The Transitioning Series: Transfiguring

Chapter Twenty-One: One Dead, Two Dead...

Months passed by and the hours ticked away like a fire had been burning continuously. Chelsea stood in the cubical with another trainee nurse behind her. "Good morning, I'm Nurse Adams."
"Where's the doctor?"
"She's busy at the minute, but I promise you I'm qualified enough to stitch up a wound." Chelsea smiled at the patient and picked up the needle and bent forward, starting to take care to the wound.

"Miss Adams, step into my office." The doctor who first greeted her 4 months ago, spoke sternly and waited for Chelsea to enter the office before closing the door.
"Is everything okay?"
"I don't know is it?" She replied back quickly, her eyebrows crushing together.
"What's happened?"
"I left you a simple job to do this morning, and the patient that you took care of has been rushed back into A+E unconscious. Know anything about that?" Chelsea shook her head.
"I don't understand, I fixed the wound and she left happy."
"Well, I'm not blaming you for this incident because it's none of our faults but you need to tell me what you gave her as a pain relief?"
"I just gave her some mild paracetamol, just the ease the pain as she was worried it would hurt ma'am." Chelsea explained.
"Did you check her medical history?" Chelsea shook her head. "Well you should know that your patient was a substance abuser."
"Oh god. That's why she begged for some pain relief, I'm so sorry."
"Jackie is a regular patient in this hospital, and we have to keep tabs of what medication she has taken in the last 72 hours. She relapsed and that's what has caused her being rushed back in. Just please in future, check the medical records of each patient, and if in doubt ask a doctor. After all you are just a trainee. Okay please go to the staff room and meet the next doctor you'll be working with today... I'll do your briefing later on." Chelsea nodded.
"I'm really sorry about Jackie." The doctor just waved her hand out and Chelsea nodded and left the office closing the door behind her and walking down the corridor, ignoring her surroundings and just walking straight past the staff room and outside, sitting on a bench. Chelsea put her head in her hands and bent down and closed her eyes. The sounds filled her ears, the sirens going off and the shouting from the paramedics pushing the trolleys into the hospital. Chelsea lifted her head when she felt someone sit next to her, she blinked a couple of times and saw Alex next to her. "Alex?"
"Hey." She smiled.
"What are you doing here?"
"I was just passing, and I knew it was you. Why are you out here?"
"It's my first day and I've already made a mistake." She placed her head back into her hands.
"Hey! Listen, don't even think about giving up okay?" Chelsea shook her head.
"I don't think I can do this." She cried out gently. Alex grimaced and awkwardly patted her on the shoulder.
"Why do you say that?"
"I shouldn't work with one of the worst cravings in the world. It's too much."
"It's your first day!" Alex threw her hands in the air and huffed. "Don't even quit because of a little blood."
"Adams!!" The doctor from before shouted from the entrance and Alex ran off leaving her to it. "Get back in here!" She obeyed and walked quickly back inside.

A good hour and half after regaining her confidence, Chelsea stood next to the male doctor who was observing her.  "Now here we have a young girl, Hannah. She's 15 years old, came in last night with a few cuts and bruises on her body, and a fractured arm. What shall we do first Chelsea?"
"Well sir, I think we should take care of the fracture first, get it X-rayed and then put into a sling."
"Good, then what shall we do with the bruising?"
"We need to see if Hannah has suffered anymore injuries from her fall. I suggest we prescribe her some medication and a quick check on her torso, and ribs just to be on the safe side."
"I'm impressed, Chelsea. Looks like your training is working." Chelsea smiled and nodded. She finished work a few hours later and decided to go home and see Oliver.

"I'm so glad you can help me through this rough part of my life, Oliver." Zoey smiled gently and Touched his shoulder with a light touch.
"It's okay, it's a hard thing to go through, you're lucky you have people who have been through this before." He smiled back. "Would you like a drink?" Zoey nodded and watched as Oliver made the drink in the kitchen before going back to her.
"Thanks." She took the glass and gulped down the water and placed it on the table next to them. Zoey looked into his eyes and smiled more. "You're too kind."
"I can't see a lovely girl like this suffer, Chelsea went through it and I helped her."
"You are so kind."