Kendall woke up early, he felt rested and his head wasn't aching anymore. He smiled and got out of bed and stretched his arms. He felt better than he had done in several months and he almost skipped down the stairs to the kitchen where his mother were cooking breakfast.
"Morning, mom!" He chirped and kissed her cheek. She smiled at him and chuckled a bit.
"Good morning, sweetie." She said. "Did you sleep well?" She asked. Kendall nodded and sat down by the small round table while humming something cheerfully.
"Yup. I feel great! I haven't felt this good in months!" He said and smiled. Jennifer looked happy and placed a plate with bacon and eggs in front of her son. She patted his head and kissed his cheek.
"That's great, sweetie. Eat something and don't forget to take your medicine." She said. Kendall nodded and hungrily ate his food. His mother was happy to see that her son was at least eating as he should and that he was so happy. "Why don't you stay here for a while today? You know... you can't drive after you've taken your medicine." She said.
"Okay." Kendall said while chewing on some bacon. "I'll stay here for a while." He promised and continued to eat. Jennifer smiled and placed another kiss on top of his head.
"That's wonderful, honey." She said. "I'm home all day today so you don't have to worry about a thing." She said. Kendall smiled and looked up when his sister came skipping in through the door to the kitchen and grabbed a slice of bacon from his plate.
"Morning, brother!" She chirped and smiled. Kendall rolled his eyes a bit and continued to eat his food. "Mom, can you drive me to school today?" Katie asked and turned to the red haired woman. "Please, it's raining and I don't feel like riding my bike there."
Jennifer sighed a bit and patted her daughter on the shoulder. "Eat first and then I'll drive you." She said and the young girl grinned victoriously and flopped down on the chair next to her brother and made herself a toast and quickly ate it. "Don't choke." Mrs. Knight warned and rolled her eyes when her daughter shrugged and drank a glass of juice and then got up.
"Ready to go!" She said and grabbed her backpack and smiled at Kendall. "Bye, Kendall!" She said. The blond waved at her and smiled.
"Bye, Katie." He said and the young girl turned to Mrs. Knight and nodded. Jennifer grabbed the keys to her car and Katie hurried over to the door to wait. Kendall drank some juice and continued to eat peacefully.
"I'll be right back, Kenny." Jennifer said and picked up her purse. "See you in a minute." She said and walked over to the door where Katie waited and together they went out in the rain and jumped into the car.
Kendall finished his breakfast and then eyeballed the bottle of Disopyramide and sighed. He wondered if he'd get as shaky and dizzy as he had done yesterday. He hoped not and grabbed the bottle and swallowed one of the small pills with some juice. He shuddered and then went ahead to breathe for a minute before getting up to put the dishes away.
After washing the plates and putting the food away he started feeling dizzy again and grabbed the counter to brace himself and keeping himself on his feet.
Nausea washed over him and his head was spinning like he just gone on a roller coaster ten times in a row. His vision quickly got blurry and he had a hard time even seeing his own hands in front of him. Groaning, he felt around for the closest chair and fumbled around in his semi blindness.
Kendall gulped a bit and tried to sit down on the closest chair, only to miss it and fall down on the floor. "Ugh!" He groaned and held his head. "God..." He mumbled and frowned and tried to get back up – which seemed near impossible – and managed to sit up and lean against the kitchen counter. He rested like that for a few seconds before attempting to get up.
He got up on two wobbling legs and then staggered towards the living room. He knew he'd never make it up the stairs and the couch seemed like the best plan he had at the moment. Then suddenly his legs simply gave away and he tumbled to the floor, landing on his side and yelping in pain.
Kendall gulped and tried to get up again but this time it really was impossible. He sighed and let his head loll back and rest against the wooden floor and closed his eyes and it didn't take long before he lost consciousness.
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Jennifer sighed a bit as she walked in through the door and closed it behind herself. "Kenny?" She called softly and hung her jacket on the hanger by the door. "Kendall, sweetie, I'm home." She called. Her hair was slightly wet from being out in the rain – that was pouring down like a waterfall – and she wiped her forehead with the back of her hand. "Kenny?" She called and went inside the house.
