This chapter is a little short. I'll try to make others longer. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 1
Bad News and Good News
In a hospital in Arizona laid a 15 year old girl in a hospital bed. Her face was very pale and she had a look of pain in her face as she slept. The girl was very ill and couldn't do anything. Her mother and father were at her bed side watching her every moment. The only time they took their eyes off her was when they had to get something to eat or went to the restroom.
Their child had fallen ill the other day when she was helping her mother work out in the garden. She suddenly fainted and was out cold. They rushed her to the doctors to see what the matter was. Her mother gently kissed her daughter's head and let silent tears run down her face. Her husband came to her side and started rubbing her back to comfort her.
Just then the doctor came in the room. The two parents jumped up and walked to the doctor.
"What's the matter wither her?" asked the mother.
The doctor took in a deep breath and said, "Your daughter is not doing too well. So to find out what was the matter we did some scans throughout her body. We found the problem…"
"Well?" asked the girl's father.
"Your daughter has brain cancer." he whispered.
"What?" whispered the mother.
The father was shocked at the news and collapsed in a chair.
"I know this comes to a shock to you both, but there could be a chance we can get the cancer out and she will survive."
"What is it you need to do?"
"We'll take her to the operation room and take out that little piece of cancer. She'll be better after that. Then every few months you'll bring her back here and we'll make sure it didn't come back." explained the doctor.
"We'll do it." exclaimed both parents.
The doctor gave the mother a clip board and a pen. The mother gave her approval and the father gave his.
"Thank you, we'll be taking her back soon."
Suddenly their daughter slowly came conscious and whispered, "Mom, dad…what happened?"
Both parents ran to her and said, "Patricia! Patricia how are you?"
"Sick, my head hurts. It keeps throbbing." she groaned.
"Oh honey." whispered her mother.
The doctor came back in with nurses and said, "We're ready."
"Mom what's going on?" she asked.
Her mother looked at the doctor and the doctor walked over to the sick child.
"Patricia…we found out why you are ill…you're ill because you have small brain cancer in your brain."
"WHAT!?" shrieked Patricia.
"Calm down honey. They're going to help you! They're going to make you better." said the father.
The girl started to cry and asked, "Am I going to die?"
"No, the cancer is at a small stage so we can get it out and you'll be better." replied the doctor.
The girl looked at her parents and said, "I love you."
"We love you too sweet heart. You're going to be fine." whispered her mother.
The doctors put Patricia on the bed and rolled her out of the room; her parents walked out of the room and to the waiting room until the surgery was complete.
"Rad…do you think she's going to be okay?" the mother whispered.
The father known as Rad answered, "Alexis she's going to be fine. She's very strong for her age. I think she is stronger than we were when we were younger."
Alexis sighed. Her only daughter had gotten brain cancer and they didn't know why or how she got it. They sat by one another Alexis slowly falling asleep from the lack of sleep since yesterday. Rad kept on getting up and getting more coffee to stay awake and wait to get news about his daughter.
Finally after four hours of waiting the doctor came to the waiting room and said, "The surgery was a success, your daughter is going to be fine."
Rad woke Alexis up and they walked fast to Patricia's room where she laid asleep. Both of them looked at her seeing she was okay now. They could defiantly tell she was feeling better by the color of her skin. Alexis sighed and sat down in a chair next to the bed and Rad pulled up another chair next to her. They watched their child until they both fell asleep.
They both woke up when they heard people talking. Alexis opened her eyes and saw Patricia was awake and she was talking to one of the nurses.
"Patricia." said Alexis.
Patricia looked at her mother and smiled, "I'm feeling so much better mother! I feel so much better."
Rad opened his eyes and saw his daughter's smiling face and smiled, "How is my little girl this morning?"
Patricia smiled and replied, "I'm fine daddy. I have never felt better!"
Both parents wrapped their arms around her seeing she was okay and the cancer was taken out of her brain. She was okay and both parents were happy to see that. The doctor walked in on them hugging their daughter and couldn't help but smile. He had made another family happy and saved another life. He was thankful that this child so young in life survived the surgery and was feeling better with no side effects.
The doctor walked slowly deeper in the room and said, "So I'm taking that she's feeling better?"
"Oh much better Doctor Faulkner." exclaimed Patricia.
"I'm happy to hear that you're feeling better." he replied, "Okay in two months you'll need to bring Patricia back up here so we can check and make sure the cancer doesn't come back."
"Okay, I'll write that down in my calendar." replied Alexis.
"That's good because I'd probably forget." whispered Rad.
Alexis couldn't help but laugh when he whispered to her.
"Other than that news I say you are safe to leave." he said.
"Yeah! I get to go back home!" exclaimed Patricia, "Thank you for saving my life Doctor Faulkner."
"You're very welcome my dear. I hope you never get it again."
"So do I!" she called back to him as she left with her family.
They got in the car and they were all talking to one another, Rad who was driving suddenly past their house.
"Daddy, why are we not going home?" asked Patricia.
"We're going to see some old friends and Carlos will be there." replied Rad.
"Okay."
They kept driving in the desert coming to a mountain with a satellite on it. What she didn't know was what their old friends were.
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