Dakota by Baker Karen

Author:Baker, Karen [Baker, Karen]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
Publisher: Shadoe Publishing
Published: 2015-05-06T16:00:00+00:00

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The first few days and nights on the ward were a blur. One morning Dakota woke at 6:45 a.m. Making her bed was simple since all she had was a security blanket from the hospital. The nurses had given her a security blanket because she had ripped her last regular blanket into shreds. The simple plastic blanket was barely long enough, but kept her warm just the same. After her morning bathroom duties, Dakota headed to the main dining room. Breakfast comes early on the psych ward, 7:15 a.m. She spied a table with only one chair and sat down to eat her marvelous military-prepared meal. Not even halfway through her meal of watered-down, powdered eggs, she pushed it away; it was too disgusting to even try to digest. She didn’t head to the medication window like she should. Instead, she headed back to her room, stretched out on the bed, and fell back to sleep. Besides, she was here voluntarily, so the nurses couldn’t make her take her meds if she didn’t want to.

Dr. Reuther woke her around 9:45 a.m. “You didn’t take your meds this morning.” He sat and waited for her reply.

Dakota sat up and closely eyed the doctor. “Why would I want to do that? Nothing has worked in the past, and they’re not going to start working now.”

“You have to take the meds, Dakota. Either take them voluntarily, or I will put you on a fourteen day diversion, and then I will have you sedated.”

Dakota was getting angry. She thought about her options and figured that the doctor was bluffing. “I will leave before you can do that.”

“Too late. I knew you would try to leave, so I started the diversion already. Now it’s up to you. Take the shots, or the cops outside the door will hold you down while the nurse gives them to you. Easy or hard, but you are getting the shots.”

Dakota glared at him, challenging him. “Bring it on, Doc.”

With a flip of his wrist, the three Veterans Affairs police entered the room. Lieutenant Street spoke softly, “Dakota, you know us. We will do what it takes, so will you please just take the shots?”

She just sat there and said nothing.

“Please, Dakota, I’m not going to ask again. Take the shots or we will be forced to take action.” They took a few steps toward her, expecting her response.

“Do what you have to do, but I’m not taking the shots,” Dakota stated firmly.

The three officers eased up to her and gently took her wrists and ankles. That’s when Dakota lost control. She jerked her arms and legs, but by then the officers had a good hold on her. They placed her face down on the twin bed. Dr. Reuther motioned for the nurse to enter with the shots.

“Dammit, let me go!” Dakota yelled.

“In just a minute,” the Lieutenant quietly responded.

The nurse lowered Dakota’s scrubs, found her mark, and pushed in the first injection. Then she repeated her sequence for the second injection.

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