I have no medical training so I apologise for anything that may not be accurate

I unfortunately don't own Stargate or any of the characters and am just borrowing them for my own enjoyment.

They were woken the following morning when their breakfast was brought in.

Teyla quickly ate her food and then helped John with his, as he had refused the nurse's help.

After breakfast Keller arrived and told John she would be removing the chest tube that morning.

"That is good news." Teyla said as Jennifer left them to get ready.

"Yeah." John agreed. "It will be good to have one less tube sticking out of me."

"I am going to go to my quarters and have a shower while they are doing it." Teyla said. "I will be back afterwards."

"You don't have to stay." John said.

"I know John, but I want to." Teyla assured.

"Ok Colonel." Keller said as she returned with the instruments she needed. "Now we are going to numb you up, so we can get that tube out."

"Great." John sighed.

"I will be back soon." Teyla said giving Johns hand a gentle squeeze.

When Teyla had gone, Keller pulled the curtains around the bed and then lifted John's gown. She gently cleaned the area and gave him a shot of local anaesthetic.

"Now we'll just give that shot a few minutes to work." Keller said and she and the two nurses started getting things ready.

A few minutes passed and they had John ready.

"Ok can you feel this?" Keller asked as she prodded the area.

"No." John confirmed.

"Good, we can get started." Keller said and started cutting the stitches holding the tube in place.

"Ok Colonel, when I count to three, I need you to breathe in and hold your breath." Keller instructed.

John gave a nod.

"Ok 1, 2, 3." She said.

John took a deep breath and held it. Keller carefully started pulling out the tube.

"Ok Colonel, you can breath again." She said when she had the tube fully removed.

After John had taken a breath she quickly cleaned the wound and stitched it back up.

"Ok Colonel all done." Keller said a few minutes later as she removed her gloves. The nurse continued checking the bandage to make sure it was stuck properly.

"Are you ok Colonel." The nurse asked.

"Yeah, feels weird." He gasped.

"I'm just going to put you on oxygen for a while." Keller said as she checked his vitals. "It can be an unpleasant experience having a chest tube removed."

"Yeah." John agreed as she put the nasal cannula on him. "Felt ... like ... something... pulling my... lung."

"Now you need to relax and get some sleep." Keller said as they replaced the sheet and blankets over him.

"Yeah ok." He agreed tiredly and closed his eyes.

He woke a few hours later to find Teyla sitting beside him.

"Hey." He croaked.

"John, how are you feeling?" she asked.

"Fine." He replied and reached to remove the cannula.

"Leave it be." Teyla scolded.

"It's itchy." He moaned but dropped his hand.

"Colonel, you're awake." Keller said as she came in. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine." He mumbled.

"That's good." She replied as she checked his vitals. "We can take the cannula off for now."

"Thanks." He mumbled as she removed it.

"Any pain?" she asked.

"A little when I breathe in." He replied honestly. "But it's not too bad."

"That's good Colonel. Now lunch will be along shortly. Eat enough of it and I'll take out the NG tube."

"Really, cool." John smiled as the doctor left them.

When his lunch arrived Teyla fed him and he managed to eat most of it. Both Teyla and Keller were delighted he managed to eat so much. After his lunch he was brought for a scan and Teyla went to have her own lunch.

After his scan Keller removed the NG tube as promised. It was an unpleasant experience and John was very tired after it and he slept again until dinner was brought in. This time he managed to feed himself, although slowly. After the dinner his team joined him to keep him company. They brought in a laptop and together they watched a movie until a nurse kicked them out so John could rest.

The following morning a nurse removed the urinary catheter. Later that day they helped John get up and move around a bit. Over the next week his condition improved very quickly and he was released to his room.

Another week later, Keller scanned his wrist, to find the bone completely healed. The cast was removed and John started back on active duty.

While he was sparing Ronon one day, he got in a lucky shot which split the side of Ronon's forehead. Instead of going to Keller, John decided to test his new power and heal Ronon. It took a while before anything happened but eventually he started glowing slightly and the gash on Ronon's started closing up. John was tired after he had healed the cut but it was nothing compared to when he healed Teyla. Ronon brought John to see Keller and she examined them both. After giving out to them both she ran a series of tests on John. When she had finished she could find nothing wrong with him. She called Teyla, Rodney and Sam to join them.

"What's this all about?" Rodney asked as he entered. "I'm a busy man."

"Ronon got hurt while sparing." Keller said. "John decided to try and heal him."

"Oh, did it work?" Sam asked looking over at Ronon.

"Yes it did." Ronon confirmed.

"Are you alright John?" Teyla asked.

"Yeah a little tired but I'm good." He assured.

"I ran some tests." Keller continued. "The Colonel is perfectly healthy and I can confirm that it has no adverse, effects other than him being tired."

"So we're sure he's not going to die." Rodney said.

"Yes we are." Keller assured.

"Good. Now we can move on to the next crises." Rodney said.

"What crises." John asked worriedly.

"Oh there isn't one yet." Rodney said. "But you know this place something is bound to happen."

"Well Colonel, you are going to go to your quarters and get some rest. You can worry about the next crises when it happens."

"Yeah." John agreed and stood up. "Can't wait for the next crises."

The End.

Well that's it for this story. I will probably do a sequel at some stage. Thanks to everyone who has followed it through to the end. And special thanks to everyone who took the time to review.