Andrew's Terminal Illness

Here is my take on if Andrew was sent to Paul under different circumstances.

Paul received a phone call informing him that his former wife was in a car accident
leaving behind a 16-year-old with no-one to take care of him.
Paul says "I will take him they say he will arrive in a couple of days because he has not been there for his son."

He does not know that his life will be turned upside down because Paul does not know that for the past 15 years Andrew has been living with a terminal illness.

After he gets off the phone he turns to Rebecca and says "that was a friend of my former wife telling me she was in an accident. She died instantly which means it has left my youngest son Andrew with no-one to care for him."

Rebecca says "how old is he?"

Paul says "16. Ok we can take him. I will help you prepare his room. Rebecca are you sure?"

She says "yes."

So they proceed to get Andrew's room prepared for his arrival.

A few days later a car pulls up to the Robinson house.

The driver gets out starts unpacking various bags from the boot.

Paul is shocked at the kinds of things the kid had. Paul is wondering what all the medical supplies were for until he was sitting on the sofa. His driver started explaining what was going on. The driver handed Paul a package of documents.

Paul says "what's this."

The driver says "it's Andrews schedule and medications information. Sorry to dump this on you but for last 15 years Andrew has been living with a terminal illness called cystic fibrosis"

Paul says "ok thanks for bringing him here I will handle it from here after all he is my son." Then paul see's Andrew's driver out He is then left alone to take care of his son, At this stage he walks back into the lounge room to relize Andrew had actually fallen asleep on the sofa, paul walks over to attempt to wake him up but is stopped by Rebecca as she gently places her hand on his shoulder she says "paul darling leave him be for a few hours he must be exhausted from the trip" Rebecca quietly grabs a blanket from the closet placing it over Andrew before following paul to the kitchen for a cup of tea.

Then Rebecca's son Declan comes home with his daughter India they had been to the park Declan did not know that Andrew had arrived yet he came bursting in the front door with his friends Rebecca and paul came out to find out what the racket was She says "guys will you keep your voices down Andrew is asleep" Declan says "sorry mum when did he get here" Rebecca says "about half hour ago but he fell asleep 10 minutes ago so please try not to wake him" Declan says "ok guys up to my room."

Paul is in the kitchen with Rebecca looking through Andrew's paperwork Paul says "Rebecca his schedule looks abit hectic how are we going to cope" Rebecca says "we will get through this as a family."

The next minute they are startled when they hear something going on in the lounge room they rush in to the lounge room to relize the sound was Andrew struggling to breathe it was like he was choking Paul relized from what he had just been reading that if this happened he had to keep him calm Rebecca starts talking to him while paul grabs his nebulizer Rebecca says "Andrew mate you need to stay calm your dad is getting your medicine ready" Paul quickly sets the nebulizer up then he gently place the mask onto Andrew's face Rebecca continues talking to Andrew She says "Andrew mate just breath after 10minutes or so his breathing begins to settle Paul says "Rebecca he needs to lay down now" so he gently removes the mask before getting him to lay on his chest,

After he is laying down Paul begins to pound on Andrew's back with cupped hands until he starts coughing