(Dr. Bowen): Ms. Martinez…good to see you again.
The doctor entered the room with a smile, shook her hand and sat down on the stool in the room wheeling himself over to the computer where he logged in and pulled up her chart.
(Erica): Doc!
(Dr. Bowen): So, how have you been…it looks like you’ve been keeping up with the PT?
(Erica): The constant pain is gone, but it still hurts.
(Dr. Bowen): Lets have a look at you then. Lay back here for me and…
Erica leans back and swings her legs up and over onto the exam table. The doctor taking obvious notice that she’s not wearing any underwear clears his throat.
(Dr. Bowen): Ahem…Ms. Martinex, you didn’t have to remove your underwear. If you’d like a moment to put them back on I can…
(Erica): I’m not wearing any.
(Dr. Bowen): Oh, I see…well…lets see that leg.
He took her leg in his hands, and helped her out of the boot. It hurt to the touch but at least his hands were warm. He gently turned her leg this way and that, bending it at the knee, giving it a light tug, applying pressure to see where and how much……..
(Erica): Chinga tu madre!
Erica shouted out in pain.
(Dr. Bowen): I know, sorry…relax…just relax…we’re almost done.
He continued to apply pressure to various parts of her ankle and leg, she gripped the edge of the table, grimaced and grunted until he was finished.
(Dr. Bowen): Okay good, we’re all done there. So, I’ll tell you what we’re looking at. I told you during your first visit that surgery is always a last resort, if the body can permit itself to heal over time with proper care that is always the preferred method of treatment. A significant amount of your initial swelling is gone so we got a great CT this time around. The ligament tears we originally saw are coming along nicely, almost fully healed now. How are you tolerating PT?
(Erica): Fine, hurts like a bitch, but I need to get back to work so, you know…
(Dr. Bowen): I understand, but there is such a thing as too much, too soon. This bruising here….and here..
He’s pointing to where she hit her leg at Havoc when that fuking piece of shit Jeremy shoved her out of her wheelchair.
(Dr. Bowen): …this tells me that you’re overdoing it. It runs the risk of slowing down your recovery which is the opposite of what you say you want so I suggest you stay off the leg, and tone down the PT to the point where you don’t go beyond a 5 on the level of pain.
(Erica): Shouldn’t be a problem.
(Dr. Bowen): Now, this is scheduled to be your pre-op appointment, but seeing your CT, I’m really pleased with your progress. I don’t want to take it off the table, but I think at the moment if your continue to progress with the PT, we could be looking at a scenario where you won’t need surgery.
Her ears pricked up, and she looked at the doctor with renewed interest.
(Erica): I don’t need surgery then?
The doctor tosses his hands up defensively…
(Dr. Bowen): Now, I can’t commit to that, what I’m saying is we’ve gone from your need for surgery to a wait and see approach. Surgery is still a very real possibility, but again considering your progress now what 8…10 weeks from injury onset…I’d say you’re looking pretty good.
(Erica): So what happens now?
(Dr. Bowen): I want you to increase your sessions to 4 days a week, but I’ll have a talk with them over at the clinic…you’re going to need to bring things down a level or two. We’ll assess again in two weeks and if things are moving in the right direction as we hope…then I just might waive off surgery.
(Erica): Fuk yeah!
(Dr. Bowen): Now that doesn’t take you out of the woods just yet. The boot will be able to come off, but it’s going to be a few weeks more for your leg to regain its strength as you walk on it again. Let’s say a month from now, and you’ll be back at work, but there’s a lot of work to do before then and even still you’re going to experience intermittent pain for 3 to 6 months more.
He continued talking, but she hardly heard a word he said. All she knew was that a month from now, maybe less if she was diligent enough, she could be cleared. That fuking boot will be off in two more weeks and she can start to get her life back. Minutes later, the doctor was gone, she was dressed and got her boot back on, had left the office and was in the damn Access van heading home. The moment she got out of the van and it pulled away she had her phone out, fired up her app and was recording.
(Erica): Guess what pendejos? A month from now and the Mexican Nightmare is back. It means I get to make right all the wrongs done to me. It means I get to make bitches suffer like I’ve suffered because I can, and because you should. It means mi Maestro doesn’t have to stand alone against all you fuking haters, and it means I can enter Ring Master and make sure he comes out the winner.
