Innocentata Medicalos: To live with fear Part one.
Jenny woke up one morning feeling sick and week and had a horrible tummy ache. "Daddy Mommy. Anyone." Then Jenny looked at her little Fairy Jenny clock which told her it was about breakfest time no one woke her up. But she was in to much pain to get up. She noticed the door was open. 'Good' She thought 'might be able to be heard.' She called her mom and dad again but no one was answering. She started crying. It was worse and the worse part is she couldn't tell if it was just a stomache ache maybe that daRn cure just brought the disease sooner. But then again she never had this much pain in the early stages of the disease.
She screamed louder and finally John came in. "Whats wrong?"
"My tummy really hurts. I don't know whats wrong." Jenny cried.
John put his forehand over Jennys forehead it felt cold and good to Jenny. "Your burning up."
Jenny thought 'just what I need.' The fear of the disease coming back was to high. John went to the kitchen and came back with Mom and dad. "I don't feel good."
"You don't look good." The pain started to subside a little. Then Jenny reconized the pain.
"Dad I think its my appendix."
"I think we should take you to the hospital. Call the doc. Margeret." Jenny fainted from the fever and before she realized it she was in the ambulance going to the hospital. She could barely see or hear anything. Whats worse is that this more likely is the disease. When the disease comes it just inhances whatever illnesses come alone. And this sure felt bad.
At the hospital Jenny managed to get back to counciousness just in time to see the nurse out with a scanner. "No Scanner." To Jennys surprize the nurse put it away looking at Jennys hands.
"Why hun?"
"I'm alergic."
"Ok I hate to say this but we'll have to do it the other way."
As a 5 year old Jenny already found out how hard it is to be able to keep the thermometer in your mouth. When she was 5 as a kidern she couldn't do it then, thats why her parents bought a ear thermometer from the historical society. So Jenny lied on her side to sore to lie on her tummy while the nurse inserted the rectal thermometer they still have because of pennys. They usually use the scanners first and then the rectal thermometers if its not serious enough for going in right this second. After five minutes with the tube up her bottom the nurse took it out and verified it was a fever. Forunately it wasn't high.
"Wheres your pains?" Jenny pointed to her right side. The nurse pressed down on her side and then let out to hear a loud scream of pain. "Any nausea."
"Yes ma'am." She was throwing up last night but didn't say anything thinking it was a little gas. She still was scared that it was not just a bad appendix.
"The doctor will be here in a minute. Now relax." Jenny tried to relax but the pain came back. The nurse left and her doctor walked in.
"Are you ok?"
"No is the disease back?"
"I dought its back."
"You don't know that for sure with that cure it could have just made things worse."
"Alright I'll check. But now I think we need to get you to surgery." "Yes doctor." She was taken to a room which kind of surprized her. First because there usually to crowded to take anyone that fast. Second because she assumed she was going to be taken to pre-op first. Then she noticed the room. She had a holovision and a visophone. Normally pennys would be allowed that to but it would be controlled. Mostly because parents need to call out. So any calls would have to go through the nurses first. It veried with other rejuves.
The nurse came in with a hypodermic about five minutes after she was taken to a room. "Lay on your side hun. I need to give you a shot."
Jenny didn't resist but was to tired to remember her medical facts. "What kind of shot is that?"
"Just a painkiller." Jenny then remembered what it was. It didn't hurt not even the needle shot would hurt she remembered doing that as a nursing student. Personally though she perfered giving the shot then getting for the students because some were careless and some made it painful. They usually ended up becoming Penny nurses. Jenny did good though. She only stayed in Penny related neighborhood because of her doctor.
Everything became blury and Jenny was very tired. A few hours later she woke up in horrible pain. The surgery was over the pain was because of the surgery. Jenny screamed as she woke up. The nurse came to her. "Painkiller please pretty please." Jenny was desperate she didn't even care that she was with other patients in post op. Some were adults not rejuves. But she was desperate the pain was worse then this morning. (authors note: I'm doing this part from personal experience. The pain before I didn't have but I heard about. Seems the docs don't know the difference between chronic and acute.)
"We'll give you a shot when we take you up in five minutes."
"But it hurts badly." Jenny was really desperate.
The nurse was just laying Jenny back on her back. "You'll just have to wait. I'm sorry."
It was only five minutes but it was a eturnity to Jenny when they finally took her up to a room. It took 10 minutes before the nurse came with the painkillers.
And the doctor still hasn't come up and told her if the disease has come back or not.
Jenny spent most of the time sleeping or vomiting or getting shots for the pain. It seems Demerol has a side effect to it. (authors note I found that out after I got home from the hospital) Eventually the nurses started giving her suppositories for the vomiting. Eventually the doctor came the next day. Jenny was glad to see him.
"Hi. Any news."
"Yes the disease didn't come back." The doctor was smiling from ear to ear. Jenny wasn't that happy though. "What's wrong?" Her doctor sat at the edge of the bed.
"I'm not sure its a blessing."
"What?"
"Not knowing when it comes. I hate that. Part of me wishing it was here that way I wouldn't be so afraid all the time. So scared at every sniffle, cough, cold, flu anything. Its scary. Even every time I can't even a single bit of food. Thinking it might be the disease coming back to haunt me. Scared to the point I can't even breath without fear of the disease. I rather have the disease at least it would be over now."
"You don't mean that."
"Do I?" Jenny just vomited again. "Would you mind getting the nurse. I need something to stop this vomiting."
"Sure." The doctor went to the nurses station and said to give Jenny another suppository and when she starts eating again to discharge her. Then he went to her parents who were in the cafe getting lunch.
"How's Jenny?" Dad said.
"The disease hasn't come back but I'm worried about her emotional well being."
"Well we tried counselors she just doesn't respond to them."
"Yeah I know she never liked counselors. I know someone she does like but his expensive."
"Anything to help. Poor thing."
"Well hopefully she'll be discharged today but if I know her she'll probably be refusing to eat. She can't stand throwing up food."
"Thank you doctor."
"Your welcome and I hope she gets better emotionally and physically."
"I hope so to."
"She's basically living with fear that's the worse thing for anyone to go though. You remember that when she goes home."
"Yes doctor. Thank you doctor."
"Goodbye."
"Bye."
In Jenny's room. The nurse brought in the suppository. Jenny didn't really like it but it helped stop the vomiting. She laid on her side and the nurse first put her finger in Jenny's anus and lubricated it a little (Authors note: that's all I can figure out what happened when I got one) Then inserted the suppository.
Jenny went home that day. But she was still in a bit of pain. Just not as bad.