4/2/07 // T!Ed, C!Envy, npc:Dr. Carter
Who: C!Envy, T!Ed, and npc:Dr. Carter
When: 4/2/07
Rating: PG
Category: Misc Happenings
Summary: Edward wants to go home. Dr. Carter isn't going to let him without stealing some of his blood first.
Dr. Carter: *walks into Ed's hospital room* So, Mr. Elric, you think you are ready to go home?
T!Ed: *raises his eyebrows, watching her suspiciously* Yes... Yes I do.
Dr. Carter: *stands over his bed, surveying him* Hm. Well, we'll see about that. How are you feeling?
T!Ed: Just peachy for having my leg eaten recently. *smiles sweetly* There's not really any pain anymore, though.
C!Envy: *comes in after Dr. Carter, sitting politely in the chair next to Edward's bed and taking mental bets on the outcome of this exchange*
Dr. Carter: *favors him with a raised eyebrow* Is that so? Hm. *heads over to the sink to wash up* I'm going to inspect the wound.
C!Envy: *braces himself for hell*
T!Ed: ...You don't have to do that. You can just let me out now. *nods sagely, if not nervously*
Dr. Carter: ...Nice try, Mr. Elric. *pulls up a stool with one foot, sitting next to where the leg isn't, pulling aside the covers and reaching to carefully remove the bandaging*
Dr. Carter: Let me know if any of this is painful or uncomfortable in any way.
T!Ed: *shifts uncomfortably and looks away, still reeeaaally not wanting to look at what's there anymore*
C!Envy: *complete and utter morbid fascination, tries not to be too obvious about the neck-craning*
Dr. Carter: *tosses the bandaging, probing carefully around the wound with her fingers, noting any pinkness or swelling* Hm. Tender?
T!Ed: *glances down a moment before looking away* Just a little bit.
C!Envy: *human scarring... weird*
Dr. Carter: *nods, probing around some more* ...Remarkable.
T!Ed: ... *very tempted to smack Ren*
Dr. Carter: *leans over, retrieving Ed's chart, flipping through it briefly, glancing at the wound* ...Hm.
C!Envy: *can't help himself* It is healing fine, right?
T!Ed: *drums his fingers lightly on the bed, not really caring if his leg is fully healed or not, just wanting to get out of there*
Dr. Carter: *sets the chart aside, standing up, glancing over at him* More than fine. The skin has knit together well, and I see no sign of infection. ...These stitches need to come out immediately. I'll do it myself.
T!Ed: *eyes go wide* ...How are you going to get the stitches out?
C!Envy: *uhoh, here we go*
Dr. Carter: *goes to wash her hands again, glancing over at Edward* ...Scissors and forceps. *fetches a bottle of alcohol, cotton swabs, and aforementioned utensils, watching Ed out of the corner of her eye*
T!Ed: ................ *sits up and slides to the edge of the bed* I'mgoinghomenow.
C!Envy: No, you are not. *takes his arm firmly, giving him a "please don't make this difficult* look"
T!Ed: *gives him a look back that clearly states "I'm giving this hell"*
Dr. Carter: *strides over to the edge of the bed, standing over him* Mr. Elric! ...If those stitches stay in any longer, they will grow into your skin! They need to come out right now. Stay. Put. *glares at him sternly*
T!Ed: I can live with that. It could be... useful. Or something.
C!Envy: *keeps his hand on Ed's arm* Come on, it will only take a moment. You were fine when I took the ones out of your shoulder, remember?
T!Ed: ...But that was right after it happened. This has been weeks! *tugs his arm a little, futiley*
Dr. Carter: *sternly* No, Mr. Elric. It will be irritating and painful. Removing the stitches will only take a minute.
Dr. Carter: *softens her voice slightly* I understand that you're sensitive to these sorts of things. This is why I'm doing it myself. I will be careful not to hurt you.
