Sicknarios: Flu Season Edition
It’s that time of year-- been that time of year for a hot minute. Let’s have some flu season sicknarios as we all suffer through this really bad season
- A and B are roommates, and A is really worried about getting the flu since it seems like everyone has it. So, they get the flu shot, chug orange juice, avoid people as much as they possibly can-- all while getting onto B for not caring about getting it. After a week of precautions, A still ends up getting the flu, and B takes care of A while being smug, much to A’s annoyance.
- A shows up to a 24-hour emergency clinic in the early morning hours after accepting that they have the flu. They walk in to find B, apartment neighbor, sitting in an otherwise empty waiting area. A checks in and takes a seat a couple down from B. They small talk for a few minutes, with A learning that B is there because of a twisted ankle they got while working night shift at a job, before the two go silent because A can’t go a few seconds without coughing harshly. It’s another twenty minutes before the doctor comes out, calling for B, but instead of going, B insists that A go first because they are clearly worse off. B helps A get to the exam room while limping then goes back outside to wait their turn, all the while worried sick because A just did not look good at all. Once both are back home, having left separately, B hobbles over to A’s apartment after a few hours to take care of A despite A’s weak protests.
- A is advised to go to a hospital after exhibiting flu symptoms for a few days now. They go to find the hospital is swamped with other people looking similar to how A feels. A checks in and takes a seat on the floor in a corner because all other seats are taken by coughing, shivering patients. They doze on and off fitfully for what feels like hours, only to be pulled awake, finally, by B, who is a doctor just leaving after a double shift. B asks a couple of quick questions, learning with a stuttering heart that A’s been sitting on that floor waiting for over five hours.One quick feel to the forehead finds that A is positively burning, and B forgets any thoughts of going home and helps A into a room with a bed, opting to give A an exam in a more comfortable room and watch over A, since A appears to be alone.
- A is a student teacher in a college class who needs to get so many hours in or they will lose their position. They’ve come down with the flu-- not surprised considering half the campus has it-- but they still go to class and take their desk beside the professor’s desk because they are afraid of losing their job. They end up drifting off during the lesson, with their head pillowed on their arms, only to be pulled awake after class by B, a student who’s been watching A with worried eyes since the start of class. B makes a comment that A probably got the flu that’s going around, and when they reach over to feel A’s forehead, they find A burning up. Concerned, they help A back to the campus clinic and wait to help A back to the student apartments despite A arguing that B will catch this.
- A is a student working in the campus clinic that’s been flooded with flu patients for the better part of three weeks. They’ve been feeling run down for a few days now, but with so many other student workers called out with the flu, A keeps going despite feeling cold and having to stifle coughs as much as possible. B comes into the clinic with a swollen wrist after falling during a sport practice. They check in and take to the corner to avoid all the coughing, sniffling students until they are called back an hour later. They wait in the exam room until A walks in, swaying slightly with a clip board trembling in their hands. B recognizes A from a class a few semesters ago and asks if A is okay. A nods, but soon after, they are falling to the floor, with B jumping up to catch A before A can actually hit the floor. B’s wrist hurts like mad, but the put all their focus on A and shout for help until a few doctors come running in. Fast forward to A waking up in an actual hospital, sporting a fever over 104 degrees, with B sitting in a chair beside A’s bed, wrist wrapped up. B ended up taking A their when the campus doctors panicked at A’s temperature.
