Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Aasrel Izei (Chief Medical Officer) in side-sim: New Rhythms

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=/\=Understood Doctor. I can be there in half an hour.=/\= Bethany finished up the meeting she was in and then made her way to sickbay. She entered and spoke to the nurse. “Dr. Th’rethiss asked to see me.”

Bethany

The nurse led her to a biobed and let her take a seat. Momentarily, Th’rethiss and Aasrel arrived at the biobed. Aasrel looked crushed. Th’rethiss gave away little on his face. “You were a match for Aasrel on the donor test.” Th’rethiss said, “but I don’t feel comfortable letting you donate until we can treat your illness, for your own health. There’s also the matter of our current mission. This procedure could put you both on medical leave.”

~ Aasrel and Doctor Th’rethiss

Bethany nodded, “I suspected as much. We can’t afford for any of us to be down for extended periods. Not until things calm down for a bit.” She looked at Aasrel, “But now you know you have a match. We don’t want Th’rethiss having to operate if the ship could be attacked. The procedure, I understand, is delicate.” They had to do it before Aasrel found a cure for her. If she stopped producing the psilosynine then he would have no donor. “What do I need to do in the mean time? I know my health is in question, but that isn’t going to change any time soon or at all.” She met Th’rethiss’ gaze steadily. “And given the choice, should it come to it, I choose to donate anyway.”

Bethany

Aasrel wasn’t going to wait to look for her cure. He wanted the donation but as a doctor and as… her boyfriend? he had to prioritise her health over his donation. As Th’rethiss had pointed out (rather harshly), it wasn’t life threatening for him. His paracortex and the gland may have already begun to atrophy. “It is brain-damage-if-it-goes-wrong delicate.” Aasrel said, his voice level and bland like it had been the first time Bethany met him.

Th’rethiss nodded. “That choice will be respected assuming it safely can be. Psilosynine doesn’t last outside the body for very long. It has to injected shortly after it is taken from the donor.” He met Bethany’s steady gaze. “There is nothing you need to do to be a donor except take care of your health until we can cure you. Doctor Izei and I will continue to research a cure.”

Aasrel nodded, “I have been looking into other cases of psilosynine going somewhere incorrectly. Seeing if it was or could be rerouted. Then if we could do the same for your neurochemical. But if I can’t find a way to fix it and you get worse, then we’ll go ahead and simply remove the gland.” Normally he’d deliver that news more gently, but he remembered she hadn’t wanted her telepathy back, so he figured that idea wouldn’t bother her. It would cure her just the same as rerouting the el-aurian neurochemical would.

~ Aasrel | Doctor Th’rethiss

Bethany listened quietly while they spoke. Aasrel’s donation was important to her. He had a chance to get back what he had lost. If she could help, then she had to help. She needed to do this. Sbe would talk to Th’rethiss later about it. If they couldn’t find a cure she could die and before that happened she wanted him to give Aasrel his chance. She nodded, showing her acknowledgement. “Understood. Is there anything else you need from me right now?”

Bethany