Drugged In Love

Chapter 4: Mom and Dad

Amelia Joan

"Who was the nurse assigned to make sure that the patient doesn't eat or drink anything pre-op?" Halos galit na tanong ni Tupe nang tuluyan nang mag-stabilized ang pasyente. I already secured the tube with a medical tape and so, she should be good to go for transport. Violet is currently under controlled heavy sedation, so her body recuperates on its own.

"Nobody answer him." Pinandilatan ko silang lahat bago ko pinukol ng tingin si Tupe. "I won't tell you because I know dámn well it's not her fault."

"So it's a female-nurse." He said instead and started scrubbing out.

I rolled my eyes.

"Ughh." I let out a sigh of frustration before I started scrubbing out too by pulling off my PPE. I politely stopped the surgical tech when she attempted to help me doff the gown. Tupe didn't actually get to open up the patient, so the sterile field doesn't even matter at this point.

"Hey, can you just listen to me?" Tawag ko sa kanya habang nanonood ang lahat. "Ciervo kasi!"

He ignored me and proceeded to head towards the OR door.

"Uh-oh, mom and dad are fighting." We heard a whisper.

He stopped in his tracks and we whipped our head backs and looked at Galvez.

Namutla siya.

"J-Joke lang p-po!"

I let out a sigh and shook my head.

"Nurse Pau, let's go ahead and transfer the patient to the ICU." He coldly ordered. "I want her vitals monitored every hour. If there are even slight changes in her baseline, I want to know."

Pau nodded and started paging for help from the intensive care unit. We have to keep a close watch on Violet since she now has pneumonia all because of the milkshake she drank when I specifically told her not to.

The complication ended up being pneumonia since the liquid entered her lungs when she aspirated. That's why her OxSat was dropping, her respirations were rapid and low, and her vitals were basically tanking.

The emergency intubation I performed gave her the airway she needed and allowed us to suction out the unwanted liquid. There is still some left, but it's small enough that she stabilized.

If I didn't act fast enough, she could've aspirated all the way and died on the table, so it is really crucial that when the doctor said NPO, it's NPO. And when the patient happens to disobey, that's fine, they just have to let us know, so we can reschedule and prevent something life threatening like this.

"Ms. Garcia's meds are already in the system. Page me if you need anything else." I added, in which Pau nodded. After Violet stabilized, I started putting orders for meds in my work phone, so when she arrives at the ICU, my nurses won't have any problems.

I snatched my scrubcap off as I pushed the OR doors to follow him in the scrub room.

"Tupe." Tawag ko sa kanya but his foot is already one foot out of the door that leads to the hallway outside the scrub room.

"Marc..." I softly called him and he stopped.

I have been working with him for months and not once have I called him by his name.

This was the first. Is it weird? Sure.

But somehow I liked how it rolled on my tongue.

Napalunok ako habang mahigpit akong napahawak sa scrubcap ko. He then turned to me and let the door close behind him.

Napalunok ulit ako ngayong nasa akin na ang buong atensyon niya. His eyes landed on my now loose hair before he fixed his dark gaze on my face.

I couldn't stop looking at his handsome face despite the tension between us. I had to clear my throat.