bakerstreet | minor injury meme.

minor injury meme.

You or your meme partner has been hurt, but don't worry! This time around it's not that bad. You can still limp your way out of this mess.

INJURIES.
1. Sprain/strain. How did you screw up walking?
2. Broken bones. Simple fractures still hurt.
3. Cuts. Hopefully one of you has a sewing kit.
4. Burns. Location, location, location. Let's pray this one isn't on your ass.
5. Concussion. No, they're most likely not holding up fifteen fingers.
6. Other. I'm not a doctor.

HOW'D IT HAPPEN.
1. Stupidity. You did this to yourself.
2. Accident. Is an unintentional attack still an attack?
3. Attack. Don't lie, you deserved it.
4. Other. It's probably still your own fault.

WHERE'D IT HAPPEN.
1. Home. Did you remember to invest in a first aid kit?
2. School/Work. This should be excellent for getting you out of doing stuff!
3. Outdoors. Predators like the smell of blood. Clean up asap.
4. In the water. Hopefully there aren't any sharks!
5. Other. Like a hospital. That'd be handy.

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Sam stands slowly, looking back at Ash, before he goes to pick up the limp Growlithe, carrying it against his chest like a baby. "I'll be right back."

For a few minutes, he's gone; but soon he fulfills his promise, kneeling by Ash's side again, now with his labcoat missing. "Tracey's taking care of the Growlithe. Now let's get you somewhere we can look at that foot properly."

And without a pause, he slips his arms under Ash -- one beneath his knees, one behind his back -- in order to carry him. His friend might be able to walk while leaning on him, but he feels this is simpler and less risky.

Ash nods once more and waits for the Professor to get back. While he waits he reassures Pikachu that he will be okay and so will the Growlithe. And when Oak comes back he turns his attention back to him.

"Great!" He'll have to say hi to Tracey later and thank him too. Before he can respond to much more he blinks in surprise at Oak's movement. This wasn't something he was very used to at all.

"U-uhh, I could have walked Professor."

"Haven't you walked far enough on that foot?" He's smiling, his tone is light, but he is serious in the end. Maybe he just doesn't know the danger? "You could make it a lot worse doing that." Not only does he want to prevent that, but Ash looked to be in considerable pain when he tried; he wants to spare him from that as well. And it's not like Pikachu can carry him.

But since Ash doesn't seem to be resisting, Sam lifts him up the rest of the way, re-securing his grip before heading toward the lab portion of the building. Thankfully, carrying him isn't too much trouble, as the old man is stronger than he looks... but all the same, he's glad it isn't far to go. This might not be a piggy back ride, but it still makes his back twinge a bit.

"W-Well... I guess I may have walked farther than I should have..." But what's an ankle injury when there was an injured Pokemon. It hurt but getting Growlithe to the lab was worth it.

Pikachu follows at the Professor's heels as he take his trainer to the lab portion of the building. Ash stays put for the most part; he doesn't want to squirm and accidentally cause the Professor to fall or anything. That wouldn't make the situation any better.

And Ash being Ash, he expected that sending one of his Pokemon ahead with a message likely never occurred to him.

Finally, Sam sets Ash down on a cot in a sterile-looking room, though this one seems more suited for Pokemon, considering the restraint equipment nearby. He doesn't touch it, though, but places a hand on his own back for a moment before kneeling in front of Ash.

"Ash is in good hands, Pikachu, don't worry." He goes to pet Pikachu briefly, then turns his attention to Ash's feet. "It's this one, right?" Once he gets a confirmation, he'll set to taking off the shoe and sock of that foot.

Nope. Didn't occur to him one bit.

Ash takes a glance around at the room that he was set down in before settling his attention on the Professor again. He looked a little concerned at first with the Professor holding his back but he can't help but smile lightly when Pikachu is being reassured. Pikachu nods his head; he trusts that he'll be taken good care of!

"Yeah, it's that one," confirmation given, and while his shoe and sock is being taken off he tries his best to not wince in pain.

Sam is as gentle as he can, and smiles sympathetically up at Ash while he works. But once the shoe and sock are off, the bruised swelling on Ash's ankle tells him all he needs to know.

"It looks like a sprained ankle. Maybe broken, but you'd know that better than I do right now. Here, lie back and hand me the pillow."

"Mm, I dunno. All I can tell ya is that it really hurts," he responses with a little uncertainty. But he does grab the nearby pillow and hands it to Professor Oak before lying down on the cot.

"Well, you can start by telling me exactly what happened to it. Did you hear a snap? Do you feel like there's something sharp in there?" Sam tucks the pillow under Ash's foot, and turns away for a few moments to get an ice pack out of a nearby freezer.

"I...I think I heard something like a pop?" He wasn't exactly focusing on his ankle for too long when it first happened. "The only thing I can really feel right now is how painful it is. And I'm not even moving it."

Sam comes back with the ice pack, wrapped in a small towel, and places it on the ankle. That should help with the pain and swelling, though he doesn't want to give Ash an actual painkiller until the treatment is over.

"That could be a dislocation, then." Hmm... poking around Ash's ankle may make it worse, if it's broken or dislocated. "Perhaps the best thing would be an x-ray, just to make sure. Would that be alright?"

