The Leaving Game
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Recap: Summer was lying down thinking about her life and her life with Seth when her cell phone started going off. She jumped from the bed and grabbed her phone with out even looking at the caller id. "Seth I am so sorry I didn't mean it I love you too." Ryan didn't know what to do. "Um it's not Seth it's me Ryan." "Oh hey chino what's up?" he hated that name but he didn't mind it when summer called him it, she wasn't meaning it in a bad way it meant friendship to him. "There's no easy way to tell you this, Seth was in an accident about 25 minuets ago, he's at hoag now me a Marisa are on our way there." Summer was speechless her heart was in her throat pulsating with each painful beat, she could breath it felt as though someone kicked her in her gut. "Hello Summer are you still there?" "Ah yeah Ryan I'll be there
soon." With that said both Ryan and summer sprung into action, both leaving in a hurry.
The Cohen's were beside themselves; they didn't know what to do or how to react to the situation they are being put in. Their son Seth their baby was in the hospital and fighting for his life. Kirsten was a mess as to be expected, and Sandy was pacing up and down the halls demanding that someone update him on the condition of his son whilst threating legal action if someone didn't update him soon. Ryan sat down holding Marissa's hand and trying his best to keep his composure and not punch something or someone. That's when it happened Seth's doctor came out to update them on Seth's condition.
"Mister and Misses Cohen I presume." Asked the doctor matter of fact to Kirsten and Sandy, Sandy was the first one to jump down his throat, "yes how is our son." The doctor hesitated for a second before answering, " well Mr. Cohen your son is in critical condition, he made it through surgery not it's a waiting game. His heart stopped during surgery but we were able to bring him back, he had extensive internal injuries but we were able to get a handle on those, what really worries me is his brain injury."
Sandy is only able to nod his head he is so wrapped up in his thoughts that he doesn't even hear his wife speak up.
"What do you mean when you say brain injury, how bad is it and what are we to expect." Kirsten squeaks out barely above a whisper. The doctor looks to the family and tries not to crush any hopes they may have about their son. "Well he was partially ejected out the sunroof of the vehicle and he sustained a major blow to his head, he was unresponsive when he was brought in and hasn't yet regained consciousness, we relived the swelling in his brain by performing a procedure called burr holes, which is about 6 little holes in his skull to alleviate the pressure that was building from all the swelling. We put a special monitor on his head to measure the pressures inside his skull. If he can make it through the next 48 hours he has a good shot at recovering, we just wont know what his neurological status will be until he wakes up, and there is a chance he may not wake up. Now I am not telling you all this to scare you or to tell you there is no hope, I am just preparing you for all the possible scenarios. Now do you all have any more questions that I may be able to assist you with?" sandy was now holding Kirsten as she let out little sobs and Marissa took Ryan's hand into her own as soon as the doctor started talking.
"Yeah I have a question when is Seth able to have visitors?" everyone swirled around to see disheveled Summer with her hands on her hips and her make up running. "Sum when did you get here?" Summer looked over to her best friend and put her hands up in the air "about as soon as the doctor started talking."
"Well miss visiting hours will be open to the ICU for family members only." Summer looked at the doctor with such rage she could have killed him with her look alone. That's when sandy spoke up first. "Thank you doctor who do we need to talk to for my sons room number and directions on how to get there."
"Of course Mr. Cohen right this way I will take you all to see the ICU charge nurse and she will get you situated in the waiting room upstairs and take family members in to see Seth." Kirsten spoke up " thank you for all the information and your help doctor." The entire group followed the older doctor up to the ICU waiting room where they all got situated and waited for the charge nurse to come out and update them with the visitor situation. By this time Kirsten had already called her father and Julie to let them know what had happened, and also made a call to here sister Hailey to tell her how Seth is doing and what room number he was in. the room was engulfed in silence until the nurse finally approached the family. "Cohen Family" she shouted out.