C!Envy: *doesn't budge* So this will probably hurt less, genius.
T!Ed: *whimpers and hunches his shoulders, doing his best to look pathetic* I just want to go home...
C!Envy: *letting Dr. Carter take this one, but lets go of his arm in order to take his hand instead with a squeeze*
Dr. Carter: Mr. Elric, are you going to cooperate, or am I going to have to sedate you? This is not optional. These stitches needed to be out yesterday. ...This needs to happen before I can let you go home.
T!Ed: ... *weighs his options -- sedatives means stitches out, but too out of it to have sex at home; no sedatives means stitches out and a wild night of happy... THINKS HARD okayoptiontwo* ...I'll behave.
C!Envy: *blinks bewilderedly, but doesn't argue*
Dr. Carter: *sighs* Thank you. *sits, setting her Implements down on a small table, wetting a cotton ball with some alcohol and cleaning around and over the wound*
T!Ed: *stays as still as he can, looking anywhere but the wound*
C!Envy: *staaaaaaaares*
T!Ed: *catches Ren's stare and glares half-heartedly*
C!Envy: *too fascinated to notice, but still holding his hand*
Dr. Carter: *cleans her scissors and forceps with alcohol, glancing up to make sure Edward's not looking before snipping carefully through the stitches*
T!Ed: *squeezes Ren's hand... hard; doesn't even really notice the stitch removal*
Dr. Carter: *uses her forceps to start pulling the stitches out*
C!Envy: *lets him, just sort of rubbing the back of his hand with his thumb, trying not to look entirely oggly*
T!Ed: *winces faintly at the feel of the stitches moving*
Dr. Carter: *continues, pulling as quickly and as carefully as possible, until she gets the last one* There. *swipes at the little beads of blood left where the stitches came out with an alchol-soaked cotton swab*
Dr. Carter: ...That wasn't so bad, was it?
C!Envy: *gawk*
T!Ed: *shudders* ...Never do that again.
Dr. Carter: *raises her eyebrows* ...Don't get injured. *leans down to inspect the wound* ...I'd like to keep you one more night, to make sure the wound doesn't open again, now that the pressure from the stitches has been removed.
T!Ed: ...No.
Dr. Carter: Yes.
C!Envy: *mental facepalm*
T!Ed: *getting ready to pitch a fit* No.
C!Envy: Edward, please? It will give me time to get things ready, anyway. There is absolutely no food in the apartment.
Dr. Carter: *stern look* Mr. Elric. If the wound splits when you get home, you're just going to have to come back here all over again. And get more stitches.
T!Ed: ...But I want to go home. Now.
Dr. Carter: What you want is irrelevant.
C!Envy: *leans over, whispering* Careful, you sound almost like... your brother.
T!Ed: NEVER compare me to him! EVER! *glares, but otherwise stays put and makes no more indication to leaving now*
C!Envy: *hah* Yes, sweetheart. Duly noted.
Dr. Carter: *rolls her eyes discreetly, covering by pushing up her glasses with a couple of fingers* ...Right.
Dr. Carter: *grabs his chart, making a couple of notes* We'll ease you off of your IV drips. If your wound is stable tomorrow, the nurses will remove your catheters and you'll be ready to go.
T!Ed: *grumbles* Going home tomorrow whether you like it or not.
C!Envy: Edward...
T!Ed: *smiles sweetly, shutting up*
C!Envy: *smiles back gratefully*
Dr. Carter: *narrows her eyes briefly, but continues on* You'll have to be careful with it for... the next three days. Keep the wound covered. You can get it wet, but don't soak it, and dry it immediately afterwards.
T!Ed: *not paying attention, nope*
C!Envy: *paying attention because he knows Edward isn't*
Dr. Carter: *isn't really talking to Ed* Keep an eye on the color. If you see any pus, or see any dark pink or red spreading outward away from the wound, call the hospital. If there are any other complications, call the hospital.
