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Misery Enjoys Company: A (Not So) Restful Interlude

By Slowanon
Created: 2020-12-21 12:30:35
Expiry: Never
/emo/miss eri

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    A RESTFUL INTERLUDE
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  3. 3.
    >A warm wet feeling snaked its way inside you and made you yelp in surprise.
  4. 4.
    >You jumped and ended up on the floor as you fell out of your chair, roused from your nap.
  5. 5.
    >An energetic voice filled your ears.
  6. 6.
    >”Wake up silly buns! Break is over!”
  7. 7.
    >You looked at the clock on the break room’s wall.
  8. 8.
    >5:30 AM
  9. 9.
    >You looked up at the form above you.
  10. 10.
    >Coldheart.
  11. 11.
    >A rather cheerful pony despite her name.
  12. 12.
    >You have no idea how she always came to work so… awake in the mornings.
  13. 13.
    >Still though, you admired her drive.
  14. 14.
    >She loved her work and loved coming to work.
  15. 15.
    >Even at this Celestia forsaken hour.
  16. 16.
    >That’s not to say you didn’t love your job either because you did.
  17. 17.
    >You just weren’t as...
  18. 18.
    >Nurse Coldheart was still regarding you with that same warm smile.
  19. 19.
    >... enthusiastic about it.
  20. 20.
    “Heh, sorry, I must have fallen asleep.”
  21. 21.
    >”Hey now, don’t worry about it. And besides, Helpinghoof would have your flank if he knew you were dozing off.”
  22. 22.
    >She was right, you knew.
  23. 23.
    “Yeah. Thanks for waking me but was sticking your friggin tongue in my ear really necessary?
  24. 24.
    >”No, not really. But it worked didn’t it?”
  25. 25.
    >Of course it worked but that was besides the point!
  26. 26.
    >...
  27. 27.
    >You couldn’r really find it in you to be mad at her.
  28. 28.
    “I guess so.” you replied evenly, taking the diplomatic route.
  29. 29.
    “So, did you have a deep rest?”
  30. 30.
    >IF YOU HAD TO HEAR THAT JOKE ONE MOR-
  31. 31.
    >No, no.
  32. 32.
    >Calm it, girl.
  33. 33.
    >She didn’t mean anything by it.
  34. 34.
    “No, not really. I’m off the clock in about three hours so I should be fine.”
  35. 35.
    >You wouldn’t be fine.
  36. 36.
    >You swore you could hear your bed calling your name.
  37. 37.
    >It’d be a miracle if you were able to stay awake for the whole three hours.
  38. 38.
    >You eyed the coffee machine miserably.
  39. 39.
    >There was no more coffee mix in the break room.
  40. 40.
    >You let out a little yawn and eyed the clock then your food that you had yet to even touch.
  41. 41.
    >Your break was over.
  42. 42.
    >So much for enjoying your snack.
  43. 43.
    >You packed all of it up and tossed it back into the refrigerator.
  44. 44.
    >You could do this right?
  45. 45.
    >There were only three hours left.
  46. 46.
     
  47. 47.
    >You couldn’t do this.
  48. 48.
    >You were in the process of making sure vitals were stable, checked and logged.
  49. 49.
    >You’ve just about completed your rounds but there were two problems.
  50. 50.
    >It has only been about thirty minutes and your were dead tired.
  51. 51.
    >Anyways, the next patient you were to check on was named Connie Amore according to her chart.
  52. 52.
    >You pulled the clipboard off its hook and continued reading.
  53. 53.
    >Just out of surgery for tonsillitis not too long ago.
  54. 54.
    >She shouldn’t be awake from the anesthetics just yet so you forewent knocking and gently opened up the door.
  55. 55.
    >Looking at the machine, you started scribbling on the clipboard.
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    >BP 122/85
  57. 57.
    >Oxygen 91 percent.
  58. 58.
    >Blah.
  59. 59.
    >Blah.
  60. 60.
    >Done.
  61. 61.
