Posted by Cadet Erik Jethro Avant (Scientist) in Side Sim - Cadet Erik Jethro Avant (Scientist): CMO Appointment Medical Check-in, Sickbay

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ven Miya (Chief Medical Officer) in Side Sim - Cadet Erik Jethro Avant (Scientist): CMO Appointment Medical Check-in, Sickbay

Posted by Cadet Erik Jethro Avant (Scientist) in Side Sim - Cadet Erik Jethro Avant (Scientist): CMO Appointment Medical Check-in, Sickbay
The sound of a soft alarm filled Cadet Erik Jethro Avant’s quarters as he laid face first on his bed. He jolted awake, a half conscious look on his face. “ghuy’!” Jethro swore as he looked over at his clock. He was incredible late for his medical check-in with the Chief Medical Officer. Jethro must have dozed off after settling into his quarters and been sleeping through his alarm for the last few minutes.

Good way to make a first impression with a doctor, be late to medical appointment.

Quickly, he hoped off his bed and threw on his uniform jacket back over his undershirt and dashed for the turbo lift. “Main Sickbay,” he told the computer and whirled to action.

A few minutes later he was fast walking into sickbay. “Lieutenant, so sorry I am late. Cadet Avant reporting for medical check-in.” He stood at a stiff attention, his rising quickly to catch his breath.

• Cadet Erik Jethro Avant (Scientist)

Miya noted his breathlessness and his posture, rigid with tension, sure signs of a cadet who knew he’d messed up. Prophets, it wasn’t so long since that was me!
Fortunately, she wasn’t his department head so she didn’t have to take him to task in any way. What she could do, though, was provide a bit of advice that would hopefully help him avoid such problems in the future.

She took care to keep her voice neutral. “Thank you, Cadet. You’ve been to Starfleet Academy,” she had reviewed his notes beforehand, knowing his appointment was due, “so you know the importance of good timekeeping. That’s essential on a starship, so I’ll pass on some advice I received shortly after joining the Academy … if you’re not 15 minutes early in Starfleet, you’re five minutes late.” She dropped the stern facade and treated him to her usual warm smile. “Bear that in mind and it’ll stand you in good stead aboard the Challenger. Now let’s get your check-in finished so you can go on to your next appointment - whenever that may be,” Miya added with the ghost of a wink.

Jethro nodded slightly as he kept at attention while she was talking to him. His breathing still quick. He had been through enough reprimands to know how to act. Though, like his department head, the CMO didn’t seem like that harsh of senior officers. Maybe, Jethro could finally show his potential here without being brought down by regulations all the time. He did find it odd the be reprimanded by someone four years younger them. It made a little pain in shame about where he could have been if had tempered his actions a little when he was younger.

The Bajoran led the way to one of the biobeds. “Lie down there, please, and relax. This shouldn’t take too long.”

(OOC: I’ve seen the list of previous injuries in Jethro’s bio - wow! Miya will definitely pick up on this when the scan results come back. Is there anything more recent that the scan may show? Any illnesses, allergies … anything that may have made him sleep in, perhaps? Just let me know in an OOC when you reply and I’ll work it into my response. :D )

[Lieutenant JG Ven Miya, CMO]

“Of course Doctor.”

Jethro held his breath for a quick second to quickly reregulate his breathing and get it back to normal. Once his breathing was back to normal, he headed over the biobed and hoped on it. He gave quick smile be fore laid down on it, stretching out a bit. He had been on so many biobeds and in sickbay so often in his life, the beds had become quite comfortable to him.

“So Doc, where you born on Bajor or off planet?”

(OOC: I was thinking maybe some severe sleep deprivation b/c he is a work-acholic and can be a little obsessive.)

• Cadet Erik Jethro Avant (Scientist)

Miya glanced up from her PADD, raising her eyebrows with a smile. She was always interested in how cadets reacted during these routine examinations: some would just lie there, leaving Miya to keep the conversation flowing, while others were more forthcoming. Clearly Avant was one of the latter. She did prefer to chat with the cadets during the medical check-ins as they were adjusting to life aboard a starship and a friendly conversation could open up different avenues of support for them.

You need to follow up Lieutenant Commander Miller’s offer about helping the counselling team! she told herself sternly, but shelved the thought to reply to the cadet.

“I was born on-planet, just after the end of the Cardassian occupation. Spent most of my life there, too, barring one short trip with my fellow prylars to the space station Deep Space Nine - it’s the gateway to the Celestial Temple, so it was an incredible honour to visit it.” Nodding towards the PADD, she added, “I see from your records that you’ve travelled much more widely than I! Where do you think you’re happier - planetside or shipboard?” He’d clearly lived in a wide variety of locations while she’d intended to spend her life ministering to her fellow Bajorans - until the Prophets had intervened, of course.

(OOC: thanks for the info about the sleeping! I’ll probably bring it up in my next post - I’ll give you the chance to reply to this first.)

[Lieutenant JG Ven Miya, CMO]