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Chapter 2: Life Or Death
Cindy sat in the waiting room of the hospital wrapping her long blonde hair around her beautifully manicured fingers nervously. She stared down at her lap, and wondered what was happening behind the closed door to her right hand side where her unconscious husband was being examined. At that moment Libby walked in carrying Chloe who immediately squirmed out of Libby's arms and ran over to where Cindy sat and gave her a hug.
"Mummy, where's daddy? Is he going to be ok?" she said giving Cindy a hug. Cindy pulled Chloe onto her knee noticing that a few tears were running down either cheek, and held her close trying to hold back her own tears. She didn't know what to say to her daughter, she didn't know herself what sort of condition he was in.
"Hey honey don't cry, please darling there's nothing to cry about. Daddy's very ill, but the doctors are looking after him," said Cindy soothingly to Chloe. After a while her daughter brushed away her tears and climbed out of her mother's lap and sat down next to her. Cindy turned her attention to Libby who was still standing in the door way of the waiting room.
"Thanks for bringing her," she said quietly. She knew this must be difficult for Libby too, Sheen was unconscious in hospital bed, but at least she knew that he was going to be ok. He had just fractured his skull and had concussion. Cindy had yet to find out the damage to her husband.
"That's ok, I knew you'd want her to be here when you find out the results of the tests they've been doing," replied Libby nodding her head in the direction of the closed door where Jimmy was. Cindy gave her a weak smile. Libby might be a nutcase most of the time but she could be caring when it mattered. Libby walked over to Cindy and put her arm around her. She knew that she wanted to be alone.
"Come on Chloe, lets go get a drink," Libby took the girls hand and led her away. Cindy sat still staring around the small room which was deserted except for herself. She wondered what could be taking so long, she kept checking her watch, she had been sitting in the waiting room for what seemed like an age but she realised it had only been 20 minutes.
Chloe came back into the room about 10 minutes later carrying a carton of Ribena and a chocolate bar.
"Mummy have the doctors said anything yet about daddy," said Chloe hopefully.
"Sorry honey, but I haven't seen them yet, it could be a while." At this Chloe's smile faded. The room went silent, until Libby said,
"Come gorgeous, you'll get bored if you stay here with nothing to do, Libby will take you home." Libby said "You've got homework to do anyway." Chloe didn't look very happy, she obviously didn't want to leave her mother, and homework didn't sound to exiting either, but she didn't argue, just kissed Cindy goodbye and Cindy gave her a hug back.
"Bye honey, daddy'll be fine, don't worry." Then she waved goodbye to her daughter and Libby who led Chloe towards the hospital exit with a quick backward glance at her best friend.
Cindy waited for another half an hour before one of the surgeons came to see her.
"How is he? Is he going to be ok? Can I see him?." Cindy had a thousand questions but the surgeon raised his hand as if to tell her to calm down, so she stopped.
"Mrs Neutron, your husband is badly injured, he has fractured two of his ribs and has severe head wounds, at this moment he is stable, but we do not yet know enough to tell you whether he is going to live," said the surgeon. Cindy gasped, she hadn't realised how bad the crash had been. All she knew was what the hospital had told her: that he was unconscious and badly injured. Hearing that Jimmy might die was a big shock. She slowly sat back down, there were tears streaming silently down both her cheeks.
"Can I see him?" she asked tearfully. Looking up at the surgeon.
"Yes you can, but before I take you in I must ask to try not to be alarmed by all the machines around your husband," he said "each one is helping to fight for his life." Cindy nodded and took a deep breath before standing and walking slowly into the room.
Cindy was shocked by how many different wires and other equipment surrounded Jimmy. She walked to his side and sat on the edge on the bed. She touched his hand, but almost immediately drew it away, it felt so cold and lifeless. She ran her fingers down the side of his ice cold face as one of her warm tears fell on his cheek.
