grabbed his arm and pulled him closer. “The nurses here at Mercy are exceptional, and Jan is one of our best.” He glanced with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes at Carmen. “Whatever you do, don’t let her know I said that.”
Beck chuckled and nodded. “Not a chance.”
Gavin barreled toward the obviously unhappy interns. “Follow me to my office.” They did what they were told.
Five minutes later the X-ray revealed that the subclavian line was in the right atrium instead of the superior vena cava. Beck had advanced it too far. Once again, under Gavin’s tutelage, they went back to the patient, snipped the sutures and withdrew the line approximately 5 centimeters. They took another X-ray, which revealed proper placement, before suturing the line in place again.
Shortly thereafter the patient was transferred to surgery and Gavin once again arranged for Beck to scrub in and observe.
Excited about the OR opportunity, Beck couldn’t help being a bit disappointed when he realized he wouldn’t be seeing Jan again the rest of the shift. She’d teased him earlier and he was hoping for that shot at another date, but now it would have to wait.
Taking the hallway steps two at a time, rather than wait for the notoriously slow elevator, Beck was halfway to the second-floor surgery suites when his cellphone rang.
It was Jan.
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