100 drabbles of summer - 04 Bug

Jun 06, 2010 15:37

Turned out, the worst patient the NIH ever had to deal with was one of their own. Most took it as a sign of luck that, while dealing with some of the worst diseases mankind had ever seen - they'd faced the plague, for God's sake - they never seemed to get sick.

Unfortunately, for the first time in recorded history, Doctor Stephen Connor had a cold. How he managed to catch it, on the hottest day of the last ten years, was a mystery to his coworkers.

When he finally gave in, opting to go home early, they feared the worst.

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charloft, medical emergency

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