Janet eventually agreed that it was possibly best to go to A&E as she seemed to be getting worse.

Simon knew she must really be ill as she hated doctors and hospitals and would normally prefer to self treat than seek help. She'd been advised by her mother to get a full physical just before they got married and though she'd never told Simon the full story he knew it was a teaching hospital she'd gone to and she'd hinted that it was a very humiliating experience and he guessed it must have involved student doctors. Strangely he had mixed feelings about that time. They'd never had sex before marriage or done half the things he heard other men talk of and it left him jealous of those unknown students who had probably seen and possible even touched her most private 'areas' before he'd ever seen her in less than a bathing costume but it also had excited him in a strange way.

As they made their way to the car their neighbour Colin drove up in his taxi and as he got out he asked where they where going as he noticed Janet was in her dressing gown. When Simon told him he said. 'Look I'll take you there. You'll never get near the place. There's been some mass outbreak of vomiting and diarrhoea at the local school and the place is in pandemonium. I can use my taxi at the emergency entrance as the barrier will recognise my number plate.'

'That's very kind of you, I'd be very grateful, Janet here is feeling very poorly and the help lines aren't answering.'

'OK hop in I'll have you there in ten minutes.'

On the way Colin asked what was the matter with Janet and she hoped Simon wouldn't go into too much detail and thankfully he didn't just telling Colin she was running a high temperature.

Colin said 'Apparently during the afternoon lots of kids at the school had started complaining of not feeling well and eventually after the school staff became overrun they'd called the emergency services and a fleet of ambulances had taken several dozen children off to the hospital'. Now as their parents had gone there too it was chaos in and around the hospital.

On arrival, true to Colin's word, the emergency barrier lifted and allowed his taxi right up to the door and Simon helped Janet out.

Before he left Colin gave Simon one of his cards and said to ring him when they were done at the hospital and also refused payment, just wished them well.

Inside the entrance they were directed to a table where a temporary reception had been set up.

A fresh faced young girl with a volunteer badge greeted them and explained that the normal A&E reception had been closed and warned them that things were very busy and if it wasn't really and emergency they might be better to go home and contact their own doctor in the morning. Just then Simon felt Janet's weight suddenly increase on his arm and realised she was close to fainting.

'This is a genuine emergency. My wife is running a high temperature and in increasing pain.'

The queue behind him was building and the young volunteer seeing the build up reluctantly let them pass adding 'We are using the canteen down this corridor as a temporary triage area.'

Simon noticed a wheelchair just being vacated by a patient about to leave and immediately grabbed it before anyone else saw it.

After pushing Janet down the corridor they came to the canteen and he was surprised to see a couple of dozen or more patients sitting around in the canteen chairs and the tables pushed to the middle and maned by an assortment of people in ordinary everyday clothes some sporting 'volunteer' badges others without and very few 'white coats' and even those looked very junior.

'Can I help you' asked a young man of about 18 or 19 Simon would have guessed.

'Yes my wife has a high temperature and a bad stomach ache.'

'Ok well I'll just take a few basic details and then I'll pass you on to the next table.'

After taking Janet's name, age, address and noting them on a form he handed it to Colin and told him to move to the next table where another young volunteer greeted them and to Janet's relief this was a young woman in her early 20's.

She looked at the form then started asking questions about why they had come, again carefully noting the answers down on the same form before agreeing to pass them on to the next table.

They had to wait while the patient before them was dealt with and it started to worry them how little privacy there was as they heard the older lady, perhaps late 50s, asked all sorts of personal questions about the menopause and her general health.

Finally it was Janet's turn and she was asked about her bowel movements and periods by the young woman and Colin knew she would be feeling increasingly embarrassed having to answer in such a public area.

Eventually the young woman finished her questions and form filling and called over young male volunteer telling him Janet needed to have her readings recorded.

The young man who introduced himself as Paul, the first to give a name to them, said her would take her for her readings.

Finally some privacy Colin thought but was shocked when he simply pushed her over to a trolley in another area of the canteen.

'I need to take you temperature and record you BP and pulse' He said.

Thankfully he asked her to open her mouth and place the thermometer under her tongue then took hold of her wrist to check her pulse and checked her BP with an automatic reader.

When that was over he said he would just speak to one of the doctors and be right back.

They both watched while he spoke to a doctor near one of the walls. Then he returned looking a little embarrassed and said. 'The doctor wants me to take another temperature reading, can you get up onto the trolley and lie down please.'

Colin helped Janet out of the chair and onto the trolley.

'Right I need to check your temperature again. can you lie on your side please facing away from me.'

Colin thought he knew what was coming but surely not here in this busy canteen with perhaps 100 people around.

Janet had done what she was asked and Colin realised perhaps she hadn't truly taken in what the young volunteer had just said but with his next words it must have sent panic into her.

'Right I need you to lift your bottom up for me so I can slide your pyjama pants down. Don't worry just a little way and no one will be looking.'

To Colin's complete surprise Janet complied and lifted her hips just enough to allow Paul to put his hands on the waistband and attempt to pull them down. When they didn't move he realised they were secured by the cord and reached around her waist and pulled the cord loose then asked he again to lift her bottom while he pulled her pyjama trousers down and exposed her beautiful pale bottom.

Reaching for a pair of gloves and a lubricant he spoke again. 'I'm just going to put a little lubricant on my finger then on you to make it a bit more comfortable for you when I take your temperature.'

Colin moved round to the other side of the trolley so he could see her face but as he did so when he looked past Paul, who was now obviously concentrating on lubricating her anus with his finger he could see several people beyond him watching what he was doing. He looked down at Janet's face and could see the resignation in her eyes as she let this young man expose her rear and finger her anus. He noticed a tears forming in her eyes, was it the pain in her tummy or the shame?

Paul realised he needed an anal thermometer so walked across the room to fetch one leaving Janet's beautiful backside exposed to the gazers behind her.

He returned and after asking Janet if she was ready but without waiting for a reply spread her cheeks with one hand then push the thermometer into her then held it there.

Colin could not believe what he had allowed and witnessed to be done to his usually very shy and modest wife. Would he ever tell her about the others in the room who had starred so blatantly at his exposed wife or pretend to her that it was all very discreetly done!