Toxic New Year: The Day That Wouldn't End: The Day That Wouldn't End (Alex Desephano Series Book 4) by Lucci Judith

Author:Lucci, Judith [Lucci, Judith]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Bluestone Valley Publishing, LLC Harrisonburg, VA
Published: 2015-06-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 39

Robert walked out to heavy glass door onto the snow covered portico at the emergency entrance of MCV Hospital in Richmond. He’d met every ambulance that had pulled into MCV for the past hour and there had been quite a few. He checked his watch. It was after one in the morning.

His phone vibrated in his pocket. It was a text from Monique. “JACK IN PACU. SURGERY WENT WELL. IS ALEX HERE?”

Robert shot a quick text back. “NO, NOT YET. SOON. WILL LET YOU KNOW.”

He reentered the ED and looked around for the triage nurse, Jane, who he had befriended several hours ago. She was in the sterile utility room. “Jane, any word from the ambulance coming from Congressman Lee’s farm?”

Jane looked up. She’d been totally enamored by the southern Creole charm of the dashing Dr. Bonnet. “Not yet, Dr. Bonnet. Let me check with communications. I’ll be right back.”

Robert flashed her a smile, and watched the tall nurse as she moved through the main ED doors. Several minutes later she returned.

“They’re about 10 minutes out,” she reported. “It won’t be long now,” she assured him.

“Did they say anything about the Congressman’s granddaughter,” Robert asked anxiously.

Jane nodded, her face unsmiling. “Yes, her condition is quite serious. They think she is bleeding internally. My guess is they’ll assess her quickly and send her up to the OR.”

Robert’s heart sank. He’d wanted to be able to take her home to Wyndley tomorrow, but that wasn’t going to happen if she had to have emergency surgery. “Anything else,” he asked.

“Some problems with labored breathing, I think. And I believe that she is still unconscious,” Jane answered.

“I’ll meet the ambulance,” Robert responded. “Where will she go?”

Jane looked at the board and said, “Trauma 2. It’s cleaned and ready.”

Robert thanked her, and headed toward the back entrance again.

It was frigid cold standing outside, waiting for the ambulance, and the wind was whipping around the tall buildings. Robert pulled his jacket closer around him. He couldn’t wait to get back to the Big Easy where he hoped things would be easier than they were in Virginia.

He saw the blinking lights of the ambulance several blocks before it pulled in. An ED resident doctor, Dr. Ben, joined Robert on the tarmac, smiled at him, and said, “She’s finally here, Dr. Bonnet. We’ll take good care of her.”

Robert nodded and said, “Thank you. She means everything to me.”

The paramedics jumped out of the back, and in a minute the stretcher was being wheeled through the main ED to Trauma Room 2.

Robert listened intently as the paramedics gave reports to the nurse and the young resident. “She has dyspnea, is short of breath, has Lactated Ringers hanging, seems to be in pain, and moans when turned. BP is dropping and she is tachycardic.”

Robert watched as they transferred Alex to the ED table. She looked ghostly white and frail. His heart beat frantically with fear.

He stood by helplessly watching as the resident did a neuro exam and the nurse hooked Alex up to the cardiac monitor.

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