Obstetricante dea

Posted on 15 Oct 2021 @ 12:21am by Lieutenant C'Tora Kuroka & Commander Amelia Fox & Lieutenant Xu Chang Lau & Lieutenant JG Oliver Stevens & Lieutenant Cassandra Higgins-Stevens & Lieutenant Syvar MD

Mission: Picking up the pieces
Location: Sickbay
1883 words - 3.8 OF Standard Post Measure

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The doors parted to sickbay as Oliver and Hawkins entered carrying Xu who was breathing deeply, trying to employ the breathing techniques that Doctor C'Tora had shown her but they seemed to be doing little to help. Sweat was pouring down her face as this contraction held longer than the rest but only for a fraction of a moment. As the two men placed her on the nearest biobed to started to fade away giving her a time to breath and regain her composure.

Michael looked at Ollie, then to Xu as they brought her in. "You're going to be okay, Xu you will be." he remarked, "And the same for you, Ollie."

Oliver just shot him a look bordering on terrified and non believing those words. "Breathe love. Thats what all the partners say right?"

Syvar was already running the moment they placed Xu onto the bed. "C'Tora!" he called out, "C'Tora I need you here, now!" He wasn't going to do this on his own, he hadn't delivered a baby before, and he was really NOT going to do this on his own. "How far are the contractions apart?" he asked as he flipped open his tricorder, "how long have you been having them?"

Cassandra following the young Vulcan but grabbing the nearest tray of hypo's and the pain killers knowing that something would need to be applied.

C'Tora walked out of his office. " Nurse 15ml Metorapan. " Looking up he noticed she already had it. " Never mind, you already have it. Top notch staff I tell you, best in the fleet! " He stood behind Syvar and watched. " Status Doctor Syvar? "

Once Xu was situated, Michael tapped on his commbadge, "Commander Fox we've got Xu, and she's in labour right now in sickbay"

Amelia's voice came over the comm, "Acknowledged Sickbay. Someone sure is in a hurry to be born. Please keep me informed. Fox out."

Xu screamed in pain from the biobed, gripping Ollies arm in a vice like bone crushing grip that was not reflected in her size or usually calm and reserved exterior.

"Doctor, whatever is going on here is burning through the pain relief", Nurse Higgins spoke to the two medical MD's in the room, her tricorder going crazy with readings that did not make one iota of sense. "The Metropan has already been absorbed by her system!"

Syvar stood stunned for a moment. "Then up the dosage," he suggested once he recollected himself, "lieutenant, I recommend you concentrate on your breathing." He looked up to C'Tora, silently pleading for assistance in a single glance. He felt way out of his league, and he needed guidance.

C'Tora appeared to be surprised. " Absorbed? How can that be? " He quickly move to the tray for a hypo. " I really don't like doing this but.... Computer, replicate vial 4 Milliliters Terakine. " He put the vial into the hypo and then checked the tricorder readings. " Keep a constant watch on the readings! Let me know if there are any changes. " The hypo hissed against Xu's neck. " That's as strong as I dare go! That's enough to knock out three Klingon warriors in a full bloodlust battle rage. If this doesn't work I don't know what will. "

"I think she just needs to push," Oliver said simply. In his head he was seeing that woman again. Wearing the tiara that she had won. She nodded at him. "I'm ... well I'm wondering about something .... Is anyone else seeing this woman. Jon said she was a goddess."

" I'm a little focused right now. " Said C'Tora. " The only little goddess I'm aware of is the one being born right now. Syvar, move in closer and prepare to catch, your up now. "

"Ollie... I can't... It hurts!" a scream erupted from between Xu's lips, her skin sodden with perspiration as the lights seemed to brighten in the room as the next contraction wracked her slight frame.

Michael held Xu's other hand, wincing at the grip she was exerting. "You can do this Xu. I know you can" feeling a searing pain hit his temple as he saw an image of a dark haired woman hovering nearby as if she were waiting for something. "Come on Xu, you can breathe through it" he gasped out through gritted teeth.

Again she screamed a scream so laced with agony that it was piercing directly to the core of ones being which Nurse Higgins was already ahead of.

"Doctor the pain relief has again burned through... No matter what we give her is making no difference" something else caught the nurses attention... blood. A torrent had started to flow, far more than one would expect and the Asian woman fighting to bring her daughter into the world was starting to loose. Colour draining from her until she was an ashen white colour, the screaming subsiding to nothing more than incoherent ramblings, her limbs loosing the tautness and instead turning limp.

" Move, move, move!!! " Roared C'Tora. " Her placenta has detached prematurely!! Laser scalpel NOW!! He moved to the side and made an incision into the stomach above where he needed to be. " Syvar get that baby out while I take care of this. Nurse Higgins get blood plasma going until we can replicate her blood type and get it going." He looked up briefly at Oliver. " and you. Pray with everything you've got, I swear I'll do everything I can to save her. " He then began the repair work to the Uterine wall after removing the placenta, with as much fervor as he could muster up.

