Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Tending the Wounded

Posted by Lieutenant Tandra Mika (Chief Mental Health Officer) in Tending the Wounded

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sharah Fayth (Chief Star Fleet Medical Officer) in Tending the Wounded
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It was a bit of a walk even with Séan’s longer gait and trying to keep Mika as comfortable as possible but they arrived at the hospital. The looks they received on the way here paled in comparison to what they got once they entered. At first he was afraid they were going to think he had done this to her but he kept repeating that they were Starfleet officers and that they needed Doctor Fayth right away.

Counselor Iven

Mika clung to him the whole walk, occasionally complaining of pain or asking for Sharah, or something else. While he was asking for Sharah, she kept saying, “Get Sharah”, “Where is Sharah?”, “I need Sharah.”

~ Mika, CMHO

Mika didn’t have to wait. Sharah was already making her way into the ER. “Temple get an OR prepped, get Ilena in there. Hurry.” She met Sean at the doors, “In here, set her on the bed.” Sharah looked as pale as Mika did.

Séan quickly but carefully placed Mika onto the indicated bed.

She placed a hand on Mika’s forehead. “It’s alright Tandra. You’re going to be fine. I promise.” Waves of warmth and safety and peace flowed over Mika. Sharah pressed a phlebotomy hypo to her arm and drew blood. Temple walked in, “OR is ready, Dr.” Sharah handed her the vial, “Get this tested. She’s been drugged and I need to know with what. Priority, it goes before everything.” Temple nodded and hurried out. A medic came in and they unlocked the bed and started pushing her out. She looked at Sean, “I can’t give her anything until I know what he gave her. Tell me everything.”

“I don’t know much more than you.” Séan said with a bit of frustration. “She was bound to a chair in the basement like you indicated. There were five men in total in the house. Four were upstairs and one was with her downstairs. There was a cart with various tools and bottles on it that it must have been what they used on her. I was in a hurry to get her here with how badly she has been bleeding that I didn’t check for labels on the bottles of drugs or anything.” He paused a moment as a thought came to him. “I had help rescuing Tandra though and in my rush left them to take care of the rest. Let me reach out and ascertain what the bottles were.”

Sharah looked up, “Anything you can find out will help. Also if you will, file the security report. Let them know she’s been found, but she’s in no condition to be questioned. I will let them know when.” She set a hand on his arm. “She’s going to be alright.”

“I’ll find out what drugs were there first so you have an idea what to do to counteract them and not cause any conflicts.” Séan nodded in agreement. “I’ll do the security report when you’ve got her in surgery. They were particularly unhelpful so they can wait a bit longer.”

“Thank you. Tell any of the nurses, they’ll get the information to me right away.”

Ilena met them at the door to the OR, “Pull whole blood for her type and fluids, she’s going to need them.”

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

Counselor Iven

The sight of a similar face was a comfort to Mika, but Sharah’s touch brought a sense of peace, safety, and warmth. Her body relaxed as the emotions washed over her, drowning out her fear and pain. She looked up at Sharah. “Sorry. Must be hard for you…”

~ Mika, CMHO

Sharah shook her head, “You have nothing to be sorry for. I am happy to do whatever I can for you.” Mika was special in Sharah’s life. She was her mentor, but a friend. One who hadn’t left her or put her aside. She was rare and precious to Sharah. “Tandra,” she leaned over her, “I’m going to scrub, Ilena is going to take you into the room. I will be right back. You will not be alone.” She said it with surety. Ilena came into view.

Sharah turned to Séan, “I’ll page you as soon as we’re done.” She went through another door to scrub up. Ilena paused before taking Mika in so Séan could see her.

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

He followed them up to the door and reached out to gently squeeze Mika’s hand. “I will be right back Tandra. I’ve got to call my friend really quick and see what’s left in that house. You are in great hands with Sharah.”

Counselor Iven

She knew Séan couldn’t go back anyway, he wasn’t a doctor, so she nodded. His squeezing her hand hurt, there were cuts on her hands, but she didn’t mind. “Okay.”

~ Mika, CMHO

Ilena took gave Séan a reassuring nod and took Mika into the OR. “You’re going to be alright Lt. I’m turning on the biobed and the scanners.” Ilena sighed, “I’m sorry, Mika. This next part will hurt, but I have to start removing your clothing so we can get to the wound. If it’s too much, tell me to stop.”

It did hurt. More than it seemed like it should. Mika was trying to tough it out. “I just want it over with. I wanna be done.”

Not long after she started working, Sharah came through the door in her red surgical clothes and walked over to the bed. She leaned over her friend, “Mika, I don’t know what they gave you, so I can’t give you anesthesia or anything for the pain. I’m going to do a nerve block instead. That will help immensely, but you’ll still be awake. I’m waiting for the lab results.” She also took a small bottle with a squirt straw and dropped water carefully into Mika’s mouth.

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

“I know they gave me something to… To make it hurt more. And a truth serum” She took a breath as slow as she could manage. “I think something else too. But I don’t know what.” She cried softly, “It hurts, Sharah.” She drank the water as it was dribbled into her mouth. Her bio readings showed she was dehydrated.

Sharah smoothed back her head, “I know, I’m going to take care of that right now.” Sharah looked at Ilena, and the nurse stepped away to inform the lab of what Mika had told them before returning to assist. Sharah pulled the surgical frame into place and put her eyes to the microscopic imager. It was a simple press of an attached hypo to inject the nanites that would form the nerve block. So it was painless, or at least shouldn’t register above the pain Mika was already in. At least she hoped. She had no idea what the man had given her, but it had been cruel, carefully calculated, and torture.

