"Oh my god" Rosie gasped, quickly covering her mouth. "No no that can't be him"
Amanda placed her hand on Rosie's shoulder in support. They both stared at the man who was lying on the hospital bed in front of them, he had wires and tubes attached all over, a mask was swamping his face and the colour had been drained from his skin.
Rosie slowly made her way towards the bed, she gently picked up his hand and held it in her own.
"Max. Max please just wake up" she whispered tears rolling down her cheeks.
Amanda pulled up a chair "honey sit down"
"But Mand it doesn't even look like him, it's like he's gone already" Rosie shuddered at the thought.
"Honey he's still there and he always will be, you know how strong he is"
They heard the door open behind them. Amanda turned to see a doctor come into the room, Rosie didn't budge her eyes were fixed on Max's face.
"Mrs Gifthold?" the doctor asked, now standing at the end of the bed.
"Yeah." Rosie turned her head in his direction, not letting go of Max's hand.
"I'm Doctor Wheeler, I've been put in charge of your husband's medical state. I'm going to run you through his condition if that's ok?"
"Yeah" she said softly
"We've performed MRI scans on your husband's brain and found damage his frontal lobes. It's this severe brain damage that has put him in this state, as the brain can't function properly he cannot respond to stimuli."
"So will he wake up?"
"I'm afraid it's a waiting game. All we can do is continue to keep the rest of his body stable. Should he wake up, it's likely that he will suffer memory loss as well as the ability to perform basic functions."
"Like what?" Rosie asked
"People have been known to lose the ability to talk, walk, some have become entirely reliant on others for the rest of their lives"
"Ok", the seriousness was starting to set in.
"However it also appears that Max has fractured some verterbrae. This could result in paralysis but we cannot address this in full until he is awake."
Rosie turned back to Max. She still couldn't understand this situation they'd been put in, if he woke up would their lives change forever? And exactly that if he woke up. If he didn't wake up how she could she possibly live without him by her side? He was her rock, he'd done so much for her that had put her where she was today. She would have never completed her degree without him by her side, she'd have gone back to live with Danny for sure at the first sign of. She wouldn't have a family of her own if it wasn't for him. When times were tough he kept the roof over her head, he left work early to look after the kids when she had to finish dissertations or work overtime, he helped her when Sarah died and the grief of losing her own mother came flooding back. She needed him.
She stared at him for what seemed like forever. She just longed to switch places, he was so much stronger at the emotional and mental stuff than her. But what hurt the most was that he needed her right now though there was nothing she could do.
"I can't lose him" She whispered, tears once again rolling down her cheeks.
"Rosie you're not going to lose him" Amanda whispered back placing her hand on Rosie's in comfort
"You heard what the doctor said, they don't know if he's going to wake up. I can't live without him, I can't let my kids grow up without their dad"
"But he's a fighter. I hate to tell you this but you married a stubborn man, he won't let anything stop him from waking up"
Rosie let out a small smile. The door behind them opened once again, she turned and saw Max's mum walk into the room. Rosie quickly got up and embraced Beth.
"I can't believe this is happening" Beth sobbed quietly.
"I know" Rosie murmured.
"First Henry now Max. My world's just falling apart."
I'm going to probably update once a week coz i want this to be good so i need to take my time. I've kind of abandoned WAH: In the City so i can focus on this one and once again it wasn't going anywhere but i'll try and pick it back up when i've done this one. Anyway hope u like this one so far, let me know what u think :)