=/\= Infirmary, Starbase UNITY =/\=
Walking into the infirmary Jade went straight up to the
check-in, "morning here to see Commander Summers." Jade said
noticing that the person at the check-in was someone she
didn't recognize. Waving that off she waited while the
medical personnel opened up the scheduling program tapping a
few buttons he finally looked up.
"Alright if you could have a seat a nurse will bring you
back to her office." The medical personnel said. Jade nodded
and headed over to the small waiting room and took a seat
she didn't pick up one of the PADDs to read the articles she
just decided to sit and watch people walk by the check-in
window or stare at the wall she found both things to be very
relaxing.
Some minutes passed before a young nurse appeared, spoke
briefly to her colleague at the recpetion desk then stepped
forward and called Jades name.
"Please come with me." she said having identified the one
she sought and hardly waiting for Jade to join her, set off
to retrace her steps, leading the way towards the CMOs
office.
Walking into the infirmary Jade went straight up to the
check-in, "morning here to see Commander Summers." Jade said
noticing that the person at the check-in was someone she
didn't recognize. Waving that off she waited while the
medical personnel opened up the scheduling program tapping a
few buttons he finally looked up.
"Alright if you could have a seat a nurse will bring you
back to her office." The medical personnel said. Jade nodded
and headed over to the small waiting room and took a seat
she didn't pick up one of the PADDs to read the articles she
just decided to sit and watch people walk by the check-in
window or stare at the wall she found both things to be very
relaxing.
Some minutes passed before a young nurse appeared, spoke
briefly to her colleague at the recpetion desk then stepped
forward and called Jades name.
"Please come with me." she said having identified the one
she sought and hardly waiting for Jade to join her, set off
to retrace her steps, leading the way towards the CMOs
office.
Rangi greeted Jade warmly when the nurse showed her in.
" Good morning Captain, please sit down " she said and
waited a moment for Jade to settle herself on the chair.
" So...tell me...how are the headaches and how are you
feeling generally?"
"The headaches are pretty much gone with the help of the
exercises that Cmdr T'Vel showed me." Jade said smiling,
"but it still takes a lot out of me to block everything."
Jade said thinking that was the worst of everything just
being exhausted by the end of the day. "But I think over
time it'll get better and I won't be so tired." Jade added.
Rangi agreed.
"Yes" she said as she laid a her hand on a medpadd near to
it. "I've been reading the report from Dr T'Vel. She's made
reference to the speed in which you've been able to master
the techniques... not a mean feat in itself...and is most
encouraging when looking towards the final result.
As you say though, mastering such techniques is very tiring.
I want you to try something for a few days and see how it
goes."
She paused, finalising her own thoughts." This is rather
uncharted territory for us." she said with a smile "...so we
need to learn by trial and error to a certain degree. I
propose that you return to light duties, just a few hours a
day, very few to begin with. It could be that concentrating
on work might prove difficult for you. You do ofcourse need
to continue with the exercises that Dr.T'Vel has given you."
Jade nodded her head she was kinda feeling stir crazy these
last few days but glad that they knew what was going on and
ways to handle it. "Has there been any head way in why all
of the sudden this ability got stronger I guess is the best
way to put it?" Jade asked hoping that they might find an
answer but if not she was okay with it.
"Well yes and no." Rangi replied. " We found that you have
an increase of synaptic connections but exactly why we dont
know....yet.
That ofcourse will be monitored but for the moment the main
thing is that you're learning to deal with your new
situation."
Again nodding she knew enough about physiology to know what
synaptic connections were and that they developed pretty
much though out your life. "This may sound weird but
could've been radiation?" She asked thinking of her last
mission into the nebula to locate a source of a
communication.
"Indeed it could" Rangi replied. "...and its something that
will be investigated. We're also thinking of sound." She
smiled at Jades surprised expression." There was a report
recently in the medical journal about experiments that had
been done. They indicate that certain frequencies
and certain rhythms can actually cause changes in the alpha
waves. It could be that you might fall under this too."
"Hmmm didn't know sound and certain rhythms were that
powerful." Jade said sounding and looking a little concerned
thinking if that was the case where would that stop, "if
this is the case should I be worried about anything else
that might change?" Jade asking knowing that they'll be
keeping a close eye on her because of this but she also
didn't want this to end her career in SF.
" No,no, " Rangi reassured her. " This came about soley
owner played Klingon music
close to her cage. Odd but true." she smiled. " The owner
happens to be part of a neurological team."
"Okay." Jade said feeling better that it wouldn't happen all
the time, "well is there anything else you would like to
ask?" Jade said remembering that she might have other
patients to see.
"Not at the moment." Rangi answered. " I'd like to you comeclose to her cage. Odd but true." she smiled. " The owner
happens to be part of a neurological team."
"Okay." Jade said feeling better that it wouldn't happen all
the time, "well is there anything else you would like to
ask?" Jade said remembering that she might have other
patients to see.
back in a weeks time...sooner ofcourse if the headaches
return or if you feel unable to cope.I'll authorise you're
return to restricted duty but again, I trust you to be wise
about that and if it proves too difficult then you must say
so and we'll delay it for a while."
"Thank you Commander.' Jade said as she stood up and exited the officers office and headed back to her quarters she decided to see if she could help out in the Stations Operations department.
Commander Rangi Summers
Chief Medical Officer
SB UNITY
&
Marine Captain Jade Reese
Chief Operations Officer
USS Chimera C
