The doctor frowns deeply, tempted to ask why the hell it took him so long to come visit, then. But with the crashed Vengeance taking up half of the city and the absolute mess that it has created in the media, perhaps it isn't surprising that not everyone has seen the reports that the Enterprise was involved. So he just nods a little.

He's wary of strangers in the CCU, but if Spock is willing to vouch for him, that's good enough for McCoy. "I'm Doctor Leonard McCoy, Chief Medical Officer of the Enterprise." As he speaks, he moves to Jim's bedside, tired but practiced eyes scanning over the readouts on the wall, though he still takes Jim's other hand in his, manually checking his pulse. "You want a chair?"