#lytendrah

New science in practice is always iffy. Instead of a waiting blood sample from Azuriann, Vellissana's arrival at the Hospice was greeted by a semi-conscious woman carried in by Bayuriel, the Shaman that assisted with a patient just days earlier. 

Patient Name:  Nanea Sparrowsun

Blood pressure and temperature:  Normal ranges

Ailment:  

Minor to moderate burns on skin covering arms, legs, neck.   (Acidic odor on clothing)

Treatment: Superficial Light cleansing not penetrating deeper than the third skin layer in combination with Snow Lilly creme, which will be sent home with the patient upon release.

Ailment:

Infected stab wound below posterior knee socket.  Infected tissue indicates the wound could be up to one week old. 

Treatment:  Anti-inflammatory/hydrating intravenous drip.  Festering tissue infection removed with Light Cleanse.  Wound closed manually - 17 dissolving stitches & loose bandaging applied.  Oral anti-inflammatory tincture prescribed.

Ailment:

Amnesia and possible post-traumatic stress. 

Treatment:  None thus far.  Psychiatric evaluation recommended once patient has had a night's sleep.

It sat uneasily to Vellissana that this patient's captor could possibly come after her and Bayuriel insisted on remaining to guard her.   Upon conference with Winter Dawnforge it was decided Bayuriel would be allowed to make rounds of Hospice entrances and be allowed to check on the patient.  Security seemed to be planning for a longer stay than Vellissana but she supposed that might actually be safer given the mental trauma Nanea had experienced. It was worrisome that Elly had been left to deal with the captor.  She was brought in later that evening.

Patient Name:  Baroness Lytendrah E. Mahi

Blood Temperature:  Elevated

Blood Pressure:  Low

Ailment: 

Stab wound:  Entry above anterior eleventh rib (patient's left side) with posterior exit wound.  No shrapnel inside.   Small lung puncture resulting in collapsed lung. 

Patient is said to have ingested a large amount of a potion of her own making (unknown as yet - no indication of poisoning), which appears to have caused clotting- may have saved her own life but may have contributed to the collapsed lung. 

Infection around the wounds was lifted from patient with Light. 

Outer anterior entry wound required 15 dissolving stitches;  Puncture wound in the Lung was tacked with two drops Collagen Sealant;  Outer posterior exit wound required 14 dissolving stitches.  

Breath sounds seem less labored - Overnight monitoring required to see if the lung will recover.  (X-ray attached)

Ailment:  

Severe blood loss - despite clotting, patient is showing symptoms of blood loss - elevated temperature and low blood pressure.  Pale skin.

Treatment:   Transfusion (experimental treatment) of two pints of blood, the first being her own donation; the second from a Shadow priest.  Overnight monitoring crucial for indications of shock or rejection. 

Ailment:

Acid-scarring over arms, legs, neck, back  (Acidic haze and odor covering clothing).

Treatment:  Snowlilly creme topically.

Now to watch and wait.

Patient:  Bayuriel

No full exam

Ailment:  Eye secretions and debris causing lids to be stuck closed over empty socket.

Treatment:  Light cleansing to dissolve debris and pus, removing it as a preventive measure before prostehetic insertion tomorrow.  Clean bandage applied beneath eye patch.

The music box on her desk in the research sanctum sang it's delicate tones - a quiet reminder that she had a personal life.  She smiled while switching slides.  The sanctum was warded, allowing her to enter and exit from a different point each time - a measure that was isolating but sadly necessary. It wasn't the only measure either.

She had finally finished her preliminary statistics and baseline research outline for the Doctors to approve.  Vellissana was excited to be able to bring Azuriann and Elly into the process finally.  The directions in which they could take this research were limitless!

She had cleared space now to re-test the now three blood samples from Elly to compare pre versus post attack blood conditions.  Elly had managed on her own to isolate one of the four poisons in her system, though it was a substance she never had seen before.  Today's mission was to see how her original sample (the cleanest) would react to the isolated specimen.  There was no telling how the poison strain itself might have mutated while in her body but it was something.

The only conclusive findings so far were that this woman was strong in both body and in conviction.  The Baroness was so willing to continually put her own health at risk in order to help others.  The young Sin' Dorei sighed, feeling terribly guilty for ever assuming all Fel-touched individuals to be like her father.  It was the first time in her short life she'd ever been caught with a closed mind and resolved not to do that again.  She held admiration for this woman and wanted to free her of the unpredictable symptoms currently plaguing her. 

