My New Doctor

Chapter 61

Rachel's POV
It's finally the Easter holidays which means no school for two weeks. I was so excited to be able to just relax for a bit because school was stressing me ou so much especially with grace not being there. She has just started her chemo and she doesn't feel like going to school which I can't blame her for but I'm so lonely in school now.
I got home from school on my last Friday for two weeks with a slight spring in my step because I was that happy. I went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water and an apple because I guessed Harry was still working and I put the tv on and watched some hollyoakes. 10 minutes into it Harry walked through the door, "I'm glad your still dressed, we have to go" he said
"Go? Go where?" I asked confused while taking a bite from my apple
"You've got an appointment with Zayn" he said quietly looking at me with his puppy dog face
"No I haven't"
"You have I made it like 3 weeks ago and forgot to tell you until Zayn text me this morning" he said embarrassed
"Haz ok not going" I said simply before getting up to throw my apple core away
"Please rach" he pouted
"No I'm not going to see him, I don't need him telling me how I can cope, I am figuring it out myself and i am more than happy to that" I said and went to go up the stairs but Harry stopped me. He turned me towards him and held my shoulders "if you can honestly tell me that your better than you were two weeks ago and that you feel you can do it alone I won't make you go" he smiled while looking me dead in the eyes
"I'm not saying I can do it alone but I'm saying I've got all the help I need, you and Sophie have been amazing and George is really helping too"
"I'm so proud of you" he said hugging me
"I love you hazza bear" I said calling him by the nickname I gave him when I was four years old
"I love you too princess" he said and let me out of his hug "but you might hate me a little bit now" he said
"Why what's wrong now?" I asked
"Well you were supposed to be with Zayn doe 2 hours and I have another 4 hour shift in a&e and I was hoping you would just wait for me after you were done so now you e got to come with me cause I don't want to leave you on your own" he rambled
"Let me get changed then" I smiled and shook my head
"Thank you" he called after me as I ran up the stairs
5 minutes later I had changed into some sweats and a vest with my white cons, "let's go" I said grabbing my hoodie and heading out to the car.
When we got to the hospital I went into the break room and just relaxed on the sofa for a bit while Harry went to see patients. I was starting to get bored so I laid on the sofa and decided to have a little nap because I was tired.
Harry's POV
"Jacob hill?" I called in the waiting room and no one answered so I called again and still no answer so handed his form to Lucy to hold onto for now and picked up the next one "Sam shepp?" I called and waited as he approached me "hi I'm Harry, would you like to follow me through to an exam room" I smiled and leaded him through to the room.
"So what can I do for you?" I asked as we sat down
"I was playing rugby two days ago and I think I've done something to my thumb" he said
"Okay, can you move it at all?" I asked and he had a slight twitch but nothing much because he was in pain "is it okay if I just have a feel for a second?" I asked and he nodded. After I had felt it I sent him for an X Ray and gave him a referral to outpatients because it wasn't broken but it may be ligament damage.
I then went to check that Rachel was okay in the break room, when I walked in she was asleep on the sofa so I just left her there and moved on to another patient.
"Ella hicks?" I called and a young girl walked up to me followed by a young boy about the same age. "Hi I'm Harry, can you come with me?" I asked and she nodded and followed me back.
"Take a seat for me, what can I do for you today?" I asked and she looked towards the boy who nodded encouragingly to her, she then turned back to me and said "I've got a really bad pain in my stomach" she spoke very quietly and seemed rather embarrassed
"Okay how long has thing been going on?" I asked
"Since about 4 yesterday"
"Okay, would you mind just coming to lay on the bed for me so I can take a look?" I asked and grabbed some gloves. She again looked towards the boy who simply smiled and nodded again, when she looked back towards me there was a tear starting to fall from her eye
"What's wrong sweetheart?" I asked and she shook her head
"She's really scared, she hasn't been to see a doctor in a while" the young boy said
"Okay that's fine, I'm not going to hurt you and if you need to stop just let me know, how does that sound?" I said and she nodded and walked towards the bed
"Your more than welcome to come stand over here if that's what you'd like?" I asked the boy and Ella nodded eagerly
"Thank you" he said and came and held her hand
"I'm going to press on your stomach now and I need you to let me know if it hurts" I said and she nodded. I felt around her stomach and she had no pain until I reached, yes you guessed her lower right quadrant, I immediately thought it was appendicitis so I paged Louis as he has just started up on the surgical ward this month. "You can come and sit back down for me now" I said as I took my gloves off "where you have pain makes me think that you could have appendicitis which means that your appendix are inflamed and infected which will either needed to be treated with some strong antibiotics or be removed surgically" I said gently "I've paged a friend of mine who is a surgeon and he's going to come down and talk to you and he will be able to say which course of action is better for you, does that sound okay?" I asked and she just stared at me her face white as a ghost while the boy said "that's great thank you"
"I know it's scary sweetheart but you'll be okay, even if you do need surgery it's a simple procedure and has a great success so just try to relax yeah?" I said and she nodded. A few minutes later Louis came "Ella this is Louis and he is the surgeon who's going to help you okay? I'm going to leave you in his capable hands now but if you need me just ask okay?" She nodded and thanked me.
Rachel's POV
I woke up in the same position on the sofa to find I'd been sleeping for an hour, I sat up and almost had a heart attack when I saw George making a cup of tea "want one?" He asked when he saw I was awake
"I think I need one to recover from the heart attack you just gave me" o laughed and he laughed too
"That's dramatic even for you rach" he said. We had been spending some time together lately and I really like him and he's so sweet, it's like he gets me so well. I was deep in though when George threw a teabag an my face "hey" I said turning
"I asked you how many sugars you want" he laughed shaking his head
"Oh sorry, two please" I said and seconds later he was being my tea to me. He sat next to me on the sofa "I'm still tired" I whined and he laughed "I'm serious I've slept for an hour and I'm still exhausted"
"Just think you've got two weeks off now so you can catch up on some sleep" she smiled and pushed some hair away from my face. "It's about time too" I laughed
"You okay babe your bit hot and flushed" he asked feeling my head
"Yeah I'm okay, I'm quite cold actually" I said
"It might be because you just woke up" he said and I nodded. We finished our tea and George headed back to work leaving me alone again.
An hour later I was started to get cold again so I put my hoodie on, pulled my hood up and laid back down. Harry would be finished in an hour and George said that he had invited him over for dinner tonight so I was quite happy about that but I have a stupid earache that just won't budge so I held my hood close to my ear and closed my eyes again.
"Rach, Rachel wake up chick" I heard and I opened my eyes to be met with George standing over me "we are finished now babe, Harry's just getting his stuff so you ready to go?" He said and helped me up "what's wrong babe?" He asked
"I'm just really cold and I have earache" I pouted
"Oh babe, how bad is it" he asked
"Not too bad just uncomfortable" o said which wasn't a complete lie, it wasn't too bad but it was fairly painful
"Okay of it gets worse let me know okay?" He asked and we left to head back to my house.