The Christmas Elf (Jenlisa)

Bonus Chapter

~~ FOUR YEARS LATER ~~

~~ George Washington Hospital, Washington DC, January ~~

Jisoo's POV

The man in bed three gave a loud yelp of pain and started cursing as I rolled up to his bedside. "Can someone else please come do this?!" he snapped.

"Sir, please calm down. You being tense doesn't make this any easier for me," Dr. Andrews, a young man wearing a white lab coat said. I'd heard he was a new first year resident that started this week, but this was my first time meeting him.

"Everything okay?" I asked.

"Hell no! This quack has stuck me four times now!" the man in the bed exclaimed.

"Nurse Kim?" I said to the nurse on the other side of the bed.

She looked back at me and her eyes told me all I needed to know, but she covered by saying, "Mr. Stevens is really dehydrated, so his veins are pretty flat. It's a tough stick."

"It's fine! I'll get it this time," Dr. Andrews said. I watched him prep a new site, line up the IV cannula, concentrate, then poke the needle into the back of the man's hand again.

I winced as I watched his placement. There was no flash of blood in the collar, indicating he'd missed the vein again. Mr. Stevens started cursing once more, which turned into a hacking cough.

"Okay, Dr. Andrews, take a break," I said and rolled my chair up next to the bed. Nurse Kim pressed the control to lower the bed to a better height for me, forcing him to step back with an exasperated look.

"Hey! What do you think you're doing? I'm the doctor here!" Dr. Andrews exclaimed, obviously annoyed. I rolled my eyes as I pulled out a fresh line kit and started prepping the back of Mr. Stevens' hand again.

"Listen, maybe I don't need an IV. Can we please just not do this anymore right now?" Mr. Stevens asked Nurse Kim.

"If you want to stop, we can Mr. Stevens, but she already got your line in," Nurse Kim said.

"What?" Mr. Stevens said, looking down at his hand.

"What?!" Dr. Andrews said, looking over my shoulder as I taped the line down to Mr. Stevens's wrist.

"I barely felt that!" my patient exclaimed.

"There you go Mr. Stevens, you're all set. Nurse Kim, let's get a liter in him then recheck his vitals please. We'll be back to check on you in a bit Mr. Stevens." I smiled at him as I patted his knee then turned my chair to roll out into the hall as Dr. Andrews followed me.

"Hey, that was bullshit! Where does a nurse get off pushing me out of the way?!" he said, walking behind my chair.

I guess it wasn't entirely his fault that he confused me for a nurse. I rarely wore a lab coat since they tended to hang over the side of my chair and get caught in my wheels. I could admit my scrubs and the long sleeved, waffle-patterned Henley that was my usual work attire looked like what most of the nurses in the Emergency Room wore.

"Is there a problem Dr. Andrews?" Dr. Chandra, the attending physician asked as she appeared, blocking our path. "I'm taking it you two just met?"