Finally, the procedure is over and done with, and you escort Anna out of the hospital. You drive her home without incident, and swap your shift with the next care worker.\n\n[[Response|response]]

<<set $bad to 0>>You are Jane Do, a disability carer hired to assist Anna Bergin, a client with cerebral palsy. Anna has some speech issues and has hired you to help her visit the local outpatient hospital, where she is having some minor tests done. \n\nYou and Anna wait in the lobby for a while until Maria Harvey, a nurse, arrives and calls Anna's name. \n\nYou stand up and walk with Anna to the nurse's office. \n\n[[next|1]]

You sit quietly as Anna reads through the form, then signs at the marked point. It takes a while, and you feel a little bored. You read the public health posters on the wall.\n\n[[next|test]]

<<set $ask to "true">>\nANNA: "Whatever."\n\n[[stay with Anna|watch]]\n\n[[wait outside|lobby]]

YOU: What's wrong, Anna?\n\nANNA: Mmmfffgghhhh!!!\n\nYOU: Shhh, it's going to be ok (patting her hand)\n\nANNA: ...\n\nANNA: not a vein...\n\nYOU: What do you want to do?\n \nANNA: Stop for a bit. \n\nYou look at Maria, who looks angry. \n\nYOU: Just let her wait for a bit. For the pain to subside.\n\nMARIA: Hfffff... I can take a different vein. But she can't keep being a big baby about it.\n\nYou look at Anna for a response. She is panting and visibly agitated. You chat to her gently and, after some time, she agrees to Maria taking blood from the other arm. \n\n[[leave|leave]]\n\n

YOU: (to Anna) "Did you get all that?" \n\nANNA: (to Maria) How long will it take? \n\nMARIA: (to you) It should only take a moment. You'll be out by 3 at the latest. \n\nYOU: \n\n[[Wait for Anna to respond|wait]]\n[[Grab Anna's hand and make her sign the consent form|1-bad]]

<<if $ask is false>><<set $bad +=1>><<endif>>\nMaria straps up Anna's arm and thrusts a stress ball into her hand. She grabs Anna's hand and squeezes it to make the veins bulge, cooing "This won't take a minute."\n\nShe swabs Anna's arm down and prepares a needle. Anna is very quiet. \n\nSuddenly, as the needle is going in, Anna makes a horrendous noise and spasms furiously. Maria grabs her and forcibly holds her arms down. \n\n[["What's wrong, Anna?|ask]]\n\n[[Hold her to calm her down|hold]]\n\n

<<if $bad is 0 or $bad is 1>>\nYou recieve an email from Anna.\n\n"Thanks for your support at the hospital. I was really upset by how Maria treated me and I'm going to make a complaint to management. I don't know how that will go but I'd really appreciate your backup if it comes to it. Cheers, Anna."\n<<else if $bad is 2>>\nYou recieve an email from Anna.\n\n"Hi, thanks for accompanying me to the hospital. Just a quiet heads-up - I felt that you kind of rode roughshod over me a bit there. I know I can take a while to get the words out, but I'm not paying you to do stuff I can do for myself. That was an upsetting experience and I felt really violated by the whole thing. I appreciate what you do but believe it or not, it's ok for you to do a bit less of it. Regards, Anna."\n<<else if $bad is >2>>\nYou receive an email from your agency.\n\n"Ms Bergin has requested you to be removed as her care worker, and has advised that your conduct at Enid Lyons Hospital was totally inappropriate. In light of this complaint, we are reviewing your position with us."\n<<endif>>\n\n[[Try again?|begin]]

Maria smiles at you and gestures to a seat. You wait for Anna to move her scooter into position, then sit down. \n\nMaria turns to you and holds out a clipboard. \n\nMARIA: Now, Anna's GP has recommended a bariatric kaboodleschnitzer of the steatopygian nerve to search for Humpty's Disease. It's a mostly painless procedure, but we do need to consent her before we begin. \n\nYOU: \n\n[[Ask Anna, "Did you get that?"|1-good]]\n[[Take the clipboard and help Anna sign the form|1-bad]]\n

Biopsy\n\nWriting test for Enabler Interactive\n\n[[Begin|begin]]

Biopsy

MARIA: Okay then, let's get some blood out of you!\n\nYOU:\n[["Would you like me to stay, Anna? Or should I wait outside?"|wait2]]\n[[Stay and watch the procedure|watch]]

Barbara Kerr\nhttps://ms45.itch.io/

<<set $bad +=1>>You take the clipboard and pen offered and rest it on Anna's scooter. Placing the pen in Anna's hand, you guide her to make a mark where Maria has indicated. It's difficult, but you get it done! \n\n[[next|test]]

<<set $bad +=2>>Between the two of you, you and Maria pin Anna down in her chair. After a while she stops struggling, but is breathing heavily with a high-pitched wheeze. You squeeze her hand as Maria takes blood from the other arm, with much less fuss. \n\n[[all done!|leave]]

You wait in the lobby while Maria does her thing. You play games on your phone and surf the net while you wait. \n\n[[next|leave]]\n

ANNA: ...\n\nANNA: OK. \n\nShe reaches for the pen. \n\n[[Wait for Anna|wait1]]\n[[Grab Anna's hand and make her sign the consent form|1-bad]]