WHO ELSE HATES THAT NATHAN DIED! WELL I WILL NO LONGER BE WATCHING GH UNTIL NATHAN RETURNS! I GET THAT THE ACTOR WANTED TO LEAVE BUT THEY NEEDED TO JUST REPLACE HIM FOR A WHILE!
Okay rant over. I came up with this idea when Cesar shot Nathan. What if Maxie had been the one shot?
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Maxie was being held by Cesar when Nathan came off the elevator. The next thing Maxie knew was that Cesar pulled the trigger on his gun and Maxie tried to shield Nathan. Then there was a blinding pain in her shoulder and Cesar let her go. She fell to the ground and gasped.
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Nathan rushed to Maxie not truly caring if Cesar shot him or not. He fell beside her and found her wound quickly. Maxie looked at him wide eyed.
"Nathan."
He nodded and put his hands over her wound. "Yeah baby i'm here."
Peter August came into the room and was on a cell phone. He spoke to Nathan.
"An ambulance is coming."
Nathan nodded. "get me some towels or tissues or something."
Peter disappeared and returned with paper towels. They did little to stop the bleeding. Nathan spoke to Maxie.
"Come on Baby keep talking to me."
Maxie smiled. "I love you."
Nathan nodded. "I love you too."
"This is all my fault."
Nathan shook his head. "No you did nothing wrong. Everything is going to be okay..."
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"Thirty year old female, GSW to chest upper left side. Vital signs erratic. Seventeen weeks pregnant."
Maxie winced as the nurses moved her from one gurney to another in the emergency room. She could hear a lot of chatter around her head. Finally she spotted a familiar face of Elizabeth. She felt a little relieved. Elizabeth stood in shock.
"Maxie."
A doctor walked over and spoke to her. "Maxie I am Dr. Rashi. I need you to blink once if you understand me."
Maxie blinked and he nodded. "I want full scans as soon as possible and we need to get that bleeding under control. We have a short window of time people."
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Nathan was pacing the waiting room while Felicia and Mac sat perfectly still. He was covered in Maxie's blood and worried beyond belief. Amy walked out and spoke to him.
"Nathan."
He rushed to her. "How's Maxie?"
"Dr. Rashi is stabilizing her before she goes in for surgery."
Felicia and Mac stood and Felicia shook as she spoke. "Dr. rashi...is he good?"
Amy nodded. "He is and they're calling in more doctors."
They all nodded and watched as she went back. Griffin walked into the hospital pale faced. He had been told what happened and now it was up to he and Monica Quartermaine to save Maxie's life. When he walked into the Trauma room he saw Maxie covered in blood and having her clothes cut off. He jumped into action. Elizabeth handed her the films and he examined them carefully.
"Okay the bullet is in the chest cavity. It looks like it missed the left ventricle...Dr. Quartermaine should be able to tell us more. How is her vitals?"
A nurse looked. "She's hanging in there."
"The baby?"
"fetal heartrate is steady."
"Has anyone talked to the husband?"
"Not yet. We were waiting on Dr. Quartermaine."
He nodded. As he looked at the wound Monica walked in. She took a deep breath and jumped in.
"How is she?"
Griffin looked at her. "We need to get the bullet out before it migrates."
She nodded and looked at the scans. "Okay...get her prepped and ready. Grab Bobbie and ask her to scrub in also I want Dr. Nero to come in for a quick word before we talk to the family."
Griffin nodded and started helping Elizabeth prep. When Dr. Nero finally arrived Monica spoke quickly.
"If we have to deliver the baby what are it's chances?"
Dr. Nero sighed. "About ten percent survival. Maybe less."
Monica nodded and spoke to Griffin. "I need to scrub in. Can you explain things to the family?"
He nodded and went over everything with her before walking into the waiting room with the consent forms. Nathan was joined by Felicia, Mac, Spinelli, Nina, Carly, Peter, Olivia, and Jason. Nathan looked at him.
"Griffin."
Griffin sighed and sat in front of him. "The bullet is in Maxie's chest cavity. Thankfully it missed her left ventricle but it is still moving. So Dr. Quartermaine needs to open up her chest and remove the bullet as quickly as possible and then repair the damage."
