Trying to wrap up for the day...trying.

[ltcmdrtomparis]

::scowls at console screen, reading through message from jenny_delaney for the fifth time::

Sick my...

::leans back in chair, pinching bridge of nose while mentally reviewing Astrometrics task schedule for next day...a full system overhaul to facilitate the steady stream of new data Command seems determined to send along::

She knows we don't have time for

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[_naomiwildman_]

::stands on side of biobed opposite emh_marki, watching his work with trepidition::

::at least tries to mask unease in tone::

I waited several hours to come...we were out of ideas. She drank a bit of the replicated formula this morning but turned away from the next offering...Neelix even brought in milk from his stores.

She seems a little hot and all she's done is scream...

::gnaws on strand of hair, trying to stem the worried babble::

[emh_marki]

Mmm-hmm.

::runs tricorder over kelsie_wildman's small, vigorously kicking frame for the dozenth time...though readings were finalized on the third::

[_naomiwildman_]

...

::drops hair::

Mmm-hmm?

Is that good or bad?

It's exactly what we were afraid would happen, isn't it? Her human and Ktarian and Ocampan systems are conflicting and...

[emh_marki]

Miss Wildman.

::shuts tricorder off, returning it to tray::

Your child's hodge podge physiology seems to be function better than that of many purebreeds aboard this ship.

There are bound to be routine bumps. Colic, for instance. I assure you, there are very few infants who do not experience occasional moments...hours, even days...of irritability.

Need I share fond remembrances of your early days?