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Sickbay - The Headache

Posted March 25, 2021, 4:45 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Sage Brennan (2nd Officer - CMO) (D Grisham)

Posted by Ensign T’Lora (Doctor) in Sickbay - The Headache

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Sage Brennan (2nd Officer - CMO) in Sickbay - The Headache

For the last three days V’Lath had been afflicted by a nagging headache. He was loath to take any kind of pain medication and the pain seemed to be right behind his eyes. At first he thought that perhaps the air filtration system in his quarters was malfunctioning, but that was checked and operating efficiently. He finally decided he would see a doctor as the pain was not easing at all and in fact was getting worse. So he now found himself in the outer environs of the sickbay, looking for assistance.

V’Lath CNS

OOC: Leonora and Christopher, come in on this with me so we have a place to play.

IC:
Sage was walking through medical when she saw V’Lath enter. “Hello, Counselor. Something I can help you with?” She noted the stress lines around his eyes and the set of his jaw. It was a look she was familiar with—pain. “You don’t look well, why don’t you come have a seat over here.” As she led him to a biobed, she caught sight of T’Lora and gave her a come here with a head gesture.

—Sage

V’Lath followed the doctor over to the biobed and sat down, ” I have had this pain the last few days, right behind my eyes then down the back of my neck. If I didn’t know that Vulcans don’t get them I would call it a migraine, at least I think that’s the term.” V’Lath massaged his temples and eyes. “It will fade for a while, then come back even worse. Meditation techniques seem to have no effect.” He tilted his head back and rolled it side to side, promptly passing out and collapsing on the biobed.

V’Lath CNS

T’Lora had already been making her way over, but when V’Lath fainted, she all but ran the rest of the way. “Dr. Brennan?” She looked to the more experienced Doctor for guidance, unsure if V’Lath had said something about his condition before she could hear.
-T’Lora

As Sage fired up the scanner on the bed, she checked V’Lath’s breathing. His airway was unobstructed, so the women settled him more appropriately on the bed and she filled T’Lora in. “He was complaining of pain at the back of his eyes that traveled down the anterior side of his neck.” She watched the monitor for any clues to what had happened. “He actually likened it to a migraine.”

OOC: Aneurysm in the frontal cortex with leakage and pressure causing the pain behind the eyes, with nerve damage causing the pain running down the neck ???

T’Lora frowned, “Vulcans do not have migraines.” Her mind was racing as she ran through conditions with similar effects. “TBI’s can cause migraine-like symptoms. Swelling in the brain, obstruction of blood vessels…” She felt something akin to a chill run down her spine. Brain injuries could be particularly debilitating to Vulcans.
-T’Lora

Sage ordered a detailed scan of V’Lath’s head and neck. As the image materialized, she hmphed. “Look at that. An aneurysm in the frontal lobe of his brain.”

—Sage

“Has it burst?” T’Lora studied V’Lath disapprovingly. He had clearly been ignoring the symptoms.
-T’Lora

Sage enhanced the image and enlarged it. “Nooo…but it appears to be leaking blood into the brain tissue.” She looked at the Vulcan doctor across from her. “It’s causing pressure to build which is probably why his headache hasn’t gone away, but only gotten worse. We need to deal with it before there is irreparable damage.”

—Sage


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