Post by Aerie on Jul 28, 2006 17:54:03 GMT -5
(Logan is sitting on the examination table in Dr. Carr’s office, looking at the ceiling. Dr. Carr taps Logan’s bare foot with an instrument.)
DR. CARR: Feel that?
LOGAN: Yup.
(Dr. Carr pokes Logan’s foot.)
LOGAN: Ouch.
(Dr. Carr waves the instrument at the foot but doesn’t touch it.)
DR. CARR: That?
LOGAN: No, Sam, ’cause you didn’t touch me.
DR. CARR: Well, my guess is we’re dealing with phantom sensation.
LOGAN: So how do you explain the fact that last night I was able to move my toe? Not a lot—but it moved.
DR. CARR: Show me.
(Logan goes to move his toe, but nothing happens.)
DR. CARR: Logan, spinal nerve damage does not just heal itself. Not ever.
LOGAN: I’m telling you, this isn’t something I’m imagining.
DR. CARR: I looked at the results of your blood work last night, and I did find something…well, unusual. You have pluripotents circulating in your bloodstream.
LOGAN: What are pluripotents?
DR. CARR: They’re undifferentiated stem cells. It’s what an embryo develops from. They can become any type of cell in the body. Usually, we only see them in the first few weeks after conception, but for some unknown reason, your blood is coursing with them.
LOGAN: So maybe these cells are regenerating what’s been damaged.
DR. CARR: I don’t want to speculate about something I can’t even pretend to understand.
LOGAN: Yeah, but isn’t it possible--
DR. CARR: Anything is possible. I’m not--I’m not telling you not to have hope. But as your doctor, I have a responsibility to give you the medical facts.
LOGAN: I’m getting out of that chair, Sam.
DR. CARR: I’m gonna hold a good thought for you on that. In the meantime, we’ll run some more tests, and we’ll see what we’re dealing with here.
DR. CARR: Feel that?
LOGAN: Yup.
(Dr. Carr pokes Logan’s foot.)
LOGAN: Ouch.
(Dr. Carr waves the instrument at the foot but doesn’t touch it.)
DR. CARR: That?
LOGAN: No, Sam, ’cause you didn’t touch me.
DR. CARR: Well, my guess is we’re dealing with phantom sensation.
LOGAN: So how do you explain the fact that last night I was able to move my toe? Not a lot—but it moved.
DR. CARR: Show me.
(Logan goes to move his toe, but nothing happens.)
DR. CARR: Logan, spinal nerve damage does not just heal itself. Not ever.
LOGAN: I’m telling you, this isn’t something I’m imagining.
DR. CARR: I looked at the results of your blood work last night, and I did find something…well, unusual. You have pluripotents circulating in your bloodstream.
LOGAN: What are pluripotents?
DR. CARR: They’re undifferentiated stem cells. It’s what an embryo develops from. They can become any type of cell in the body. Usually, we only see them in the first few weeks after conception, but for some unknown reason, your blood is coursing with them.
LOGAN: So maybe these cells are regenerating what’s been damaged.
DR. CARR: I don’t want to speculate about something I can’t even pretend to understand.
LOGAN: Yeah, but isn’t it possible--
DR. CARR: Anything is possible. I’m not--I’m not telling you not to have hope. But as your doctor, I have a responsibility to give you the medical facts.
LOGAN: I’m getting out of that chair, Sam.
DR. CARR: I’m gonna hold a good thought for you on that. In the meantime, we’ll run some more tests, and we’ll see what we’re dealing with here.
~
(and Mia's not-at-all-frustrating AU-story 
I've donated blood before and I've got to say that is not how the Red Cross does it 
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but not big enough fan 
because I don't get the reference 
"Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this parrot what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique."
