The Dr Annabel Tilson Novels Box Set by Barbara Ebel

Author:Barbara Ebel [Ebel, Barbara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Medical Thrillers
ISBN: 9781732446656
Publisher: Barbara Mary Ebel
Published: 2019-01-23T22:00:00+00:00

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The driver dropped Annabel off. She was early and hoped to bump into Stuart before he left after being on call overnight. Better than hunting for him upstairs, she could spot him anywhere. In the hospital’s lobby, Stuart sipped a frothy cappuccino outside the coffee shop.

“You’re studying before 7 a.m.?” She rested her backpack on the table and added, “You’re amazing.”

“But not as dramatic as you.”

“What did you hear?”

“Probably rumors. You didn’t tell some nurse to give a patient 200 mgs of morphine.”

“You’re correct, but convince my attending.” Annabel pulled out a chair.

“I’m not assertive enough to speak up about certain issues, but if you need me to, I will.”

“Thanks, Stuart. Are you faring any better than me by doing the night hours?”

“My problem is I don’t like the subject matter.”

“Really? I assumed most guys looked forward to it. After all, I assumed since it has to do with female genitalia and your gender gets a hard on about that, they’d mostly love it … if I may be blunt.”

“Hey, all barriers about anatomy and sensitivity about discussing body parts and what they do go out the window in medical school. This is different. Seeing bulging vaginas with heads popping out and afterbirth is opposite than a turn on. And a resident told me last night what’s worse is doing smelly exams in the clinic on women with discharges and foul odors from bacterial vaginosis.”

“Oh, Stuart. That’s more information than I need. A resident said that?”

“Yeah.”

“Come to think about it, that’s a different perspective I didn’t think about. However, there are other areas in medicine that aren’t fun either. Take being a gastroenterologist, working in a GI suite a good deal of your time, and doing colonoscopies. Or being a urologist and sticking scopes up penises, especially the ones with venereal diseases or whatever.”

“See. There you go.”

“In any case, we’ve come across some bad attitudes. Why does it seem like the residents now are moaning more than usual?”

“Maybe they wouldn’t be happy no matter what they do. You know, burn out and all. Perhaps more of that is going on.” He licked his lips to clear off the steamed milk foam from his cappuccino while Annabel eyed his paper cup. Maybe she would supplement her earlier Keurig with what he was drinking.

Annabel leaned forward. “I miss you, me, and Bob rotating together. There is safety in medical student numbers. Who woulda thought?!”

“Speaking of Bob … do you know how he’s doing?”

“He’s following the predicted path of recovery from his tick disease. Next Monday, he goes back to internal medicine and finishes up and we embarked on getting a dog together yesterday.”

“How’s that going to work out for you?”

“I don’t have a clue, but we’re off to a decent start.” They both got up and Annabel slung her backpack over her shoulder. “I have the unpleasant task upstairs of trying to talk to Dr. Harvey in private about this accusation against me. Otherwise, it will never get cleared up.”

“I’m headed out.

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