"Jimmy, Jimmy," she whispered "can you hear me." His unconscious body didn't move. "Please Jimmy don't die, I couldn't live without you," she knew deep down that there was no way Jimmy could hear her let alone reply, but she wanted to believe he could. "Oh Jimmy, I love you so much, you can't leave me," she whispered to him crying more and more as she spoke.
"Mrs Neutron," said a nurse "would you like to stay with your husband tonight or would you prefer to go home." Cindy looked up.
"Can I stay with him," she said, Cindy wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and stood up. "As long as it's not too much trouble."
"No no of course not, we always have a bed for the relatives such as yourself," said the nurse reassuringly. The nurse left to make up bed where Cindy was going to be sleeping, Cindy realised she didn't have any clothes for the next day or anything to wash herself with, she hadn't thought that Jimmy would be that badly injured that she would have to stay overnight with him. She looked at her watch for what must have been at least the 100th time that night, it was 10:30 pm, she had asked too much of Libby already today she'd just have to manage. Cindy sat with Jimmy for about five minutes longer before the nurse came in and told her that her bed was ready. She kissed Jimmy on the forehead.
"Goodnight Jimmy, I love you," she whispered to him. Cindy gave his hand one last squeeze before letting it fall to his side and leaving the silent ward with the nurse.
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Cindy couldn't sleep for ages, she tossed and turned for hours as tears slid down her cheeks long into the night. She couldn't help but think of all those machines around Jimmy. Her thoughts kept drifting back to the surgeons words when he had come out of the ward: "but we do not yet know enough to tell you whether he is going to live." She couldn't help thinking about what would happen if she lost Jimmy. She could only keep telling herself that everything was going to be ok, that Jimmy was in good hands now otherwise she probably would have screamed.
She eventually cried herself to sleep for a few hours, when she woke it was still dark. Her watch read 3:30am. Cindy couldn't stand to lay in her bed for another second while her husband could be lying alone in hospital bed dying. She climbed out of bed and threw on the hospital dressing-gown. Her feet squeaked across the tiled floor of the room to the door. When she reached Jimmy's room she stared through the glass panel. What she saw almost made her scream. There were doctors and nurses surrounding Jimmy.
"We've lost him," said one of the doctors after a minute or two. The others turned away looking despondent.
"Time of death, 3:34am," said another writing something down on a clipboard. Cindy sunk to the floor, she couldn't believe it, she didn't want to believe it. She hadn't just witnessed her own husbands death, surely this must be a horrible dream, and she would wake up and find that Jimmy was on the way to recovery. Even as she thought this she knew it wasn't true. She stood up and opened the door, maybe, just maybe they hadn't been talking about Jimmy, and maybe they had moved him to another ward because they had an emergency case. She had to now what was going on.
"Oh Mrs Neutron," said one of the only nurses left standing near the person obviously shocked to see her up at that time in the morning. Cindy didn't reply. She had her head down not looking at the figure on the bed, she was willing for it not to be Jimmy.
"Mrs Neutron, I'm so sorry," the nurse couldn't think of anything else to say. Cindy still didn't answer, but she knew what the statement ' I'm so sorry ' meant. She was by the figures bedside, she raised her head and saw, Jimmy. Cindy gasped, collapsed onto her knees by his bed and wept. The nurse came round to stand next to Cindy and put her hand on her shoulder.
"We were just about to move him, but if you'd like to be with him for a while then I totally understand." The nurse spoke quietly as Cindy's tears poured down her cheeks in silence, she didn't even turn to look at the nurse, just nodded and the nurse left her alone with his body.
Chapter 2 is done, it wasn't to bad was it, I'm no good at writing sad stories, if you've got anyways I could improve this chapter please tell me, sorry it's so long I'll try to make chapter 3 shorter. Sorry I know none of the doctors and nurses don't have names but I couldn't be bother to think of names for any of them. Oh yeah and keep thinking of a new pen name for me cos I'm sick of my current one.