The red haired woman remembered that her son had probably taken his medicine by now and she really hoped that the boy had sense enough to go to bed – because the way he acted last night had scared her and himself pretty badly – and gotten some rest.
"Kenny?" She called and sighed a bit – peeking into the kitchen and seeing the dishes already taken care of – and went into the living room. She shrieked seeing her son lying on the floor, unconscious. "Kendall!" She gasped and ran to the blond's side and gently shook him. "Sweetheart, please!" She pleaded and stroked his cheek. "Kendall!" She cried and lifted her son up into her lap.
He was limp in her arms but his breathing was even and from what she could tell he still had a pulse, slightly uneven but it was undoubtedly there. Quickly she ran to get the phone and called an ambulance and then hurried back to her son and knelt beside him.
The ambulance arrived just a few minutes later and the blond was placed on a stretcher and driven to the ER. Jennifer had to stay out in the corridor while Kendall was being examined. Soon a doctor came walking and smiled a little at her.
"Jennifer Knight?" he asked and the red haired woman nodded.
"Yes, is Kendall alright?" She asked and got up. "I wasn't home when he lost consciousness." She said and frowned. "Oh, I knew I should have stayed at home." She scolded herself and the doctor gently patted her shoulder.
"It is quite alright, Mrs. Knight." He said. "Allow me to introduce myself. I'm Doctor Logan Mitchell and I'm the one who is taking care of Kendall." The raven haired doctor said. "I understand that you must be very worried but don't worry, Kendall is perfectly fine and him fainting was simply a side effect from the medicine." He explained.
Jennifer sighed a bit and sat back down. "Oh, thank God..." She mumbled and pinched the bridge of her nose. She felt a headache starting to built up but relief was pooling in her stomach.
"Yes, he's awake right now if you'd like to see him. He's just resting up a bit." Jennifer nodded and followed the doctor into a room and smiled seeing her son awake and smiling back at her. He did look a little guilty but she went over to him and hugged him tightly.
"I'm sorry, mom." Kendall said. "Sorry to make you worry so." He said.
"Oh, it's alright, sweetie." The red haired woman said. "As long as you're alright, everything is fine." She assured. Kendall nodded and looked up at the doctor in the room. It was Logan, the same doctor he had visited the day before.
"Kendall, I understand that it must be very tedious to feel like this after taking your medication, but you must understand that it's important that you take it." Logan said and Kendall nodded, understanding that he had to listen to the doctor. "But don't worry, it's normal for the body to react like this to a new medication and it won't be long until the side effects will subside."
"So... I won't faint when I take them?" The blond asked. Logan chuckled a bit and shook his head. "Great." Kendall said and smiled.
"Yes, now. A nurse will come and run a few tests before you can leave." Logan said. "The tests is just a precaution. We want to make sure that the medicine is doing what it's supposed to do." He said. The blond nodded and Logan asked Jennifer to follow him and talk for a bit.
Kendall stayed put and looked around in the hospital room. It was bright and clean, just like a hospital room should be. He sighed a bit and leaned back on the pillow when a latino guy in a blue scrub came into the room.
"Kendall Knight?" he asked and smiled. Kendall nodded and smiled back. "Hi, my name is Carlos Garcia and I'll be the one taking a few tests... If you don't mind."
"I don't." Kendall said and the latino smiled happily. "Uh... I-it's nothing painful... right?" He couldn't help but ask. Carlos giggled a bit and shook his head.
"Nothing painful." He promised. "I'll run an ECG and take a blood sample." He explained. "Then you're free to leave if you wish." He said.
The blond nodded and shed his shirt, allowing Carlos to put those weird sticker thingies on his chest again to measure his heart beats. Getting an okay from the latino Kendall put his shirt back on while the male nurse got out a syringe to take a blood sample.
"There we go. Nicely done." Carlos chirped once he was done and applied a small band aid on Kendall's arm where he had pricked him. "Doctor Mitchell will contact you if we find anything. But right now, you may leave."
"Thank you." Kendall said and got out of the bed. He was feeling better already and couldn't wait to get out of the hospital. The blond thanked the latino once more before leaving the room and making his way down the corridor. He went to find his mother and together they went back home.
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