housemates (completed)

housemates 16 -- sick

*PG

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With J's "new and improved" personality, he was able to see more patients alone without M needing to assist him always. In his own clinic, Myra, his assistant, was also friendly and cheerful but unlike M who was more charismatic toward the kids and everyone in general.

Caleb, a 10-year-old boy, was crying and in distress when J entered the room. J talked to his mom a little bit before beginning his examination.

"...he's been complaining of severe stomach ache since the other night...we brought him to the emergency room. They told us to return if he developed a fever which he did last night..."

"Has he pooped since?"

"...very little...he doesn't like being helped in the bathroom..."

"...that's good. But even if you're a big boy already, sometimes, you still need help, diba?" J said as he listened to Caleb's chest. He lifted the boy's shirt and noticed that Caleb's belly was distended. He gently pressed on Caleb's belly to examine his spleen, bladder, and stomach. He made Caleb sit up so he could listen to his back. Caleb had been crying and sobbing heavily before J entered the room. He was whimpering and trying not to bawl as J examined him. Caleb began to slightly gag as he held on his belly while J listened to his chest.

"...I'll have to check if he's impacted...if he has hard poop stuck in his rectum..."

"They did an initial exam in the ER but found nothing..."

"Ahh...Caleb, Kuya Doc will check your bum bum if you have poop stuck inside ha?...if he is impacted and it doesn't come out thru rectal stimulation, we'll give him an enema...if that still doesn't work, we'll try with laxatives..."

Caleb's parents and J didn't notice Caleb wince once more in pain before coughing. The force of his coughing caused him to projectile vomit. J caught the first vomit on his shirt and pants. Caleb vomited two more times, once on the bed and another, in the kidney dish that they were able to put under his chin.

"Sorry, Doc..." Mommy said as she handed J a towel while Daddy helped Caleb who cried even more.

"It's okay..." J said as he pushed the call button so Nurse Patricia came.

J immediately went to his clinic where he showered and changed into a clean scrub suit which he borrowed. He later returned to Caleb's room to perform a digital-rectal exam to check for fecal impaction.  "So far, everything is clear but I want an ultrasound done to check his intestines. I don't want to stress him further with a colonoscopy so hopefully,  his constipation will be relieved by an enema and some laxatives..." J said when he finished his examination.

"What happened?" M asked when she approached J at their usual table in the cafeteria. M almost didn't recognize J with his back turned because he was in a printed scrub shirt. "...sumuka daw si Caleb?"

"Yep...constipation due to gastritis...nag-ER na daw the other day pero nilagnat kaya pinabalik..."

"And ikaw ang nasukahan?"

J nodded. He then leaned forward, "Pati boxers ko..."

"Ano?"

"...wala akong..." J repeated and then looked down.

"Oh..."

A few days later M noticed that J kept on shifting positions while he sat down for breakfast. "Ga, what's wrong?"

"...I think I'm developing a rash..."

"Saan?"

"...sa singit...makati..."

M looked at J for a moment then said, "...patingin?"

J's eyes widened.

"Sus! As if hindi pa ako nakakakita nyan...nagpapalit ako ng diaper halos araw-araw..."

J reluctantly undid the string of the scrub pants he was wearing and let it drop to the floor. Eversince Caleb vomited on him, J ordered for new scrubs and this became his uniform. He was wearing boxer briefs so M looked at his bulge. "...paano ko makikita?" She asked. M clipped her hands on the waistband and pulled the underwear down to J's thighs. She then squatted in front of him so that she was eye-level with his crotch. She inspected his groin and made him turn and bend forward so she could inspect also between his buttocks. M pulled J's underwear further down and had him step out of both his pants and his underwear. She then brought him to her bedroom and made him lay down on her bed.

"...p-parang baby..." J said as M spread his legs to the side. J tucked his hands behind his head. M pushed up his shirt to  expose his crotch further and applied petroleum jelly to his sore groin.

"Eh paano pa? Umabot na dito sa may ilalim ng balls mo o...it's starting to become red also...I think galing to sa scrubs na ginamit mo the other day...yung hiniram mo lang...unless na di ka nagpupunas ng maayos or pinagpapawisan yung singit mo..." M said as she applied more of the petroleum jelly on J's skin. "...bibili tayo ng gamot later..."

"...ikaw mag-a-apply?"

"...hmm...kaya mo kahit na dito sa may bandang ilalim?"

"...wala naman ata tayong mirror na pwede kong gamitin...so, ikaw pa rin ang maglalagay nung gamot..." J thought.

"...hmm...uuyyy...control that, cowboy...di pa pwede..." M said when junjun began to stir. "...number one, ang alam ko sa rashes mo ay contagious yan...number two, di pa tayo official..." M said as she got some tissues to wipe off the extra petroleum jelly from her fingers.

"Di pa ba?"

"Sinagot na ba kita?"

"Magtatanong ako ulit...will you, Nicomaine Mendoza, allow me, Richard Faulkerson Jr, to be your boyfriend?" J said while still lying on M's bed.

"...uhmm..." M crossed her arms across her chest.

J's smiled in anticipation. His erection, growing.

"...ayaw ko ngang sumagot sa baby boy na naka-spread eagle dyan sa kama ko...baka sabihin ng tao, incest at ipa-bantay bata pa ako..." M said and walked out of the room.