Posted by marthese bugeja in Checking in - Xavier’s Medical

Posted by Crewman Faith Hopkins (Captain’s Yeoman) in Checking in - Xavier’s Medical
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A new ship meant certain things were unavoidable. Finding room to place your personal items in a quarters that was always too small, forgetting which deck the mess hall was in, realizing you forgot to buy extra underwear.

Some things, of course, were unavoidable but were also always the same. Hitting the Big Red One in the turbolift to go to the bridge for instance, was one of them. So was boarding for the first time and having the Officer on Duty, who was always an Ensign three years past the time they should have been promoted and had a chip on their shoulder large enough to hold a coffee cup, scrutinizing your boarding Orders like you were a Romulan agent here to steal Starfleet’s secrets and only they could prevent it.

Another of those always the same but unavoidable things was the Medical clearance required before you could begin Duty on board the ship. Xavier stepped inside the medical ward as the doors slid shut behind him, pretty sure that he wasn’t carrying a particularly strong form of Klingon Herpes that would put the ship into quarantine, or any form of Klingon Herpes for that matter. But here he was anyway.

Still off-Duty until he checked in with the XO, Xavier wore his civilian clothes. Comfortable and cool, he could set up his quarters and attend his medical without needing to wear his Starfleet clown clothes just yet. sliding his hands into the pockets of the sleeveless vest he was wearing he looked around, smiled at a nurse or two and tried to pick out what doctor would be with him shortly while moving towards a small waiting area near the entrance.

Hunter was looking down at a Padd , still the doctor did hear the sickbay door open and close, looking up he spotted and recognized the new CSO.

’’ Lt ‘’ he acknowledged him with a slight nod ‘’For your medical ? Please follow me ‘’ he took him to a nearby biobed ‘’ Just lie down and make yourself comfortable ‘’. Hunter ‘s demeanor was all professional ,no quiet the same man Xavier knew back at the station.

He attached the diagnostic wand to the medical tricorder ‘’Lt is there anything I should know in advance ?’’ he asked in a calm and tranquil tone of voice.

Moving to the biobed Xavier made a small show of testing the mattress with his hands and grimacing. “Oh no, it’s one of the new ones introduced after budget cuts,” he grinned. “They really skimped on the feather padding on these ones.”

Sliding himself onto the bed, he lay down with his hands behind his head in a comfortable looking pose, one ankle crossed over the other. “Has the ceiling been recently painted?” he asked. “As far as I know I’m clean. I haven’t had any coughs, rashes or strange spots appear. You’ll likely find indicators of an excessive caffeine intake though, fair warning.”

OOC: Xavier is fit and healthy, no bugs. He does drink a large amount of coffee each day, often at the expense of smaller meals but he exercises and eats large meals morning and night to balance.

Lt Khauv, CSO
OOC: Marthese is unwell but unable to post a LOA.

Doctor Hunter suddenly felt his stomach churn. Drinking that Aldebaran whisky last night had been more than his body could cope with. He could never drink on an empty stomach. He rushed out of the Sickbay, last seen running towards the nearest Heads.

Faith Hopkins, the Captain’s Yeoman, who had been asked to take on her role as an auxiliary nurse (normally only during Red Alerts) while the medical staff took their shoreleave, was able to take over from Hunter seamlessly. She looked at the bio-readings and the printed report that came from the tests, and she said, “well… this says that you are fit and healthy, with no current infections. You consume too much caffeine, don’t eat regularly, but take sufficient exercise. Is that a fair summary?”

• Faith

OOC: Ops only saw this after replying :( marthese.

OOC: Ignore this split thread since Marthese is clearly still here.
- Dave