Superstitions

Chapter 5 - Cramps

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CHAPTER 5 - Cramps

When Connor woke up, Ava was already awake. In fact, she hadn't slept all night but she didn't want to worry him and omitted that detail. She was in her underwear making coffee in the kitchen.

"Already awake? Are you feeling better?

- Yes, I told you it was just cramps," she lied.

The drugs had had no effect and she continued to have cramps. They prepared themselves and went to work. Mrs Goodwin began the day with a short speech about the upcoming day.

"As you have probably heard, on this day our state will suffer many earthquakes of medium magnitude. There will probably be many injured. Most infrastructure is strong enough to withstand it, but we know that this is far from being the case for Chicago homes. At the hospital, no worries, you will be safe, but avoid using the elevators and especially during the tremors, it is a matter of common sense. Thank you, it is time to get to work, everything must be ready before the first victims arrive. Good work to all of you"

Connor was called in for valve surgery, so Ava was on call for emergencies and CT. As she was going up from the locker rooms to the emergency room, she was cramped again. Their intensities had increased even more. They were so sudden that Ava did not have time to catch up at the ramp and rushed down the few steps she had already climbed. When she regained these spirits the cramps had stopped but now her whole body was hurting her. She got up and went back to the emergency room as if nothing had happened.

The wounded began to flow in and the emergencies were quickly overwhelmed.

"Incoming! - Female in her thirties, received an electric shock, tachycardic, pulse rate 130, low saturation.

- Dr. Bekker, trauma one.

- On my count, 1, 2, 3"

Ava grinned, her fall down the stairs would probably leave some bruises.

"She's in V-fib."

The new intern grabbed the defibrillation paddles and shocked the young woman for the first time. She was still in fibrillation. As he was preparing to try again, Ava leaned a little closer to the heart monitor. She then took the young woman's pulse.

"Clear!

- Wait" exclaimed Ava.

For the young intern to shock had become so mechanical that he did not hear Ava's exclamation and sent the discharge. He became extremely pale when he understood what had just happened. Ava was lying on the ground completely unconscious. Did the young man who was tetanized just kill Dr. Bekker? Maggie, who had witnessed the scene from the nurses' office, rushed into the room.

"Dr. Bekker, can you hear me, Ava?"

She was relieved when she heard the doctor's breathing spontaneously resume. Ava then opened her eyes and tried to get up, but Maggie stopped her.

"Slow down, you just took a hell of a dump.

- I'm fine, Maggie.