I’ve been on the shelf since December, and it doesn’t take long for things to change….a few new faces around too. Tobias, chico…you got balls Ese! Tienes huevos grandes! You came in talkin’ that smack…but I get it. You make me laugh chico, you don’t give a fuk….just like me. Eh…watch your back mijo, they’ll gang up on you around here. They’ll make you out to be the bad guy, and they’ll lie and cheat to get their way. That Wolfy dude trying to form an alliance I hear with Jesse. You play your cards right, and you might find some alliances of your own. You get me?
Wolfy….you’re starting off on the wrong side of things senior…getting friendly with Sean and Michelle. He’s the biggest narcissist in the company and she’s the biggest fuking liar you ever wanted to meet, don’t let her pasty, blonde, white ass fool you. She’s not innocent. You’re not even a wrestler Ese, how did you get a contract? Oh wait…..Hans walked you right up past the queue to the front of the line. Why does that sound familiar? It shows just the kind of person you are to waltz in and take other people’s opportunity and spot. Eres un pinche cuidador del zoológico, and you come in here and get a contract?
What about the dozens of people at the academy who have been busting their ass to make it to the main roster? You think about them? I fuking hate you already because it’s the same shit they all did to me…fuking favoritism man! I can’t wait to watch Tobias run your ass out of here, you don’t belong here. Take your fuking lizards and go back to your Zoo. I’m from Mexico, chico….you’re little iguanas and shit…we call that pollo de los arboles. Keep them the fuk away from me…or I might have me a little snack if you know what I’m sayin’.
Erica smiles looking fiendish at the camera licking her lips and making “mmmm” sounds!
(Erica): Luna Rain, eschucha me chica. Liliana and Brair may have fuked up a good thing …I don’t know, but let me give you some advice. Tu hermano…Jesse, hell even you…I hope you don’t just stand by and watch Hans and the higher ups continue to insult you and your family. Look what they put you through, you, Jesse, and Kratos…you all had to pay your dues and you more than any of them. They made you practically beg, even your dad had to stand up for you.
This fuking Wolfy motherfuker isn’t even a wrestler and he put his hands on one of us, where’s his punishment? No…they gave this fuker a full-on contract and a match at Havoc. You had to “prove yourself!” It’s 2022 all over again, same shit happened to me when I watched everyone get advanced but me. Putas verde, that didn’t know a punch from their pussy and got pushed. They’re gonna try and say I’m trying to stir shit up, but these are facts mija, and everybody saw it at Havoc. If I were you…I’d do something about it…just saying.
She shrugs…
(Erica): They put mi Maestro in this tag match at Havoc with “Him” as his partner. This is the kind of shit they do on purpose. You’re fuking with us! This is Hans pulling strings again, showing his stroke and thinking he’s untouchable. He’s desperate to be Ring Master, and he wants that championship. I can’t wait for Blood, Sweat, and Tears because he’s going to get in the ring with you Mr. Miyagi and destroy you. He’s going to show the world all over again how ruthless he is and feed you all his lies. People like him and Michelle with their masks and you people eat it up.
You believe every word out their fuking mouth because you’re too fuking lazy to see the truth before your eyes. I hope he brings that old bat you’re familiar with “Sensei” and I hope history repeats itself on your old ass. I hope he makes it all the way to the finals of Ring Master so mi Maestro can take away his dream because that’s what he deserves. You better do your part at Havoc Hans, no ####ing around. If you leave mi Maestro hanging, I might have to break my promise and I’ll make sure you don’t even make it to Ring Master.
Erica’s getting excited now, her energy is up, she’s starting to feel a bit more like her old self now, following the good prognosis from the doctor and she’s so eager and itching for the weeks to go by.
(Erica): Oh one more thing…how nice of Uncle Butch and Auntie Wisdom to give you a video crew to chronicle your surgery this week Sean. More favoritism at its finest. Nobody in the damn company sent a crew to track my recovery, but as usual you get the red carpet rolled out for you. I can’t wait to get back. You’re all asleep with your pretty little dreams, but just you wait. Soon, I’ll be waking you up from a Mexican Nightmare.
Erica grins and ends recording as the scene fades to black.
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