Goodbye Kiss

28. Damage is Done

Damage is Done
Season 8 x 13
Late January 2002:

when i walked to the er it was like a bloody tundra outside.
i guess i should be used to it considering i've lived in chicago all my life. i guess you never get used to this kind of cold, though.
i shoved my coat and bag under the admit desk but when i looked up, haleh was white as a ghost.
"what's up?"
"go find mark"
"now" she said
"okay" i nodded,
i followed her around the admit desk
"elizabeth's coming in with ella"
"overdose on ecstasy"
i raised my eyebrows
"jesus christ" i scoffed, speed walking down the hallway
"hey, gianna" carter smiled
"my moms been waiting to see you"
"looks like she'll have to wait just a little longer"
"do you know where mark is?"
"he went up into surgery to check on a patient"
"thank you" i smiled, running toward the elevator
when i got upstairs, i ran into the or room and opened the door.
"sorry to interrupt" i smiled
"dr. greene" i pointed
"elizabeth's coming in an ambulance with ella"
"what?"
"she overdosed on ecstasy"
"what?" romano wowed
i followed mark out to the hallway and into the elevator.
"god i knew rachel was doing drugs" he groaned
he looked up at me
"do you know if she's awake?"
"i don't know anything" i shrugged
"i'm sorry"
"haleh took the call"
"okay" he sighed
the elevator was packed full so next thing i know, we were running down the stairs. it took me back to the days i would be on nights for the icu. one minute you were upstairs the next running to the icu.
"we need the peds icu bed" haleh shouted
"where are they?"
"trauma one" i pointed
"how's the airway?" i asked, putting on my gloves.
"breathing under o taci at 180 on pebrone"
"let's get a rectal temp" chen yelled
"roll 100 of iv saline"
"10 milligrams of charcoal by ng"
"add a milligram of ativan"
"blew two veins in the field" i said
"i gotta try an intercostal"
"no" elizabeth said
"she's got a good anti-cubital"
"i need a glove full of ice" mark said
i went and grabbed the saline and ativan.
"what's her weight?"
"10 kilograms"
the iv went in.
mark tried to cool her down with the ice.
"24 gauge in the right ac"
"push the adenosine" mark told me
"her lungs are wet, she's in failure" chen said
"we need to break the tachycardia" corday shouted
"still in svt" i shouted
"get the crash cart, gianna"
elizabeth gave a confused face
"she's hypoxic with pulmonary adima in svt it's protocol"
"she's hemodynamically stable"
i got ready the crash cart, anyways.
"let's get dr weaver in here"
"no"
chen nudged haleh and she went off to find kerry.

after twenty more minutes, ella was stable.
she was intubated, but still stable.
i stuck around in the trauma room and helped clean up.
"she's heading up to the picu soon" i told elizabeth
mark also walked in the room.
i scribbled into the chart
"im really sorry, you guys"
mark gave a forced smiled
"if there's anything at all i can do"
"i'm just glad she's stable"
"if there's anything i can get you when you go upstairs, just give the ER a call" i smiled
i threw that were on the floor into the garbage.
"your family will be in my prayers" i smiled before opening the doors to the hallway.
"thank you, gianna" elizabeth said
"thanks" mark whispered

i went out to the admit desk where carter and susan were.
"how is she?"
"intubated, stable"
i shook my head "it's so sad"
"i don't even know how kids get a hold of these things" susan scoffed
"curious teenagers?" i shrugged
"my little cousin told me about it"
"they go to these parties with a bunch of drugs they can find in their medicine cabinets"
"they take them, get drunk with them"
"i guess it's called the party trail mix"
i rolled my eyes
"god" susan scoffed
i nodded
"here's my mom" carter whispered, rolling his eyes
she stood in front of the admit desk
"gianna"
i gave her a smile
"it's great to see you again"
"it's great to see you again too"
"sorry i couldn't say hi to you earlier"
"i understand" she nodded
"i see the things you do around here"
"you must have a dozen to take care of at a time"
"i make it work" i smiled
"anyways, if you don't mind me and john having a talk"
"not at all"
"have a good night"
"you as well"
carter brought her into the lounge.
long night ahead of him.
long night ahead of me..

a/n: hey! i'm so sorry for the late posting and i'm so sorry for the short part today! i wanted to add more to this one, but i lost time. today was crazy, like i mean crazy. i was so busy, and still have a list of things to do. i'm glad the weekend is near.. anyway, sorry for the inconvenience, but i still hope you enjoyed! this storyline was kinda crazy if you ask me.. idk if i loved it that much. i know i keep saying it, but things are getting exciting as of the next part!!