Theresa Fate

P6: Patrick's Downs and Ups / Intense Talking (1)

*It was the next day and Theresa was making herself some tea.*

Theresa: Patrick do you want tea too?

*He didn't answer and Theresa walked in his bedroom, finding him still asleep*

Theresa: Oh.

*Theresa sat on the couch and called her Mother*

Anetha: Hey my girl.
Theresa: Hi Mom..
Anetha: Are you alright? You seem concerned.
Theresa: I'm just a little worried about the guy who took me in. His name is Patrick.
Anetha: Why are you so worried about him? Or are you telling me, you've taken a liking on him?

*Theresa could hear how her Mom smirked and she quickly turned red.*

Theresa: What? No. Even if i would, i think Patrick has a girlfriend or wife or something like that.
Anetha: Why do you think so?
Theresa: Well he has a 4 year old Daughter.
Anetha: Oh.. but darling thats no proof if he has a partner already.
Theresa: Maybe he's into men?
Anetha: He has a daughter Theresa. I think he probably likes women.
Theresa: Right, you're right.
Anetha: So whats got you so concerned about him?
Theresa: Well Patrick's daughter got into hospital yesterday. I was watching her, when i found her sitting on her bed and staring at the wall. Then she said she had stomach ache, probably from eating something bad. Then she ran in the bathroom and vomited into the toilet. I measured her temperature and it was 40,8°. She fainted and i took her into the hospital. After some minutes Patrick came. He's Doctor at the hospital by the way and...-
Anetha: Doctor?
Theresa: Zyklist.
Anetha: Ah.
Theresa: Yea and then we waited together in the waiting area. When the Doctor, Zyklist, came again, he said she had a food poisoning and fell into a Coma, being treated with the right medication.
Anetha: Oh i'm so sorry.
Theresa: He said they don't know when she'll wake up. Patrick and i went home and talked a bit. About Clina, about me coming into the human world and such stuff. And today i wanted to ask him if he wants tea too but he was still asleep. Normally he's awake since 2 hours! Mom!
Anetha: Theresa, don't worry. He's just very sad or as you'd say, he's down. Its like with you, he lost a child and doesn't even know if the child is alive. But he sure tries everything, right?
Theresa: Yes, Patrick loves Mia. Thats her name by the way. And yesterday he said: "I don't wanna lose her, she's my girl!".
Anetha: Well, just give him some time. This is pretty much the opposite of what i just said but Try to cheer him up but not too much or too clingy. And don't forget: She isn't dead yet. She will wake up, i promise you that.
Theresa: Thanks Mom. After all hes my best best friend.
Anetha: Really?
Theresa: Yea. Even tho we just met 3 months ago, i already feel like we already have a friendship built up. A strong one. You know he also said yesterday that he likes this friendship more than he thought he would and that he didn't thought that we'd become good friends so quickly in these 3 months we know each other.
Anetha: Well thats good to hear.
Theresa: Yea..

*Theresa heard something*

Theresa: Sorry Mom, i gotta end the call. I think he's coming.
Anetha: Alright. Good Luck. Maybe i'll get to know my future Son in Law soon?
Theresa: MOM!

*Theresa ended the call and Patrick came to the couch, sitting down.*

Patrick: Is everything alright?
Theresa: Oh yea. Just Mom. She's a bit crazy.
Patrick: 'Bout what?
Theresa: You.
Patrick: Me?
Theresa: Well ... I told her i was worrying about you and she said if i've maybe taken a liking on you.
Patrick: Oh.
Theresa: Of course i said no. I mean its not like that. I told her even if, maybe you got someone already.
Patrick: Honestly, no. I haven't been with someone since Mias Birth.
Theresa: What happened to her?
Patrick: She had massive bleedings while giving birth. The doctors tried to save her by blood transfusions. But it didn't help anything. She died shortly after giving birth to Mia. She just held her one time.
Theresa: I'm sorry to hear that. May i ask what was her name?
Patrick: Pia.
Theresa: And was she your wife?
Patrick: I wanted to marry her. After 6 months of pregnancy i made a picnic with her, asking her if she wanted to marry me, she said yes.
Theresa: Oh thats cute!
Patricks: Thanks. And then after 3 more months Pia gave birth and died. A world shattered for me. I honestly thought i'd die from the pain her death caused.
Theresa: But you're here.?
Patrick: Yea. When Pia has died, the Doctors asked me to stay in the hospital with Mia for a few days. Normally women stay in the hospital with their baby for 2-3 days after giving birth the natural way. But sometimes, if they are complications, they have to undergo a Cesarean section/C-section/cesarean birth. Thats basically a surgery to get the baby. If they undergo that, they stay in 4-5 days.
Theresa: Oh.
Patrick: But its no shame. The mainthing is that both are healthy.
Theresa: And alive.
Patrick: Mhm. But theres also the possibility to go home way earlier, earliest 6 hours after birth, any kind of birth, they just have to feel well and comfortable. As well as the vital signs are right.
Theresa: Vital signs?
Patrick: Vital signs are the life functions that you can perceive from the outside. For example blood pressure, body temperature, breathing, consciousness and pulse.
Theresa: Eh..?
Patrick: body temperature is the temperature of your body. You measure that with a Thermometer. As you did with Mia.
Theresa: Oh yea right, i forgot for a moment.
Patrick: Breathing is uh..., how do i explain this..., when you look at your chest or anybody elses chest and you see it going up and going down in a rhythm.
Theresa: Ah i get it!