Chapter 2: Life Or Death
Cindy sat in the waiting room of the hospital wrapping her long blonde hair around her beautifully manicured fingers nervously. She stared down at her lap, and wondered what was happening behind the closed door to her right hand side where her unconscious husband was being examined. At that moment Libby walked in carrying Chloe who immediately squirmed out of Libby's arms and ran over to where Cindy sat and gave her a hug.
"Mummy, where's daddy? Is he going to be ok?" she said giving Cindy a hug. Cindy pulled Chloe onto her knee noticing that a few tears were running down either cheek, and held her close trying to hold back her own tears. She didn't know what to say to her daughter, she didn't know herself what sort of condition he was in.
"Hey honey don't cry, please darling there's nothing to cry about. Daddy's very ill, but the doctors are looking after him," said Cindy soothingly to Chloe. After a while her daughter brushed away her tears and climbed out of her mother's lap and sat down next to her. Cindy turned her attention to Libby who was still standing in the door way of the waiting room.
"Thanks for bringing her," she said quietly. She knew this must be difficult for Libby too, Sheen was unconscious in hospital bed, but at least she knew that he was going to be ok. He had just fractured his skull and had concussion. Cindy had yet to find out the damage to her husband.
"That's ok, I knew you'd want her to be here when you find out the results of the tests they've been doing," replied Libby nodding her head in the direction of the closed door where Jimmy was. Cindy gave her a weak smile. Libby might be a nutcase most of the time but she could be caring when it mattered. Libby walked over to Cindy and put her arm around her. She knew that she wanted to be alone.
"Come on Chloe, lets go get a drink," Libby took the girls hand and led her away. Cindy sat still staring around the small room which was deserted except for herself. She wondered what could be taking so long, she kept checking her watch, she had been sitting in the waiting room for what seemed like an age but she realised it had only been 20 minutes.
Chloe came back into the room about 10 minutes later carrying a carton of Ribena and a chocolate bar.
"Mummy have the doctors said anything yet about daddy," said Chloe hopefully.
"Sorry honey, but I haven't seen them yet, it could be a while." At this Chloe's smile faded. The room went silent, until Libby said,
"Come gorgeous, you'll get bored if you stay here with nothing to do, Libby will take you home." Libby said "You've got homework to do anyway." Chloe didn't look very happy, she obviously didn't want to leave her mother, and homework didn't sound to exiting either, but she didn't argue, just kissed Cindy goodbye and Cindy gave her a hug back.
"Bye honey, daddy'll be fine, don't worry." Then she waved goodbye to her daughter and Libby who led Chloe towards the hospital exit with a quick backward glance at her best friend.
Cindy waited for another half an hour before one of the surgeons came to see her.
"How is he? Is he going to be ok? Can I see him?." Cindy had a thousand questions but the surgeon raised his hand as if to tell her to calm down, so she stopped.
"Mrs Neutron, your husband is badly injured, he has fractured two of his ribs and has severe head wounds, at this moment he is stable, but we do not yet know enough to tell you whether he is going to live," said the surgeon. Cindy gasped, she hadn't realised how bad the crash had been. All she knew was what the hospital had told her: that he was unconscious and badly injured. Hearing that Jimmy might die was a big shock. She slowly sat back down, there were tears streaming silently down both her cheeks.
"Can I see him?" she asked tearfully. Looking up at the surgeon.
"Yes you can, but before I take you in I must ask to try not to be alarmed by all the machines around your husband," he said "each one is helping to fight for his life." Cindy nodded and took a deep breath before standing and walking slowly into the room.
Cindy was shocked by how many different wires and other equipment surrounded Jimmy. She walked to his side and sat on the edge on the bed. She touched his hand, but almost immediately drew it away, it felt so cold and lifeless. She ran her fingers down the side of his ice cold face as one of her warm tears fell on his cheek.
