Waking Up (scene 1)
In a typical modern hospital room a girl lies in the bed, covered except for her face and arms. In the back of her right hand there is an IV and a blood pressure cuff is wrapped around the upper portion of her right arm. Several wires snake their way under the covers from the monitor on the IV pole. There is a soft buzzing sound as the cuff is automatically inflated. A few moments later there is a soft clicking as it slowly deflates.
A nurse enters the room and looks the girl over briefly and then writes down readings from the monitor. She gets out an infrared thermometer and gently holds it to the girl’s ear, waits for a reading and writes that down as well.
She examines the IV in the girl’s hand and starts to leave when there is a soft moan from the bed. “ohh” The nurse returns to the bedside and says “Hi, I see you’re finally awake. How are you feeling?” “I’m not sure.” the girl replies softly, “Who are you?” she asks.
The nurse replies; “I’m Janna, your nurse. Do you know where you are?”
“I guess I’m in the hospital, What happened?”
Janna tells the girl “I’m not really certain, you came in late last night and I just got here a little while ago. I think you were in an accident.”
“Oh, I guess that’s why I ache all over.”
Janna nods and says “anyway, now that you’re awake we’ll get the doctor in to see you in a few minutes. In the meantime, Is there anyone you’d like us to call and let them know where you are?”
The girl starts to say something and then stops, a puzzled look on her face. “Um, I don’t know.” she says. “I can’t remember.”
“You can’t remember?” Janna asks, “Can you tell me your name?”
The girl first looks puzzled, then frightened as she replies softly, “No, I can’t. I don’t remember. How can I not remember my own name?”
Janna quickly tries to calm her, “Don’t worry about it. This sometimes happens in accidents. You’ll probably remember something in a little while. Don’t worry yourself about it right now. I’ll go call the doctor and let him know you’re awake.”
“Ok, ” the girl answers in a slightly shaky voice, “that sounds like a good idea, I’d like to see the doctor right away.”
Janna nods, “I’ll go make that call right now. The doctor should be by in a little while. In the meantime just press the call button if you need anything.”
Tags: janna, memory loss, ongoing story, new character, lost memory, soap opera, amnesia, introduction, serial
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