to take a shower in 10 minutes.”
“Shut up… I had to shave.”
“Then you must shave everyday! Because you always take forever in the bathroom! And then I have no hot water!”
“Take one at night then.”
“You should take yours at night!”
“Grace go get dressed.” Abby said before they got into a big argument. She walked into her bedroom, and Abby walked over to the pantry and got out bread. “She is right though.. You take a long time, so you should go at night.” Abby got a mug out of the cabinet, and poured herself some coffee. She picked up the carton of milk, and sighed. “And you use to much milk on your cereal..”
“And then you don’t even drink it.” Grace added, putting the box of cereal back in the pantry since there was no milk. “Where did the pop tarts go?”
“Ella and Jayla ate them.”
“What am I supposed to eat?” Abby walked over to the fridge and opened it.. She looked it up and down, and then opened a drawer. She closed the door and tossed a pudding cup at her. “Eat that.”
“Pudding?”
“Yep.”
“For breakfast?”
“Sure, why not?”
“I want pudding!” a sleepy Tyler said walking into the kitchen. “Heads up short stuff.” Grace said throwing him the pudding. Surprisingly he caught it, and smiled. “mmm nummy! Tanks Gwacie!”
“No problem kid… I don’t like vanilla anyway..” She went the other way, and Tyler made his first attempt to get the lid off the pudding. “Let me in! I wanna eat you!” He yelled at the cup. “Mommy, help!” Abby smiled and took the pudding from him, ripped the lid off, handed it to him along with a spoon, and sat him at the table. “There.. Now eat.”
After everyone was dressed, and ready to go, they all got into the car they were still borrowing from Luka and Abby dropped them off at school. When she got to the hospital, she saw Luka at the admit desk, and walked her and Tyler up to the daycare. The two of them walked back down stairs holding hands, and he explained some more things about the ER to her.
BACK AT ADMIT
“Here’s your I.D. and scrubs… you can put you things in my locker for now… you’ll also need this.” he said handing her a stethoscope…. And I thought you’d like to see this. He showed her a certificate with her name on it. “Now you are an official nurse.”
“but I didn’t even..”
“It doesn’t matter… you went to med school.. And that’s even better than nurse school…. So now that you have all that you need.. Are you ready to start your first shift?”
“I guess so.”
“good.. Lets put our stuff away, and punch in.”
After Abby changed into scrubs, it was time to see her first patient… she had to clean a wound.. And prep it for stitches. She sat on a stool in front of a little boy who was playing a game boy. He looked up from his game, and then around the curtain area. He let out a sigh of relief and then looked at Abby. “Hi, I’m Abby.”
“I’m Kevin… did… did my dad go somewhere?”
“yeah.. I think he went to go call someone… I could go get him for you.”
“NO!” the little boy yelled. “Don’t…. he will get mad.. He’s probably calling his boss… and he doesn’t like to be bothered… . He.. Gets real mad.. When you interrupt him…” Abby studied the little boys face. The bruise over his eye, and the gash just below it. When she mentioned his dad, she could see the fear in his eyes. “Kevin.. Did your dad do this to you?”
“No… I told the doctor already.. A boy at school did it..”
“You know.. You can tell me anything…”
“I can’t! he’ll find out!”
“Kevin.. Its alright.. No one can hurt you here.. But if your dad did this, you need to tell me.”
“….he gets mad…..”
“what happens when he gets mad?”
“He yells..”
“What else?” the little boy was silent.
“Does he hit you a lot Kevin?” a simple nod. “What about your mom? Does she know?”
“I don’t know… my dad took me away from her.. They got divorced… and he said I had to live with him.. Because he made more money.. My mom lives in New Jersey.”
“Well, we will try to contact her ok?”
“Ok..”
“Can you put this gown on for me?”
“Yeah.”
“Alright.. I’ll be right back.”
“No! please don’t go! What if he comes back?”
“I’ll just be right outside.. I won’t let him hurt you Kevin. I promise.” Abby steps out of the curtain area, and sees Luka talking with a patient. She walks over to him, and he steps away from the patient when he sees her. “Hey.”
“Hey… umm.. The little boy in curtain 3, needs stitches.. And a facial CT, I think his cheek bone might be broken… and.. Um, he told me his dad hits him.”
“The dad did it? He told me a boy at school did it.”
“He lied… his dad did it… he is scared to death of him Luka..”
“Ok, I’ll be right there.” Abby walked back into the room, and Kevin was sitting, on the gurney wearing the gown. There was bruising on his wrist, and Abby sat back down on the stool, and examined it “What happened to your arm?”
“He.. Grabbed me… and was twisting it…Ow!” he winced, when she pressed on a tender spot. Luka came in with a portable x-ray. They did x-rays of his cheek, and wrist… both were fractured.. He had bruising on his back, and abdomen… Kevin’s father was arrested, and he was put in the custody of child services.. When they were leaving, Kevin ran over to Abby, and hugged her. “Thank you Abby!”
“Your welcome Kevin… your safe now.. Your dad, will never hurt you again.”
“The lady said she would find my mom… I get to live with my mom Abby!”
“That’s great!”
“Yeah.”
“Kevin!” The social worker said. “We have to go now.”
“Bye Abby!” he called back to her, waving.
“Bye Kevin.”