C!Envy: ...Do you think it will do any of that?
T!Ed: *so going to eat a ton of red stone when he gets home, stupid chance at infections*
Dr. Carter: *shakes her head briefly* I don't expect an infection at this point. Just keep an eye on it. *starts cleaning up stitch-removal implements and debris*
C!Envy: Thank you. We have plenty of disinfectant and gauze at home. Should we need anything else?
Dr. Carter: *washes her hands again, for good measure* I might suggest keeping some mild painkillers on hand, just in case. Over the counter is fine. *returns to the bedside* Any other questions?
T!Ed: *rolls his eyes at the thought of more painkillers and shakes his head*
C!Envy: We have plenty of those. *smiles, glancing at Edward for confirmation* I think that is all, thank you.
Dr. Carter: *nods, hesitating briefly* ...Mr. Elric, I do have a question for you. *directed at Edward*
T!Ed: *raises his eyebrows* Yes..?
Dr. Carter: Your ability to heal so quickly is quite remarkable. I would like to study it, in the interests of medicine. ...May I take a blood sample.
T!Ed: *blinks, surprised, and glances at Ren quickly* Ahm, yeah... Sure, I suppose...
C!Envy: *catches the glance and kind of wondering about it*
Dr. Carter: *is incredibly surprised, but doesn't show it on her face* ...Thank you. I appreciate it greatly. ...This will only take a second. *goes to get a needle, syringe, and cotton swab*
C!Envy: *watches warily*
T!Ed: ... *oh shit, more needles*
Dr. Carter: *screws the needle on, sitting next to him again* ...I don't need much. *swabs a spot just below his elbow, glancing up at him briefly*
T!Ed: *eyes the needle for a loooong time before nodding* Go ahead...
Dr. Carter: *nods, pinching off the vein at the crook of his elbow with one hand, swiftly drawing a few cc's of blood before removing the needle, putting pressure on the spot with another alcohol swab*
Dr. Carter: ...Thank you, Mr. Elric. Hold the cotton swab in place, please.
T!Ed: *winces as the blood is drawn and holds onto the cotton swab as instructed, trying very hard not to look at the syringe full of blood*
C!Envy: *staring intently at the syringe of blood*
Dr. Carter: *stands, injecting the blood into a sample tube, capping it and discarding the syringe and needle, smiling slightly to herself, then returns to collect the cotton swab, pocketing the sample*
Dr. Carter: ...Well. The nurses should be able to take care of you from this point on. Unless something goes wrong, I expect you'll be discharged tomorrow. ...I hope, for your sake Mr. Elric, that we don't see you for a while.
T!Ed: I don't plan on ever coming back~ *smiles brightly*
C!Envy: *refrains from smart remarks here*
C!Envy: Thank you for everything, Dr. Carter. I hope we were not too much trouble.
Dr. Carter: Hm. You might try being a little less trouble. But I have larger headaches in this hospital. *quirks a brief half-smile* ...I should get this sample to the lab.
Dr. Carter: *nods to each of them, heading briskly to the door, but pausing at the threshold* One more thing, Mr. Elric.... *to Ed again*
T!Ed: *sighs* Yeah?
C!Envy: *nods, smiling after her*
Dr. Carter: ...Do you have a favorite flavor of jello?
T!Ed: ...What?
C!Envy: *ummmmm*
Dr. Carter: ...Do you have a favorite flavor of jello. And what is it.
T!Ed: ...I guess lime flavoured is okay? ...Why?
Dr. Carter: ...Expect some on your dinner tray. *vanishes out the door, heading for the lab, tapping the blood sample in her pocket with one finger and humming cheerfully*
T!Ed: *watches her leave, astounded* ...I hate her. So much.
C!Envy: *blinks bewilderedly after her* ...Er...
C!Envy: Why do you hate her? She was so nice to you.
T!Ed: Hospital jello. That's all the explantion you need.
