Posted May 3, 2021, 7:49 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Isyme zh'Siaqir (Assistant Chief Medical Officer) (Trin S)
Posted by Commander Brad Walker (Chief Of Staff/Second Officer) in Side Sim: Primary Medical Suite - Two Birds, One Stone.
Posted by Commander Brad Walker (Chief Of Staff/Second Officer) in Side Sim: Primary Medical Suite - Two Birds, One Stone.
<snip>“Nice to meet you both,” he said, returning Zahir’s grin. “I think we should probably get him squared away first,” he added, with a nod at Zahir. “Then once he’s all set, you and I can do boring adult stuff like paperwork and talking.”
He pulled an exaggerated face at the last bit.
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff“Ugh, talking.” Sarcasm accentuated her tone as she wrinkled her nose.
“You had me at ‘boring’,” Zahir pushed past his mom and made a beeline to the door where Brad emerged. He paused. Realising he had no clue where he was heading, Zahir turned back to the doctors. “Well? Are you coming?”
“I guess that’s an ‘okay,’” she nodded to Walker and gestured for him to lead the way.
– Isyme zh’Siaqir, ACMO
Zahir, kiddoBrad shook his head bemusedly before escorting the pair out of the reception area and into the main ward, before stopping at a biobed a few feet from the entry point and looking at Zahir.
“Can you get up or do you need me to lower it a little?”
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff“I got it!” Zahir rolled up his sleeves, wiggles his arms and looked at that biobed with the most determined glare he could manage. Time to rock. Jumping up, Zahir caught himself and pulled his body the rest of the way over. It wasn’t the most flawless of executions, but the pride was unmistakable as he turned back to Brad. “I’m ready!”
– Zahir th’Siaqir, Kiddo
“Well, I can’t fault his enthusiasm,” Brad said quietly to Isyme. “He learning gymnastics?”
“He’s self-taught,” Isyme chuckled, softly.
“Oh, so I should expect him to be a regular then?” Brad asked in a teasing tone.
“Good job!” he said to Zahir. “Now I’m going to try and do the biobed’s job for it before it finishes,” he said, requesting a basic scan of the boy. “Any recent sick days or injuries?” he asked.
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of StaffZahir threw a crooked, playfully challenging look at the biobed before eagerly nodding. “No bugs, but I broke my ankle earlier this year,” he shrugged. “The doctor said I had a ‘growth plate fracture.’” He still wasn’t entirely sure what that meant, but it’d stuck with him long enough to relay to Brad. “It feels okay now.”
The biobed’s scans would confirm Zahir’s account. At the tibial growth plate, Zahir’s ankle showed signs of ongoing recovery. His doctor had evidently chosen natural healing processes over osteo-regeneration. Aside from his fracture, the scans suggested the Andorian-Aenar boy was in excellent shape.
Brad made a note on his PaDD. “Hm, that’ll be something to watch, but right now it’s probably not a concern. How’d you break it?” he asked Zahir, wondering if the boy’s rambunctiousness had been at fault.
“Well…” a sheepish glint flickered across his expression, but it did little to shake his grin. “My friends and I were chasing this big swarm of ice-bores in one of the caves near home. Like really big.” He stretched his arms as if to quantify the swarm’s size. “Anyway, I was trying to catch one, but a rock got in my way.” He wrinkled his nose with an evident loathing toward that rock. “I tripped and got stuck in an ugly boot for weeks.”
“Zahir was born with congenital cataracts,” Isyme added. “He underwent lens correction as an infant. Otherwise, he’s fully vaccinated and tolerates yearly check-ups.”
– Isyme zh’Siaqir
– Zahir th’Siaqir‘Part-Aenar, yeah of course he needed it,’ Brad thought. “And no sign of them coming back?” he asked, this time to Isyme.
Cmdr. Dr. Brad Walker
Chief of Staff
“None,” Isyme shook her head. She would always have concern for her son’s eyesight, but without the evidence to suggest cataracts would return, she wasn’t worried.
– Zahir th’Siaqir
– Isyme zh’Siaqir
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