"Jimmy, Jimmy," she whispered "can you hear me." His unconscious body didn't move. "Please Jimmy don't die, I couldn't live without you," she knew deep down that there was no way Jimmy could hear her let alone reply, but she wanted to believe he could. "Oh Jimmy, I love you so much, you can't leave me," she whispered to him crying more and more as she spoke.
"Mrs Neutron," said a nurse "would you like to stay with your husband tonight or would you prefer to go home." Cindy looked up.
"Can I stay with him," she said, Cindy wiped her eyes with the back of her hand and stood up. "As long as it's not too much trouble."
"No no of course not, we always have a bed for the relatives such as yourself," said the nurse reassuringly. The nurse left to make up bed where Cindy was going to be sleeping, Cindy realised she didn't have any clothes for the next day or anything to wash herself with, she hadn't thought that Jimmy would be that badly injured that she would have to stay overnight with him. She looked at her watch for what must have been at least the 100th time that night, it was 10:30 pm, she had asked too much of Libby already today she'd just have to manage. Cindy sat with Jimmy for about five minutes longer before the nurse came in and told her that her bed was ready. She kissed Jimmy on the forehead.
"Goodnight Jimmy, I love you," she whispered to him. Cindy gave his hand one last squeeze before letting it fall to his side and leaving the silent ward with the nurse.
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Cindy couldn't sleep for ages, she tossed and turned for hours as tears slid down her cheeks long into the night. She couldn't help but think of all those machines around Jimmy. Her thoughts kept drifting back to the surgeons words when he had come out of the ward: "but we do not yet know enough to tell you whether he is going to live." She couldn't help thinking about what would happen if she lost Jimmy. She could only keep telling herself that everything was going to be ok, that Jimmy was in good hands now otherwise she probably would have screamed.
She eventually cried herself to sleep for a few hours, when she woke it was still dark. Her watch read 3:30am. Cindy couldn't stand to lay in her bed for another second while her husband could be lying alone in hospital bed dying. She climbed out of bed and threw on the hospital dressing-gown. Her feet squeaked across the tiled floor of the room to the door. When she reached Jimmy's room she stared through the glass panel. What she saw almost made her scream. There were doctors and nurses surrounding Jimmy.
"We've lost him," said one of the doctors after a minute or two. The others turned away looking despondent.
"Time of death, 3:34am," said another writing something down on a clipboard. Cindy sunk to the floor, she couldn't believe it, she didn't want to believe it. She hadn't just witnessed her own husbands death, surely this must be a horrible dream, and she would wake up and find that Jimmy was on the way to recovery. Even as she thought this she knew it wasn't true. She stood up and opened the door, maybe, just maybe they hadn't been talking about Jimmy, and maybe they had moved him to another ward because they had an emergency case. She had to now what was going on.
"Oh Mrs Neutron," said one of the only nurses left standing near the person obviously shocked to see her up at that time in the morning. Cindy didn't reply. She had her head down not looking at the figure on the bed, she was willing for it not to be Jimmy.
"Mrs Neutron, I'm so sorry," the nurse couldn't think of anything else to say. Cindy still didn't answer, but she knew what the statement ' I'm so sorry ' meant. She was by the figures bedside, she raised her head and saw, Jimmy. Cindy gasped, collapsed onto her knees by his bed and wept. The nurse came round to stand next to Cindy and put her hand on her shoulder.
"We were just about to move him, but if you'd like to be with him for a while then I totally understand." The nurse spoke quietly as Cindy's tears poured down her cheeks in silence, she didn't even turn to look at the nurse, just nodded and the nurse left her alone with his body.
Chapter 2 is done, it wasn't to bad was it, I'm no good at writing sad stories, if you've got anyways I could improve this chapter please tell me, sorry it's so long I'll try to make chapter 3 shorter. Sorry I know none of the doctors and nurses don't have names but I couldn't be bother to think of names for any of them. Oh yeah and keep thinking of a new pen name for me cos I'm sick of my current one.