C!Envy: What, is it bad?
T!Ed: It's hospital food.
When: 4/2/07
Rating: PG
Category: Misc Happenings
Summary: Edward wants to go home. Dr. Carter isn't going to let him without stealing some of his blood first.
Dr. Carter: *walks into Ed's hospital room* So, Mr. Elric, you think you are ready to go home?
T!Ed: *raises his eyebrows, watching her suspiciously* Yes... Yes I do.
Dr. Carter: *stands over his bed, surveying him* Hm. Well, we'll see about that. How are you feeling?
T!Ed: Just peachy for having my leg eaten recently. *smiles sweetly* There's not really any pain anymore, though.
C!Envy: *comes in after Dr. Carter, sitting politely in the chair next to Edward's bed and taking mental bets on the outcome of this exchange*
Dr. Carter: *favors him with a raised eyebrow* Is that so? Hm. *heads over to the sink to wash up* I'm going to inspect the wound.
C!Envy: *braces himself for hell*
T!Ed: ...You don't have to do that. You can just let me out now. *nods sagely, if not nervously*
Dr. Carter: ...Nice try, Mr. Elric. *pulls up a stool with one foot, sitting next to where the leg isn't, pulling aside the covers and reaching to carefully remove the bandaging*
Dr. Carter: Let me know if any of this is painful or uncomfortable in any way.
T!Ed: *shifts uncomfortably and looks away, still reeeaaally not wanting to look at what's there anymore*
C!Envy: *complete and utter morbid fascination, tries not to be too obvious about the neck-craning*
Dr. Carter: *tosses the bandaging, probing carefully around the wound with her fingers, noting any pinkness or swelling* Hm. Tender?
T!Ed: *glances down a moment before looking away* Just a little bit.
C!Envy: *human scarring... weird*
Dr. Carter: *nods, probing around some more* ...Remarkable.
T!Ed: ... *very tempted to smack Ren*
Dr. Carter: *leans over, retrieving Ed's chart, flipping through it briefly, glancing at the wound* ...Hm.
C!Envy: *can't help himself* It is healing fine, right?
T!Ed: *drums his fingers lightly on the bed, not really caring if his leg is fully healed or not, just wanting to get out of there*
Dr. Carter: *sets the chart aside, standing up, glancing over at him* More than fine. The skin has knit together well, and I see no sign of infection. ...These stitches need to come out immediately. I'll do it myself.
T!Ed: *eyes go wide* ...How are you going to get the stitches out?
C!Envy: *uhoh, here we go*
Dr. Carter: *goes to wash her hands again, glancing over at Edward* ...Scissors and forceps. *fetches a bottle of alcohol, cotton swabs, and aforementioned utensils, watching Ed out of the corner of her eye*
T!Ed: ................ *sits up and slides to the edge of the bed* I'mgoinghomenow.
C!Envy: No, you are not. *takes his arm firmly, giving him a "please don't make this difficult* look"
T!Ed: *gives him a look back that clearly states "I'm giving this hell"*
Dr. Carter: *strides over to the edge of the bed, standing over him* Mr. Elric! ...If those stitches stay in any longer, they will grow into your skin! They need to come out right now. Stay. Put. *glares at him sternly*
T!Ed: I can live with that. It could be... useful. Or something.
C!Envy: *keeps his hand on Ed's arm* Come on, it will only take a moment. You were fine when I took the ones out of your shoulder, remember?
T!Ed: ...But that was right after it happened. This has been weeks! *tugs his arm a little, futiley*
Dr. Carter: *sternly* No, Mr. Elric. It will be irritating and painful. Removing the stitches will only take a minute.
Dr. Carter: *softens her voice slightly* I understand that you're sensitive to these sorts of things. This is why I'm doing it myself. I will be careful not to hurt you.
C!Envy: *doesn't budge* So this will probably hurt less, genius.
