Past Regrets Chapter 2
The next day, Bo and Luke rose first and got busy with the chores.
Normally they would start work at 9:00 a.m., but since Bo and Tyler had to be at the hospital at 10:00 a.m., Bo and Luke had to have the chores done early, so at 6:30 a.m. they were up and hard at work.
At 8:30 a.m. everything was done. Bo and Luke walked in to the house to be greeted by the smell of bacon and pancakes. Bo smiled as he sniffed the air.
"Ahh, bacon an' pancakes. My favorite!" Bo said.
"Everything's yer favorite, Bo." Luke replied as he gave Bo a look.
"Cute." Bo said with a roll of his eyes as he went to the spare room and knocked on the door.
"Ty, come on buddy. Time to wake up."
When Bo didn't get a reply, he opened the door and peeked in to the room.
Tyler was holding a pillow over his head to drown out the noise and hopefully get a few more winks of sleep.
With a slight chuckle, Bo walked over and sat down on the edge of the bed. He put a hand on Tyler's back, causing the twelve year old to jump and hastly turn to face Bo.
"Sorry, didn't mean ta startle you Ty, but, it's time to get up an have breakfast. We gotta leave soon." Bo said.
Tyler grunted as he sat up and sniffed the air.
He smelled the food, but that only made him slightly queasy, rather than hungry.
"I ain't hungry, dad." Tyler said as he looked up at Bo, with blue eyes shining.
"Ty, Dr. Kim said ya have to eat somethin'. You could get sick if ya don't eat somethin'." Bo reminded him.
Tyler nodded his head and said, "Maybe a glass of milk, but I don't think I could stomach anything else."
Bo smiled and patted Tyler's back before he stood up and left the room.
Sighing, Tyler threw back the warm blanket and stood up.
He blinked several times and watched as the room seemed to almost ripple around him.
His vision would get hazy, and then clear, and sometimes the objects in his line of sight would almost seem to ripple, like the ripples on a lake when a stone skips across it.
Reaching over, Tyler grabbed his jeans and fumbled with the button for several minutes, before he finally got it.
Next he grabbed a clean shirt and slipped in to it. Not having to fumble with the buttons, Tyler walked forward and nearly ran in to the door, but he stopped when his foot hit the door.
Backing up, Tyler ran in to the door frame, and hissed in pain for a second.
He stood there for a second, trying to get his bearings, before he set off for the kitchen, or what he hoped was the kitchen.
The chatter of the Dukes was unusually loud to his ears, making them hurt really bad. The smell of the food made his stomach churn, and the lights, lighting up the farm, hurt his eyes badly.
Daisy, who was sitting facing the hallway, looked up when she saw Tyler approaching.
"Hey hon', how'd you sleep?" She asked the newest addition to the family.
Hearing Daisy speak, Bo and Luke turned in their seats to watch Tyler.
Tyler grimaced as he put his hands over his ears, but threw his internal balance off, causing him to stumble sideways and bang in to the couch.
Scrunching his eyebrows, Bo rose up from his chair. "Ty, you alright?" He asked.
Tyler didn't reply, he just backed away from the couch and stumbled again before he fell, not having the energy to stand any longer.
Bo rushed towards him and just managed to catch him before Tyler hit the floor.
"Ty, what's wrong?" Bo asked in a frightened voice. When all Tyler did was grimace and hold his hands over his ears, Bo looked up at his cousin's and uncle with a frightened look on his face.
"Well, don't jus sit there Bo, let's get em' to the hospital." Luke said hurridly as he helped Bo get Tyler off the floor.
Daisy stepped up and carefully wrapped a blanket around Tyler, before Bo rushed his son out to the General, where Luke was already waiting.
Bo passed Tyler to Luke, before he climbed in to the General. Luke passed Tyler back to Bo, before he gunned the General, shooting forward, down the small driveway and on to the open road.
Tyler moaned as he rubbed his left ear slightly. "Don't feel good." He moaned as he shut his eyes painfully.
"It's gonna be alright Ty. We'll be at the hospital soon." Bo replied as he held Tyler close, praying that Luke and the General would hurry.
The General was the fastest car in all of Georgia, but with a child's life at stake, the General, in Bo's opinion, seemed to drag along.
Finally, after ten minutes, Luke pulled to a stop outside the hospital. In no time, Bo was out of the General, with Tyler still in his arms.
Rushing in to the hospital, Bo rushed in through the emergency entrance, never stopping till he was at the admittance desk.
"My son need's ta see a doctor." Bo said hurridly.
The nurse at the desk looked up at him, before she glanced at Tyler.
"Do you have an appointment?" She asked.
Bo nodded his head as he said, "Yes, at 10:00 a.m."
Since it was only 9:20 a.m., the nurse didn't seem to concerned.
"I'll see what I can do." She replied as she penciled Tyler's name in.
Sighing, Bo carried Tyler over to a row of chairs and sat down, laying Tyler across his lap.
Minutes went by with no doctor in sight. Bo was about ready to go nag the nurse again, when Tyler chose that moment to sit up.
Bo watched his son as he leaned over and threw up what little had been in his stomach, right on to the clean floor.
The nurse, hearing and seeing Tyler throw up on the floor, went over to clean it up.
As she worked, she glanced up at Tyler, who was leaning against Bo's chest.
Seeing something odd, she took out her pen light and shined it in Tyler's eyes. Her suspicions confirmed, she looked to Bo and said, "I'll get a doctor, right away."
Bo watched the nurse walk down the hall and in to a room. A minute later the nurse walked back out, followed by a doctor and a gurney.
The doctor knelt down on the floor and looked at Tyler. He checked the boy's color and response time before he checked Ty's pupils. Seeing what the nurse saw, the doctor took Ty from Bo and placed him on the gurney.
The orderlies then pushed the gurney down the hall and in to an exam room, with Bo and the doctor following close behind.
Once in the exam room, the doctor set Tyler up and said, "Ok Tyler, I want you to put your arm out, touch the tip of your nose with your finger, and then back out again."
Tyler raised his arm and then weakly drew his index finger towards his nose, but instead of touching his nose, his index finger went past the side of his head.
"Ok, that's ok. Try it again." The doctor said.
Tyler did and got the exact same results.
Bo looked from the doctor, to his son, and back.
"Ok, I need you to do one more thing Ty." The doctor said before he helped Tyler up off the gurney.
"Tired." Tyler muttered as he moaned a little.
The doctor nodded his head, already suspecting this.
"Jus' one more thing Ty, and then you can rest. I promise." He said, before he pointed out a dark, yellow line on the floor.
"Ok, see this line on the floor? I want you to walk along the line, placing one foot in front of the other."
Tyler looked at the line before he began to walk. His first two steps were ok, but on his third step, his foot bent in and caused him to stumble and cross the line.
Bo, who was waiting at the end of the line, saw the look on Tyler's face, and caught his son before he stumbled.
"Ok, I've seen what I need to see. I'm going to order another brain scan." The doctor said before he patted Tyler on the back and left the room.
Swallowing his fear, Bo placed Tyler back on the gurney as the orderlies reentered the room and pushed Tyler out of the room.
Knowing he couldn't go with them, Bo sadly went to the waiting room to wait.
