Winston helped Jeanie into a seat, sat down next to her and asked," Take it easy Jeanie, Egon's going to be OK."
He then took a tissue out of his flightsuit and gave it to her.
"Thank you Winston," Jeanie choked between sobs.
As she tabbed her eyes, Ray sat on the other side next to her and asked, "Jeanie, why do you think it's your fault Egon's here?"
"It was my cooking.
Dr. Venkman mentioned it was something he ate," Jeanie sobbed again.
Winston and Ray turned with a glare to Peter, who said with a sheepish grin, "I was joking."
The comment didn't help him one bit.
"He kept clutching his stomach in the cab ride," Jeanie choked.
Just then, a thought came to Winston.
"Jeanie, your cooking didn't make Egon sick.
We think it was something else," he said.
"What do you mean?"
Well, he said he was having pain in his side earlier in the day yesterday, before you saw him."
"Come to think of it you're right.
He had the pain on his side when he was helping me clean up after dinner.
If Egon had gotten food poisoning from what I cooked, it wouldn't had hit him right away, more like 24 hours later."
Jeanie felt slightly better, but was still very concerned about Egon.
Just then, a familiar person dressed in scrubs met with the ghostbusters and Jeanie.
It was Dr. Katzenberg, who had treated the team for illnesses and injuries on numerous occasions.
"Good afternoon ghostbusters, nice to see you Ms. Melmitz, he said, Egon just came out of surgery and it went very successful."
The doctor turned to Jeanie and said, "Jeanie, I'm glad you brought him in just in time.
If you waited any longer, his appendix would had erupted, causing serious harm to his body."
"His appendix burst?" asked Ray.
"It nearly did.
He opened him up just in time."
"So is Egon going to be OK?" sniffled Jeanie.
"He's in stable condition, and doing well.
Once we move him from the recovery room into his own, you can visit him.
I'll come back later to let you know."
"Thank you Doctor," said Ray.
"We really appreciate it," Winston added.
After Dr. Katzenberg left, Jeanie, Ray and Winston all turned to Peter.
"What?" Peter asked.
"Peter, I believe you owe Jeanie an apology for putting her on a guilt trip," Winston answered.
"And thank her for saving Egon's life," Ray added.
"Jeanie, I owe you a debt of thanks and a thousand apologies.
You really came through today for Egon.
If it wasn't for your quick thinking, who know what would had happened to him," said Peter.
"That's OK Dr. Venkman," said Jeanie.
"Is there anything I can do for you.
"You can get me a cup of coffee."
"Sure thing.
Anybody else want one?" Peter asked.
"Yes please," said Winston.
"Same here," added Ray.
"Four cups of coffee coming up."
Peter then headed to the café to get the coffee.
While Peter went to get the coffee Ray called Jenny, and Winston got in touch with Grace to let them know what was going on, and when he returned with the coffee, Peter gave a call to Dana, letting her know what happened.
About an hour or so later, Dr. Katzenberg met Jeanie and the three ghostbusters to let them know Egon was out of recovery and now in a private room.
"Can we see him now?" asked Jeanie.
"Yes, but only one visitor at a time and not too long, Egon needs his rest," Dr. Katzenberg pointed out as he lead the four to Egon's room.
Ray, Winston and Peter let Jeanie go see him first.
As she quietly entered the room, Jeanie walked up to Egon, who was lying in bed and appeared to be sleeping.
She carefully touched his arm, not to disturbe the IV that was attached to him.
"Egon," Jeanie whispered.
Egon blinked his eyes, until they were opened, despite not having his glasses on, stirred his head, and spoke in a horse voice, "Jeanie, is that you?"
"Yes, how are you?" Jeanie asked.
"Sore," Egon answered, but to a window and not to Jeanie's face.
Jeanie herself just giggled as Egon was indeed blind without his glasses.
"Hang on a minute," said Jeanie, going through the bag of Egon's poessions that was given to her before his operation.
Thankfully, the glasses were on top of the bag in a small case, and Jeanie gingerly placed them on his face.
Egon then turned to Jeanie and said, "Thank you, that's better.
Anyway, I'm slightly sore, but feeling a lot better than I was earlier."
"Dr. Katzenberg said it was a good thing I brought you here, otherwise your appendix could had burst and made you sicker."
"I kind of knew it was my appendix."
"Egon, why didn't you say anything?"
"I was hoping it really was a pulled muscle and not my appendix and it would heal.
I'm not really a fan of hospitals."
I could tell when I was in the examining room with you did look very uncomfortable."
"The truth was, I was kind of scared.
Scared of not knowing what was going on, scared to be surround by all those doctors.
It brought me back to when I was a child."
"What happened to you?"
I was 5 years old, just standing in the front yards with Elon my twin brother, when this dog came out of nowhere from a few houses down the street and started coming to me.
I didn't do anything to make the dog come at me, I wasn't even anywhere near it.
But I ran, I fell and the dog bit my arm.
I just remember lying on the road and screaming for my mother.
She wasn't around so a neighbor took me to the doctor.
He was not what you call very compassionate in his work.
He gave him a rabies shot to be on the safe side and told me to take it like a man and stop whining.
Needless to say, my parents felt the same way about the incident, in fact I was punished for leaving the front of the house and provoking the dog, even though I didn't do anything."