Space Doctor (The Two Moons of Rehnor) by J. Naomi Ay

Author:J. Naomi Ay [Ay, J. Naomi]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Ayzenberg, Inc.
Published: 2014-01-06T05:00:00+00:00

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Again, it took me several more weeks before I could resume my quest for Dgery Wadmon's family. We had a breakout of an Amaterasian Cytomegalovirus which may or may not have been related to the method for cleaning most bar glasses aboard this space station.

We had been pretty busy in the clinic, so by the time the smoke had cleared, and the proverbial dust had settled, my commanding officer announced that I was to be posted to a Starship.

"Seriously?" I gasped, overjoyed with this news.

We were in the Captain's office, and I was relieved to hear I was being transferred instead of a reprimanded. I had come here directly from the clinic with my chocolate protein drink in a mug as I had missed both lunch and dinner and was starting to get shaky from lack of food.

"The Discovery," he replied, glaring at my protein drink. I offered it to him, but he just frowned and narrowed his eyes. "It's a new ship and a new sickbay. You'll be in charge, Waldman, so don't screw up."

The Captain and I had gotten along well during my tenure here at Spacebase 31. Only a few times was I ever reprimanded and only once was I ever docked in pay.

This was mostly due to circumstances which were beyond my control, such as the broken hinge on my eyeglasses, which caused them to slip off during open heart surgery. They landed in the patient. Actually, they landed where one of his hearts had been.

At that moment, the heart was in the lead surgeon's hand and needless to say, he wasn't too happy to discover my glasses now occupying that space. Also, the teeny tiny screw, which had fallen out of the hinge, ended up somewhere in the guy's body. That totally screwed up his MRI a few days later causing a bit of a messy business.

I also left a sponge and a tiny piece of gauze in the abdominal cavity of another patient because a nurse had distracted me when the guy's anesthesia wore off and he woke up.

We got him back to sleep quickly, probably before he even realized his gut was wide open. Unfortunately, the sponge festered, and the guy died. In my defense, if I woke up and took a good look at my intestines, I probably wouldn't want to live any more either.

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