Terminal Decay Chapter 556

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Chapter 556

John explains to Martha the reason the painkillers are not very affective to relieve the Doctor’s pain from his broken femur: it is the way his nerves are wired in his body. A fractured femur causes intense physical pain as well as neurological pain. The Doctor’s nerve and pain receptors are overtaxed causing him to go into respiratory bypass, a very scary thing when you’re conscious. John tells Martha and Gwen and Phil that the Doctor told him in Gallifreyan that it hurts and he couldn’t (perhaps withstand the pain). The other term, Garanschidt is the “little bit of shock absorbing bone at the end of his long bones.”
John explains the reason why he can’t talk in Gallifrey the way the Doctor can is because his throat is that of a human’s and that he may teach Jacko how to write and read Gallifreyan when he’s older. There’s also discussion of getting Legos for Jacko and the adults, and having a taller walker made for Michael to build his legs up. Jacko’s birthday is in June and will starting infant school in September, Jacko’s reading level is that of a child of seven or eight years old.
John and Rose are financially secure. He earns £475,000 a year at Torchwood. £300,000 a year for consulting. He receives about about a million a year from Vitex . He earns about £25,000 more a year teaching the piano, and has three albums recorded he receives around £50,000 a year royalties on the royalties for recordings. Rose receives her salary plus about 3 million a year in shares from Vitex. John’s three piano recordings have made the top ten in Classical Music. Talking about his finances, John realizes that Rose took care of mundane tasks like bill paying and has to leave the ward.

Terminal Decay Chapter 555

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The morning's activities are delayed about an hour so that everyone who stayed up most of the night can get a little sleep. Everyone has breakfast. Jack has not yet returned from stretching his legs. The Doctor awakes and is given several updates on everyone's condition, including how he fractured his garansicht when he had suffered two violent seizures. The Doctor asks about Jacko, Ryan and Pete and is concerned about John hurting his back and being in a jacket. The pain that the Doctor is feeling is excruciating causing him to involuntarily try and go into regeneration and respiratory bypass. John talks the Doctor through his pain and the bypass is adverted. Before he passes out from the pain, the Doctor says something to John in Gallifreyan: Kal histal…" and "Ej… n’jaro…" To which John sighs and replies that he is sorry.

Terminal Decay Chapter 12

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As requested, the Doctor writes down his symptoms but doesn't realize that he written both English and Gallifreyan on his list. Martha learns that Vlenansiat is the Gallifreyan word for headache. Nine months have passed since the Doctor was shot by the Dalek and returned to Earth. The Doctor has his arm stitched by Martha and Jack. His examinations reveal that he is anemic, with elevated blood pressure, and a low body temperature.