Diagnosis Hatred-Ch 1
Penelope Garcia Morgan was dreading her annual physical, not because she thought anything was wrong but because she had to leave work in the middle of the day to go to the doctor. Right now was an extremely busy time for her at work, not to mention at home, she was married to the love of her life, her hotstuff, Derek Morgan and she was the mother of 3 year old son Hank Spencer Morgan and 5 month old Jennifer Francine Morgan.
She was tired but that was from work, her day would start when Daphne would wake her up, after getting her daughter fed and changed and put back down for a nap she'd stay up and get dressed for work and prepare breakfast for her family. They her and her husband would go to work where she would come home alone as much as she came home with him because unfortunately unsubs don't care that the agents have famalies and actually want to be home with them.
Currently she was at the blood and urine part of her exam, after handing the cup filled with urine to the nurse she headed over to the seat so that the nurse could draw her blood. That was the part she dreaded, the bloodwork, Penelope hated needles, she always had and she knew that she always would.
One of Dereks ex's Savannah Hayes was a doctor on staff at the hospital, when they would see each other they tried to be civil, easier said than done sometimes but lately things had been good between them. Savannah and Derek had dated almost 5 years ago, Derek cared for Savannah but wasn't and had never been in love with her but Penelope on the other hand he had been in love with her since the day he called her Gomez by mistake.
When her testing was finally over her doctor said, "now see that wasn't so bad was it"?, Penelope blew out a deep breath and said, "no, not at all it's just that right now my team is gone to Texas on a case and I can't spare much time away from work". The doctor nodded her head and said, "I understand I do but you're almost done" causing Penelope to smile.
A few minutes later she was getting ready to walk out of the doctors office and she turned around when the doctor said, "I'll call you with your results later today or tomorrow". Penelope said, "alright, thank you doctor", the doctor smiled and them watched as Penelope walked out of her office and headed up the hall.
Several hours later Savannah was in the lab waiting on blood results for a patient when she saw it, she saw Penelopes results, she looked around and saw that she was alone and decided to check out the results. She blew out a deep breath and said, "healthy again, it's not fair, she's got everything, she's got my Derek, the kids that should have been mine, it's just not fair".
That's when the idea hit her, she grinned did something that would change Penelopes life forever, when she was finished she put the papers back and was sitting by the door when the tech walked in and said, "sorry it took me so long doctor Hayes". Savannah took the results and said, "it's alright, don't worry" as she turned around and smiled happily as she walked out of the lab.
The rest of Penelopes day was busy and soon she was home with her kids where after making sure they had been fed and bathed she sighed happily as she watched her son and daughter peacefully sleeping. Derek and the team wouldn't be home again tonight sooooo she decided to lay down and get some rest since she'd been so tired lately.
She woke up the next morning to the sound of the phone ringing, she picked it up and said, "hello", the voice on the other end said, "Penelope"?, she said, "yeah, who's this"?, the voice said, "this is Sally from Dr. Sutherlands office". Penelope said, "yes, yes, what can I do for you Sally"?, Sally said, "your test results are back and the doctor would like for you to come in this morning".
Penelope said, "can't she just give me my results over the phone like she always does"?, Sally said, "I'm sorry Penelope but no, no she can't", Penelope said, "is there something wrong"?, Sally said, "the doctor wanted to know if you could come in before work this morning"? Penelope said, "yeah, yeah, sure, let me get my kids up and fed and I'll get my mother in law to watch them and then I'll be right in".
Sally said, "see you soon" and after the call ended she jumped up and got dressed and had breakfast ready for the babies when they woke up and after getting Daphne fed and changed she put her in her swing before calling Fran. Fran happily agreed to come earlier to watch the kids, she loved spending time with her grandbabies.
Penelope was now nervously sitting across from her doctor waiting for her to speak, Penelope felt her heart racing, something must be wrong, she said to herself, ",maybe my cholesterol is high or maybe my weight is up a few pounds". She was pulled back to reality when the doctor cleared her throat, she then looked up at the doctor and waited for it, waited for the diagnosis that would change her life forever.
The doctor looked at Penelope and said, "Penelope something showed up in your blood work yesterday", Penelope said, "w w what showed up"?, the doctor put her hand on Penelopes and said, "I'm so sorry to have to tell you this". Penelope said, "sorry to tell me what, you aren't saying anything, what's wrong with me, please tell me".
The doctor said, "you have Hodgkins Lymphoma Penelope", those 4 words caused Penelopes heart to shatter into a million pieces and allowed the tears to fall, as the doctor continued to talk Penelope sat there in shock, thinking ,"no no this can't be, this has to be wrong, this has to be wrong". She looked up at the doctor and said, "can you say that again, I must have heard you wrong".
Sheila said, "honey you didn't hear me wrong, I'm so sorry", Penelope said, "it has to be wrong, that's not right, not me, I don't have Hodgkins", Shelia then wrapped her arms around her friend and rocked her down and forth as the news finally sank in. As the tears slid down her face she was afraid that she'd lose everything, her husband, her kids, her job, everything gone, forever.