#traumaevent

[luciaxromero]

OPEN STARTER  //  EVENT 

It was only Lucia’s first day at the Seattle Grace Mercy West Hospital and she was already completely overwhelmed. The ER had been full with trauma all day, meaning Lucia had spent her entire first day in the ER and the OR, partly running between the two. On top of that, the staff had been talking all day about some doctors on a plane that had disappeared. The whole situation brought her back to when her fiancé died in a hit and run. She remembered when she worried about him and wondered where he was the many hours he was just gone, before someone found him dead in the street the next day. 

The second her first shift was over she ran down to the hospital’s daycare. She had no idea what to do, or what she was going to do, all she knew was that she needed to be with her daughter. The staff and everyone else at the daycare was a blur for Lucia until the second she saw her daughter. Grabbing the small child Lucia wrapped Camila in her arms and hugged her tightly. “Never leave, mommy. Never ever leave, mommy.” Lucia whispered into the beautiful black strands of hair on her daughter’s small head. “Mamá, mamá” her daughter giggled in her ear. “Sí, mi amor” Lucia sat down on the floor, with her daughter still in her arms and pulled away enough so that they could see each other’s faces. “Te amo” Camila said smiling with her adorable high pitched toddler voice. At those words a few tears rolled down Lucia’s cheek. “Te amo" Lucia whispered back, looking into her daughter’s eyes. She had her father’s eyes. 

Taking a deep breath and wiping away the tears from her face Lucia looked at her daughter. She was so beautiful. Truly the best thing that had ever happened to her. Camila’s beaming happiness made a smile appear on Lucia’s lips and slowly she could feel herself becoming calm. Suddenly, she noticed someone else in scrubs. Lucia dabbed her face somewhat more dry with her fingers before turning to the person. “Sorry, it’s been quite a day. Is it okay to come down here during work like this?”

[seattlites]

event open starter

“look, i get it. it’s awful and could be a tragedy. but the truth is, we don’t know. and life does go on. there are still patients who need us to be on our best game, who deserve the best medical care we can provide so if you need to take a break, i can hold on the fort. but if not, i need you to snap out of it.”

@traumasstart​

[traumahqs]

As the long Seattle Winter begins to give way to Spring, the rain clouds have begun to clear and the temperatures have started to climb. With last year’s power cut fresh in everybody’s minds, Lachlan Covington has triple checked the backup generator and briefed the staff one too many times on the protocol for an unexpected electricity shortage. With the sun shining, the staff of Seattle Grace Mercy West are taking every opportunity to migrate outside and enjoy the rare sunshine, but there’s no time busier than lunch hours. It was during one of these outdoor lunches that the mutterings of a beach day began. It started off as a casual comment from one of the nurses after a patient declared that the following weekend was predicted to be Washington’s warmest of the year. Wouldn’t it be fun if they all celebrated together? No serious plans were made, the conversation went on, and yet by the end of the day talks of a staff day at the beach were flying through the corridors. By Thursday the halfhearted suggestion was a fully formed agenda. For those lucky enough to have gotten the weekend off, they’re more than welcome to join their colleagues down at Alki Beach for a barbeque and some games, or perhaps they’d prefer to take advantage of the sun or maybe cool off with a dip in the water. Regardless of what they choose to do, it’s hard to beat a sunny Saturday at the beach.

OOC INFO: As we gear up for our big anniversary event next month celebrating ONE YEAR OF TRAUMAHQS, we thought it would be fun to have a light event this time around. Nice and simple, our staff have been invited down to the beach to enjoy a Saturday of fun in the sun with their colleagues - as usual we encourage participation and can’t wait to see the creative ways you get our less extroverted folks down there! IC the event will span over one Saturday, OOC our event will be friday april 23rd (4pm est) - tuesday april 27th (4pm est) . Let’s hope we all have a better time on Alki Beach than Meredith is!

[scrubsandarmchairs]

“I mean can you believe that?” Teddy asked the perfect stranger next to her, clearly still too irritated at her best friend’s insistence that she leave the apartment (not just the apartment, the entire state) this weekend and try to have some fun to remember that she had been too upset to talk to almost anybody that wasn’t Allison in months. “I swear it’s just because her girlfriend got this weekend off and she wants the apartment to herself. Ugh, I swear if they go anywhere near my room...” She didn’t even let herself finish the threat. Too disgusted to even think about what that would mean and suddenly wishing that their small, crappy, heart of Brooklyn apartment had locks on the bedroom doors.

