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1994: New Years Eve Toronto, Canada
Samantha Morgan laid back in the hospital bed as she screamed out, grasping her husbands hand and squeezing it for dear life.
"Just keep pushing baby, it's almost over!" Ross hollered, watching as the doctors and nurses scrambled around the room quickly.
"Ah!" she screamed, finally collapsing back into the bed as the doctor and nurses began to cheer as Samantha began to cry as the doctor held up a small crying infant.
"It's a boy!" the doctor said as he got a towel and began to wipe off the blood from the baby, it's cries like sweet music to his mother's ears as she held out her arms and sobbed happily. Samantha watched as the doctor wrapped the baby in a baby blue towel before carefully handing him over to her. Ross leaned in as they both stared down into the baby's vibrant brown eyes, both of them crying as they smiled at the newborn. Samantha wiped at her eyes with her free hand as the baby began to look up at them both with wonder in his eyes, staring between his mother and father.
"Hey buddy, I'm your daddy! This is your new mommy!" Ross said with excitement, choking back sobs as the baby grasped onto his finger and began to try and squeeze it.
"Ethan...I want to name him Ethan." Samantha said as she looked over at her husband, nodding his head in agreement as they both looked back down into Ethan's eyes.
"My sweet Ethan." Samantha said as she watched baby look up at her before a smile graced his face. "Mommy and daddy will always love you, no matter what." Samantha said as she reached up and ran her fingers across Ethan's tiny fingers as the baby cooed at smiled at them.
"Happy New Years!" came the cries of nursing staff from the hallway as the doctors and nurses began to cheer happily, Samantha still staring down into Ethan's brown eyes.
Years Later
Ethan Morgan ran around a small living room with a younger girl at his side, both of them smiling and giggling as they ran around in circles.
"Don't run around that table you two!" came a older voice as a gray haired woman walked into a nearby doorway and scolded them both.
"Sorry mema! We were just playing tag." Ethan said, his little sister giggling still as she collided into him. Both of them looked at their grandmother as she put her hands on her hips before finally smiling at them both.
"Oh come on you two, come help grandma make some cookies!" she said, clapping her hands together as the two young children screamed in excitement before running past her into the kitchen. Ethan stood on his tiptoes as he tried to reach a bowl with freshly made cookie dough inside.
"Ethan, you know your mother said you can't eat raw cookie dough!" the older woman said as she walked over and pushed the bowl farther out of reach.
"Mema! I only want a little bit!" Ethan pleaded, staring up at his grandmother as she looked down into his brown eyes.
"No Ethan, you can get really sick from raw cookie dough. Jane! Don't touch that, it's sharp!" cried out the woman as she raced over to Jane who was holding a chef's knife. Ethan took the chance to jump towards the counter and sneak a bit of cookie dough from the spoon used to mix the bowl. He smiled to himself as he put the small glob of dough in his mouth before returning his attention to both his grandmother and little sister squabble as his grandmother took the big knife away to Jane's disappointment.
"I swear, what will I do with you two?" the older woman asked as she shook her head slightly before putting the knife away and returning to the counter.
Two Weeks Later
Samantha Morgan sat at her son's bedside, dabbing a small wet cloth to his forehead. Frowning, she put the rag down before taking a small thermometer from his lips.
"A hundred and three...shit." Samantha said as she stood up and walked out of the room, walking into a large living room where Ross was playing with their younger daughter.
"Ross, Ethan is going to have to go to the hospital. His temperature still hasn't gone down since last night. He won't quit getting sick and he's extremely pale. I just don't know what to do!" Samantha said, bringing a hand to her mouth as she choked back a cry.
"Hey now, don't cry sweetie. He's going to be just fine. You get Jane in her car seat and I'll get Ethan out of bed." Ross said as he walked over to his wife and put his hands on her shoulders. She nodded her head as she walked over to Jane who was playing with a few dolls.
