Merry Brandybuck is busy at work (young_buck) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2012-06-01 16:02:00 |
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Entry tags: | eowyn, frodo baggins, merry brandybuck |
Who: Merry, Frodo, and Eowyn
What: Frodo's in the hospital with chest pains, Merry's pretty concerned, and Eowyn is a good friend.
When: Friday, Around 6PM
Where: Irvine General
Status: In Progress
Rating: TBD. (Probably mild. These are a pretty well-behaved bunch.)
Triggers: Medical talk.
The only thing the doctors had ruled out so far was a heart attack.
At 9AM this morning, Frodo Baggins, AGE 54, had awoken to severe pain in his right shoulder, back, and chest. He was taken to the emergency room by his chauffeur, where he was examined and immediately admitted.
But just because it wasn't a heart attack didn't meant that it wasn't something serious. Frodo was quickly scheduled for tests on his lungs, gallbladder, pancreas, ribs... His heart, too, because there were other things that needed to be ruled out, and Frodo happened to have excellent insurance. And thanks to the pain medication, he was a very agreeable patient.
Merry had arrived around 1PM. He spent the first hour talking with Frodo, and the second trying to get some kind of information out of his doctors while a test was run. During the third hour, Frodo slept. Then it was Merry's turn from 4 to 5.
Right now, Frodo was sitting up in his bed, acting more intoxicated than medicated, which is to say that he seemed almost his usual self. He was, however, very pale. White as a ghost. Merry kept one bloodshot eye on him, as they tried to conjure some interest in a rerun of FRIENDS, which (believe it of not) was the best thing on television they could find.
By now, it was almost 6PM.
Merry was worried, had he was having a hard time pretending he wasn't.