[mimimumu]

OPEN EVENT STARTER  // graciella guzman 

Her due date being in just a few short weeks, Graciella felt more pregnant than human. Having pushed her big belly into a, supposed to be loose sitting, dress, Graciella’s patient had already ran thin and she had found some comfortable sneakers for her feet. Whenever she caught a glance of herself in a mirror, she felt like a whale. Pregnancy made her nauseated, sweaty, have cramps and needing to run pee for what felt like every five seconds. Making her way to the crowded hotel bar, Graciella tried to avoid any reflective surface to spot herself in, but still felt like a pissed off whale. However, tonight she would try to be ‘happy mom to be’-pregnant and less ‘kill me now’-pregnant. 

Making her way to the bar, Graciella ordered a glass of soda with a lot of ice and lime in it. Honestly, mostly happy to find a seat. As the young mother noticed someone approaching her she tried to find some niceness inside of her angry pregnant brain and forced a smile on her lips. “Hi, there.” She greeted the person approaching her. 

[bettxrnow]

While Andrew was somewhat excited about the gala and the prospect of free food and an open bar, he still felt weird about going to the event. He wasn’t the head of a department or an attending, he was just an intern. He basically had to mingle and stand there and look pretty. He took a long sip of his drink. “So,” He said to the person next to him. “Which department do you think is going to raise the most money tonight?” he asked as he fixed his bowtie.  “I think it will be peds, nobody likes sick kids, but I feel like trauma could be a close second,”

[brokenrollercoaster]

Charlotte wasn’t the most interested in these events but being the chief of staff meant she had to be there. She did enjoy getting a chance to dress up though. Although she had been working all day she was hoping to get ready at home and head to the event with Cooper but that was not the case. She ended up getting in her office before heading over. Charlotte had bought a new dress for the occasion. After getting ready for made her way over. She walked in and looked around amazed at how great everything looked. She headed to the bar. “Martini,” she said. 

[strengthbound]

Cat

character death tw, heart attack tw

Age: 61 Job: Semi-Retired, splits her time between the hospital and her daughter. Relationship Status: Widowed Kids: Veronica Blake, never call her Ronnie (5)

PERSONAL Cat and Ronnie got remarried. Their marriage was stronger this time around and instead of constantly talking over Ronnie, Cat actually sat down and had a proper conversation about children. They realised together what Ronnie was afraid of and why Cat still wanted to be a mum. They agreed to try IVF with a donor. Much to many people’s surprise Cat got pregnant on the first try. Cue a hell of a lot of stress for both women. Due to her age the pregnancy wasn’t easy so not only was Ronnie having to work through her own concerns about impending parenthood but she was also having to make sure Cat was alright. Maybe that’s why no one caught her symptoms until it was too late. One day when Cat was 7 months pregnant Ronnie collapsed. It was a heart attack and sadly she died.  Cat gave birth to a little girl 2 months later and named her Veronica. She doesn’t let anyone call her Ronnie though. She wanted her daughter to have a connection to her other mum so the pair moved to Florida where Veronica’s siblings lived. 

WORK Cat took a step back from being a surgeon when she adjusted to being a single mum. She still loves her work but her daughter is far more important. She took a year off when Veronica was born and then moved to Florida. She came back to Seattle last year because she missed the work family she and Ronnie had there. Now works part time as one of the neurosurgeon attendings at sgmw.

PERSONALITY Cat is still the lovely maternal McMom character perhaps even more so now that she has an actual child to fuss over. She always has time for anyone who needs her and is probably a firm favourite to get as your attending because whilst she can be strict she’s also patient and will take her time explaining things (recently she’s thought about going into teaching soon). But on the other hand she’s also quite sad and lonely and is likely to be a bit quieter especially if her daughter isn’t there for her to put on a happy face for. She’s good at pretending but considering she’ll have been at SGMW for around 9 years, not counting a little gap) those closest to her will know better.