"Come on sweetheart, mommy and daddy are going to take Ethan to the doctor." Samantha said as Ross left the room to get Ethan.
"Is bubby going to be okay?" Jane asked, looking up at her mother with concern as Samantha reached over and traced her fingertips through Jane's hair.
"He's going to be just fine baby doll, the doctors will make him all better. Now come on, you can bring your dolls with us too." Samantha said as Jane smiled again, turning around as she collected her dolls in her arms.
That Night
Ross sat in the waiting room of the ER with his son in his arms, slowly rubbing his back as he looked around at the other waiting patients. A nurse sat up at the information center, typing away on a computer as Jane played with a few other small kids in a nearby play center.
"Where's the damn doctor! We've been waiting for hours now!" Samantha said with clenched teeth, Ross using one of his hands to reach over and rub her knee soothingly.
"It'll be just fine baby. I'm sure it won't be much longer now." Ross said, his son beginning to cough loudly into his side.
"Daddy? Mommy? Where are you?" came Ethan's voice as he leaned back from Ross's grip, his eyes open as he looked around.
"We are right here buddy." Ross said, smiling down at his son who was now looking around the room with a bit of fear in his eyes.
"Where...I can't see you! It's so dark!" Ethan said, tears beginning to fill inside his small brown eyes as Samantha jumped up from her chair and raced to his side.
"Ethan, can you see mommy. Look towards me!" Samantha said, their faces falling as their son looked around the room with his eyes wide open searching for her.
"I can't see you mommy! What's going on! Why can't I see you!" cried Ethan, Samantha's face going pale as she waved her hand in front of her sons face to no avail.
"Will somebody get a damn doctor in here, my son can't see!" Samantha cried out as a nurse from the information center went running into the back, coming back out shortly with a doctor hot on her heel. Ethan was crying loudly by now as Samantha watched the doctor and a few nurses take him from Ross's arms before putting him on a stretcher.
"Mommy! Daddy! What's going on, where am I?!" Ethan wailed, his parents both crying as they held onto each other as the doctor rushed Ethan through a set of double doors.
A Few Hours Later
Samantha dabbed at her eyes as she sat by her son's hospital bed, Ethan fast asleep by now as Ross paced back and forth in the room. She looked over at her mother as the older woman held a sleeping Jane in her arms.
"Thanks again for coming out mom." Samantha said with a raspy voice, dabbing at her eyes again as her mother looked at her.
"Sweetie, it's the least I could do." her mother said as she dabbed at her eyes as well before a doctor knocked on the door to the room lightly before entering.
"What's going on with my son!" Ross whispered, the doctor looking between both parents with a solemn look before looking down at a chart.
"Your son seems to have contracted a sever case of salmonella poisoning. It could have come from eating any dairy product or anything that had raw egg uncooked inside." the doctor said as he walked over to Ethan's bedside and took the boy's temperature once more.
"That still does not explain why my son can't see anymore!" Samantha said quietly, looking over at Ethan as he slept.
"That's the bad news about all of this. When Ethan's temperature began to rise more and more, it basically sent his body into overdrive being he's so young. His optical nerves were damaged from the fever, the nerves that control sight." the doctor said as Samantha and Ross stole a look at each other before looking back.
"How long will the blindness last?" Ross asked, the doctor looking down for a quick second as he grabbed his chart once more.
"I...I'm afraid the damage to the nerve is permanent. Your son will never regain his sight back. If we had caught the disease sooner, it may have changed things. I'm terribly sorry...I'll contact a hospital therapist and have him come talk to you all. Again...I'm so very sorry." the doctor responded, Samantha shaking her head back and forth as she began to sob quietly. Ross staggered back until his back was against the wall, sobs of his own. Samantha got out of her chair as she carefully knelled down beside Ethan's bedside and traced her fingers over his cheek, tears falling down her cheeks.
"Oh Ethan...I'm so sorry." she whispered between sobs as the doctor slipped out of the room, both parents at their son's side as he slept; unaware of everything.
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