Nathan was in shock. He barely recognized his own voice when he spoke. "What about the baby?"
"As for now it's holding steady. Dr. Nero has agreed to sit in on the surgery. If it comes down to it...she will deliver the baby. At seventeen weeks gestation it stands a ten percent chance of survival...but that is our last case scenario." He handed Nathan the clipboard. "We need your consent to perform the surgery."
Nathan nodded and signed. He then looked at Griffin and spoke quietly. "She is everything to me...She is my world."
He nodded. "We will do whatever we can."
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Nathan was forced to sit and wait. It comforted him when Dante showed up with his mother and Lulu. Everyone was on pins and needles. They had no clue what was happening with Maxie. Meanwhile in the OR, Monica sighed. Griffin looked at her.
"How bad?"
She looked at him. "Well I got the bullet but there is a lot of damage...i'll have to repair it slowly but she has already lost a lot of blood."
"Okay so we'll get her more blood."
"Problem is she's b- negative."
Griffin sighed. "Maybe a family member can donate?"
Dr. Nero stood. "The baby is holding steady." She spoke to Elizabeth. "Elizabeth can you keep an eye on the monitors and I will go talk to the family."
Elizabeth nodded and Dr. Nero left the room. She wrapped her hands in a sterile cloth and then walked out. The waiting room was completely full. She sighed. Mac was the first to see her.
"Dr. Nero."
She walked over and spoke to all of them. "Maxie is still in surgery. Now we've removed the bullet but the damage was more extensive then the scans originally showed. We're looking at another few hours of surgery."
Every face looked worried. Nathan was sitting with his mom and Dante. Dr. Nero spoke to Felicia.
"When Maxie had her heart transplant all of your family members would have been tested for compatibility in case she needed a blood transfusion."
Felicia nodded. "Yes we all were."
"Was anyone a match?"
Felicia started to think. "Tony and B.J. are both dead...Frisco is overseas..."
Dr. Nero sighed. "Do you know anyone else with B- negative blood?"
Carly Corinthos spoke up. "Michael is."
Michael nodded. "I'll donate."
Dr. Nero nodded and ushered him over. Nathan stood and shook his hand.
"Thank you."
Michael placed his hand on his shoulder. "It's Maxie. Anyone in this room would do anything for her."
Nathan nodded. Michael walked out with Dr. Nero. Soon Dr. Nero was walking back into the OR with a fresh bag of blood and two from the blood bank.
"Michael Corinthos was able to donate and the blood bank had two bags on hand."
Monica nodded. "Hang the first bag. We have multiple rib fractures and the pieces are working their way towards the lungs. She's taking in too much air."
Griffin gave her a hand. After a couple hours the monitors started going off. Monica cursed.
"We're loosing her."
Dr. Nero spoke up. "The fetal heartrate is dropping..."
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Monica walked out and spotted the waiting room full of people. Lulu saw her and stood. With her so did Nathan and Felicia. Nathan spoke anxious.
"How is she?"
Monica spoke quietly. "She is in the ICU. We were able to remove the bullet and repair the damage. Thankfully her ribs took the brunt of the damage." She then dropped her voice even more. "We almost lost her twice. But she is tough. So is that little one of yours. It's holding strong as well. The next twenty four hours will be critical. We're going to give her another blood transfusion and monitor her closely."
Nathan felt defeated. He spoke quietly. "Can I see her?"
She nodded and led him back. Maxie's room was the first next to the nurses station. She was asleep with a tube in her mouth and wires covering almost every inch of her body. Nathan walked over to her and sat down by her head. He brushed her hair back and spoke with tears in his eyes.
"Hey Beautiful...you pulled through...I knew you would." He grabbed her hand and looked at the bump of her stomach. "Dr. Quartermaine says our little one is tough. Just like it's mother. Everyone is stunned that it made it..."
He watched the monitors for a few minutes. The top one was Maxie's vitals and the bottom was their baby's. He sniffled and smiled again.
"So I was thinking...maybe we should look at getting a house...one with a big yard so that we can get one of those crazy big swing sets...Georgie would love it...and we can swing with our kid...and we could get a dog..."
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