Winter 2nd, 518 AV
It was another day and Gemma was at work again. She walked up the long steps to her work, washed her hands before she began, and got to work. Today she was scheduled to help with surgery. She double-checked to make sure that all of her herbs and medicines were in place in her pouch, and reported for duty.
“Hello, doctor, I'm ready for my shift.” She said as she walked into the surgery wing.
“Good. First patient in five.” The doctor said brusquely.
Five minutes later, Gemma was waiting ask the doctor entered the room. The doctor's assistant had already prepared the room and the table, and had brought in the patient. Gemma was excited because this was one of her first surgeries. Normally she just did rounds like another doctor's assistant, and then she did her best to make sure the patients were not in pain, and she had used her healing ability to the ticket. The simple fact was that her medical skill was not what it should be for her to assist in a surgery. However, in the case of a surgery such as today, she was invited to participate both to learn and to use her gifts.
Today, her responsibility was to make sure that the patient did not bleed too much. This was something that even her simple level one gnosis Mark was sufficient for. She stood opposite to the doctor, closer to the chest. Today they would be operating to remove cancer. Gemma had heard of cancer before, but she had never seen it in an open patient. She had never even known anyone who suffered from cancer. Her people tended not to suffer from things like this.
The patient was opened, and the cancer was revealed. Gemma was commanded to begin her work by stopping the bleeding. She whispered words of a prayer and the bleeding visibly slowed. It did not stop, but that was intentional. She did not want to fully heal the wound while it was open, because that would make it harder for the wound to be closed and to heal properly later.
She paid extra close attention to all medical details. After all, even though she was paid to be a Healer, you would be much more effective if you was able to use mundane medical knowledge in addition to Healing Arts. She paid close attention to the way the doctor held the scalpel, imagining herself as the one opening the wound.
Before she knew it, the surgery was over. Thankfully, the cancer had been identified early enough that it could be healed by simply removing it. With the doctor's supervision, Gemma was allowed to close the wound using a needle and thread. She gripped the thread with metallic instruments, and begin sewing as she had been instructed previously. It was not something she did all the time, but she had done it enough, both in reality and in practice, that she was able to complete the action with no questions or comments from the doctor. She prayed one more time over the patient, and began to apply an herbal compound as an antiseptic. It was a simple combination of honey and a Vyfox. She crushed them together in her mortar and pestle and applied them to the bandages before placing the bandage over the wound and binding it with cloth. And with that, another surgery was a success.
WC: 571
It was another day and Gemma was at work again. She walked up the long steps to her work, washed her hands before she began, and got to work. Today she was scheduled to help with surgery. She double-checked to make sure that all of her herbs and medicines were in place in her pouch, and reported for duty.
“Hello, doctor, I'm ready for my shift.” She said as she walked into the surgery wing.
“Good. First patient in five.” The doctor said brusquely.
Five minutes later, Gemma was waiting ask the doctor entered the room. The doctor's assistant had already prepared the room and the table, and had brought in the patient. Gemma was excited because this was one of her first surgeries. Normally she just did rounds like another doctor's assistant, and then she did her best to make sure the patients were not in pain, and she had used her healing ability to the ticket. The simple fact was that her medical skill was not what it should be for her to assist in a surgery. However, in the case of a surgery such as today, she was invited to participate both to learn and to use her gifts.
Today, her responsibility was to make sure that the patient did not bleed too much. This was something that even her simple level one gnosis Mark was sufficient for. She stood opposite to the doctor, closer to the chest. Today they would be operating to remove cancer. Gemma had heard of cancer before, but she had never seen it in an open patient. She had never even known anyone who suffered from cancer. Her people tended not to suffer from things like this.
The patient was opened, and the cancer was revealed. Gemma was commanded to begin her work by stopping the bleeding. She whispered words of a prayer and the bleeding visibly slowed. It did not stop, but that was intentional. She did not want to fully heal the wound while it was open, because that would make it harder for the wound to be closed and to heal properly later.
She paid extra close attention to all medical details. After all, even though she was paid to be a Healer, you would be much more effective if you was able to use mundane medical knowledge in addition to Healing Arts. She paid close attention to the way the doctor held the scalpel, imagining herself as the one opening the wound.
Before she knew it, the surgery was over. Thankfully, the cancer had been identified early enough that it could be healed by simply removing it. With the doctor's supervision, Gemma was allowed to close the wound using a needle and thread. She gripped the thread with metallic instruments, and begin sewing as she had been instructed previously. It was not something she did all the time, but she had done it enough, both in reality and in practice, that she was able to complete the action with no questions or comments from the doctor. She prayed one more time over the patient, and began to apply an herbal compound as an antiseptic. It was a simple combination of honey and a Vyfox. She crushed them together in her mortar and pestle and applied them to the bandages before placing the bandage over the wound and binding it with cloth. And with that, another surgery was a success.
WC: 571