With You, I Can Breathe (Chapter 3)

[anxioussquirrel]

Doctor Kathy Miller was just putting on her coat to go home after a long shift when her cell phone rang. It was Melissa, one of her favorite nurses from the ER.

“Doctor Miller, are you still in the hospital?”

“I was just about to leave, why?”

“I hate to bother you, but we have a patient here who might need your expertise.”

Comments

[mimiheart]

This chapter was really good. I liked your OC.

The states are not really one place. Each state has different laws, and I don't live in Ohio. If a doctor suspects ongoing abuse of a minor, they have to report it in every state. (I have to do that as a teacher as well.) I believe it's up to the person to press charges in the case of sexual assault, though. Since Blaine is over the age of consent in Ohio. I'm pretty sure you wrote everything correctly procedural-wise. (Nothing struck me as being OMG that would never happen, anyhow.)

This is still wonderful. I love your Burt. And poor Blaine. :(

[anxioussquirrel]

Thank you:)

Good to know nothing sticks out as unrealistic. I'm kind of nitpicky with such details when I read, so I try to do research before I write something I'm not entirely sure about, but some topics are so extensive that I'd never get to finish writing if I waited until I know everything there is to know about every detail. Especially when it's about law, when it can differ so much from one state to another.

[mimiheart]

I'm so used to writing and reading HP, where I've been Britpicked to hell and back, so maybe my brain is stuck in Britain. I'm usually not big on Ameripicking except for certain words. Procedural things only sometimes get me. (Though I accidentally got the British edition of a Hardy Boys book, and it threw me to have them refer to the bonnet of a car. Maybe it's because I read those with my kids and then I had to explain that one to them.) I was thrown recently when I read a fic where Burt was referred to as an Englishman.

[anxioussquirrel]

Oh wow, I haven't even thought about British vs. American yet. Now I'll start to obsess about that ;) (I'm not a native English speaker, but I've been taught British English and read HP fanfiction for years before Glee, so I just hope I don't use some weird Mid-Atlantic mix now).

[mimiheart]

I'm probably the wrong person to ask. I'm from the U.S., but learned English second. (Weird story don't ask.) Though my father's from Ohio, and I've been accused of having an Ohio accent before. (It's just the way I say crayon and orange.)

Again, nothing you've written has struck me as being odd. Just don't have anyone bring grapes to someone in a hospital and you should be fine, I think. Make you a deal, if I see something that's obvious, I'll let you know.

[anxioussquirrel]

Oh, I'd love that, thank you!
Why not grapes though? :)

[mimiheart]

It's something I've seen in British fic that I'm assuming is a custom there, but is certainly not a custom in the U.S. I've never heard of anyone bringing grapes to someone in the hospital. Cards and flowers, sure. And, with doctor approval, MAYBE a family member might bring in a meal. But grapes would never cross anyone's mind. At least not that I've seen. (And I've spent way too much time in hospitals.)

[anxioussquirrel]

Good to know:)