"Just tell us already!" Derek yelled at the doctor.
"Derek calm down." George said putting a hand on his shoulder.
"You might want to sit down for this." He said waiting for them to sit down. Once they did he continued. "She has fractured her spinal cord so she may be paralyzed from the waist down." Once he said that they all gasped. Derek suddenly felt guilty and was on the verge of crying. But he couldn't because he was 'The Derek Venturi', he didn't cry. No matter how hard it was to stop he had to suck it up. Of course the doctor had more news. "Right now she is still asleep from the anesthesia. She should be waking up soon though."
"When can we go see her?" Derek asked quietly. While Nora just sat there sobbing. You would have thought she would have run out of tears by then.
"In a few minutes, we have to get her in a room first." He replied calmly.
"When will she be able to come home?" Nora asked through her sobs.
"It's really hard to tell right now so let's just take it one day at a time. Once her condition is stabilized she has to go through therapy and if she doesn't get use of her legs back we will have to make sure your house is wheelchair accessible..." He trailed off. When he said that it caused Nora to sob harder. "Anymore questions?" They all shook their heads. "I'll be back to give you her room number later." And with that he walked off. There was a moment of silence until George spoke standing up.
"I'm going to go get me some food. Do you two want me to get you anything?" They both shook their heads. "Are you sure?"
"Can you get me a cheeseburger from McDonalds? I think I saw one a few floors down." Nora asked calming down.
"Sure. Derek?" George asked again. He just shook his head looking at the floor biting his lip like he does when he's thinking hard. George walked away to McDonalds.
"Derek I have to use the restroom I'll be back in a few minutes." He nodded his head in response still thinking. Right when she was out of eyesight the doctor came back. But of course Derek didn't know this because he was lost in his own thoughts. When the doctor came up to Derek he coughed to get his attention.
"Would you like to know what room she is in or would you like to wait for your parents?" he asked.
"I want to know now." He said.
"Ok she is in room 287 which is down a few halls and to the right. Oh and she is fully awake now. I will get the secretary to tell your parents her room number." He said walking off to tell the lady sitting at a desk popping gum and twirling her curly hair. Derek tried to remember where her room was at and finally found it. He stood there not knowing if he should go in or not. Finally he went in.
"Case?" he called out and jumped when he saw an arm move on the bed beside him. "Hey." he said sliding a chair beside her bed. She motioned for Derek to give her the pen and paper on her bedside table, he did so. She wrote something down and handed it to him.
It read: 'First of all my throat hurts and second why in the heck can't I feel my legs?!' Derek started to panic.