Visitors for Khaat and Abbey

Brian opened the door, caught a healer and asked for her to send Robert down straight away. The young healer-in-training scampered off to find Robert, and Brian closed the door. He replaced Abbey in her incubator, despite her protests. She had been perfectly comfortable being so close to someone else, and seemed to be enjoying the feel of Brian's heart beating against her. She protested a bit, wimpering, and he soothed her as he covered her with a little pink blanket until she slipped back off to sleep.

"I will keep you informed. You have my word. She's lucky to have so many people who love her. I'm sure, for her, it makes up a bit for what she isn't getting at home. She is a very loyal friend and values every one of them. I'm glad you're her friend too. If I have to hide them, I probably will need a hand anyway, so, yeah. I'll do my best to keep you in the loop."

Robert appeared a moment later, apparating in the room, fearful it was Khaat. When he saw Khaat and Abbey sleeping, he nearly frowned, and then he picked up on Steven's headache. "Mind if I take over?" he asked Steven, not really waiting for his answer. He laid a hand on either side of his head and examined Steven's head carefully. "No wonder you have headaches. You have some definite nerve damage where you were hit in the head, and when you get a headache, it is a nerve generated headache and the sensation of pain spreads a lot farther than where it really starts from. The nerve damage was there when we had you here months ago, but it has drastically degenerated, and that's what's causing you pain. We have to stop the damage and either deaden the nerves so you don't feel the pain, or see if we can regenerate them in a healthy way. Do you have a preference?"
He drew off the pain from Steven entirely so the headache was not there, so Steven could think more effectively.

steven finally feeling it subside thanks to Robert looked up at him "If you deaden it what will it affect?" he asked "I know some affect speach motor skills that kinda thing, I don't need right now to have other things going wrong but if you try and repair it it would mean me being off the active list again " he looked at Brian "but it would keep me here with Khaat, one way or the other something has to be done I can't keep this up " he took a deep breath looking at Brian then Robert "whats your best digignosis if I deaden the nerves causing the pain?" he asked

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"The nerve that appears to be giving you pain is a peripheral nerve. You might feel some numbness in your skin on your scalp for awhile at that area, and that might take a bit of getting used to. For many people, though, it is not a permanent thing. The sensation comes back, but there is no way to tell when that will be. I don't foresee any loss of functioning nor any need to keep you off the active list. Your headaches are far more likely to keep you inactive than the process for deadening the nerve. Even with muggles, when they have a nerve deadened, it is a 45 minutes procedure, outpatient, and they return to work often the same day. We can do the same thing with a lot less invasion, pain, needles and other such nonsense. Those are all excellent questions, though. And, no, it won't get better without us doing some sort of action on it. Nerves generally do not regenerate without some sort of help. Many muggles don't believe nerves can be regenerated at all. It does not mean you need to be inpatient, or anything of the sort. It would just take a few moments in a treatment room down the hall, and then rest at home, with perhaps some ice packs on the area we treat to avoid any swelling from any of the surrounding tissues. I would suggest someplace very quiet where you can be undisturbed. Perhaps you should leave the boys at our house and recover in silence at your own place and then come and get them the next day. That would be my best recommendation to you. Now--what do you think? You can think about it if you want to, and we can try to control it with pain potions in the meantime, but that would put you on the inactive list then."

Steven thought for a moment listening to Robert talking "ow no i am not going on the inactive list again" he said "you said you'd take the boys for tonight, I'd apreciat that and i'll finsh the fence first thing tomorrow" he said taking a deep breath in as he could feel it pouding again "ok I've made my choice deaden it, I can't have the costant throbbing all the time" he looked at Brian "it dosen't mean i don't want to be kept in the loop, right" he said standing to look at both men. "come on let get this over with " he said looking at Khaat then at Abby asleep in the incubator he turned to Brian and gave him a look of "look after them or you'll have me to awnser to" then back to Robert as he waited to be shown where to go.

Robert led him down the hall to a treatment room, and had him lay down on a treatment table. He explained that the magic needed would make him black out for a few moments. He laid his hand on Steven's forehead and put him to sleep. Then he explored carefully and found the exactly place he needed to deaden. That took time because he refused to make any sort of mistake in this. When he found the spot he sent a very powerful bolt of magic to the exact spot using his wand and a very special spell, directing only the damaged nerve to be deadened. It reacted like a powerful electrical charge, basically burning the nerve and cauterizing it so it would cause Steven no more pain. He also put a pain spell on him in order to keep him comfortable. He prepared a bottle of pain potion for Steven to take home, letting him rest before he woke him. When he woke him, he told him, "All done. GIve yourself a moment and then tell me how you feel."

Steven slowly opened his eyes "is it over doc?" he said half smiling he did feel numb on his left side of his head he reatched up and touched the spot before awnsering him "strangley tired and a little unbalanced " he said feeling as if he was swaying as he sat he held out his hands to see them shake slightly " I guess thats why you say home and sleep right " he said as he slowly slipped from the bed he drifted to his left slightly and looked worried at Robert.

"Those are the spells I put you under to keep you comfortable for the procedure," Robert said, righting him. "Straight home now, and rest. You think you can do that? Or should I take you home? I could also have Brian take you home and come right back, if you don't think you can't make it. Ice and rest. The spells will wear off for tomorrow. Here's a bottle of pain potion ini case you need it, but my guess is you won't need it if you do what I tell you."

Steven looked at Robert "ow not brian , no way he sees me like this he'd laugh everytime he saw me , no " he took a breath in then looked at Robert and spoke "I hate askeing or relying on anyone but..." he face said it all that and the fact he toppled back to sit on the bed again he gve a low groan at being unable to control , his own body. he once more held out his hand but saw it stil shaking "ok im asking could you get me home, please" he asked as he lowerd his hand and lookd at Robert "I would just scare the boys if they saw me like this, Im scare myself right now " he said openly.

"What in the world are you talking about?" Robert frowned, not understanding where in the world Steven would get such a ridiculous notion. "Brian is a man of integrity, and he's a healer. He would never, ever laugh at you. Not ever. But you do need help to get home, so let's go." He said. He decided not to go further until Steven felt better. He took hold of him and apparated him to Steven's farm. He led him to his bedroom and made sure he was in bed, accio'ing ice packs for him. "I'll have Katherine bring you some dinner later on. For now, you need to sleep. Is there anything else you need?"

steven smiled at robert when he said about Brian "I know but hes also like my self too so I can take a joke" he nodded again "He is a good man " he felt the aperation as they apered he felt very wobbaly and was glad Robert heped him to his bed laying down he could feel it would not be long till he would be sleep the silance around him forcing him to close his eyes as the ice pack rested on his head as the numbness slowy wore off "no thank you robert, and tell kate thank you too " he let a deep sigh pass his lips before closing his eyes and letting sleep that he felt take over him.