Good Thing Leon Was In The Infirm

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RW Abbey: Infirmary


Several beds are lined against the red sandstone walls of the Abbey's Infirmary. An examination table, separated from the rest of the room by hanging blankets, rests against the far wall. Tucked into a small alcove is a sizeable workbench with various containers for mixing and preparing medicinal compounds. Against another wall is a desk for use by the Infirmary Keeper. A curtained off alcove behind the desk hides a locked door to the Infirmary's supplies and linens.


Exits: Infirmary [Rec]overy Room, [H]ealer's [D]ormitory, [O]pen [G]round, [Hall]

Thorn is brought in by one of the healers, the aftermath of the kitchen disaster. Her fur is covered in pepper and hot root and she is having some trouble breathing right now as well. She groans as she is semi awake and barely opens her eyes and when she does they are red and swollen and she coughs barely muttering how her throat burns and her chest hurts.

Leon is luckily here and quickly goes into checking her and frowns "Ok what happen and.." He looks around and picks up Thorn issuing a couple orders to the healer that brought her in and another "I need a wash basin, lukewarm water need this powder off her, and someone else get me some cold cloths, use the snow "

Thorn coughs roughly and shivers. The powder clearly affecting her breathing and throat, as well as her eyes also. The healer gets the washbasin and another gets cold cloths, they are unsure why but why question the master healer of the abbey.

Leon gets to work washing the powder off and coughs as it starts to affect him some as well so he backs up finding a handkerchief he places it over mouth and nose and finishes cleaning off the rat maid and having a novice wrap her in a clean towel and nods for the other to take the hot root infected water away, in fact far away, the further the better he states as he exams Thorn once she has a infirm gown on, "Ok-cough- give me the cloths, hmms..may sound odd but get some greensap milk up here, go now"

Thorn coughs as she is washed off and shivers some, most of the powder comes off but some still clings to her fur and what she got in her nose and throat, and into her lungs some doesn’t go away and has only lessened a little. The novices get rid of the hot root water and the other brings in a pitcher of greensap milk, "Umm..whats it for sir?" The vole asks as he sits it down on the nearby table.

Leon glances over as he checks pulse and looks for needed herbs quickly “Let’s see Coltsfoot, Anise, Blue Violet Leaf ..." He pulls the curtain around and crushes the herb into a bowl and uses a flint stone to light them as a sort of smoke fills the room and he makes sure Thorn is able to breath it in, "Thorn..try to breathe this in, it will help." He looks to the novice “The milk will help a little better at cooling than the water, use just a little on her arms and legs and forehead, the hot root is the main cause of the light redness, may of been some pepper but all it causes is sneezing." He puts some aside so Thorn can maybe drink some of the milk as well if she is able.

Thorn tries to breath in the fumes of the herbs and manages a little as she coughs roughly, her breathing isn’t worse but not much better either. The cloths do feel cool on her skin where it’s burning from the hot root still, she manages a small whimper and a couple coughs.

Leon gets the herbs a little closer to Thorn so she can breathe better and frowns, this is the first he has dealed with something like this as he nods to the novice "I don’t want disturbed, if someone else needs a healer Angela can tend to them" The novice nods and exits to stay by the infirm doorway.

Thorn starts to better breath in the herbs and coughs a little less, "Throat...hurts..chest..ouchie.." She gets out sounding real hoarse as she does so and coughs roughly again.

Leon gets the small glass of Greensap milk and offers it to Thorn "It may help, also the herbs will too just breathe normally, you got hot root powder in your throat and lungs I think..how are your eyes?"

Thorn drinks the milk and it helps sooth her throat a little, she then groans and coughs, and vomits again. She shivers and frowns as that didn’t help her feel better and her throat feels worse now, but in a way it got some powder out of her throat.

Leon sighs and rubs her back as he can clean the mess and gets her a clean sheet, he still has the herbs and still goes with the herbal fumes as it will still help her, seeing as she can’t keep much down right now. He gets a cloth and goes a gentle eye wash with a mixture of the left over milk in the glass and warm water. It takes maybe 5-8 minutes but in the long run it will help prevent any damaged to the eyes and help get the burning to go away.

Thorn relaxes best she can and starts to cough less and shiver less. Her eyes feel some better but still sting a little but her throat hurts a lot and is swollen some as she tries to speak but can't.

Leon lays the herbs down after a few more minutes and gently feels her neck and checks for breathing and pulse again and speaks "Ok Thorn, you need to rest and that means no talking . Not sure how long but talking could make your throat worse and you could lose your voice if you try and talk too much, like permeant voice loss and sure you don’t want that. The hot root powder still in the throat will lessen but will take a couple days or more, also I want to keep you in the infirm under 24/7 watch as there is some powder in your lungs and that needs to work its self out . Bed rest..as we don’t want the powder to cause any more breathing issues..or worse"

Thorn frowns but nods, her chest still hurts but not as bad, her throat hurts a lot, but a small bit less at least. She coughs and frowns as where the hot root was on her skin, the burning is mostly gone thanks to the cooling cloths, but it’s still there as well and most likely will also take a couple days to fully go away, but least most of the powder is off her and a little out of her throat thanks to the milk.

Leon adds more cooling cloths and puts the other ones in a basin. He makes another herbal mixture and sits it near her so she can once again breath in some fumes, "Just a couple deep breaths and then normal breathing, ok Thorn"

Thorn nods weakly and manages 3 good deep breaths and then coughs roughly and so just breaths best she can normally, the herbs help a little more with getting her breathing closer to normal and lessens the chest pain by a little more also, but it’s clear she still has some pain, but she is also tried and starts to drift off to sleep.

Leon stays close and watches her; he lets her drift off as he takes off the cooling rags after a short while and covers her with a thin blanket. He doesn’t want her to be too warm, but also not cold. He then sits down in the chair beside her and takes the first watch over her, some other beast can take the next watch in a few hours.