Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Counsellor) in Sickbay- A Checkup

Posted by Lieutenant Benjamin Grey (Chief Medical Officer) in Sickbay- A Checkup

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Janna Kingston (Counsellor) in Sickbay- A Checkup
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After the whole time travel-ship swapping adventure, Ben had asked Janna to come by so he could see if there were any further ill effects. Janna was grateful she didn’t have to reveal what had really been going on in front of Shock, but things had resolved enough that she could function again. Then there was the issue of her having not come back to get her cortical monitor results looked over.

Stepping into Sickbay, Kingston greeted the medical staff and simply let them know she had an appointment with Dr. Grey and slipped up onto a free biobed.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

A few minutes later Benjamin arrived at the foot of Kingston’s bed in his usual uniform and long white coat combo “Afternoon Janna, how are you feeling today?” He asked.

Dr. Grey - CMO

She flashed him a grin. “Well, no longer feeling like I want to throw up because time is weird, so that’s been nice.” Janna reached up and disconnected the cortical monitor and offered it to him. “I did try to where it most of the time, but there will be gaps in the data when I took it off.” She figured it was best to be up front.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

Ben shook his head and laughed “No worries, there should be enough information there to work with” he took the CM and placed it on the head of the Biobed, connecting the two devices and starting the data transfer “Besides it would be very typical if all that temporal nonsense messed up your readings, here’s hoping that won’t happen” He said in a light tone, he’d barely been involved in the last mission, there had been enough for him to do in Sickbay so he’d only read the after-action reports.

Dr. Grey - CMO

The data transferred easily and was rather a revelation. It was clear as he started to comb through it that Janna was experiencing above average neural readings. In fact, there rate of new neural connections had grown by 200%, centred in a small part of the part, and her beta wave readings were off the charts. She seemed to be able to sleep at regular intervals and soundly. There were definitely ‘events’ where her body seemed to be operating at a heightened state that was similar to what he had seen when he scanned Orvos and Janna when they were in contact. When these readings show up, her beta wave levels seem to lessen, as if proximity to Orvos made it mellow.

Benjamin smiled an amused smile at the result of those scans but didn’t say anything.

Furthermore, Janna was producing a new neurotransmitter in small quantities. Measurable quantities of receptamine, a neurotransmitter in El Aurians that controlled their psi abilities, were being produced… but Janna wasn’t El Aurian that anyone (or her medical records) knew of, and she had never had the cortical area that produced it.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

“Well that’s interesting” He said as he finished reading over the results. He set the auto-scan function on the biobed to focus on a neurological scan as he removed his tricorder and used the wand as a focus “Looks like you’ve started producing your own neurotransmitters. Something you shouldn’t be able to” He said in a calm tone as if this was nothing to be alarmed about.

Dr. Grey - CMO

Janna frowned. “What do you mean? What neurotransmitters are we talking about other than the ones we expect to find?”

Benjamin blinked, for a moment looking as if he’d forgotten that Janna was in the room with him, the moment came and went so quickly it might not have actually happened.

The focused scan showed that the highest production of the receptamine was in a small area of her brain where the new neural connections were focused. It was if they were watching Kingston develop a whole new cortex of her brain in real time.

~Janna KIngston, CNS

Bump

Benjamin scratched his chin thoughtfully “Receptamine” He said the word slowly “It’s an El-Aurian neurotransmitter, or at least that’s the species we’re familiar with that produces it. Technically speaking you shouldn’t be able to produce it but it seems your brain is adapting, creating new neurons that produce new neurotransmitters.” He considered the information “Right now this isn’t a major concern to your health beyond what we’ve already discussed. I am concerned about potential future developments. We may want to consider finding a specialist institution, with this new development I’ll have to put feelers out for an El-Aurian neurologist or a similar speciality.”

Lieutenant Benjamin Grey
Chief Medical Officer

Her resistance was instant and Janna shook her head. “I won’t be some fascinating lab rat, Ben. Been there, done that, and not interested in repeating it. I don’t want to have to explain to strangers how this all happened. It’s none of their business. So if you can talk to people without giving away who your patient is, then I can be okay with needed to get more information. I just…” She shook her head again, that old hurt welling up from a place that she had thought she had dealt with ages ago. But Janna knew that some things just stuck with you and memories were complicated.

In the days after her accident, before they knew the limitations of the treatments for the acquired haemophilia and what her life would look like going forward, so had been surrounded by people doing their best to keep her alive, trying everything they could. She had appreciated their efforts, but there had been a clear point where they had stopped treating a patient and were focused on a mystery. She became nothing more than an oddity to be figured out. She had no longer been a person, and while she gave Ben more credit than that, others she couldn’t risk the same.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

Benjamin frowned at the Counselor “Janna” he said after almost half a minute of silence, his jaw clenching as he considered then reconsidered what to say “If your condition progresses at this rate without being studied and diagnosed by someone with the correct expertise the decision will be out of your hands and mine” he put a hand on the head of the biobed, leaning in slightly without invading her personal space “Now I can and will protect your identity to the best of my ability but there is a limit to what I can do.” He sighed “We might not be there yet but there will come a point in the near future when you will have to make a decision on this, yours is a speciality case and I am not a specialist in this field and I don’t know if this can be handled with just consults through subspace. Might be that all you’ll need is some medication and training from some psychic guru named after a tree” He smiled slightly showing that he wasn’t trying to be malicious, also he thought that was at least a little funny. His smile faded as he continued “Or you might need major neurosurgery. In either scenario you’ll have to prepare for the potential of bringing in someone new and wors case being brought somewhere new”

Dr. Grey - CMO

She was always calm and collected around others. The times people on this ship saw her upset were few, because Janna had learned long ago to let things roll off her. She didn’t ignore her emotions, but they rarely got the best of her. This was different and she couldn’t even explain why. She ran her fingers through her chin length curls and fought back tears. “This is supposed to be a good thing, whatever is happening to me,” she said, despair slipping into her voice. “Don’t you understand, Ben? What happened to me on my Academy cruise was devastating. For the longest time they weren’t sure how to treat me.” She lifted her gaze to Grey. “And when it was clear I would live, the reality they painted for me was so bleak there was a time when I wasn’t sure I even wanted to live. I know that this isn’t dire like that, but this thing that happened in the Nexus came with something that makes me so happy. I’m happy with Orvos. I think we would have found our way to where we are eventually, but the Nexus gave us the push we needed. I just… I don’t think I could bear to have all this turned into some sort of travesty because people are afraid. I don’t want to be afraid of this,” she all but pleaded with him, as if he could change something about the situation. Janna knew he couldn’t, but she was desperate to know that someone was on her side. Orvos was, but he was biased in this case.

~Janna Kingston, CNS

Ben put a hand over his friends and squeezed gently “Focus on the Good Janna, what I’m discussing, what I’m worrying about are possibilities. Don’t let it overshadow what good you’ve gotten from it. But also don’t ignore the potential risks, hope for the future but prepare in the present” He smiled, it wasn’t his usual doctors smile trained and perfected over more than a decade of practice but a genuine smile “Happiness isn’t always easy to find so hold on to it when you can.”

Dr. Grey - CMO