It Has To Be True Love
We all arived at the hospital Max was addmitted to. Childrens Hospital in Little Rock. I had never been here before and it gave me the creeps. Mason's parents were nice enough to let him go with us. We didn't know what we were in for but we new one thing for sure is it was going to be a bumpy road. We were all here, mom, dad, Justin, Harper, Mason, and me. Max was still in there. They wouldn't let anyone go in there. They were doing some test on him right now to see what was going on.
"Parents and family of Max Russo," Said the doctor were we all stode up.
"That's us," Mom told them with a look of fear in her eyes.
"Hi I'm your sons doctor Dr. Williams, would you like to see your son?" She ask them while they just shock there heads, "Okay just follow me if you would," Said the doctor.
"Do you know what's wrong with him?" Dad ask the doctor. She just shock her head yea, " Well, we would like to know," Dad said being impatiant with her.
"Jerry, give her time I'm sure she will tell us what's going on with are son," Mom said trying to be calm and get him to calm down.
"Well," Said the doctor, "It seems your son, Max Russo, has what we called epilepsy," The doctor told us confusing us to no end. None of us new what that was.
"Umm... If you don't mind me asking what is that exactly?" I ask while Mason was rubbing my back trying to calm me down the best he could.
"Do you know what seziers are?" Doctor Williams ask us with sorry eyes.
"Yea its when you can't control your body I've seen a kid have one at school before," I told her surprising my family, "What I'm not that out of it," I told them happy I knew something Justin didn't know.
"You would be correct, well, that's what you saw Max here have. The word epilepsy is just a fansier word for it," She told us, "Now I have a paper here with epilepsy or, as your daughter calls it, sezier facts," She said handing us the paper. It looked something like this:
Epilepsy Facts
Epilepsy affects over 3 million Americans of all ages – more than multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy, and Parkinson's disease combined. Almost 500 new cases of epilepsy are diagnosed every day in the United States. Epilepsy affects 50,000,000 people worldwide.
In two-thirds of patients diagnosed with epilepsy, the cause is unknown.
Epilepsy can develop at any age and can be a result of genetics, stroke, head injury, and many other factors.
In over thirty percent of patients, seizures cannot be controlled with treatment. Uncontrolled seizures may lead to brain damage and death. Many more have only partial control of their seizures.
The severe epilepsy syndromes of childhood can cause developmental delay and brain damage, leading to a lifetime of dependency and continually accruing costs—both medical and societal.
It is estimated that up to 50,000 deaths occur annually in the U.S. from status epilepticus (prolonged seizures), Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP), and other seizure-related causes such as drowning and other accidents.
The mortality rate among people with epilepsy is two to three times higher than the general population and the risk of sudden death is twenty-four times greater.
Recurring seizures are also a burden for those living with brain tumors and other disorders such as cerebral palsy, mental retardation, autism, Alzheimer's disease, stroke, multiple sclerosis, tuberous sclerosis, and a variety of genetic syndromes.
There is a strong association between epilepsy and depression: more than one of every three persons with epilepsy will also be affected by depression, and people with a history of depression have a higher risk of developing epilepsy.
Historically, epilepsy research has been under-funded. Federal dollars spent on research pale in comparison to those spent on other diseases, many of which affect fewer people than epilepsy.
For many soldiers suffering traumatic brain injury on the battlefield, epilepsy will be a long-term consequence.
"So your saying my son could die from this?" My mother ask bringing me to tears almost knowing this.
"Yes but only if it gets to bad," Said the doctor, "Now we are going to put him on some medicane that will keep this from happening again until we can get a MRI done to see what is causing this to happen, so I will need you to come back on the 3rd of February so we can see what's going on," She said to us, "I'm sorry this is happening to you," The doctor said to us.
We got Max and started are long drive home. I was laying on Mason the whole time til he finally said something, "Alex are you okay with this?" He ask me on the long way home.
"No but its something were just going to have to live with," I told him with a sad smile. Justin and Juliet were talking quietly to each other with Harper staring at them with jealous eyes.
"Just know if you need me I'm hear for you," He told me with a smile.
"I know that's why I love you," I told him stealing a kiss from him.
"Now go to sleep you look tired," He said.
"Okay," I told him and that was the last thing I remember because before I new it we were at home.
The next few months went by fast. Before I new it it was Christmas then it was time for Max's MRI. Turns out his caused from lack of sleep. When he come down stairs that day he had just tooken a nap which caused it to go off. That was good to know. We now know what to watch out for.
Me and Mason were laying on the couch doing nothing. It was the weekend so Harper was visting her parents since we had Monday and Tuesday off from school. Dad and Mom had taken Max somewhere don't remember were and Justin and Juliet were at a movie, so it was just me and Mason.
It had been silence for a few minutes now til again Mason had said something, "You know I love you right?" He ask me being a weird question to ask.
"Yea," I said to him. Were was he going with this? "And I love you too," I told him back.
"Do you ever see us getting married?" He ask me. That was a dumb question I see us getting married all the time. He just has no clue what I daydream about, does he?
"Yea I see us getting married and having kids. How many kids would you like to have?" I ask him out of curiosity.
"Oh I don't know, about four maybe five," He told me with his famous smile.
"I was thinking about five the highest being six, but that's okay," I said reaching up to give him a kiss.
"You are crazy," He told me once we stopped kissing.
"I know I've been told that before," I told him reaching up to kiss him again. We were in a full blown makeout session when the door opened and in came Justin and Juliet. We pulled back making me mad.
"Is the movie over all ready?" I ask or more liked whined at them.
"Yes it is and it was a very good movie thank you very much," Justin told me, then him and Juliet went up staris to his room.
"Yay there gone now where were we?" I ask Mason while he just laughed at me.
"We were about to watch a movie is where we were," He said to me making me pout a little.
"But I want to do more of that kissing," I told him with the puppy dog eyes.
"Nope you've had enough," He said to me laughing at the look on my face.
"Fine you win this time," I told him with a pout hoping to change his mind.
"I always do," Was the last thing I heard him say before I fell asleep. When I woke up I was back in my room, I looked up to see my mom putting my clothes away like always.
"Who put me in here?" I ask her with sleepy eyes.
"Oh Mason did when he left to go home," Mom told me, I was already half way back to sleep.
"Oh that's nice of him," Was the last thing I said before falling back asleep again.
Okay I like to write this story alot!
Its one of my favroite to write!
Love it, love it, love it!
In later chapters there will be more drama!
Just wait and see!
Well thanks for reading!
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