    >Checked the cords on the bed and the machine.
  62. 62.
    >Checked the IV.
  63. 63.
    >Yada yada.
  64. 64.
    >Rada rada.
  65. 65.
    >Everything, like the last few rooms, were normal.
  66. 66.
    >Which was good despite how it was making you cripplingly bored.
  67. 67.
    >If things were normal that meant ponies were ok.
  68. 68.
    >You’d rather be bored than to see a pony die from post op complications.
  69. 69.
    >Another look at the patient reveal that her blanket had drifted downwards somehow.
  70. 70.
    >A simple fix.
  71. 71.
    >You pulled it up over the pink mass and made your way out of the room.
  72. 72.
    >Next room you did the same thing.
  73. 73.
    >And in the next one.
  74. 74.
    >Things were normal, once again, in the next one.
  75. 75.
    >After a few more rooms with a few more patients you were about to check the last one when a BP alarm went off somewhere down the hall.
  76. 76.
    >You immediately turned tail and ran towards the source worried.
  77. 77.
    >That low beeping meant that somepony’s blood pressure was either dangerously high or low.
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    >When you finally reached the room you saw the door was open and the doctor on staff was already in dealing with with the unruly elderly pony in bed.
  79. 79.
    >Doctor Hooves or something like that.
  80. 80.
    >Regardless, the stallion waved you off while explaining the importance of not removing hospital equipment to the old mare.
  81. 81.
    >You let out a sigh of relief.
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    >At least you were awake now.
  83. 83.
    >You made your way back to the the last room and took the clipboard off the wall into your hooves.
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    >The patient's name was was Miss Eri.
  85. 85.
    >Female, earth pony.
  86. 86.
    >19.
  87. 87.
    >Interesting.
  88. 88.
    >As you continued to read down the chart the wider your eyes became.
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    >A few lacerations, blunt force trauma, a concussion, multiple rib fractures.
  90. 90.
    >The list went on and on.
  91. 91.
    >What the heck happened to her to get her these injuries.
  92. 92.
    >The most surprising of which was the reason this pony was in the post OP ward in the first place.
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    >Apparently she had just gotten out of surgery for a full screfula drain.
  94. 94.
    >You’ve only ever seen unicorns in here for that if you ever saw it at all.
  95. 95.
    >The screfula is the organ responsible for storing and releasing magic within a pony’s body.
  96. 96.
    >To think an earth pony could become so saturated with magic to warrant a full drain was nothing short of mind boggling.
  97. 97.
    >Let alone all those other injures.
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    >The patient was to be kept under anesthetics for about a day to keep her from injuring herself.
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    >Since she was out, it didn’t warrant a knock.
  100. 100.
    >But you did anyways for whatever reason.
  101. 101.
    >Upon receiving no response, you entered.
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    >On the bed lied said earth pony mare.
  103. 103.
    >You winced.
  104. 104.
    >You were a nurse and you’ve seen a lot of things.
  105. 105.
    >Still though.
  106. 106.
    >The young mare had a breathing tube in her throat and other wires and cords snaking down from the bed.
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    >There were bruises that you could clearly see through the fur on her face and a large one around her neck.
  108. 108.
    >She had a black eye that was slightly swollen.
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    >The rest of her was concealed by the blanket.
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    >The mare in the bed was absolutely gorgeous despite everything, however.
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    >What the heck happened to her?
  112. 112.
    >It was when you saw her the shape of one of the marks on her that things started to click.
  113. 113.
    >You referred back to her clipboard.
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    >Admitted by Ponyville PD.
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    >Taken immediately for emergency surgery.
  116. 116.
    >She’d received a rape kit?
  117. 117.
    >Celestia above, what kind of ponies...
  118. 118.
    >You looked at the sorry form in bed and shook your head.
  119. 119.
    >Thanks to medicine and magic she'd be fine in a few days but just to think...
  120. 120.
    >You took the clipboard and started to record the readings.
  121. 121.
    >You really just didn’t want to think about what she must have went through...
