Better in the Dark
“Natalie bent over him while Gil read off the results of his pulse, temperature, blood pressure, hemoglobin, respiration and the others as they were displayed on the vital signs unit.
“What is it, Nat?” Gil asked as he caught the quick frown between her sandy brows.
She waved him away, a distraction. Her concentration was riveted on the boy. How old was he? Perhaps seven, maybe as much as nine and small for his age. His skin was parched and his eyes had the glaze of fever. Exposure she had read ...on his admit workup. Malnutrition.
“You know, these kids are really sad,” Gil observed as he studied the patient. “This one makes an even dozen for this floor.”
“A dozen?” Natalie had been off work for a week and this chance remark sharpened her fear.
“Unhunn. Most of them were brought in while you were gone. They had a couple in the quarantine unit on the eighth floor while you were gone. County General is hardest hit, but they’re always short of beds and they get the runaways up there.MoreLess
“What is it, Nat?” Gil asked as he caught the quick frown between her sandy brows.
She waved him away, a distraction. Her concentration was riveted on the boy. How old was he? Perhaps seven, maybe as much as nine and small for his age. His skin was parched and his eyes had the glaze of fever. Exposure she had read ...on his admit workup. Malnutrition.
“You know, these kids are really sad,” Gil observed as he studied the patient. “This one makes an even dozen for this floor.”
“A dozen?” Natalie had been off work for a week and this chance remark sharpened her fear.
“Unhunn. Most of them were brought in while you were gone. They had a couple in the quarantine unit on the eighth floor while you were gone. County General is hardest hit, but they’re always short of beds and they get the runaways up there.MoreLess
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