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Resisting the urge to shake his hands back and forth to ease the tingling sensation burning his fingertips, he finished re the left axillary nodes He’d rey, too All he’d have left was to clean up the surgical site to make reconstruction easier at a later date and to sew up the incisions he’dhih not his norh practice that no one would think too much of it

He’d yet to reist became alarmed

“Her oxygen sats are dropping,” the doctor said, increasing the a placeht”

“Pulse is up,” the nurse said at his side “Blood pressure is slightly elevated Is she going into shock?”

Squelching the voice in his head asking if he’d so because of his distraction with his hands, Adam did a quick assess on her skin

“She’s breaking out in a rash,” he said “DC the anesthesia Stat She’s reacting to it” He turned to the nurse “Give epinephrine subcutaneously stat and then add diphenhydramine to her IV line”

“Yes, sir,” the nurse said, giving the injection seconds later

Adah the rubber gloves What rong with him?

His gazehimself that she’d think his hand motions were due to stress, worry over his patient He orried about his patient “We’ll finish once she’s stable”

Adam stayed with his patient until her vitals settled down, and he felt confident he could proceed without fear Beverly was in greater danger than normal

Two hours later he propped his head against the doctors’ lounge wall The cold concrete soothed the throb in his skull He ran over everything with Beverly’sout of line, anything that ht have made a difference in her outcoht eye blurred and his fingertips burned But even if he’d been at his best, he couldn’t have prevented Beverly fro to the anesthesia

Fortunately, they had gotten her severe allergic reaction under control before the situation had become even more critical Before he’d been forced to deliver bad news to Beverly’s waiting family

“You OK?” Dr Roger Bell asked from behind him

Startled, he raised his head He hadn’t heard the orthopedic surgeon enter the lounge

“I heard what happened this afternoon,” his friend said “Dr Krick toldso quickly you , man”