*Theresa looked at her chest, seeing it moving and then looked back at Patrick.*

Patrick: Now how do i explain consciousness...
Theresa: Isn't that basically that we're awake and not lay on the ground? And unconsciousness?
Patrick: Yea but Thats something else than sleeping. A sleeping person responds to shaking or noises. And a unconscious person doesn't.
Theresa: Ah ok!
Patrick: Now what you want next? Blood pressure or pulse?
Theresa: Pulse.
Patrick: Its a rhythmical throbbing of the arteries as blood is propelled through them, typically as felt in the wrists or neck. Thats aterial pulse if you can feel it on these spots. Next to the aterial pulse theres also apical pulse. Your apical pulse is a pulse point on your chest at the bottom tip of your heart. The bottom tip of your heart is called apex. Now back to the apical pulse. It's different than your arterial pulse points because it lets you or others listen directly to your heart as it contracts and pumps out blood.
Theresa: Wow. You know much!
Patrick: I'm a Doctor Theresa.
Theresa: Oh yea, right!
Patrick: Alright the blood pressure... Blood pressure is the pressure of blood on the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood around your body. Blood pressure does not stay the same all the time. It changes to meet your body's needs and it is normal for your blood pressure to go up and down throughout the day. You will be diagnosed with high blood pressure if your systolic reading is 140 or higher and your diastolic pressure is 90 or higher. Low blood pressure occurs when your blood pressure reading is lower than 90/60 mm Hg. One symptom of low blood pressure is dizziness. If your blood pressure drops too low, your body's vital organs do not get enough oxygen and nutrients. When this happens, low blood pressure can lead to shock, which requires immediate medical attention. Signs of shock include cold and sweaty skin, rapid breathing, a blue skin tone, or a weak and rapid pulse. Very high blood pressures can cause headaches, blurred vision, chest pain and other symptoms.
Theresa: Oh wow, thats much Information.
Patrick: Sorry. Sometimes it just goes through with me.
Theresa: What do you mean?
Patrick: Since i'm a Doctor, i know much more than the average person. I don't want to show off but thats just it.
Theresa: Okay..?
Patrick: I always wanted to become Doctor and in the end i made it. I'm doing this job with passion because i want to help people. Maybe one day i'll make a change in the medical direction. But thats not my main dream. I don't wanna see people dying or being in pain, i want to help them. To make them healthier and make them survive. Thats my main dream. Its just what i stand for.
Theresa: Oh thats so awesome! Well, how do you fell right now?
Patrick: I don't know. Good, bad and i'm somewhere between.
Theresa: I wanted to ask you if you want tea but i found you sleeping in your bedroom.
Patrick: You were in my bedroom?
Theresa: I just wanted to look for you since you normally are up since 2 hours.
Patrick: Yea i don't feel like anything today.
Theresa: I know this sounds stupid now, but you're gonna feel better. You have to let go the past and hope for the future.
Patrick: I know what you mean but i can't. Mia is my everything, i can't just hope for a good future and pretend that nothing happened.
Theresa: Thats not what i meant. I mean of course you can be down but you shouldn't hang around like dry noodles all the time.
Patrick: Yea i know.
Theresa: How about we cook a soup and bake a cake together? You love cooking and baking.
Patrick: Yea but i don't really feel like it.
Theresa: Come on. Mia wouldn't want her that be dry noodles.
Patrick: You have weird ways to describe someone.

*Patrick got up, Theresa too*

Theresa: What are you doing?
Patrick: What do you think? I thought we cook some soup and bake a cake?

*Patrick smiled a little and they both went in the kitchen together.*

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Posted: 14th August 2024. This was normally the post for 13rd August 2024. I didn't have the motivation yesterday.