OOC: Forwarding on behalf of Rangi (apology if this has been sent before.)
[Recovery Wards - Main Hospital - SB 234: UNITY]
The tall bearded figure stood next to the bed staring at the
sensor read-outs on the screens above the bed. Concern was
evident on his face. The marine under observation was sent
into battle under the man's command with little hope of
actual success. At the time, the man had thought nothing of
it. He had worked with the marine before and had seen him
accomplish many seemingly impossible tasks - but now it
seemed he had pushed the envelope too far.
Cortez laid on the bed with a surgical arch looming above
his chest. It was monitoring his vitals and projecting a
small structural integrity field that kept his new, weakened
lungs inflated.
The guilt Rojac faced was horrendous.
Cortez wasnt allowed visitors yet so Rangi, coming to check
on him, was surprised to see someone beside the bed. "May I
help you?" she asked stepping into the room ready to point
the person in the way he needed to go.
Rojac turned around to see the familiar face of Dr. Summers.
"Rangi," he muttered, "is he going to make it?"
Her frown disappeared as she recognized Chimera's Captain
and she moved to stand beside him. "Well...despite what this
seems to indicate, I'd say his chances are improving" she
said glancing up at the overbed display. "It's early days of
course but I'm carefully confident."
It was at this point that Cortez suddenly woke up. He heard
Summers speak and was about to open his eyes to see who she
was talking too when he heard Captain Rojac's voice and
decided to keep them shut.
"'Carefully confident.'" Rojac half-smirked. "That sounds
promising. Fisher reported that he'll need new lungs and
that he's lucky to be alive." Rojac said. "How did the
surgery go?"
"Rather well." Rangi replied. " We didnt have any major
problems.They tried a similar idea years ago but its been
refined and the success rate is actually quite high." She
turned away and sorted through a number of padds on a nearby
station. "If you're interested" she said over her shoulder,
"this will tell you more about it."
She returned to him offering a padd. "We use stem cells of
course and basically take a piece of the tissue we want to
grow..Cortez's lung in this case... strip it down to basics
leaving just the protein skeleton, add the new cells and off
we go."
She smiled to Rojac." Its in laymen's terms but interesting
reading."
"Good." Rojac replied, glancing over the cover page. "My
medical experience is limited to emergency medical
training." After a moment he dropped his hand down to his
side and looked back to the Marine in the bed. "You will
keep me apprised of his progress?" He asked. "I would like
to be here as soon as he wakes up."
" Of course." Rangi replied."I'll call you immediately."
Rojac gave a nod of acknowledgement and giving Cortez
another glance, turned and walked away.
Rangi watched him go then stepped closer to the bed.He was
doing as well as could be expected given the circumstances
but rangi released a small sigh.
" Come on.." she murmured " You said you owed me one."
*** End Log ***
Captain Cropa Rojac
Commanding officer
USS Chimera
&
Major Richard Cortez
CSec
USS Chimera
&
Commander Rangi Summers
CMO
SB Unity
[Recovery Wards - Main Hospital - SB 234: UNITY]
The tall bearded figure stood next to the bed staring at the
sensor read-outs on the screens above the bed. Concern was
evident on his face. The marine under observation was sent
into battle under the man's command with little hope of
actual success. At the time, the man had thought nothing of
it. He had worked with the marine before and had seen him
accomplish many seemingly impossible tasks - but now it
seemed he had pushed the envelope too far.
Cortez laid on the bed with a surgical arch looming above
his chest. It was monitoring his vitals and projecting a
small structural integrity field that kept his new, weakened
lungs inflated.
The guilt Rojac faced was horrendous.
Cortez wasnt allowed visitors yet so Rangi, coming to check
on him, was surprised to see someone beside the bed. "May I
help you?" she asked stepping into the room ready to point
the person in the way he needed to go.
Rojac turned around to see the familiar face of Dr. Summers.
"Rangi," he muttered, "is he going to make it?"
Her frown disappeared as she recognized Chimera's Captain
and she moved to stand beside him. "Well...despite what this
seems to indicate, I'd say his chances are improving" she
said glancing up at the overbed display. "It's early days of
course but I'm carefully confident."
It was at this point that Cortez suddenly woke up. He heard
Summers speak and was about to open his eyes to see who she
was talking too when he heard Captain Rojac's voice and
decided to keep them shut.
"'Carefully confident.'" Rojac half-smirked. "That sounds
promising. Fisher reported that he'll need new lungs and
that he's lucky to be alive." Rojac said. "How did the
surgery go?"
"Rather well." Rangi replied. " We didnt have any major
problems.They tried a similar idea years ago but its been
refined and the success rate is actually quite high." She
turned away and sorted through a number of padds on a nearby
station. "If you're interested" she said over her shoulder,
"this will tell you more about it."
She returned to him offering a padd. "We use stem cells of
course and basically take a piece of the tissue we want to
grow..Cortez's lung in this case... strip it down to basics
leaving just the protein skeleton, add the new cells and off
we go."
She smiled to Rojac." Its in laymen's terms but interesting
reading."
"Good." Rojac replied, glancing over the cover page. "My
medical experience is limited to emergency medical
training." After a moment he dropped his hand down to his
side and looked back to the Marine in the bed. "You will
keep me apprised of his progress?" He asked. "I would like
to be here as soon as he wakes up."
" Of course." Rangi replied."I'll call you immediately."
Rojac gave a nod of acknowledgement and giving Cortez
another glance, turned and walked away.
Rangi watched him go then stepped closer to the bed.He was
doing as well as could be expected given the circumstances
but rangi released a small sigh.
" Come on.." she murmured " You said you owed me one."
*** End Log ***
Captain Cropa Rojac
Commanding officer
USS Chimera
&
Major Richard Cortez
CSec
USS Chimera
&
Commander Rangi Summers
CMO
SB Unity
--
Stephen Leacock - "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue that I shall some day die, which is not so."
