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Tom Sully Jr. (tom_jr) wrote in spinningcompass,
@ 2018-02-26 23:51:00

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tom sully jr, ~henry morgan

Who: Tom Sully Jr and Dr Henry Morgan
Where: Medbay
What: Doctor's appointment
When: Not long after this
Status: Ongoing

Tom made his way to Henry's medbay, being overly careful with his hands. He'd run out of medication on the first day, but had tried to just deal with the pain as best he could. He knew now that it was a stupid idea, but for the first while, it had been okay. Yes, his hands hurt all the time but he knew how to cope with it, and what helped. He'd lived with the pain for over half of his life, after all. Annoyingly, the pain had ramped up quite a lot since the day before and his gloves weren't helping any more, no matter what charm he used. He hadn't slept because of it, and nothing was even close to taking the edge off of it.

Thankfully, he knew the spells to whisper to open the doors without needing to use his hands. Every so often, he would reach for the mug of coffee that floated alongside him and cradle it clumsily in his hands, but the heat still wasn't helping to ease the pain in his aching joints.

Soon enough he was at the main doors of the medbay suite, which opened as he approached. He walked in, took a drink of coffee and then looked around for Henry.

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drhenrymorganmd
2018-02-27 12:16 am UTC (link)

As soon as the phone call ended, Henry started researching. There were some things in the medbay that he was still learning, and he knew it would take time. He wanted to help Tom as much as possible. He smiled as soon as the other man walked in.

"Hello. Please, have a seat." He motioned to a nearby chair. Normally he would have offered a hand but that didn't seem a good idea in this case.

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tom_jr
2018-02-27 12:29 am UTC (link)

Tom nodded and sat down where Henry indicated, then set his mug back to floating beside him. "Hello, Henry. How're you?" he asked with a smile as he let his hands rest lightly in his lap. He still had his fingerless gloves on, acting as support, but they couldn't hide the swollen joints and slightly misshapen fingers, and they didn't really help his wrists at all.

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	drhenrymorganmd 2018-02-27 12:38 am UTC (link)
	"I'm quite alright." Henry nodded. He wheeled a small table over to Tom. "I'd like to get a scan, can you place your hands on the table or would that be uncomfortable?" He didn't want to cause additional pain. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tom_jr 2018-02-27 10:32 am UTC (link)
	"No, that's fine. Do you need me to take off my gloves?" He let his hands rest on the table in front of him anyway, careful to keep as much weight as possible off of them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	drhenrymorganmd 2018-02-27 05:10 pm UTC (link)
	"You can leave the gloves on." Henry nodded. He went over to a computer and pushed a few buttons. He was going to be thankful for the AI when it was ready. Henry frowned when he saw the results. "This is rather advanced." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tom_jr
2018-02-27 08:30 pm UTC (link)

"It is, yeah. But there was a lot of damage," Tom said, more than used to how advanced it all was, and trying hard to hold back a yawn. He failed.

"Excuse me, sorry, I haven't slept. I do the exercises that I'm supposed to. My gloves are charmed to act as either ice packs or heat packs depending on what's needed at the time, and they're providing some support. Normally, I'm okay, I can cope with the pain, but these last few days haven't been good. My wrists are the worst at the moment. Do I need to keep my hands on the table now?"

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	drhenrymorganmd 2018-02-27 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	"There's no need to apologize." Henry made notes as Tom spoke. "I'm done with the scan." He looked over everything. "I was hoping to perhaps find an alternative to medication as a form of treatment but I don't believe that will help in your case." He sighed. "Do you have any allergies." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tom_jr
2018-02-27 08:49 pm UTC (link)

Tom sat back, and took hold of his mug as best he could again. The extra heat from the coffee felt very nice, but it wasn't helping in the slightest. "I had a horrendous reaction to pollen on one world we went to, but that was through a Door about 13 years ago, and it hasn't happened since. So I don't think that's enough to count."

He drank some coffee to keep from yawning again, and continued to keep hold of the mug afterwards.

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	drhenrymorganmd 2018-02-27 09:23 pm UTC (link)
	Henry smiled slightly. "I meant specifically allergies to medications." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tom_jr 2018-02-27 09:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Ah. No, nothing like that." Tom smiled sheepishly, which made him look very much like the much younger version of himself that Henry would know. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

drhenrymorganmd
2018-02-28 02:40 am UTC (link)

"Very good." Henry nodded. "Give me just a moment." He went back to another part of the medbay area and after a couple of minutes, came back carrying two different bottles. He set them on the table in front of Tom.

"These should help. This one." He touched the first bottle. "Is a pain killer. It won't make you drowsy, but it is rather strong. Even in your situation I'd recommend starting with half a tablet and see how that works." He smiled. "This one." He touched the other bottle. "Will help you relax. It's an herbal supplement. It won't put you to sleep but it'll help you get to where you can if you want."

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tom_jr
2018-02-28 12:07 pm UTC (link)

Tom nodded as Henry explained the different tablets. "It's okay to combine the two, I assume?" he asked as he sat forward once again. He sketched a quick and easy gesture in the air, far less painful than actually trying to grab hold of the bottles, and watched as they floated over to stop where he could read the labels.

A couple more gestures and a muttered spell later, and Tom was holding half of a painkiller while the lid went back onto the bottle and clicked shut. He took the painkiller with a mouthful of coffee, then moved the mug and bottles over to one side. "This is great. Thanks, Henry."

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	drhenrymorganmd 2018-02-28 04:36 pm UTC (link)
	"I made sure of that." Henry nodded. The magic users still amazed him. "I'd like to see you again in a week or so. Just to check progress and so forth." He certainly wasn't a "give them drugs and send them on their way" kind of doctor. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

tom_jr
2018-02-28 10:45 pm UTC (link)

"Of course," Tom agreed, getting carefully to his feet. Even after all these years, it was still instinctive for him to try and use his hands to help stand up, and he had to actively stop himself from doing so. He'd probably have ended up on the floor in agony if he'd leaned his weight on his wrists right then. "If I'm still here, that is. You never know with this place and time travel."

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	drhenrymorganmd 2018-03-01 01:51 am UTC (link)
	"That is very true." Henry nodded. "Would you like something to help with your wrists? I have some braces that might help." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	tom_jr 2018-03-01 12:40 pm UTC (link)
	"Actually... Yeah. Please. That would be great." Tom normally hated showing weakness or admitting that he needed help (a hangover from his younger days of thinking that if JR or his Uncle Jakes could cope with things, so could he!) but there were times when the pain just wore him down. This was one of those times. (Reply to this) (Parent)