The referee called a time-out to allow the Mighty Ducks to asses the situation. Mallory was first to Tanya's side to find her completely unconscious.
"This isn't right" she muttered as medics were called and Tanya was removed from the rink via stretcher.
"Unbelievable, it looks like number 23, Tanya Vanderflock is down for the count, the referees are looking at the replays to see if the check she took from number 19, Tony DiNardo had anything to do with her present circumstance." the announcer paused for a few moments "They are saying that DiNardo had nothing to do with the crisis now surrounding Vanderflock, she had practically lapsed out before she hit the boards meaning there may be something very wrong with Tanya"
"Guys what could be going on?" Mallory asked
"I don't know, Mallory, but I intend to find out." Wildwing replied
After the game the rest of the team rushed to the hospital where Tanya had been taken for treatment.
They got to the Emergency room and was greeted by a young woman that introduced herself as Dr. Robin Scorpio
"I have run several tests trying to figure out what happened and I noticed one glaring problem." Robin said as she spoke to Wildwing
"What is it?" Wildwing asked his voice laced with concern.
"Her blood sugar level... I don't know what 'normal' is for you ducks, but hers is in the upper mid four hundreds, which, if she were human, would classify as a crisis." Robin explained
Wildwing was dumbfounded
"Do you think she knew something was wrong?"
"Probably, she's most likely been having symptoms for days now as the sugar built up in her system because a level this high doesn't happen overnight." Robin sighed "I've been treating her to the best of my ability and giving her synthetic insulin trying to get this whole mess under control, but I'm going to be honest, Wildwing, it is going to take time she ignored her symptoms for, most likely, the better part of a week or longer." Robin looked at the file in her hand "I'm going to talk to her when she wakes to find out if she knew what was going on. If she doesn't she should have given heads up that something was wrong, if she did... then her letting it get this bad was just pure irresponsibility on her part since it is obvious you had no idea and thus cannot be held at fault for Tanya's current condition."
Robin started to leave and Wildwing stopped her
"I don't know what normal blood sugar is for us, but I'm think Mallory might be able to give you a good estimate"
"Okay, I'll talk to her" Robin walked over to where Mallory stood
"Mallory, I have questions and I think you might have the answers"
"I'll do what I can if it will help Tanya" Mallory replied
Robin asked Mallory what she needed to know and Mallory told her what she had been told the normal range was.
"Might I ask how you know this?"
"My mother is a chronic hypoglycemic, and she taught me the range that her sugar should be at so I would know should I develop the same condition. Thus far, I have shown no symptoms and the doctors back on Puckworld said that I shouldn't worry, that it wasn't genetic and the likelihood that I would get it was slim to none, so it was pointless for me to learn it"
"As pointless as it might have seemed at the time, it now just helped me treat Tanya"
"Wait... how did I help Tanya"
"Her blood sugar has been building for days now, it has peeked in the upper mid four hundreds thus why she collapsed" Robin explained "I can give you all some data so you can teach yourselves to recognize the signs of hyperglycemia, but I do believe I'm going to have to implement a full treatment plan for her that will extend to after she leaves here... I don't believe this is a one time event, I believe that Tanya may be diabetic."
Robin returned to where Tanya lay resting to find that she was waking up
"What... what happened?"
"That is what your teammates want to know" Robin said "I need to know if you have any preexisting medical conditions that you haven't told your teammates about, and I need for you to tell me the truth" Robin pulled up a chair to sit next to Tanya
Tanya sighed, it wouldn't do her any good to lie now
"I was diagnosed with diabetes a few years ago" she sighed
"You were diagnosed a few years ago, and you didn't tell your team?" Robin asked in shock
"No, we had bigger things to worry about when I joined this team than a little medical problem" Tanya replied
"Tanya, what is bigger than your health?" Robin asked her voice filled with concern "You need to tell the others the truth so they can help you."
Tanya knew that Robin was right
"You scared them pretty bad" Robin sighed
A little while later Wildwing came into the room where Tanya was resting.
"Wildwing, I have a confession to make" Tanya said not looking the team leader in the eye
"What is it?"
"What happened today, that has been building for a long time and knew it but I didn't want to say anything because I thought... you had more important things to worry about" Tanya sighed
"Tanya, you know that your health is important, if you aren't healthy you can't help others"
"Okay, then I guess it's past time that I told you that I am diabetic."
Wildwing was shocked, he couldn't believe that Tanya had kept that big a secret from him.
"Tanya, why didn't you tell us about this?" Wildwing asked "maybe we could have prevented this crisis if we had known what to watch for"
"And I have no excuse" Tanya sighed laying her head back on the pillow
"You just rest, Tanya, we'll take care of things"
Phil Palmfeather came in nearly pulling his hair out.
"What is going on?" he asked the closest duck which happened to be Duke L'Orange who could only shrug in reply
Wildwing returned to the waiting room to give his anxious team the news.
"Wildwing what happened, how is Tanya?"
"Dr. Scorpio says she will be fine with time, but we're going to need to keep an eye on her from now on since she does have a severe medical condition"
"What is it..." Nosedive asked
"Is her life at risk?" Mallory asked
"It could very well have been, and she is diabetic, has been for many years, she just neglected to tell us" Wildwing sighed "according to Dr. Scorpio what she has is known as Type 1 Diabetes which can be controlled with medication, but, to date, there is no cure."
"I hate to say it, but we owe the fans answers about what happened today" Mallory sighed
"I agree... Phil, can you arrange a press conference we have to let the fans know that Tanya is okay" Wildwing said
"I'll do the..."
"No Phil, I'll do the speaking, I know what she wants to let the public know and what she wants to keep private."
To be Continued...