T!Ed: *whimpers and hunches his shoulders, doing his best to look pathetic* I just want to go home...
C!Envy: *letting Dr. Carter take this one, but lets go of his arm in order to take his hand instead with a squeeze*
Dr. Carter: Mr. Elric, are you going to cooperate, or am I going to have to sedate you? This is not optional. These stitches needed to be out yesterday. ...This needs to happen before I can let you go home.
T!Ed: ... *weighs his options -- sedatives means stitches out, but too out of it to have sex at home; no sedatives means stitches out and a wild night of happy... THINKS HARD okayoptiontwo* ...I'll behave.
C!Envy: *blinks bewilderedly, but doesn't argue*
Dr. Carter: *sighs* Thank you. *sits, setting her Implements down on a small table, wetting a cotton ball with some alcohol and cleaning around and over the wound*
T!Ed: *stays as still as he can, looking anywhere but the wound*
C!Envy: *staaaaaaaares*
T!Ed: *catches Ren's stare and glares half-heartedly*
C!Envy: *too fascinated to notice, but still holding his hand*
Dr. Carter: *cleans her scissors and forceps with alcohol, glancing up to make sure Edward's not looking before snipping carefully through the stitches*
T!Ed: *squeezes Ren's hand... hard; doesn't even really notice the stitch removal*
Dr. Carter: *uses her forceps to start pulling the stitches out*
C!Envy: *lets him, just sort of rubbing the back of his hand with his thumb, trying not to look entirely oggly*
T!Ed: *winces faintly at the feel of the stitches moving*
Dr. Carter: *continues, pulling as quickly and as carefully as possible, until she gets the last one* There. *swipes at the little beads of blood left where the stitches came out with an alchol-soaked cotton swab*
Dr. Carter: ...That wasn't so bad, was it?
C!Envy: *gawk*
T!Ed: *shudders* ...Never do that again.
Dr. Carter: *raises her eyebrows* ...Don't get injured. *leans down to inspect the wound* ...I'd like to keep you one more night, to make sure the wound doesn't open again, now that the pressure from the stitches has been removed.
T!Ed: ...No.
Dr. Carter: Yes.
C!Envy: *mental facepalm*
T!Ed: *getting ready to pitch a fit* No.
C!Envy: Edward, please? It will give me time to get things ready, anyway. There is absolutely no food in the apartment.
Dr. Carter: *stern look* Mr. Elric. If the wound splits when you get home, you're just going to have to come back here all over again. And get more stitches.
T!Ed: ...But I want to go home. Now.
Dr. Carter: What you want is irrelevant.
C!Envy: *leans over, whispering* Careful, you sound almost like... your brother.
T!Ed: NEVER compare me to him! EVER! *glares, but otherwise stays put and makes no more indication to leaving now*
C!Envy: *hah* Yes, sweetheart. Duly noted.
Dr. Carter: *rolls her eyes discreetly, covering by pushing up her glasses with a couple of fingers* ...Right.
Dr. Carter: *grabs his chart, making a couple of notes* We'll ease you off of your IV drips. If your wound is stable tomorrow, the nurses will remove your catheters and you'll be ready to go.
T!Ed: *grumbles* Going home tomorrow whether you like it or not.
C!Envy: Edward...
T!Ed: *smiles sweetly, shutting up*
C!Envy: *smiles back gratefully*
Dr. Carter: *narrows her eyes briefly, but continues on* You'll have to be careful with it for... the next three days. Keep the wound covered. You can get it wet, but don't soak it, and dry it immediately afterwards.
T!Ed: *not paying attention, nope*
C!Envy: *paying attention because he knows Edward isn't*
Dr. Carter: *isn't really talking to Ed* Keep an eye on the color. If you see any pus, or see any dark pink or red spreading outward away from the wound, call the hospital. If there are any other complications, call the hospital.
C!Envy: ...Do you think it will do any of that?