The ice pack certainly relieves some of the pain that Ash has been feeling. And thankfully he still doesn't try to move it in case that it only makes it worse or the ice pack falls off.

"An x-ray? Uh.. yeah, I guess that's okay," If it helps Professor Oak figure out the damage.

"Alright, I'll start preparing it. Keep him company, Pikachu." And the professor is off again.

((Unfortunately my google-fu has failed me on how exactly an x-ray goes, only that it doesn't take long, so let's handwave that part?))

When the procedure is done, Sam is looking through the images on a tablet.

"Well, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with your bones, so it probably is just a sprain." He smiles over at Ash, and holds out the tablet. "Would you like to see the pictures?"

Pikachu agrees and hops up next to Ash while the X-Ray is being taken.

( And handwaving X-Ray we go! )

Ash can't help but sigh in relief when he hears the news. Sure, a sprain is still bad, but at least he'll be able to get back onto his feet much sooner than if he broke something. He couldn't imagine just sitting around not being able to travel for weeks.

"That's great!" He then blinks and takes a hold of the tablet. "Uh.. sure. I'll take a look."

He looks at the moment before looking at the Professor again. "This is my foot, right? What exactly is it showing?"

"The long ones going off the edge is your leg, and the big solid-looking one is your heel. From there it's the rest of your foot and then your toes." He leans over Ash and the tablet, pointing at various bone structures as he speaks. "And the rest are the same thing, just from different angles."

Sam stands up again. "I'll have to wrap your foot to keep your ankle immobile while it heals. Would you like some pain medicine?"

"...Huh. I never knew there were so many bones." He looks at them a bit more. Wow, he must have been very lucky to not have broken a single one.

"How long do you think it'll take to heal? And... yeah I guess so."

"Your feet and hands have many small bones for flexibility -- they wouldn't work as well with a smaller number of large bones. At your age, you should have about..." He pauses to think while taking down the bottle of medicine. "...250 or so in your whole body? Around there, maybe a little more."

Sam comes back to Ash's side, the material he needs to wrap his foot in one hand, and two pills along with a shot glass of water in the other, which he hands to Ash.

"You should be able to walk on it again within a couple of days, but it'll take weeks to return to its normal strength."

Edited (tweaked wording) 2014-12-05 04:33 (UTC)

"Woaah. And you gain more bones when you get older?" Ash takes the two pills and the glass of water and was about to take them before he stops and frowns.

"I don't have to wait weeks before I can travel and train with my Pokemon again, do I?" Even a couple of days doesn't sound very fun and Pikachu doesn't seem to like the idea of waiting so long either.

"No, your bones fuse together, so you end up with less. Babies are born with around 300, and adults have 206."

Sam goes to sit on the edge of the cot, gently taking Ash's foot in hand in preparation to wrap it.

"Of course I'd like you to stay for at least a week to make sure there's no complications, but... you can start traveling again as soon as you can walk, as long as you take it easy. Rest often, no unnecessary running or jumping." Knowing Ash, though.... "Do you think you can manage that?"

"Really? That's kinda weird."

Ash takes a moment to take the two pills and water while Professor Oak is talking, swallowing before responding again.

"A week? What am I supposed to do during then?" His expression turns to an uncertain one, though accompanied with a light smile. "I'll be honest Professor I'm not sure how easy it'll be for me to take it easy."

"You could always study, or coach your Pokemon from the sidelines instead of running around with them. I'm sure they'd want to help you rest and heal, too." Sam finally starts wrapping up Ash's foot. "I wish there was a way to make it heal faster, I know just sitting around is no fun."

"Study? That sounds so boring," Ash has never really been the studious type. "I guess I can at least coach my Pokemon from the sidelines..."

He looks over and sees Pikachu nodding a little to the Professor's words. Ash sighs a little, "Yeah, you're right. They're gonna want my foot to heal as much as I do. But you're also right about sitting around not being any fun."

"It is a good way to learn about Pokemon, though. And studying isn't always reading books -- you could watch old League matches and learn about other trainers' strategies, that counts as studying."

He spares a moment from wrapping Ash's foot to pet Pikachu's head once more. At least one of them has a good head on their shoulders... sometimes.

"Whatever you decide, Ash, I'll help you however I can."

"I've watched some league matches before! Back when I was training for the Indigo League," Well, sort of. If anyone wanted to count that.

Pikachu gives a small happy response to the petting. He has a good head on his shoulders when he's not thinking the same thing as his trainer.

"Well, I would still want to get back onto my journey as soon as possible. But until then I guess you can help me come up with fun things to do so I'm not bored? Maybe even show me some League matches if you got any on video."

"It helped, didn't it? As I recall, in your last match one of your best Pokemon was too tired to battle. The match may have gone completely differently if that wasn't the case."

Sam chuckles a bit at Pikachu's response; he's also almost done with Ash's foot.

"I have plenty, I've been recording them for years. Especially the ones where you or Gary were involved." He falls silent as he thinks again. "I think I even have my own, somewhere, that my friends recorded for me. That was a long time ago, though, the quality won't be as good." He should really digitize those tapes at some point before they degrade even more.

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