>But then there was those that were near engineering when the second blast
>hit.
> Repair crews and medics alike who were still aboard the Thunderhead
>recovering. How about them.... How about Serana and Selara...
>
In the Thunderchief sickbay...
Despite the initial need for space, Selara had managed to keep one operating
room for herself, mostly by weight of hard glares and reputation. It had
been a tense several hours, and 90% of Serana's survival chance was still
beyond Selara's capability.
Actually, the damage had not been as extensive as she initially thought.
Serana had an artificial backbone - a result of a previous battle - which
was made of a lightweight Venasian synthetic which could withstand
tremendous oceanic pressures. Therefore, her backbone - and the delicate
central nerves it housed - had remained relatively unscathed. Her vestigial
lungs had been shredded in the blast, but a Venasian respiratory system had
the advantage that so long as there was enough skin to allow molecular
exchange, that person would remain alive. Selara might be able to replace
the lung system later, but that wasn't crucial right now, nor something she
wanted to undertake without a respiratory specialist present.
Serana had been pinned under another body; she had been shielded from the
full brunt of the attack, but enough holes had torn through her that she had
lost a lot of blood. Venasian blood was scarce. Selara had to synthesize
some artificial plasma V-packs, which she wasn't sure would take for too
long. Serana's system could reject the infusions, which would mean certain
death for the doctor.
Otherwise, she had suffered severe burns to her face and limbs, but not her
torso - again, a result of being shielded. She also had a concussion, and a
broken leg. The leg had been the easiest thing to fix; Selara was still
wrestling with the burn damage. She had raised the oxygen levels in the
room to a high level (she and the staff now wore respirators) and begun
fluid transfer. She had also started following the treatment protocol for
burn victims, and assessing the probability of skin graft treatment.
However, Serana had to pull through the next several hours before Selara
could consider transplants.
"There's little more you can do here," she told her assistants, "The rest is
up to her. Go and be useful somewhere else."
The assistants nodded - in relief, it seemed - and left the room. Selara
opened a communication channel to Garibaldi. "Well, Serana's stable," she
said without preamble,"but still very critical. The next few hours will tell
whether she'll pull through, and if she does, she's in for a long recovery."
"Thank you for your help, Selara. I do apprecaite it.Perhaps you could use
some rest yourself. I can rig up a room with your specail requirements if
you like."
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