*at STAR Hospital in San Francisco*

[sarah-charles.livejournal.com]

Okay, Gar ... now that the forms are all filled out and signed, you ready to see if you can go blond again?

Just lie down on this nice procedure table and try to relax.

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[gar-logan.livejournal.com]

Relax...?

*Catches her eye.*

Relax...

*Sits back, lying against the table.*

...yeah, sure, easy...

*Looks his arms over one last time, taking a deep breath, lying back.*

Okay, let's do it Doc.

[sarah-charles.livejournal.com]

*steps back and waits for the nurses to attach monitoring wires*

Here comes the EKG, Gar ... and the pulse oximetry ... and an EEG just for kicks.

Rosen, if you could start the saline drip? Gar's going to be here a while. Thanks. And a mild sedative.

*picks up an unusual-looking syringe*

Here we go, Gar. Say buh-bye to your green.

*inserts the needle into an IV port and gently depresses the plunger*

[gar-logan.livejournal.com]

So what now? You ask me to...to count back...frum a hundrod? Right?

Well...one, two, free...

*head sways, losing concentration.*

...save Ferris!

[sarah-charles.livejournal.com]

*murmurs to the nurse-anesthetist*

Ease up the Versed.

*watches the last of the antiviral move down the IV port*

Let's keep a close eye on him, people. We should--

*hears an increased beeping*

Pulse going up on schedule. What's his BP? I want vitals every 5.

[gar-logan.livejournal.com]

*Starts humming the Sesame Street theme, murmuring the lyrics.*

Can...yoooo tell me...how...to...gut...

*Head sways, then passes out.*

[sarah-charles.livejournal.com]

*notes rise in temperature, purple streaks starting to spread across Gar's skin*

C'mon, Green Eyes ... let's see some pink here....

What's his pulse now? That's better. Pulse ox still pretty? Good.

*places her stethescope over his lungs, frowning as she listens*

I can't tell if those are crackles or if he's--

*notices the purple streaks changing*

That's it, Gar. You can do it.

[gar-logan.livejournal.com]

*He Murmurs, his limbs twitching slightly for a moment, eyes moving, kept at the brink of R.E.M sleep.*

[sarah-charles.livejournal.com]

That's it ... Rosen, draw off a sample and rush it to Pathology for me. I want a viral load count, and it doesn't look like it'll be readable for much longer--

[gar-logan.livejournal.com]

*Stirs, brow frowning, then relaxing.*

[sarah-charles.livejournal.com]

*looks over the monitors and consults with the others in attendance*

Okay, let's keep him on the telemetry, but everything else can go. Let's get him into recovery, then in an hour I want him in the COU.

*pats the unconscious Gar's hand*

Hang in there, Gar. It'll be over soon.