PM clinic post... (or not).

[claire_fraser]

Since I was well enough yesterday to leave the clinic as a patient, I thought that today I would be well enough to go back to it as a doctor and at least catch up on administrative things. I wanted to thank Dr Beckett for handling everything so well, since I hadn't had a chance in the midst of everything, and I also wanted to look through the

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[crazyspacegirl]

River was much less frightened of Dr. Fraser than almost any of the rest of them, simply because she was Ian's auntie. If Ian trusted her, then River did, too. Besides, she owed her an apology for letting her temper get the best of her when Saffron had come into the clinic.

"Hi," she said, quietly from the doorway. She didn't want to wake anyone up, especially Mal who wasn't complaining when he was asleep. "Do you need any help with anything?"

[claire_fraser]

"Hello, River," I said, looking up from the laptop. "Thank you for the offer, but I think I'm all right for now. I'm mostly just trying to get caught up on what I missed this week. How are you?"

[crazyspacegirl]

"I'm all right. I didn't get hurt at all. How are you?" She looked better, at least. "I'm sorry I was loud, the other day."

[claire_fraser]

"People tend to get loud when they're worried for someone they care about," I said. "I've seen it a lot. Emotions run high around a hospital in a crisis - it happens." I flexed my fingers to keep my hand from getting stiff. "How is your friend?" I hadn't had a chance to read up on all the patients yet, so I wasn't sure about everyone.

[pambeesley]

Pam's next natal appointment wasn't until April, but she found herself running a little low on her powdered ginger. Rather than thinking maybe she didn't need it as much as she had three or four months ago, she decided that she should see about getting a bit more.

She'd been slightly reluctant about heading over to the clinic, but she hoped that maybe there wouldn't be that many injured people still hanging around. It wasn't exactly something she wanted to deal with.

Sticking her head in the door, she was glad to see Dr. Fraser sitting at the desk. Even though she seemed to be one of the injured people Pam had hoped not to see.

"Dr. Fraser?" She hesitated for a moment before slowly walking in. She was unsure if the doctor was actually there to see patients or if she was still recovering.

[ooc: Probably won't reply to tags until later tomorrow night or Tuesday, but I really wanted to get her in here to see Claire. ;)]

[claire_fraser]

"Hello, Pam - come on in," I said, gesturing her in with the hand that wasn't in a cast. "It's good to see you." I was very glad to see that Pam hadn't been one of the ones injured in the week's chaos.

[pambeesley]

"Hi," she replied, walking in further and toying with the soft piece of sea glass hanging around her neck.

"Are you alright?" She gestured to the cast as she carefully sat down in a chair on the other side of the desk.

[claire_fraser]

"I've been better," I admitted. "I was running away from a dinosaur, and I got away, but I fell in some kind of hole in the process and got a broken arm and a bump on the head for my trouble. I'll be fine." The arm would take a few weeks, but hopefully the headaches would stop soon. "Are you doing all right?"

[ata_beckett]

Since talking with Catherine a few days ago, Carson had been taking her advice. But he wouldn't feel completely alright with taking some time away from the clinic until he was sure that things were under control. So he'd gone just for a moment, mostly for his own piece of mind.

"Well look who's up and about," He said, entering the clinic, pleased to see Claire.

[claire_fraser]

I felt a bit sheepish as I admitted, "Not quite as up and about as I'd like to be, unfortunately. I just couldn't sit around much longer and do absolutely nothing." I was terrible at sitting back and even worse at being a patient.

Flexing the fingers of my injured arm a bit to ward off stiffness, I added, "I wanted to thank you for patching me up, and apologise for not being perhaps the best of patients." I had been restless and cranky every waking minute, and if I had a patient like me I probably would have strangled me before the week was out.

[ata_beckett]

"Oh, believe me," Carson said, smiling a little, "You're not the worst patient I've had. Don't give it a second thought."

He was momentarily reminded of every single time he'd had to treat Rodney back on Atlantis. And even just a few days ago, when he'd come in after he'd been grazed by a bullet; he'd acted almost as if he'd lost a limb.

"How are you feelin' by the way?"

[claire_fraser]

"I've been better," I admitted. "I thought I was up to coming back to work today, but I don't think I'm going to be very much use to anyone with this headache." I could manage to at least read up on what happened while I was semi-conscious, but that would likely be all. "I heard that you did a great job with getting everyone organised and keeping things running smoothly during all the chaos." That took some doing, since so many people here were used to being in charge or at the top of their field back home, and with good reason.

[single_digit]

Eddie left Emmy with Eostre in the kitchen -- always a safe place for the child though he expected to get her back on something of a sugar high when he returned for her -- and poked his head into the clinic.

"Uh, hi," he said, looking around a little. "I'm looking for my wife?"

[claire_fraser]

"I'm sorry - unless she's a patient, I haven't seen anyone come in or out in the last couple of hours," I said apologetically. "I'll keep an eye out for her though, if you'd like. What's her name?"

[single_digit]

"Lily," Eddie told her, stepping a little closer and looking around some more. "Lily Strombeck. She's not a patient, though, she works here sometimes. She just delivered a baby? And she helped during the dinosaur thing, so I thought she might be here checking up."

[claire_fraser]

"Oh, yes, I've met Lily," I said, remembering. "She hasn't been in today yet though, but if I see her I'll tell her you're looking for her. You must be Eddie - she mentioned you when we met. I'm Claire Fraser - it's nice to meet you."