JOSHUA STILLMAN - DISASTROUS SURGERY

Joshua Stillman is a creative writing student in Orlando, Florida. In his free time, he likes to play video games. You can check his twitter @jstillman6583 

DISASTROUS SURGERY

            “Dusty, we need to close him up! There’s nothing we can do!” shouted Aubry.
            “Damn! He’ll die at this rate!” Dusty replied, trying not to throw his tools down in frustration. “Sorry but I can’t do this right now!” Dusty added as he rushed out of the room before he made a fatal mistake.
“Dusty, do we have any patients today?”, Aubry asked. She held several folders in her arms and one of them had a different color and said confidential on it.
“Well, I believe we only have that one patient. I can’t find his chart though, have you seen it? It says confidential on it.”, Dusty replied.
            “Ah yes here it is. Richard Anderson is the only one we operate on today. It says he has dilated cardiomyopathy.”, she said handing him Richard’s chart. She continued, “Word around the office is that we’ll be getting some top-secret package today!”
            “I heard that too, I can’t wait to see what it is!”, Dusty responded.
            The intercom sounded its alarm and said in a robotic voice, “Dr. Dusty and Dr. Aubry, please report to the operating room. I repeat please report to the operating room.”
            “I guess it’s time for surgery!”, Dusty said as they ran to the operating room.
            Shortly after, they arrived in the almost empty room. In there only one patient, Richard Anderson, and they were administering the anesthesia to him. They scrubbed their hands and suited up for surgery. They were already used to the beach and alcohol smells present.
            The nurse that was assigned to help them said, “Richard Anderson, suffering from an unknown disease. He was admitted a few days ago… May 27, 2028, with symptoms of dyspnea, tachypnea, and complaining of chest pains.” She was setting their tray of tools out and added, “We’ve received a special package and it’s made to be used on him.”
            The two doctors turned to each other and smiled. “What’s the procedure?”, Aubry asked as she put her gloves on.
            The nurse replied, “We’ll be doing a lobectomy on Mr. Anderson. Since we don’t know of this disease, extreme caution is necessary. This will be more of a research than an operation.”
            The doctors nodded and began grabbing their tools.
“Beginning the operation!” Dusty said as he began by grabbing some antibiotic gel and rubbing it over Anderson’s chest. In that time, he turned around and Aubry took over.
            “Beginning the initial incision!” Aubry said as she used the scalpel to open Anderson’s chest open. She glanced at the heart and it looked healthy for a man of his age. “Dusty? Look at this…”
            Dusty looked like he saw a ghost. “Wh-what the fuck?!” he said eyes wide open, “the fluid—it’s changing colors!”
The nurse stepped in and tried to calm them “Doctors please calm down.”
            They calmed down and examined the gelatinous fluid. “There’s a core?” Aubry asked and Dusty nodded as if this couldn’t get any weirder. “Ok, hand me the laser!” Aubry said. She grabbed it from the nurse and fired a continuous beam at the core.
            “Nothing? Damn.” Dusty said. He grabbed the scalpel and attempted to cut it out. Nothing happened and he growled.
            The nurse smiled and set the newly arrived box on another table. “We’ve received the package! It’s full of syringes and vials. Grab some and inject some of the blue vial.” Aubry did as told and the fluid turned blue. “Now try the pink!” Dusty injected the pink and it changed to pink. “Damn! Try the yellow.” Aubry injected it but this medicine caused the fluid to go haywire and started changing colors rapidly. “The white is a neutralizer—” Dusty immediately injected it with the white and it calmed down. “Ok, it looks weak snag some tissue! We’ll send it to the lab! There’s nothing else we can do…” said the defeated nurse. Dusty nodded and used the scalpel to remove part of the core. He placed it on the tray and started twitching. Dusty reddened up and became furious at the situation. He seized the drain and it didn’t do anything to the fluid. After that he tried to use the syringes with the colorful medicine and it caused the fluid to go crazy.
“Stop that, Dusty! We need to close him up! There’s nothing we can do!” shouted Aubry.
            “Damn! He’ll die at this rate!” Dusty replied, trying not to throw his tools down in frustration. “Sorry but I can’t do this right now!” Dusty added as he rushed out of the room before he made a fatal mistake.  
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