Personal Log 002a

Posted on 24 May 2012 @ 7:26pm by Lieutenant Commander Pola Ni Dhuinn M.D.

656 words; about a 3 minute read

Computer, begin log:

*after a moment or two of silence there is the sound of a long sigh*

Where to begin? I'm not even 5days onboard and my life seems to have been turned upside down. It could only happen to me. Let's see if I can manage to make all of this understandable.

In my last entry I talked about a patient called Lilou who had driven me demented. The damage that girl had done to herself.....even now I can't figure out how she is still alive. Now add to the equation my patient Kiri. Whereas Lilou was physical damage, Kiri is the opposite end of the spectrum.

How can someone have the mentality that it is ok to only eat every three days and even at that, the food she eats is rations. Weather or not the rations give sufficient nutrients which the body requires, the girl was showing the first stages of malnutrition! Even if she changes the ration to allow more iron and vitamins she refuses to listen to me that it is NOT ok to maintain this kind of diet! If I'd have had my own way I'd have removed her from duty and locked her in the brig until she learned to eat proper meals per day. But I can't, my arguments were defeated by her, I didn't have the proper ammunition to be able to force the argument with her.

*the sound can be heard of a frustrated sigh and a boot hitting the ground*

It's difficult being CMO. When your the head honcho, your go to person for advise is the XO. I get the feeling that his solution would probable be to throw her in the brig, he'd find someway to see her as a threat.

*sound of a soft laugh*

Once I have all the ship medicals out of the way, I hope to be able to devote proper time to build an argument which will help Kiri see where I'm going from...in theory anyway.

Actually that reminds me, I need to research a more permenante pheromone suppressant for the Captain, the joys of being a Doctor. There's always so many advancements in the world that it really is difficult to keep up with them all.

So seeing as where my train of thought is now, let's go from the Captain to the Commander....Jonathan...he is so frustrating!!! Now I've actually had a chance to step back and thing about the whole situation, I find it's crazy. One minute he allows himself to be dragged off for a dance and even suggested the waltz. Then next minute he's pushing me away. I mean like what the hell? I thought we might have been becoming friends, on a ship this small you need friends where you can get them. I understand an XO can never be off duty, just like the CMO, but that doesn't mean he can't not be friends with his sub-ordinates! He'll lead a blooming lonely life on this ship if that's the case.

Ok...maybe the second time we met I was overly emotional, I was upset over a few things which he had triggered. And maybe he inadvertently triggered them so it wasn't really his fault and alright...most men just don't deal with tearful women well but still...I just wanted a friend.

I've figured the best way now to handle Jonathan is to avoid him...that might have backfired slightly as I'd to call him to sickbay today but that was business. Given I'm one of his senior staff members I have to report to him so I figure, avoid him over personal stuff and things will be fine...In theory anyway.

Anyway...it's not as if I can drag him dancing for the next two to three weeks.

*sound of a sigh and russling of clothes and a loud curse*

Damn!! Computer End Log.

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