herrera

chapter 3

grey-sloan memorial hospital

andy's hospital room

maya sat in the chair beside andy's hospital bed fast asleep, 7am and andy woke up to the sound of bustling and banging in the corridors outside her room, as she awakes she suddenly jolts her body forgetting the plastic tubing sticking out of  her chest and the broken ribs that caused the tubing to be there, the sudden jolt sends waves of pain through andy's chest, she hisses at the pain she feels she instantly grabs her ribs trying to protect herself from the pain, as she is breathing through the pain maya wakes up and she notices andy's distress.

Maya: hey andy you okay?(places a hand on Andy' s shoulder whilst she tries to calm her down)

Andy: uhh yeah just moved suddenly, i forgot the broken rib and the chest tube, pain in the chest and the scar from the surgery to remove a cork and glass.

Maya:  right lie back and easy does it, slow deep breaths and breathe through the pain.

andy slows her breathing and the pain in her chest dissipitates, just then miranda bailey walks in to the room hoping to see how her patient is, as she walks in she sees andy in a state of distress, she rushes to the bed but she is stopped by maya who look like she was helping andy.

Miranda: morning and how are we feeling this morning?

Andy: fine until i made a sudden move and forgot that i had an injured chest, which sent pain through my chest.

Miranda: okay how is the breathing for know?

Andy: fine just dont want to be here i want to be out with my team fighting fires.

Maya: huh not for a good couple of weeks.

Andy: what?

Miranda: andy may i remind you that you had a serious chest injury and you had major surgery to remove glass and a cork from your chest, you need to recover and at first movement as you found out this morning can be painful so you will need to be careful when getting about.

Andy: great but when can i get back to work full time?

Maya: depends.

Andy: hey depends on what? 

Maya: if you listen to what the  doctor tells you and do as she says then maybe six weeks.

Andy: 6 weeks and what am i supposed to do for 6 weeks.

Maya: rest and recover.

Miranda: i am sure i have heard someone say something similar a few weeks ago, oh wait a minute it was your father, he said the same thing, it must be like father like daughter always stubborn.

Maya: i agree she is always stubborn.

Andy: hey i am still here and i get it i cant do much for six weeks but when can i get out of here.

Miranda: if your chest x ray is clear and the tube has done its job, and the lung has healed then tomorrow maybe.

Andy: great(huffs andy leaning back into her pillows)

Maya: look i have got to go but i will swing by your place and grab you a bag of clothing for when you are ready to come home.

Andy: thanks maya.

Miranda: and i will leave you to it and i am happy with the way your lungs sound, they are clear so you can most likely go home tomorrow, but for know i want you to rest.

Andy: fine.

andy does as she is told, as miranda leaves the hospital room andy lays back and goes to sleep.