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  123. 123.
    >Your eyes popped open to the sound of the intercom and an automated voice.
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    >”Code Blue, fourth floor, room 460. Code Blue, fourth floor, room 460.”
  125. 125.
    >You sighed.
  126. 126.
    >Code Blue signalled to medical staff like yourself of a patient needing immediate attention usually due to cardio-respiratory failure.
  127. 127.
    >Normally there’d be ward designation on the automated alert but considering where the room number put the emergency you could understand why it was omitted.
  128. 128.
    >That would be the birthplace.
  129. 129.
    >Some mother must be having complications.
  130. 130.
    >Poor mare, whoever she was.
  131. 131.
    >Fuck, you needed to stop falling asleep.
  132. 132.
    >You grimaced and glanced at the clock behind your nurse’s station.
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    >6:58 AM.
  134. 134.
    >It was almost time to check vitals.
  135. 135.
    >But the good news was you were out of here in about an hour.
  136. 136.
    >You decided to get a head start on your rounds to make time move a little faster for you.
  137. 137.
    >It killed about thirty minutes which was nice but it didn’t make you any less tired.
  138. 138.
    >All you had to do was stay awake just a little longer for Heartmender to take over for you and you’d be fine.
  139. 139.
    >You yawned into your hoof and sat back down in your chair behind the station.
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    >Thirty minutes.
  141. 141.
    >Just thirty minutes.
  142. 142.
    >All you had to do...
  143. 143.
    >Was stay...
  144. 144.
    >Awake...
  145. 145.
    >Don’t go to sleep...
  146. 146.
    >Your eyes flutter and threaten to close on you entirely.
  147. 147.
    >Just stay awake girl, you can do this.
  148. 148.
    >Your eyes just closed on you anyways.
  149. 149.
    >That was ok though...
  150. 150.
    >As long as you stayed awake you were fine.
  151. 151.
    >Your eyes resting couldn’t hurt right?
  152. 152.
    >The intercom spoke again.
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    >”Code Blue, second floor, Post OP, room 228. Code Blue, second floor, Post OP, room 228.”
  154. 154.
    >You were already on your hooves and galloping down the hall.
  155. 155.
    >As soon as you turned the next corner you could hear the alarms of various machines.
  156. 156.
    >You reached the end of the hall and quickly glanced at the clipboard hanging just outside of the door.
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    >Miss Eri.
  158. 158.
    >Female, Earth Pony.
  159. 159.
    >You threw the door open.
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    >The window on the opposite end of the room was opened up, curtains billowing slightly in the breeze.
  161. 161.
    >It wasn’t like that before.
  162. 162.
    >And was that a flash of magic or was that a glint of light reflected of the window itself?
  163. 163.
    >Putting that off for now, you moved to the earth pony in the bed who was practically blue beneath her fur.
  164. 164.
    >Oh Luna, give you strength.
  165. 165.
    >This wasn’t how you wanted to end your day.
  166. 166.
    >Blood oxygen readings were zeroed.
  167. 167.
    >The heart monitor which you heard beeping frantically has since stopped and was sounding an erie single tone.
  168. 168.
    >Shit shit shit.
  169. 169.
    >You used your training to reign in your panic.
  170. 170.
    >You deftly pulled the breathing tube from the mares throat and noticed Dr. Hooves had joined you and was removing the restraints from over her chest.
  171. 171.
    >With the sheet away Hooves stepped away and allowed you to do the honors.
  172. 172.
    >There wasn’t time to argue with him right now so you went back to one of the first medical procedures you ever learned.
  173. 173.
    >The one that earned you your cutie mark.
  174. 174.
    >You hesitated, if for just a moment, when you saw some of the same scars on her now exposed forelegs that ran down yours as well.
  175. 175.
    >No time for feelings right now.
  176. 176.
    >You placed your hooves over her and started chest compressions.
  177. 177.
    >One one-thousand, two one-thousand, three one-thousand...
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    END A (NOT SO)RESTFUL INTERLUDE

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