She began by reviewing the chart, noting which symptoms had decreased over time.  Thankfully, new symptoms had stopped appearing over the last days though the newest symptom - the violent and vivid flashbacks - persisted.  Short-term memory was also improving however there still seemed to be a lost window of time.   Thinking for a moment, Velli picked up her quill and made additional notations.

9-Sep-633

- Improved focus/attention span

-Improved capacity to work

-Still easily fatigued

10-Sep-633

-Marked Improvement in patient's well-being

-Violent/vivid flashbacks persist

-No new symptoms in 5 days

Vellissana began preparing two new slides, the first with the poison alone and the second, mixing the poison with blood from the original sample to watch the reaction.

      The initial donor sample (Sample 1) is a bit thin, likely due to repeated experimentation with poisons as the patient uses self as a test subject but clots normally.  The aura surrounding the cell walls in the initial sample is fel-green, which initially was thought to be related to repeated exposure to poisons however based on comparison to other Magical practitioners not exposed to poison, the presence of the aura is now considered normal.

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      Sample taken the night of the attack (Sample 2) exhibited four abnormalities and the occurance of cell clustering, indicating four different poisons.  Due to patient's symptoms, a mind-numbing agent was immediately suspected. The sample confirmed this.

      -Paralysed cells:  Cells are normal size and color but don't move on their own.

      -Green cell nucleus; the aura around the cell nucleus is a brighter green than the one around the cell wall, though the cells are alive.

    -Cell clusters:  Volatile cell behavior.  Cells (including the paralysed) seem to have a magnetic reaction, clustering, then fanning out at varied intervals.  The cells themselves don't seem to explode - the reaction is likened to a muscle contracting and relaxing.

      -Low white count:  White blood cells are absent within the cell clusters and there are not enough in the sample to suggest they are working to fight off an infection.  Indications are of an agent designed to attack the patient's immune system.

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      Sample

      -3a (Poison sample - separated 10 days subsequent to the attack)

      -3b (Blood Sample from which the poison was extracted)

      -3c (Test slide = poison + original sample)

      Result:

      -Volatile cell clusters still present

      -Cell Nuclei still bright green

      -Cell paralysis is gone

      Samples 3a and 3c are similar.  The difference between the new sample and the mixed sample are the presence of more white blood cells, though not enough to combat the cell clustering.  Concerned about prolonged low white count and possible auto-immune damage.  So far the patient has contracted no additional infections.

      Cleansing over time with both Light and intravenous fluid seems to have allowed for improvement and reduction in physical symptoms.  Looking into alchemy to assist with immunity issues and further testing.

  This was good news.

Hospice 

Lytendrah

Azuriann

Kairos

Upon waking up at the Hospice the morning after the Drive, Velli had changed the drip on the sleeping Baroness.  She rubbed her eyes, frowning no Legist was called.   Situations like this made her sick, her mind racing to the previous evening after a marathon blood drive and witnessing the generosity of the citizens of Quel' Thalas and beyond. 

Velli still didn't understand why the Troll came running to a Hospice rather than grabbing a guard.   She only had her short sword - the one she always carried when in Silvermoon and a dagger strapped to her thigh.  She didn't know what that would do against four captors, but as it happened, they already had what they wanted.  They needed only prevent entry to the building in the Bazaar long enough for one more dart to be shot into the neck of the Baroness.  Velli didn't even know if her stun affected the shooter before seeing the chains drop and both she and the Troll rushed her from the place without chase. 

That it was the second crime witnessed in a day where she was not permitted to call a legist frustrated her but perhaps Kairos could speak to the Baroness later.  She was satisfied for the moment that the woman had agreed to return to Hospice for the night.  Velli herself had planned to stay the night as a patient returning from offshore was to meet with her regarding his own condition. 

With fresh eyes, Vellissana peered at the new slide, comparing last night's draw to the one Elly had made earlier that week, thanking Light she'd donated early.  The new sample had not one but four clusters behaving strangely.   She wondered which was the dart she'd witnessed and if the attackers were responsible for all of it or just the Alchemist's own experiments.  She'd have to talk to Elly more about it when she returned.   For now, she made notes in the chart and let her new colleague rest. 

Remedial

Both of Pamina’s ears twitched. She took a moment before stepping forward and closing the distance between the two of them. She kept going until they touched, her midsection pressed to the woman’s. Her mouth hovered just over Lytendrah’s, enough that her breath washed over her as she spoke.