Chapter 3: Send The Pain Below

Haley's POV

It has been 2 weeks since Taylor died. This has been the worst two weeks of my life. Our tiny apartment was too damn quiet without her music blaring or hearing her talking on the phone. I tried to call my mom and tell her about Taylor but the phone number was disconnected. That usually means she is in the hospital again or she moved in with another guy. I started working even more so I didn't have to go home to the silence. Every night I cried myself to sleep and prayed one day I could find a person that received one of Taylor's organs. I know that sounds crazy, but, I need to hold on to a part of my sister. I still could not believe she was gone forever. My life was over as I knew it.

Nathan's POV

My life revolved around medication and doctors after I was diagnosed with HCM. The cardiologist had to run test on me every two weeks to see how the medication was working. About a year later, I had another heart attack. I was in my room studying for a test and my left arm felt really numb. The book I was looking at fell out of my hand and smashed onto the floor. My hands flew to my chest and my heart was beating erracitcally. I felt so dizzy and weak. I tried to stand up but I immediately fell to the floor. My lungs felt like they were on fire and I couldn't breathe. I blacked out a few minutes later and woke up in a hospital bed again. My parents looked even more worried than before. Of course more tests had to be run to see how much damage was done to my heart.

The tests showed my heart was very weak and so were my lungs. The cardiologist said that my only chance of survival would be a heart and lung transplant. I was put on the waiting list but there are people that have been sicker for longer than me so it could be a long time for my transplant to come. I was going to miss my heart and lungs but if I get new ones, I won't have HCM anymore. I was tethered to an oxygen machine 24/7 now because my lungs were too weak to produce oxygen. I couldn't go to school anymore either and that sucked even more. My life was over as I knew it.

Haley's POV

3 weeks after Taylor died, I was reading the paper and came across a very interesting article. It was about Mayor Dan Scott's son, Nathan. He was diagnosed with HCM two years ago and put on the organ donor list last year for a heart and lung transplant. 3 weeks ago, Nathan's bepper went off letting him know that a donor was found. Nathan was currently recovering at Tree Hill Hospital and the surgery was a success so far. The Scott family would like to thank the donor's family for making a life-saving decision during a difficult time in their lives. They will always be grateful and hope one day to find the donor's family and thank them in person.

The wheels in my head began turning and I felt a lump rise in my throat. I'm pretty sure I just found the person that received Taylor's heart and lungs. It was right under my nose the whole time and I never realized it. Nathan was at the same hospital I worked at and I had to find out if he was the one that had my sister's heart and lungs.