FTEC, Friday, March 3

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

Christian opened the clinic Friday morning. He settled in the lobby, feet propped up on a chair, as he flipped through a copy of FHM.




[OOC: I hate my job, and things may be slowplay because of it today.]

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[nadiathesaint]

Nadia seemed to be making a habit of stumbling into the clinic in the early morning lookin exhausted. At least this time she wasn't clutching a stick.

She was rather relieved to see Dr. Troy and not, say, the crazy witch doctor. Maybe this time he could give her sleeping pills.

"Hi."

[ooc: I hate my job, too. slow play is fine.]

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"Hey, kid, how's the head?" Christian asked.

[nadiathesaint]

"I don't know." Nadia frowned. "Are nightmares a typical symptom of heand injuries?"

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"Could be Post Tramautic Stress Syndrome," Christian said, frowning. "But you need to see the shrink about that, not me."

[nadiathesaint]

"Post Traumatic--" Nadia shook her head. "A shrink?"

She wasn't sure what becoming smaller would do for nightmares, and wondered if maybe this guy was messing with her. He'd seemed so nice last time she was here, though.

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"A shrink, a psychologist," Christian explained patiently. "Nightmares are usually caused by stress, not a physical cause."

[nadiathesaint]

"Oh." Yeah, and now Nadia felt like an idiot. "Okay, I think the school has one on staff. Um, thanks."

The likelihood of Nadia actually seeing a shrink? Not great. But it looked like Dr. Troy wouldn't be giving her any sleep aids or anything, so she'd just have to figure something else out.

"Sorry about disturbing you."

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"That's what I'm here for," Christian said. "The nightmares keeping you up? You look like you haven't gotten any sleep in awhile."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded. "I've only gotten in a few naps. I've managed to watch a lot of tv now, though."

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"I can give you a sample pack of Ambien to help you," Christian said. "It'll help you get through the next few days until you talk to the psychologist."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia brightened considerably. "Um, okay, that might be good." She rubbed at her neck. "I'm going on the trip to England for spring break, so it might be a little while before I can see someone."

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

Christian rummaged through a cabinet and tossed Nadia a two-week supply of Ambien. "Try one half a tablet, then a full one if that doesn't help," he said. "It's non-addictive, but if you need help sleeping for more than a few days, that's a sign there's something else wrong."

[nadiathesaint]

Nadia nodded, looking at the pills. "Okay. Thanks again. Hopefully I won't have to keep coming in here."

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"Take care, kid," Christian said as she left.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter came in later in the day and was happy to see no homicidal one-eyed nurses. At least he listens to the radio and thus wasn't overly surprised to see Bel's doppelganger.

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"What's the problem, kid?" Christian said, looking up from his magazine.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I was burned pretty badly on Monday, and I am leaving for the trip to England tomorrow. Mistress Weatherwax's pain medicine is going to run out and I thought I'd stop in for a doctor."

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"Let me take a look at it," Christian said, ushering Walter into an exam room.

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

Walter strips off his waistcoat, shirt, and tie and takes a seat on the exam table.

"It itches like... well, you can probably guess what it itches like."

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"I thought you said you were burned badly," Christian said, inspecting the burn. "This doesn't look too bad. Certainly doesn't look like it's less than a week old."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"I think I remember which day a robot tried to kill me with a laser," Walter said tartly. "I have a fast metabolism. Dr. House had some records on me."

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

Christian took Walter's pulse and blood pressure, and checked his heart. "Interesting," he said, "you do have accelerated vitals. The burn seems to be healing just fine, but I can give you more ointment and painkillers to help you along."

[walter-n-wires.livejournal.com]

"Thanks. That's all I need." He'd probably only need the ointment, but who knew? "Can I get dressed now?"

[sexydoctor.livejournal.com]

"Sure," Christian said, writing out the prescriptions and handing them to Walter. "You can get these filled at NPC Pharmacy. Come back in a week or so so we can see that everything's healing okay."