Luka walked behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist. “Good work… you helped that little boy, in a big way… his father won’t hurt him anymore, and he gets to see his mother again… I don’t think he will ever forget you.”
“Such a sweet little boy.. I’m glad I got to help him.”
“Most nurses and doctors, can’t get things like that out of kids… what did you say to him?”
“I just asked him…” “How did you even guess that.. I mean I believed him when he said a boy at school did it.”
“I asked him if he wanted me to get his dad, and he was just terrified when I mentioned him… there was so much fear in his eyes… I just knew.”
“Well, it was lucky for him, you mentioned his father… and noticed how scared he got… other nurses might have not picked that up… you probably saved that kids life…”
“You think?”
“Yeah.. His father could have hit him a little too hard the next time… bashed his head in.. so yeah, I think in a way you saved his life.”
“Wow.. My first day, and I already saved a life.”
“That calls for a celebration… come with me.. Med students have to present to me, and then I’ll take you out to lunch for our break.”
“What do you have George?”
“Umm.. This is Mr. Harrell.. He was having abdominal pain, with nausea and vomiting.. He has a slight fever and loss of appetite… I think he has a kidney stone.”
“Mr. Harrell, have you ever had a kidney stone before?”
“Yeah.. Once.. But this pain is worse… and different.”
“What about appendicitis?” Abby asked, when she noticed he was gripping his right side.
“Appendicitis?!” the man yelled. “Is that serious! What exactly is it!? I mean.. I just think its another kidney stone!”
“Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, which is a small sac that is attached to the large intestine. Normally, the appendix doesn’t cause problems, but it can become swollen and infected if it gets blocked by stool, swollen tissue, or parasites.” Abby explained. Luka raised his eye brows and looked over at her. George looked from Abby to Luka and back, getting very frustrated.
“We’ll have to run some tests… how about a CBC, dip of urine.. And ultra sound or abdominal x-ray?”
“Sounds good too me.” Luka said.
“This was my patient!” George yelled.
“there’s more.”
“Dr. Kovac! A nurse just stole my patient! She can’t do that!”
“George.. Calm down.. There are 40 patients on the board… go pick one.”
“I don’t even think its Appendicitis…. I’m telling you its kidney stones.”
“Ok, but we still have to do the tests.” “But I already diagnosed him!”
“Excuse me!” Mr. Harrell yelled. “Are you going to run the tests? Because I’d like to go home… so if you don’t mind, I’d like you to diagnose me give me some medicine and let me leave.”
“If its your appendix you’ll have to have surgery.”
“What!? No! I don’t like hospitals.. And I don’t want to be cut open!”
“If your appendix is not surgically removed and the infection gets worse, the wall of the appendix can break open or rupture. This will spread infection into your abdominal cavity, causing peritonitis. Peritonitis is a serious condition that, in rare cases, can lead to death.”
“Oh god! I’m going to die!”
“Mr. Harrell you are not going to die!” Abby said.
“George run these to the lab.” Luka said.
“What?! First a nurse steels my patient.. .. Now I have to run things to the lab?”
“Just do it.” He left, and Luka started doing the ultra sound. “Page surgery… and good diagnosis.. The appendix is enlarged.”
“Yeah.. But I think George is a little mad.”
“He’ll get over it.. He is just a careless med student.. Who doesn’t think.”
“Dr. Romano is on his way.”
“Great.”
“What?”
“He’s an ass… and he hates me.”
“He hates you?”
“Yup.. He always has..”
“Ah, Kovac!” Romano said walking over to them. “And you are?”
“Abby.”
“A new nurse?”
“Yeah.”
“Dr. Romano! This nurse stole my patient!” George shouted. “And she diagnosed him with appendicitis!”
“You missed appendicitis?”
“.. I thought it was kidney stones.”
“Well, its not kidney stones! its appendicitis! You would have sent him home! His appendix would have burst and he would have gotten an infection and possibly died! I’d say you’ve just been nurse slapped!”
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Post by ERFanRach on Nov 20, 2006 8:19:04 GMT 10
Great Update!!!!!!!
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Post by erfan228 on Nov 20, 2006 8:53:29 GMT 10
Wow! Abby had a great first day! Can't wait for more!!!
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Post by Ninolino on Nov 20, 2006 9:06:18 GMT 10
WOW GREAT update!!!! Love this fic sooooo much!!!!!!!!!
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Post by <3 LubyII <3 on Nov 20, 2006 11:00:03 GMT 10
Awesome update!
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Post by Lubyfanatic316 on Nov 20, 2006 11:23:30 GMT 10
Great Update!
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Post by megan on Nov 20, 2006 12:16:07 GMT 10
nurse slapped i love it..
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Post by nandafm on Nov 20, 2006 16:57:58 GMT 10
Dr. Romoanos LIVES!!!
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Post by jadestar on Nov 21, 2006 2:55:44 GMT 10
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Post by *Natalie* on Nov 21, 2006 6:42:14 GMT 10
Nurse Slapped... for some reason i've fitted that into the Akon and Eminem song Slap that.... Nurse slapped... anyway that's just my twisted mind natalie x
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Post by josefine on Nov 21, 2006 23:32:37 GMT 10
Great update!!!
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Post by strizzy on Nov 22, 2006 8:15:18 GMT 10
Nice update!!!!
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