Stuck In A Storm

Chapter 6

Luka and Sam were waiting outside the ambulance bay for a patient that was in a car accident and is hypothermic. She then saw that it was snowing again.

"I hate this kind of weather." Sam replied, as she saw the ambulance showing up. They walked up to the ambulance and the doors opened.

"I have an approximately 30 year old woman she's hypothermic and has a possible head injury. She has a weak pulse."

Luka nodded, as the paramedics pulled the gurney of out of the ambulance. Luka couldn't believe his eyes. "Abby."

"We were in a car accident." said a voice. Luka looked and saw Carter coming out of the ambulance.

"You were with her?" Sam asked.

"Yes, I was, but I can't talk about it right now, she needs some salene, and a head ct." Carter told Luka as they wheeled Abby into the hospital.

"Carter, you can't work on her, you know that," Luka replied.

"I can't lose her." Carter shouted. He grabbed her hand. "You're going to be okay, Abby, I'm not going to lose you."

"You won't, just let us do the work." Luka replied, as they wheeled Abby in a trauma room. Carter followed them.

"Wait outside." Luka told Carter.

"No, I'm staying, even if I can't do anything." he said.

Luka nodded. "Sam, you need to get Abby some more blankets,"

"She needs salene too, remember" Carter responded.

"Sam, can you take Carter outside?" Luka asked. Carter looked at Luka. "I just don't want you to forget to do something."

"I know what I am doing." Luka replied. Carter nodded. "Fine." he said, as he walked outside of the room, but he didn't go too far. He looked through the window. Please be okay, he thought to himself.

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Sam returned to the trauma room with the blanket. Luka was just finishing stitching up her head. "How's she doing?"

"Not good."

"She is unconscious, and look here," he said, pointing to her chest. "It looks like she has some injuries to her chest."

"Do you want me to call x- ray?" she asked.

He nodded. "Yes, tell them it is urgent, that her pulse is steady, but I'm still concerned about it."

"Also call for a head ct." Luka responded.

Carter walked into the trauma room. "Is she going to be okay?" he asked.

"We need to take her upstairs to have a x-ray and head ct. Was she complaining about any of her injuries?" he asked.

"She complained about her chest, that it hurt."

"Damn it, she could have internal injuries. Did she say it was a sharp pain, or a dull pain?" Luka asked.

"No, she just said that it hurt. This is my entire fault; I should have got her here sooner." Carter replied, sadly.

"Carter, it's not your fault." Sam responded. "You really care about her, don't you?"

"I do." Carter replied.

I love her, she has to survive, so I can tell her, he thought to himself.

"I called x-ray, and they said that they are too busy."

"Well tell them that I am coming up right now, that this is an emergency."

Carter looked at Luka with this scared look on his face. "Do you think that she is seriously hurt?"

"Carter, I don't need to tell you, you already know how serious her condition is."

Carter nodded. "Sometimes being a doctor is not that great, you know what can go wrong." he said, as Luka wheeled Abby out of the trauma room, and started to head towards the elevator.

Luka turned around. "You aren't coming with me. Just stay here."

"But I need to be there for her." he said, as he grabbed her hand. "She needs me."

"I'll come find you as soon as I hear some news. She's going to be okay." Luka said, as he pushed the button to the elevator.

"I'll take care of him." said a voice. They turned around and saw Susan, Chuck and Cosmo standing in front of them. Susan put her arms around Carter. "How's she doing?"

"Not good."

Luka waved goodbye to them as he got into the elevator. Susan looked at Carter with this concerned look on her face. "How bad is she?"

"Luka is taking her to x-ray because of her chest injury, and to have a head ct."

Susan sighed. "I'm so sorry. Have you got checked out?"

Carter shakes his head. "I don't know need to get check out, I'm fine."

"You fainted; I think you should have someone to look at you." Susan responded.

"Only when I know she is okay."

"Fine," Susan replied. "You know you are really stubborn."

He then looked at Chuck. "Thank you for helping me find her."

Chuck nodded. "I just hope she's going to be okay." He then turned to Susan. "I'm going to take Cosmo home; he's starting to get tired. You want to stay here?"

She nodded. "I just want to make sure that Abby is okay."

Chuck smiled, as he hugged her. "I know you do."

"Just be careful out there, Chuck, it is still snowing out."

He smiled. "Of course I will be." She leaned over and kissed Chuck. "Be good for daddy." She said, as she kissed Cosmo's forehead.

Chuck then waved goodbye to Carter and Susan and walked away. Susan put her hand on Carter's shoulder. "She's going to be fine, and then you can tell her that you still love her."

Carter didn't say anything to Susan, but she knew by him not saying anything meant that he did love her.

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Luka wheeled Abby into the X Ray floor. "This patient needs a chest x-ray now."

"Sorry, Dr. Kovac, but we are really busy, there is no way that we can see your patient yet, you are going to have made an appointment."

"This is Doctor Lockhart from the ER, she has bruises on her chest, I know that she has internal injuries, she needs to get a chest- x- ray now."

The receptionist looked at her computer. "There is a free spot right now."

"Thank you." Luka replied.

A few minutes later,

Luka was watching Abby having her x-ray done, when he saw them working on her.

He knocked at the window, and a nurse runs out of the room. "What's happening?"

"She's crashing, we're losing her."

To be continued!