[Backlog] JDL | Jackson Avery & Sh'eik | "The cat came back the very next day - part 3"

Posted on 241502.28 @ 5:14pm by Cadet Sh'eik

Mission: Holy Cow
Location: Sickbay

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It had been quite some time since the last round of tests had been performed. A sense of finality was coming to the big cat, as he lay blind, weakened, and with his right footpaw continuing to expand. At some point someone had stuck on something to his neck, he'd overheard something about it stabilizing his O2 stats. His lungs hurt, but his body wasn't panicking and running them full tilt to try to oxygenate his blood.

Sh'eik could feel the mask still pinned over his whiskers, when he opened his mouth to speak, "please. Where is Doctor Avery?"

"He's checking on a couple of scans he'll be here shortly." The petty officer said trying to keep the Caitian calm while also administering the drugs that were needed to keep him alive a this point. "Ah there he is."

"Chart." Jackson asked as he walked into the room the petty officer nodded and handed it to him, "alright Mr Sh'eik we're still trying determine what exactly is happening to you. But these antibiotics that we're giving to you right now should clear up the swelling of your paw and clear up the fluid in your lungs." Jackson said hoping this news would be enough to get him on the positive side.

"As for the blindness we're still running scans trying to figure out what is going on we may have to exploratory surgery." Jackson added knowing that this was devastating news.

Sh'eik blinked, despite the lack of vision and his left ear flicked a few times, though his right was still drooping lazily, "Explorrr atorree." It was a statement, more than a question, as his left ear flicked a few more times, "Youu mean openn up my hehhd, and luuk inssside, rrright?" It was natural for him to purr out the R's, but the rest of his speech...

"Yes but we're gonna run some more scans for now. The Caitian anatomy is a little difficult and I'm in contact with some specialists." Jackson said trying to sympathize with the Catian but he was never good with that. "Trust me we're doing everything we can and exploratory surgery is the last thing I want to do."

Sh'eik nodded gently, then reached out blindly as he heard Jackson turning away. He clumsily caught the doctor's jacket just before it was out of reach.

Sh'eik should've been scared, upset, something, but just moving his arm had exhausted him.
"Pleazzz, wwwait." He tried to sit himself up clumsily.

"Lay back down Mr Sh'eik this is the best thing for you." Jackson said

"Thhhiss happennned," every word was a fight now, "beforrre. Myyy... My brothherrr..."
Sh'eik looked to be more in anger than pain, frustrated by his failing faculties. He had to get it out, tell doctor Avery, before...

"Your brother had the same symptoms?" Jackson asked.

With a weak but exasperated sigh he tried again, "w..wee could... Cooodennt heh-halp. No," despite not being able to see, he closed his eyes taking a shallow breath, "Naugh... Not vis-viss..."

The bio monitors interrupted then, alarms going off across the board as the entire right side of the Cait's face went limp, a wet spot beginning to appear in the bottom right side of the mask.
The alarms drew the petty officer back, padd with scan results in hand but forgotten as they readied for rapid fire orders from Avery.

"Get him to OR 4 NOW!" Jackson shouted looking at the petty officer, "send those scans to the OR and get prepped yourself." And with that Jackson rushed to the OR to get washed up. "What in the hell is going on?" Jackson muttered to himself as he walked into the OR. "Let's start." And with that he started the exploratory surgery after several hours of poking around he finally found it, "shit that's a damn tumor. Why in the hell did that not turn up on the scans."

"Alright let's close him back up we've scans that we can now work from. His vitals are stable and we need to come up with a plan to remove the tumor and we need to let him know." Jackson said as he walked out he also needed to speak with Nanee about this.

The petty officer watched Sh'eik breathing shallowly on the bed, now in a deliberate coma while he healed, as she slid her scrubs off into the replicator for reclaimation. Then she noticed something...
"Doctor Avery?" She called around the corner, hoping he wasn't yet gone.

As he arrived she pointed through the window, "His foot. It's still swollen... I don't understand? His blood is almost as thin as vinegar and he's still clotting..." She turned to him, "And we pumped him full of antibiotics for it but it's still the size of a football... Do you think they're linked? Should we check there too while he's still under?"

"No we need to let him recuperate from this surgery push 5ccs of tri-ox compound that'll help thin his blood and reduce the swelling." Jackson said looking at the petty officer, "the swelling can also be coming from the tumor we've found."

She nodded quietly, thumbing the replicator to reclaim her blues, then putting together the hypo.
She sighed quietly, as the hypo hissed against the teen's right thigh, "Come on kid, we're not vets... Meet us half way here."

Doctor Jackson Avery
Surgeon (NPC by Aza)
USS Enterprise

Sh'eik
Civilian
USS Enterprise