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"i can't see my hands

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"i can't see my hands." the patient spoke up.

"oh, my god. he's conscious." george marveled.

"breathe deeply, george. you won't pass out." alex mocked.

"leave him alone, alex." madelyn barked.

"use four milligrams of morphine. titrate up to ten. you know what? i don't want him to move." derek ordered.

"it's okay." madelyn soothed,

"we need you to be very still, mr..."

"cruz. jorge cruz. he tripped and fell down a flight of stairs holding a nail gun." the nurse finished.

"somehow he managed to miss a blood vessel. that's a minor miracle. optic nerves been affected." derek told the interns,

"can you feel this?" derek asked. jorge didn't respond.

"numbness on his right side. what's our immediate concern?"

"infection." madelyn answered.

"right. i'm gonna be pulling these nails out in the next half-hour. i need a c.t." derek announced.

"c.t.'s are down." the nurse spoke up.

"what?" derek said in disbelief.

"they exchanged them out last night. computers crashed, have them back up by 1:00." the nurse finished.

"typical. what are the options?"

"an m.r.i." george suggested.

"brilliant. the mans got nails in his head. let's put him in a giant magnet. you want films from three axis points and a c-arm in surgery." alex corrected.

"excellent. you guys dig up research and find out if this has happened before." derek instructed.

madelyn and alex gave him a nod, and left the room to go to the archives.

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"23. people have been accidentally shot in the head with nails 23 times." george scoffed.

"one was attempted suicide, doesn't count." alex added.

"i'd day for the sake of this case, it counts." madelyn shot, alex gave her a dirty look.

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