All for Anna by Nicole Deese

Author:Nicole Deese [Deese, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance
ISBN: 9781481239400
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2013-01-22T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY

Halloween: possibly the worst night to work in a medical facility.

Aside from the many acts of ridiculous stupidity, the word creepy didn’t even begin to describe what happens in hospitals during the course of this twenty-four-hour holiday. Nurse Holt had agreed to “limited decor and costumes” throughout the emergency floor per her memo, but there were those that pushed the limits. Take Nurse Bev Hatty for example: her platinum blond Marilyn Monroe wig, her ruby red lips, her spider-leg-long false eyelashes. That was just the start. Over the top of her black scrubs she wore a red sequined lace-up corset, which I was quite certain she would have worn solo if not for the “Nurses, only wear scrubs” rule.

There were a few doctors who took extra liberty with their Halloween garb, but for the most part, the staff’s festiveness entailed funky headbands, face paint, and Halloween printed scrubs.

I wore simple black cat ears and drew on whiskers with black eyeliner. Though the day had been very busy with dislocated shoulders via bounce houses and allergic reactions to cupcakes with mystery ingredients, it would be nothing compared to the night shift. The staff nearly doubled by five o’ clock and the waiting room began to fill with many strange looking characters—and not just strange due to costume choice.

People were odd on this holiday. Unusual and unappealing stunts were often tried, tested, and proved harmful on this day. The difficult part was that Halloween messed with the most important sense a nurse had: the ability to visually assess a patient’s need and distress level. On this night, that sense was blinded by fake blood, painted scars, and layers of makeup and clothing (or sometimes no clothing).

Kai had sent me a text earlier in the day asking me to be careful of the crazies and to call him before I left work. I smiled at his thoughtfulness. He was one person who truly knew the freaky details that often went along with a shift worked on Halloween night.

I had already seen several emergency vehicles come through. At this point, their loads were mostly drunken high school students, but there was also a group of pumpkin smashers who’d been brought in as well. Apparently, their last house didn’t go as planned. A group of black ninjas had jumped out and retaliated on them by way of BB guns. Guess that was the last house with smashed pumpkins on that particular street.

The floor was frantic by nine. I still had three hours left. At least my remaining time would go by quickly. I made a note to tell Kai about my glass half-full mentality.

Hey, maybe I am a positive person after all.

I laughed out loud.

After releasing my last patient--a man hit in the face with a baseball bat at a haunted corn maze—I walked to room 104. I checked the chart briefly on the outside of the door and knocked twice as I entered. My eyes widened. There on the hospital bed was a beautiful blond lady bug—no older than eight.

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