FTEC, Monday Night

[janet_fraiser]

This weekend? Oh, Janet had repressed it entirely. Or something like that. She was reading through her Human Anatomy textbook and scribbling snarky notes in the margins. Yes, that was what Janet did for fun. Janet was feeling a little boring bored tonight.

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[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna somehow made it into the clinic without colapsing and waved at Janet.

[janet_fraiser]

"Hey," said Janet. She eyed Alanna, trying to decide if she was sick or not. "You feeling okay?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Peachy. How's Buffy?"

[janet_fraiser]

"She's about the same as you'd expect her to be," said Janet. She reached for Buffy's chart. "Healing well enough to be checked out, anyway."

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

Alanna nodded, and grabbed the desk. "I think I'm going to go back to sleep now."

[janet_fraiser]

"I think that's a really good idea," said Janet. "Do you need anything while you're here? Or do you want to nap in one of the exam rooms?"

[threeweapons.livejournal.com]

"Nah, I'll just sleep it off."

[janet_fraiser]

"If you're sure," said Janet slowly. "But let me know if there's anything I can do to help, okay?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

Jim walked into the clinic and smiled. "Hi. I think I may need help, but I'm not completely sure."

[janet_fraiser]

"Well, you might be in the right place," said Janet. "But I won't know until I know what kind of help you need. If you need any help. So what's wrong?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Okay, so. This weekend, I wasn't myself. I want to make that perfectly clear." Jim sighed. "I paid a hooker for a hug. It was only a couple bucks, she seemed sad that she wasn't getting anything else, and I wanted to throw her a bone. A completely metaphorical bone. She seemed pretty clean, you know, for a hooker, but I just want to make sure that there's no chance that hugging a hooker while clothed could result in some sort of HTD."

[janet_fraiser]

"She could infect you with the flu," said Janet, nodding and trying not to giggle. "That's a contact-based pathogen, and if you remember the Spanish influenza of early last century, it was horribly virulent. If she's got tuberculosis, it's possible that just breathing on you could infect you. That's an airborne pathogen. Very deadly, and there's now a drug-resistant strain. You could certainly develop either one of those from a hug."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Hmm. I haven't felt fluish at all, and I'd be coughing by now if I had TB, wouldn't I?" Jim asked. "I think I may have dodged a bullet."

[janet_fraiser]

"No fever? No aches and pains?" Janet nodded consideringly. "None of that and no coughing might mean you got lucky. But you'll make sure that the clinic checks you out if you start feeling the least bit ill, won't you?"

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

"Will do. Thanks for the speedy diagnosis. I'll be sure to recommend the clinic to all of my sick friends," Jim said.

[janet_fraiser]

Janet grinned. "You're very welcome," she said. "On behalf of the clinic staff, let me just tell you how much we appreciate the recommendation."

[fat-halpert.livejournal.com]

Jim smiled and nodded. "Have a good night." And then he left, seemingly healthy.

[janet_fraiser]

Janet waved at his back, shaking her head in slight disbelief, then turned back to her Anatomy book and picked up her pen.