Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Side sim: Herbal Remedies

Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Chief Mental Health Officer) in Side sim: Herbal Remedies

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Side sim: Herbal Remedies
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Mika sat in her office, during a rare moment of downtime, catching up on recently published medical articles. There had been a decent amount of development in the medical world since the last time she’d had time to read.

But it was a smaller article that caught her eye: A Cure for Sepsis: Herbs. Mika had always loved herbal and survival medicine, and so reading through the article was quite interesting for her. An injection of a plant derived substance known to sometimes show improved outcomes in sepsis cases. That was so cool to her.

Intrigued and a little excited, Mika loaded the article onto a PaDD and exited her office, heading for the medical wing. Upon arriving at the right office, she knocked on the door of Doctor Fayth’s office, not wanting to interrupt, PaDD in hand.

~ Mika

Sharah was going through the latest supply requests. Star Fleet still provided a great deal of the medical supplies for the colony, but the move to more independence meant that she and Helaky were constantly having to look at what they could get where. There was a new pharmaceutical research company that had come to Oed that had met some of that need. This particular set of requests were giving her a headache and when the knock sounded Sharah muttered happily, “Oh there is a god.”

She hit the control on her desk and the door opened. She looked up, “Mika! Come in! Save me from this.”

Sharah

Mika laughed as she went into the office. “Save you? What horrors do the day have in store for you this time?” She asked as she came in, picked a spot to sit, and sat down. “I have something to show you. I think you’ll like it as much as I did.”

~ Mika, CNS

Sharah waved at the various PaDDs on her desk and sighed, “Supply requests.” She turned off her console and got up, rolling her shoulders and stretching her neck. She went and sat on the couch. “Oh I am sure I will, as long as it is not another supply request.” Sharah laughed. “What is it?”

Sharah

“No supply requests,” Mika said, grinning. She opened the PaDD and set it in front of Sharah. “A plant with studies showing some improvement in sepsis cases!” She said and then let Sharah read. “Not effective enough to be any sort of use in a modern medicine environment but definitely something to add to the list of medicinal herbs!”

~ Mika, CNS

Sharah read over the article. The longer she read the more excited her expression became. “Oh yes we will have to add this. If we ha e any around I can do a chemical break down of it and add it to my program. We should check the seed stores in the science complex.”

Sharah

Mika nodded, “We should! Then we can grow it.” She took the PaDD back when Sharah was done with it. Then she grinned, a little mischievously. “Do you have time for a little break? Maybe we can go now? Or are you drowning in supply requests?”

~ Mika

It was so tempting. “Give me 45 minutes to finish this and then I have hours.” This was really exciting and Sharah wanted to look into it, but she had to finish these requests on time. “I hate administration. It gives me a headache.” Sharah stood, “Meet me out front in 45?”

Sharah

Mika nodded. “Sure.” She left Sharah’s office and for 45 minutes did her own work, getting as much done as she could to justify taking off to do this plant thing. When it was time, she went out front and waited for Sharah.

~ Mika

Forty-five minutes later, Sharah walked up beside Mika with a conspiratorial grin. “Come on, before someone needs one of us.” She headed back towards the Fleet complex and then turned down a side road that would lead to the science facilities. It was a well known route, but one she had not taken in a long time. “You know we might be able to plant some in the central courtyard at the hospital as well. As long as it’s not too finicky. It’s mostly volunteers and patients that work out there.”

Sharah

“We’ll have to see,” Mika replied. “I’m not sure how finicky it is.” She followed Sharah down the road toward the science facilities. “What else is planted in the central courtyard?”

~ Mika