Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Leah Hart (Nurse Practitioner/Counseling) in Sickbay- Sunrises on Risa

Posted by Captain Rende Asam (Commanding Officer) in Sickbay- Sunrises on Risa

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Leah Hart (Nurse Practitioner/Counseling) in Sickbay- Sunrises on Risa
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About twenty minutes after the initial call to the Sentinel, and after organizing patient transfer info and ensuring patient safety, Leah, Dr. Hunter and Nurse Montri arrived in Sickbay with their security escort.

“Leah, we’re going to put you in the recovery room where we can monitor your progress, okay? I know it’s not as private as we’d all like, but it’s the best we can do right now,” Sylvia said.

Leah simply nodded. She had said little since they started to get her discharged into the Sentinel’s care, but Hunter knew their colleague and friend was processing a lot. She patted Hart’s shoulder and then got her settled into a bed.

“Can I sleep?” Leah asked, her voice so much smaller and quieter than everyone was used to.

“Soon,” Sylvia said. “I want to make sure there aren’t going to be any more seizures and we just need you without the substance in your system for awhile longer. After that, if your vitals are still stable, you can sleep.”

She sighed and Leah nodded as she pulled the blanket up over her more.

~Leah Hart, NP

Bump

Rende entered the medical bay and looked around before approaching the small desk. “I wanted to come check on Lt. Hart. Can she have a visitor?”

Cpt. Asam, CO

Dr. Hunter nodded. “She can. We need to keep her awake a little while longer to ensure she is in fact remaining stable, but after that we’re going to let her sleep.” Sylvia rose from the desk after adding Leah’s charts from the hospital to her Starfleet medical record. “She’s cognizant and showing no deficits from the neurosurgery, aside from some typical memory loss. But if you notice anything odd in her speech patterns or facial movements, let me know right away.”

Moving to Leah’s beside, Sylvia gave her friend a soft smile. “You have a visitor.”

Leah took in Rende for a brief moment and gave a small nod. Of acceptance or permission, either could be true.

“Another fifteen or twenty minutes, then you can sleep,” Hunter said, answering the unspoken question.

As the doctor stepped away, Leah let her gaze settle on the blanket covering her body. “I’m sure you’ve hears what happened,” she said simply, directing at her comments at Rende, though she couldn’t quite bring herself to look at the captain. “Fortunately, I can read my own charts, and with Kreed’s approval of course, I should be back on my feet and ready for duty in a couple days, barring any complications.”

~Leah Hart, NP

Rende shook her head, “None of that, Leah. You’ve been through a physically and emotionally traumatic experience. I’m not worried about you rushing back to duty. I’m worried about you recovering.” Rende pulled up one of the stools and sat. “Would you like to talk about it. I’m told I can be a pretty good listener.”

Cpt. Asam, CO

It would have been easier to just fall into all the expected roles and exchanges, to be Nurse Hart. Except that she was the patient now and it had been a long time since that had last happened.

Though she turned her head towards Rende again, it took several moments and a deep breath before Leah could lift her gaze to her captain and her friend. New friends though they were, Rende knew just a touch more about her complicated personal life than most. Her lips parted and she inhaled air that would have been followed by words, but it was the thin layer of despair that floated off of her before it touched her eyes that spoke volumes.

“I just… I don’t know what to think. And I hate not being able to remember enough clearly to piece it all together. I know what people are going to assume happened, but the reality is that it might not be that at all. People here don’t know me that well so discount the possibility that it was just a weird confluence of events that ended badly.” Even though she had told Kreed that she agreed that she wouldn’t have distursted her instincts, she didn’t know what happened once Daro entered the scene. Yes, they had complicated history, but… it was Daro. He was a force in her life she still didn’t fully understand, even if she had taken pains to excise him from it.

~Leah Hart, NP

“The mind, as you know, is a tricky thing. Add chemicals to that, and lost memory can be tricky. We’re going to do everything we can to determine what happened. I promise.”

Cpt. Asam, CO

Leah didn’t doubt that for a second, and so she gave a tiny nod.

Her silence spanned several breaths and each was wrapped in the ifs and buts. “Rende, have you ever been drawn to someone you know might totally wreck you but you can’t help but step towards them anyway?”

~Leah Hart, NP

Rende had a long life, longer than Leah realized. “Yes,” she answered simply.

Cpt. Asam, CO