Her heart rate was fast, her blood pressure a little low. She was in pain, quite a lot of pain. There were cuts all over her body, some looked like they’d been sutured closed, but later reopened. Some still oozed blood. Some were shallow, some deeper. Many had inflammation around the wound, opened up farther than they would normally be. There were electrical burns, too. She showed signs of oxygen deprivation that had mostly subsided by now. Though she had bled a lot, she would have probably bled out or at the very least been worse off than she was, but she’d been given something to staunch bleeding.

~ Mika, CMHO

Once the block was in place, Sharah checked Mika’s neurological readings to make sure it was working. “There, you shouldn’t be feeling anything anymore, Tandra. Try to sleep.” She smoothed back her friend’s hair again, “I’m going to give you a mask. Your O2 is almost normal, but it will help.” Then they got to work. Sharah kept up a steady stream of soothing feelings to help Mika relax and stay calm. They had to remove her clothing, that was dried and sticky from blood, and then clean the wounds. They had to remove the sutures that had been cut open. The burns had to be treated, the deeper tissues healed before the outer most layers. She needed blood and fluids, but her blood wasn’t acting right. She spoke directly to Ilena’s mind, she didn’t want to distress Mika, Where are those lab results?

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

Mika didn’t register the small amount of pain the nerve block might have caused over everything else. Her neurological readings showed it was working. She seemed okay with the idea of a mask, until they tried to put it over her head. Then she began to shake her head vigorously. “No, no, please.”

Sharah stopped feeling the despair filled terror in Mika. “Okay. No mask. I’ll set up a high pressure field.” A few quick taps on the surgical console and a field shimmered around the head of the bed and infused with a swift flowing O2 mix.

The extra O2 in the field around the bed did help some. She calmed down when Sharah took the mask away.

Sharah’s calm feelings were helping Mika significantly. Once the nerve block stopped the pain and she calmed, the stream of calm, soothing emotions seemed to keep her that way. It was odd, laying there awake but numb, while they worked. She couldn’t relax enough to sleep, though, and she ended up watching Sharah closely, as much as she could.

They haven’t come in yet, the nurse replied telepathically to Sharah. Let me check again. She stepped away for a moment and when she returned Ilena had the results. Based on the information Tandra gave, they were able to identify a neuro stimulant. It makes the nerves overreactive. Some kind of neurological drug, like a truth serum, and when they noticed her blood clotting faster and flowing slower than it should they also tested her for coagulants, one came back positive. And Ilena told Sharah the names of the drugs.

~ Mika, CMHO

Good, we can do something about that. “Tandra, we know what they gave you. So I’m going to give you something to counteract them, and then something to let you sleep, alright?”

“Ilena, let’s start with Triazolam, Warfarin, and Symrase. Low doses to start with. Her blood volume and BP are too low.” Ilena nodded and prepared the hypo. As she spoke Sharah checked the blood infusion and fluids. She looked at Mika and smiled reassuringly, “You’re going to start feeling better very soon.” Then she went back to work on the various lacerations. Ilena run scans and check for any internal imbalances or damage from the drugs or O2 deprivation.

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

Mika nodded. There was still fear in her, but she was calming down, reassured by Sharah’s presence, by the peaceful emotions she was still feeling.

Ilena started the medications requested in a low dose, being careful and gentle. She ran the requested scans. There’s some damage in the brain from O2 deprivation, but nothing permanent. She’ll heal just fine. She read the scans for a moment, The coagulant will be counteracted by the warfarin, the truth serum has caused a small imbalance in brain chemicals. The biggest problem is the neuro stimulant, it’s caused some damage to the nerves. I think it’ll be repairable, but I think you should take a look to be sure.

~ Mika, CMHO

Alright, come take over this laceration. I have the parameters set. Just keep an eye on it. Sharah moved around to the otherside of the biobed. She looked over the scans herself. She went to work with a group of nanites to work on the brain damage. If taken care of early enough, it could be corrected without damage. She gave 75mls of Dexalin to assist in countering the Oxygen deprivation. Keeping an eye on the nanites she activated the neural regenrator. It would stimulate the nerves, encouraging them to heal. With the nerve block, Tandra wouldn’t notice the twitching.

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

Ilena swapped places with her. Mika watched Sharah as she looked at the scans and then started working on something. She didn’t notice the twitching, she couldn’t feel it. “What are you doing? Is something wrong?” Mika asked Sharah. By the sounds of it, the meds were working to make her tired. She just hadn’t fallen all the way asleep.

~ Mika, CMHO

Sharah looked up and smiled reassuringly, “Everything is fine. You have a lot of wounds, Tandra. You know that they are serious, but Sean found you in time. Now that I know what drugs were used, I can be specific in countering the effects.” She spoke soothingly. She didn’t need to give such a lengthy explanation, but she was just using her voice to keep Tandra soothed.

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

Her face hadn’t been spared. There was a large cut across her cheek that trickled blood. It seemed to help, keeping talking to her. She shuddered suddenly, “I don’t want to fall asleep. I’m scared.”

~ Mika, CMHO

“I know. I promise you’ll be safe if you do.” The doors to the OR opened and Sharah looked up to berate whomever had just entered and then smiled quietly as another figure in red surgical garb stepped up to the bed and began to work.

Lt. Cmdr. Fayth, SFCMO

Hannah nodded to Fayth and then looked down at the fully awake, Tandra and back at Fayth. “I heard and thought you might could use an extra pair of hands.” She picked up a hand held auto suture and leaned over Mika’s head. “I’m going to fix these up, Tandra. It won’t be so hard to talk after that, hmmm? Unless you want to try out your signing skills,” she smiled gently, but care and concern were clear on her face.

Lt Asimina, SFAMO