T!Ed: *so going to eat a ton of red stone when he gets home, stupid chance at infections*
Dr. Carter: *shakes her head briefly* I don't expect an infection at this point. Just keep an eye on it. *starts cleaning up stitch-removal implements and debris*
C!Envy: Thank you. We have plenty of disinfectant and gauze at home. Should we need anything else?
Dr. Carter: *washes her hands again, for good measure* I might suggest keeping some mild painkillers on hand, just in case. Over the counter is fine. *returns to the bedside* Any other questions?
T!Ed: *rolls his eyes at the thought of more painkillers and shakes his head*
C!Envy: We have plenty of those. *smiles, glancing at Edward for confirmation* I think that is all, thank you.
Dr. Carter: *nods, hesitating briefly* ...Mr. Elric, I do have a question for you. *directed at Edward*
T!Ed: *raises his eyebrows* Yes..?
Dr. Carter: Your ability to heal so quickly is quite remarkable. I would like to study it, in the interests of medicine. ...May I take a blood sample.
T!Ed: *blinks, surprised, and glances at Ren quickly* Ahm, yeah... Sure, I suppose...
C!Envy: *catches the glance and kind of wondering about it*
Dr. Carter: *is incredibly surprised, but doesn't show it on her face* ...Thank you. I appreciate it greatly. ...This will only take a second. *goes to get a needle, syringe, and cotton swab*
C!Envy: *watches warily*
T!Ed: ... *oh shit, more needles*
Dr. Carter: *screws the needle on, sitting next to him again* ...I don't need much. *swabs a spot just below his elbow, glancing up at him briefly*
T!Ed: *eyes the needle for a loooong time before nodding* Go ahead...
Dr. Carter: *nods, pinching off the vein at the crook of his elbow with one hand, swiftly drawing a few cc's of blood before removing the needle, putting pressure on the spot with another alcohol swab*
Dr. Carter: ...Thank you, Mr. Elric. Hold the cotton swab in place, please.
T!Ed: *winces as the blood is drawn and holds onto the cotton swab as instructed, trying very hard not to look at the syringe full of blood*
C!Envy: *staring intently at the syringe of blood*
Dr. Carter: *stands, injecting the blood into a sample tube, capping it and discarding the syringe and needle, smiling slightly to herself, then returns to collect the cotton swab, pocketing the sample*
Dr. Carter: ...Well. The nurses should be able to take care of you from this point on. Unless something goes wrong, I expect you'll be discharged tomorrow. ...I hope, for your sake Mr. Elric, that we don't see you for a while.
T!Ed: I don't plan on ever coming back~ *smiles brightly*
C!Envy: *refrains from smart remarks here*
C!Envy: Thank you for everything, Dr. Carter. I hope we were not too much trouble.
Dr. Carter: Hm. You might try being a little less trouble. But I have larger headaches in this hospital. *quirks a brief half-smile* ...I should get this sample to the lab.
Dr. Carter: *nods to each of them, heading briskly to the door, but pausing at the threshold* One more thing, Mr. Elric.... *to Ed again*
T!Ed: *sighs* Yeah?
C!Envy: *nods, smiling after her*
Dr. Carter: ...Do you have a favorite flavor of jello?
T!Ed: ...What?
C!Envy: *ummmmm*
Dr. Carter: ...Do you have a favorite flavor of jello. And what is it.
T!Ed: ...I guess lime flavoured is okay? ...Why?
Dr. Carter: ...Expect some on your dinner tray. *vanishes out the door, heading for the lab, tapping the blood sample in her pocket with one finger and humming cheerfully*
T!Ed: *watches her leave, astounded* ...I hate her. So much.
C!Envy: *blinks bewilderedly after her* ...Er...
C!Envy: Why do you hate her? She was so nice to you.
T!Ed: Hospital jello. That's all the explantion you need.
C!Envy: What, is it bad?
T!Ed: It's hospital food.