I just need a quick fix. on Hospital Wing

Lily Spencer

March 01, 2018 4:15 PM

I just need a quick fix. by Lily Spencer

The night before, Lily had been feeling more lethargic than usual and chilly, so she'd decided to sleep early to nip the virus before she really became ill. She didn't sleep well. Throughout the night, she tossed and turned, but refused to get up and visit the Hospital Wing. She could fight it on her own; she was rarely ill, after all. It didn't work, however, and she woke up light-headed with a strong inclination to stay in bed. Her father was a mediwizard, and in her few years of experience she knew how to tell that she had a fever and needed medicine. However, she decided to get on with her day in her endeavour to become a better student. A Prefect couldn't stay in bed just because they felt like it, and she was not one for dramatising illnesses. Lily dressed, taking longer than usual to tie her trainers, and went to Cascade Hall for breakfast.

It felt chilly outside despite the sun shining. Lily went back to grab herself a coat, but it didn't help much. She couldn't taste her orange juice very well and her temples were throbbing. Lily put a hand to her forehead, but nothing seemed wrong. Nothing looked very appetising either, so she decided to skip her usual meal and drank water instead. After waiting a few minutes, she went to her first class, but as she tried to concentrate and cast her spells properly, she realised she could barely focus on the task at hand. She managed to avoid an explosive accident and decided to take it easy during the rest of her courses. Quidditch players were made of thicker skin than this; a mere chill wouldn't knock her out.

As DADA continued, she could feel her body temperature rising. Her flushed cheeks weren't subsiding, and even the simplest spells became difficult to perform. She rested her head on her hand for a good part of the lesson, her body feeling too heavy to lug about. Lily wanted very badly to fight the virus by her own strength – after all, she hardly was ill and Quidditch players needed to be strong in all circumstances – but she needed to heal quickly to be well enough to keep with her Seeker practises in MARS and with her Prefect duties. She'd grown up being taught that taking care of oneself was critical to doing anything well and that everyone needed medicinal potions here and there.

The rest of class felt like an eternity, but finally they were released and Lily dragged herself to the Hospital Wing. It took her some time to get there, first because she had forgotten where it was, and then because she was fighting the desire to curl up into a ball where she stood every step of the way.

Eventually, the English witch made it and leant against a chair, unable to stop her shivering. “I've got a fever,” she told the healer, “and I've had it since last night. It wasn't so terrible yesterday, but it's just gotten worse. I can't miss classes though, I need to do well on my CATS else my parents'll lock me up this summer.” Her words were slurring and she wasn't enunciating well, but she didn't notice.

Lily felt very close to fainting, so she sat down in the chair and took a deep breath. "Do you have any medicine that'll heal me quickly so I can return to class?" Class, at the moment, was the last place Lily wanted to be, but she'd never been so determined to achieve high marks as she was this year.

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Healer Kapoor

March 02, 2018 10:52 AM

Not happening by Healer Kapoor

Another one? Firstly, another one with the same symptoms as the last two. That meant they officially had something nasty going round. Second of all, another one who just wanted to be fixed up and sent back to class.

“Nope,” she replied, crossing her arms firmly, “You are not going to fail your CATS by missing one day of classes. There's something going round, and my bet is you'll need at least a couple of doses of fever remedy and a nice long rest to get rid of it.

“Name?” she asked. She could see the house on the front of the girl's robes. Pecari. The other two had both been Teppenpaws…. She retrieved the girl's notes, making sure she had no allergies and so on. The thermometre made its way over, pointedly hovering and perfectly willing to poke if it was not readily admitted. Soon it was squeaking out another fever of one hundred and three.

“Maybe if you'd come to me when you first felt ill, we could have knocked it on the head sooner, but now you're going nowhere except that bed,” Anisha informed the girl. “I'm going to give you non-drowsy formula. We'll see if you fancy dinner this evening, and then I'm putting you to bed with a dose of the knock out stuff.”

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Lily

March 04, 2018 12:09 PM

I'm not complaining. by Lily

Answering the healer's questions was difficult in the haze Lily was feeling, and she pinched her arm to make herself focus. She had no allergies nor any particular reactions to certain ingredients or medications.

It was odd to hear that there was a virus going around; she hadn't talked to anyone else about having a fever and no one had the common symptoms. Being ill, Lily was in no mood to fight, so she acquiesced to all that the healer said and asked of her.

When the thermometre squeaked out her temperature, Lily's eyes widened. One hundred and three! She had never had a fever that high before.

She ignored the healer's chastising and took the formula. Missing classes, if she were being honest, did not sound like a bad thing. The farce of being interested in her subjects was difficult to keep up here in the Hospital Wing. "I suppose I'll just... lie here?" she asked. One of the worst bits about being sick was lying in bed with nothing to entertain herself with. It was incredibly dull being ill at times. Still, the bed looked very inviting and she crawled into it. Despite the non-drowsy formula, she felt her eyelids closing and soon she was unconscious.

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