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All Time Love
Story written on September 23, 2012 by kins40.
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"Mr Johnson’s chart."
Bette grabbed the manilla folder and opened it. She glanced at the various graphs and annotations, her eyes darting to the information her years of practice were looking for and automatically were drawn to.
"How was his night?" Bette asked without lifting her gaze from the information in her hands.
She listened to the nurse recalling the information exchanged at the shift change over.
"Nil by mouth?" Bette asked, knowing the answer. Her directives were always followed to the letter.
"Yes Doctor," the nurse answered in her most professional way, "Since 5 O’Clock yesterday afternoon….. Hasn’t stopped complaining since that he is hungry."
Bette smiled again. Her patient complaining about such a mundane thing as food, or as the case may be, lack of, meant he was not focusing and therefore not worrying about his upcoming surgery.
Bette thanked the nurse and turned her back to head towards Mr Johnson’s room.
It was her routine. The way she liked to do things.
Her first stop was always the pre-op holding area, where her patient and most often their family waited with varying degrees of anxiety. She liked to exchange greetings minutes before the operation.
She was met with the usual sight. Her patient in bed, looking slightly tired and drained and their family, plunged in idle chat or deep meaningful prayer to avoid the elephant in the room. The fact that their son, daughter, husband, wife was about to undergo surgery.
She always liked to know that she had done her office job right, which meant finding a relatively calm and optimistic patient.
Armed with her legendary confidence and a genuine smile on her face, Bette entered the room to greet the gathered family making sure to approach the patient and touch their hand, or a knee or a belly to assure them of her connection to their plight and her dedication to making them better.
"Seems like a great day for a colon resection." She said light heartedly making eye contact with her patient.
"Hope you’re not hung over, Doc," One of the relative jokingly interjected behind her.
Bette was used to this kind of banter and played along as it always helped disperse the palpable apprehension.
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Oh, Kins…what have you done? I am so hooked already…Apology accepted for the one offs.
Great beginning. PPS
OK, I’ll just fix a cup of tea and come back for the next chapter. Shouldn’t be but a minute, right? :-)
Uh oh…looks like I’m hooked again and on the edge already.
Ok – I’m ready for this ride….PPS.
Oh K 😱 I’m ready for the next post you’ve already written. Please 😰 you can’t leave me here like this 😪 thanks for another great story.
Ditto to the above comments. Great start to another brilliant story. Yes, I shall also make a cup of tea and wait patiently for another chapter. Thanks!
Oh Kins you have us on the edge of our seats with this first chapter. How good and special you are. And I agree with everyone’s comments above me. My tea is ready and I’m waiting. Wonderful job. Thank you for sharing this one with us as well.
This is going to be so good..looking forward to more!!
Wow! This is so exciting! And what a nightmare for Bette, to be the one to attend to someone she obviously has a past with. Please, please, post soon. And thank you!
Sooo hooked already..awesome beginning
‘No other surgeons available?” – and Bette has to operate on Tina?… pps!
A new story-what a nice surprise !!!!!PPS
Wow Kins!!…😊👍 This is good!! A good start of another great story-I am sure!! ;-) … But what a cliffy! 😱”Bette… It’s Tina…” 😱What is that?!? Bette has dinner plan with Jodie and then Shane’s comment is that! And Tina is still bleeding?!? 😰Wow! Wow! Wow!! Too many things hold my attention now!! I hope you will post another update soon!! 😉 and… thanks Kins for sharing your talents with us!! Always around for your update!! 😁
Whenever i see you posting a new story i get excited because i know it going to be good. Cant wait for the next post. Pps
I am totally hooked. Can’t wait for the next update. Thank you for this story
Dr Bette Porter..as a Surgeon!.. wow..been wishing & hoping for a new fanfic with Bette in this character. Must be awesome. Can’t wait for the next post. Great start but slightly unsettled with Tina at the other end.
Waiting on tenterhooks for the next one. Please post real soon before one of us dies from the suspense…:) Great start. Thanks for giving us lot another story to treasure.
I’ll be damn!…this can’t be real?!……will read it again to make sure…..[A minute later] KINS! WTH?!!… Nooooooooooooo!………..she is going to be alright, right?…ok…ok….just the first chap…. ….pps?…
I’m hooked…all buckled in for the ride. Please don’t let us wait too long.
WOW this is interesting and im hooked, please post more, thanks!
……………………………..mm.mmmmmmm
Just finished the savannah sequels and now onto this one ahh I can’t wait to start you’re amazing I hope you’re still writing because you truly are a blessing