Syvar had not seen his boss roar like this before and it sent a shiver down his spine. He jumped into action, pulling off his gloves as he felt he did need more connection with his patient now. He gently touched her arm. "You're going to be fine ma'am, just keep breathing. You'll be holding your baby in no time," he reassured her as a nurse handed him a pair of fresh surgical gloves to replace his regular leather ones.

He moved quickly, banking wholly on what he had learned about deliveries in medical school, as he had never performed a caesarean before. Within seconds, he had extracted the baby from the womb and moved swiftly to clamp off the umbilical in two places. As things were moving so fast, Syvar chose to cut the cord himself, then quickly wrapped the baby in a warm blanket and handed her to a nurse. "Doctor...we're losing her," he suddenly cried out. "Oliver, I'm sorry, you need to leave now. Go with the nurse and be with your daughter, while we try to save her."

Oliver couldn’t believe what was happening. “No no no no Xu. Xu love hang on. Stay with us. She needs you. I need you.”

"Gentleman, I know this is hard but let's go to the Doctor office and let them do their work... Here!"
Cassandra handed the baby to Oliver, trying to pull his attention to the person he could help, the one he could be with now and give the correct start in this life to. Once his eyes were fixed she put her arm around his waist and started to direct him.

"You too Lieutenant!" she said to Hawkins. "Oliver will need a friend right about now as well!"

Michael's heart was pounding hard, feeling a tightness in his chest, "Uh yes, come on Ollie, lets get to the office. Feeling his legs start to tremble. "I think we both need to go have a seat, I don't want to pass out." his breath becoming shaky at the emotions that were welling up inside of him. He turned to where C'Tora was at . "Save her, please save her." that last part going out to the universe in a prayer.

"What do I do?" Oliver asked looking down at the baby. He wasn't ready for this. Most dads to be got time to read up and learn what to do.

The deck pitched making the medical staff, Hawkins and Oliver stumble as they made their way through to the office, the power fluctuations becoming even more severe with lights flickering on and off.

C'Tora resteadied his balance and quickly tapped his combadge as he continued to work at a feverish pace. " Bridge what the hells is going on? Are we under attack? The whole ship is bucking and I need emergency power to Sickbay or I'm going to lose this patient! I need power NOW to keep that bastard at bay!! "

Syvar caught himself as the ship shook violently, throwing himself forward to brace Xu against the bed. "If power fails we'll resort to archaic methods," he said quietly, before looking towards the office. "We'll do what we can to save her..." He grimaced as he suddenly seemed to double over. "Oh no....." he whispered, "no no no, not now, not now."

C'Tora glanced around and spotted one of his nurses. " Nurse Maston, Stand by to fire up the emergency generator. It's only to be used in a crisis and has twelve hours of power. If ship power fails flip the switch. " The nurse nodded. " Aye Sir. " As she went to stand ready.
Out of the corner of his eye he noticed Syvar nearly double over. He continued his work on Xu using the trilaser connector to fuse together the rupture and control the bleeding. He glanced up briefly at Syvar. Knowing that Vulcans form bonds with their mates he spoke quietly to Syvar. " Syvar, are you alright? Is it Amelia? " He asked.

Tears in his eyes, Syvar looked up and nodded. "It's too soon," he breathed, while continuig to assist. He desperately wanted to be with Amelia but there was no way he was going to abandon his patient, who needed him too -and probably moreso-, in favour of being with his wife.

A stern look crossed C'tora's face as he spoke with Syvar. " Syvar I'm going to give you a direct order, So focus on what I'm telling you. You are to load a full medical kit onto a anti grav gurney with two blankets and two clean towels, You are to take Nurse Higgens with you . You are to proceed to the bridge and assist with the person going into labor there. You've delivered one baby today, the second one should be easy. " He said with a slight smile. " I've got this. Now go! And that's an order mister. "

"Are you sure?" Syvar started to protest, but one look at the feline told him that he was. Part of him relieved, but part of him not wanting to leave his patient, the young Vulcan did as he was told.

With the lights blinking off and on and the ship shuddering, Michael looked around with a concerned expression. He was needed for the ship but he was needed here as well. He trusted his engineering crew to keep things from totally flying apart.

The baby in his arms started crying. "I think she's hungry," Oliver said his face white.

END

Lieutenant Xu Chang-Lau
Chief Operations Officer

Lieutenant JG Cassandra Higgins
Nursing

Lieutenant Oliver Stevens
Chief Transporter Operator

Doctor C'Tora
Chief Medical Officer

Doctor Syvar
Medical Officer

Commander Amelia Fox
Executive Officer

Lieutenant Michael Hawkins
Chief Engineering Officer