Posted May 30, 2022, 1:06 p.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade David LeDoux (Chief Medical Officer) (S. Kimmel)
Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade David LeDoux (Chief Medical Officer) in Sickbay - Quick Review
David sat silently reviewing Dr. Hofmann’s notes on the physical modifications made to the various members of the away team. He shook his head. These modifications, while crucial to the mission, were always problematic and the more extensive the modifications, the more problematic. And once again, he was thankful that he wasn’t the one undergoing these procedures.His attention was diverted when Rachel placed a small plate in front of him with a few crackers and a small bowl of red liquid in front of him.
“What is this?” he asked glancing up at his wife.
“Your sister just sent me a replicator recipe for Cajun Nuclear Warfare Sauce,” she said with a smile that wasn’t quite convincing. “I know. I know. The color isn’t quite right but give it a try anyway and tell me what you think.”
He smiled and turned his attention back to the sauce. Rachel was right. The color was just a bit off but still… He picked up a cracker, dipped it quickly into the sauce and then put it into his mouth. The heat was instantly obvious. The hottest Sriracha cause he had ever tried was about 100,000 on the Scoville scale while the venerable Tabasco sauce was a mild 8,000. His eyes began to water. This one was easily 500,000 if not a good deal hotter. He looked up and smiled at his wife and wondered if she had tastebuds. “It does have a bit of a metallic taste to it but the heat does linger nicely.”
“That’s what I thought too,” Rachel said. She shrugged. “I’ll let Jasmine know that its a near miss.”
“Aren’t you on duty?” David said. “I thought the ship had something of a shortage of nurses.”
“Aye aye, oh Captain my Captain,” she said. She winked as she turned and went back to her nursing station.
=/\= LtJg David LeDoux, CMO
A Bajoran nurse approached David.
“Dr. LeDoux? Mr. Alworth is prepped and the operating room is ready for us to begin the modification procedure,” the Bajoran said.
“Very well. Have Dr. Hofmann join me there when she is available,” David said.
He shook his head as he rose and began to prep for Mr. Alworth’s final conversion procedure. This whole routine of major prosthetic and alterations to so many of the patient’s body parts and systems always struck him as a potentially dangerous routine. He had recommended against it but had been over-ruled by command. They did however yield when he insisted on being to medically monitor the entire away team throughout the mission.
Mr. Alworth, laying on the operating table, was nearly unrecognizable as a human and thankfully was the last member of the away team.
LeDoux forced a smile.
“Don’t worry, Mr. Alworth,” he said. “We’ll have you out of here and with the others on the away team as quickly as we can,” LeDoux said.
=/\= LtJg David LeDoux, CMO
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