16. Weakness

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"So, how does it look Doc?" Emma asked the man in the white coat standing by her hospital bed. The overwhelming fragrance of rubbing alcohol stood strong in the air.

"How does it look?" He replied in disbelief, "Pardon my French Detective, but it looks pretty fucking bad

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"How does it look?" He replied in disbelief, "Pardon my French Detective, but it looks pretty fucking bad. What happened, anyway? I mean, how did a simple gunshot wound get to be something like this?"
As Dr Whale carefully examined her wound, Emma hesitated before replying, noting that Regina had not yet returned from the cafeteria to fetch some much needed coffee.
In a hushed voice she explained, "The whole thing is a bit complicated to be honest, but, it's probably bad because I tried to tend to the wound myself.. later the night that it happened."

"And what of the bullet? Do you have it?" He asked.
"It's undergoing forensics at the moment. I Uh, I pulled it out of my shoulder myself."
The doctor smirked, "Yeah, I can see that."
Whale stood now, and took in his breath. "You did quite a bit of damage, I'll be honest. I'm not sure exactly how you managed to get that bullet out, but in doing so, you've torn a lot of tissue and damaged the muscle in your shoulder. I have to run a few tests to be certain, but it appears there is some evidence of slight infection there as well."

Emma sighed. "How long do I have to be here?"
"Not long.. we just need to take a few samples to run tests, give you a complete exam to make sure the rest of you is ok and then clean up and properly redress the wound. You should be out if here in a few hours. Providing we don't run into any hiccups."
Just as he was finishing up, Regina returned with 2 cups of steaming hot coffee.
"Oh! Dr Whale, how nice to see you." She replied upon entering the room. "What's going on? Is Emma ok?"

"Yeah, I have every reason to believe she'll be alright

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"Yeah, I have every reason to believe she'll be alright." He replied. "It's good that she came in when she did though, another few hours with that wound being untreated could have led into a more complicated situation."

"Alright, thank you Doctor. I appreciate the update." Regina replied, a certain calmness to her voice. "Of course." Whale nodded. "I'm going to start an order for some antibiotics to be given, as well as getting a nurse in here to start redressing the wound. Once that is completed and the tests I need to run come back negative, we will have you both on your way."

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