Caspian walks Madilyn to the side of the bed, sitting her on the stool he was just on. I feel him beneath me moving Cole’s hand until it’s far enough out to get to the IV port.
“Casper,”
“Yes sir?”
“It sounds like you’re nning on giving him the Valium as well.”
“I am, sir.”
“How much?”
“He’s supposed to be receiving five milligrams every twelve hours.”
Allen suddenly chimes in but before I can speak my mind Caspian speaks his.
“We found that five was depressing his ability to breathe so Millie and I agreed on giving him three. My n right now, alpha, is to give him one in the hopes that it takes the edge off the anxiety attacks he’s having in rtion to receiving the medication.”
Guilt can be heard in Caspian’s voice yet at the same time it does not waiver.
“Who authorized lessening the dose?”
“No one, sir. My sole duty is to do what’s right for the patient. For a day and a half Millie and I struggled to keep his oxygen levels up and it was at the end of Millie’s shift on the second day that we talked about it. We both sent messages and made notes but no changes were ordered so for his safety we lowered it to three and if he needed more we gave the rest ?ix hourster.”
I can hear Allen growling lowly as Caspian makes his way back to Cole but before he can speak I’ve already decided I’ve had enough.
“Allen, I appreciate what you’ve done for Cole but at this time your help is no longer needed. You know my desire with nurse Alice, make sure it happens. In regards to Caspian’s and Millie’s insubordination. You will file that, if you feel the need to, through me. I and I alone will enact discipline if I feel it’s needed. Caspian, even though I wanted to hold off on the Valium, I agree that having two severe panic attacks while receiving the Vicodin one milligram of Valium is a goodpromise towards making him morefortable with the move. Do you think you can remove the cath without exposing him to Madilyn?”
“I don’t even have to move the nket for that, sir.”
“Great, so back to the original n. Ang and Jessa will be here in five.”
Cole is nearly sleeping as Caspian starts his medication again. He whimpers hard and pulls his hand away but overall, handles the Vicodin better than the first two times. The Valium doesn’t seem to bother him but
Caspian gives it slowly to ensure he gets only part of the dose that’s in the syringe.
It’s only the movement of the sheet beneath me and a slight whine from Cole that tells me that the catheter is gone and it’s only after I gingerly maneuver myself off of Cole that Caspian is able to look at his mouth. He has a nasty cut where the nurse’s blows forced him to bite the inside of his mouth but he decides to leave it be since it’s no longer bleeding and Cole is no longerining about it. It’s as Caspian is gathering supplies that Ang and Jessa arrive with the bed from the ambnce.
“Casper, I need your help moving him.”
“Yes sir.”
I’m surprised but pleased by his immediate response. I wake him gently as I had allowed Madilyn to continue to sit with him the few minutes between getting him ready and waiting for my ambnce to
“Cole,” I run my hand roughly through his hair as I speak. “I need to sit you up to get you moved.”
He growls lightly but starts moving his arms and body around in an effort to do it himself. I put my hand gently on his arm as his struggle intensifies.
“We are going to move you Cole. We just want you to know what’s going on so that you don’t fight us.”
He copses back down the small amount he managed to move as between the codeine and Valium in his system he’s proving quite uncoordinated at the moment.
“Madilyn, I need you with your mom.”
She scampers away with a soft ‘yes sir‘ as Caspian and I start gently moving Cole’s body into a better position for moving him.
“Make sure that the other bed is locked. We can’t handle it moving when we try to put him down.”
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