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Thirteen / Remy Hadley (House) (notunlucky) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2009-06-26 22:57:00

Entry tags:

cian murphy, ellery murphy, thirteen

Who: Ellery, Cian and Remy
What: Taking care of Ellery
When: Right after this
Where: First their place and then the hospital
Warnings: TBD

After she'd gotten the message from Ellery that Cian had fallen yet again, though this time it was off a plow. This time she brought a wheelchair with her, and everything else she'd need as she rushed over. Inside she was panicking a bit and telling herself that she should have done something to make sure that this wouldn't happen again. But she didn't know what she had missed the last time. This time she wouldn't miss a thing.

Taking the port key to their house, she headed out to the field where she spotted the plow sitting and rushed over with the chair. Once she actually saw Ellery, she slowed down a bit until she got there. "Hey.. is he still breathing?"

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notunlucky
2009-06-27 08:50 pm UTC (link)

This was such a weird conversation to have with a kid. A kid who was asking her to be his mom pretty much. "Ah well, I like you a lot so.. either way, even if me and your dad don't get married? We'll still be friends." She smiled and then reached up to ruffle his hair. Finally the tests were done so she went to get Cian out of the machine. "Okay, now we take him to another machine."

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-27 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay." Ellery moved to open and hold the door for her to wheel his dad through. "Is he gonna wake up soon?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notunlucky
2009-06-27 09:09 pm UTC (link)

Getting Cian out of the CT machine, she wheeled him through the door, thanking Ellery as they went. "Yeah I'm going to give him some stuff that should make him wake up. It's really bad smelling stuff though so you might want to stand back." After they got into the other room, she grabbed the smelling salts and then went to wave them under his nose to see if that would work.

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-27 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	Ellery stayed on the far side of the room, but close enough that he could watch what she was doing. He could smell the stuff, even where he was, and it made his nose wrinkle, but his dad didn't respond to it, at least not right away. After a moment, Ellery saw his hand twitch, and he rushed over to Dr Hadley. "He moved! I saw his hand move!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notunlucky 2009-06-27 09:38 pm UTC (link)
	Glancing down at Ellery and then at Cian's hand, she tried again with the smelling salts and then reached over to shake him a bit. "Cian.. can you hear me? I need you to open your eyes." She glanced back over at Ellery. "Hold his hand and talk to him okay?" God she hoped those scans were going to be ready very very soon. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

eyesoftruth
2009-06-27 10:25 pm UTC (link)

"Okay." Ellery nodded. He moved closer to the bed, and took his dad's hand. holding it in both of his. "Hey, Dad. Dad. I'm here. It's Ellery. And Dr Hadley's here, too. She said I should talk to you, and maybe you'll wake up. Will you wake up, Dad? Come on. We're really worried about you, and we want you to wake up." Ellery looked at Cian for a moment, then back to Dr Hadley. "Why isn't he waking up?"

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notunlucky
2009-06-27 10:47 pm UTC (link)

While Ellery was talking to his father, she went around to check his ear for a moment though she was going to have to have him awake to really figure out what was going on. The first thing was to get him to wake up though. Once she got the CT scans, and the ECT ones, she didn't see any kind of swelling or bleeding, so that was good. "Well it's not really serious, He just hit his head really hard and he's got a concussion. It takes a while to wake up but he will. We just have to keep him still, okay?"

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-27 11:07 pm UTC (link)
	Ellery nodded. "But I can stay with him? And you'll stay with him? With us." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notunlucky 2009-06-27 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Yeah of course you can. And I'll stay with both of you, don't worry." There was something on the scan that she wasn't quite sure of, but she needed to know some things. "Hey.. has your dad had trouble hearing things recently? Or has he had really bad headaches? Or complained about like.. hearing a weird noise in his ears? Like a ringing sound?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

eyesoftruth
2009-06-27 11:15 pm UTC (link)

"No. I don't..." Ellery frowned, thinking. He could lie and say his dad had been fine, but then maybe Dr Hadley wouldn't be able to tell what was wrong with him. "Yeah, he has. The other night, at dinner, he kept putting his finger in his ear, shaking it. He said he felt like there was something in there. And it itched real bad. He didn't say anything about ringing, though." Ellery looked down at Cian. "Sometimes, I'd say something to him and he didn't answer, like he didn't hear me. Is that bad?"

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notunlucky
2009-06-27 11:19 pm UTC (link)

She sighed a little bit, if only because men were so stubborn and never wanted to come and see a doctor when something was obviously wrong. Of course she didn't go and see anyone when she was sick either. Itchy and not being able to hear, well that narrowed it down. "Maybe a little. Not really bad, it just sounds like there is something wrong with his ear. And when that happens.. for some weird reason, how you stand upright and keep your balance is controlled by this little part in your ear. If there's something wrong, then he'd fall down and hit his head."

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-27 11:29 pm UTC (link)
	"You can fix it?" Ellery still had a hold of Cian's hand. He felt his dad move, but his eyes were still closed. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notunlucky
2009-06-27 11:36 pm UTC (link)

"Yeah I should be able to.. if there's some kind of infection or something wrong with his ear those are usually pretty easy to fix." She didn't want to worry him. Maybe it wasn't easy by non-doctor's standards but generally they were pretty easy for anyone in the hospital. Seeing him stir, she went over to the bed again and took his other hand. "Cian? It's Dr. Hadley.. if you can hear me, I need you to squeeze my hand. Or squeeze Ellery's hand okay?"

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-27 11:44 pm UTC (link)
	Cian's eyes opened, though only for a moment. Waking up like that wasn't quick, like on TV. He struggled, under the blanket of unconsciousness for several minutes. Ellery held on to his hand, afraid to let go, afraid he'd lose his dad somehow if he did let go. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	notunlucky 2009-06-27 11:51 pm UTC (link)
	Well that was something. Maybe she should try the smelling salts again. Or maybe you should kiss him, doesn't that work in stories her brain abruptly told her to which she told her brain to promptly shut the hell up. Then she pinched him a little, to see if that would help, before trying the smelling salts again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

eyesoftruth
2009-06-28 12:22 am UTC (link)

The salts were most effective, getting into his nose and making him use his free hand to bat the cause of the offending smell away. The motion was overly exaggerated, but he got the point across.

His eyes opened, though his lids were heavy still. He turned his head, and smiled at Ellery, then looked back at Dr Hadley. "Guess I'm not dead yet." The words were slurred, but distinguishable.

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	notunlucky 2009-06-28 01:05 am UTC (link)
	Remy looked quite relieved that his eyes were open, and she smiled back. "No you're not dead yet but you did have another really nasty fall and you've got a concussion. So I don't want you to move okay? I'll give you a moment but then I need to make sure you're all right. And this time there won't be any protesting with me." She gave him a stubborn look. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	eyesoftruth 2009-06-29 02:48 pm UTC (link)
	Cian nodded. "Yes, ma'am," he said with a little smile. He looked at Ellery, and Ellery laughed. "What happened? I don't remember. I remember I was going to plow the fields." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notunlucky
2009-06-29 03:30 pm UTC (link)

"That I'm not really sure about but we're about to do some tests that will hopefully help me figure that out. But you do have a concussion, so sitting still is key. When you're up to it, I'll give you something for the pain. And if you need to throw up.." she pointed to the pan beside the bed.

She came over to one side and pulled out her pen light thing and held up her finger in front of his face. "I need you to follow my finger with just your eyes okay? So.. have you been feeling dizzy a lot lately?"

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-29 08:08 pm UTC (link)
	"I know I should have said something, but I thought it was fine." He followed her finger as best he could. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notunlucky
2009-06-29 08:24 pm UTC (link)

"You should have told me the first time you fell. That obviously isn't fine." She gave him a look. After she was done assessing things there, she knew there was only one last thing to do.

"I'm going to have to run a scope up inside your ear because it doesn't always show up on the CT scan, and it's uncomfortable and maybe painful. I can give you something though if you want."

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-29 10:29 pm UTC (link)
	"It's been happening a lot lately," Ellery said, despite the glare from his dad. "Just this time was worse because he wouldn't wake up." Cian sighed. "Do what you have to do." He started to shake his head, but stopped. "But yeah. Something for the throbbing headache would be nice." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notunlucky
2009-06-29 10:47 pm UTC (link)

Remy nodded her head a bit. "Thank you for actually telling me the truth, Ellery. Perhaps I should just ask you about all of your father's health problems instead of him." She was only being half serious though.

"Do you think you can swallow a pill? Or I can give you a shot of something." She only stepped out for a moment to get the machine that would be used to put up inside his ear and some medicine for him. When she came back, she went over to one side and sat down on a stool next to him. She looked over at Ellery. "Want to help me out kiddo?"

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	eyesoftruth 2009-06-30 01:32 am UTC (link)
	"What can I do?" Ellery asked. He beamed a little, excited and proud that she asked him to help her. Cian opted for the shot over the pill, just because it was probably easier. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

notunlucky
2009-06-30 01:52 am UTC (link)

After giving Cian the shot of morphine (because he was totally going to need it) she turned on the little machine. "I need you to go and stand on the other side of the bed. And I need you Cian to turn your head very slowly and look over towards Ellery. Now .. I'm going put this camera in his ear all right? And I need you to tell me when your dad's eyes close okay?"

She began the process of moving the very slender wire up towards his ear. "When I get up near the inner ear, this is going to make your balance all out of whack and it's going to feel like the room's spinning then your eyes are going to close. It's not the best thing in the world, but don't try and keep your eyes open if it happens okay? It might be this ear, it might be the other. I'm going to have to check both."

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