Chapter Four
Once again many thanks for all your feedback and kind words. I did a lot of research for the last chapter, and I am very glad that it showed. Anyway here's the next chapter, please keep the reviews coming!
Chapter Four
The three friends were left alone for what felt like an eternity, but in real time was only three hours. Mark was deep in thought, when Steve's voice penetrated.
"Do you think he will be okay?" he asked, desperation evident in his voice.
"I just don't know Steve. All we can do it wait and pray" Mark replied, all medical reasoning thrown out of the window, after all if a doctor didn't have faith, what did he have?
"What is taking so long?" Steve asked, not really expecting any answer, and none was forthcoming. The three of them once again lapsed into silence, that was interrupted by the shrill of Steve's cellphone. He jumped at the noise, as it sounded at least three decibels louder than usual in the eerie quiet of the room. He smiled apologetically at the other occupants of the room, then answered in a clipped tone. His father and Amanda could tell from Steve's tone that it was his Captain calling, and both of them knew that he would not budge, no matter what the other man said, until he knew the outcome of the procedure currently being carried out on Jesse. The call was extremely brief, and as soon as it ended Steve switched the phone off so that he would get no further interruptions.
"Captain?" Mark asked questioningly. Steve nodded in response, but gave no further details away, and the room was once again filled with a deafening silence. That is until Dr Scott entered an hour later, and this time her smile was more heartfelt.
"I have some good news and some bad news" she told them seriously, and when she saw that she had all of their attention she continued. "The good news is that the clot dissolved twenty minutes ago, so the neuroperfusion was successful" she told them.
"So what's the bad?" Steve asked impatient as ever.
"The bad news is that Jesse coded during the procedure, and it took nearly thirty minutes to get him stabilised. He is now on full life support, as we were forced to heavily sedate him"
"Was that really necessary?" Steve asked, desperate to see his friend awake and laughing with him.
"Steve, we have to give Jesse's body the chance to recover. A stroke causes a massive trauma, and we don't yet know how much he will be affected. The best way is to sedate him until he has gained enough strength to be able to cope with any side affects." Mark told him, knowing and understanding how his son felt, but the doctor in him instilled him with logical reasoning, his next question was aimed at Dr Scott. "Do you know which part of the brain was affected?" he asked her, almost dreading the answer.
"Yes, we believe it was the cerebellum" she replied, gauging Mark's reaction she continued. "This isn't necessarily a bad thing" she continued
"Dad, what does that mean?" Steve asked, his agitation again rising.
"It means that his reflexes and balance could be affected" Amanda told him "Which could affect his future as a doctor"
That's it for now, next chapter up soon!!
Once again many thanks for all your feedback and kind words. I did a lot of research for the last chapter, and I am very glad that it showed. Anyway here's the next chapter, please keep the reviews coming!
Chapter Four
The three friends were left alone for what felt like an eternity, but in real time was only three hours. Mark was deep in thought, when Steve's voice penetrated.
"Do you think he will be okay?" he asked, desperation evident in his voice.
"I just don't know Steve. All we can do it wait and pray" Mark replied, all medical reasoning thrown out of the window, after all if a doctor didn't have faith, what did he have?
"What is taking so long?" Steve asked, not really expecting any answer, and none was forthcoming. The three of them once again lapsed into silence, that was interrupted by the shrill of Steve's cellphone. He jumped at the noise, as it sounded at least three decibels louder than usual in the eerie quiet of the room. He smiled apologetically at the other occupants of the room, then answered in a clipped tone. His father and Amanda could tell from Steve's tone that it was his Captain calling, and both of them knew that he would not budge, no matter what the other man said, until he knew the outcome of the procedure currently being carried out on Jesse. The call was extremely brief, and as soon as it ended Steve switched the phone off so that he would get no further interruptions.
"Captain?" Mark asked questioningly. Steve nodded in response, but gave no further details away, and the room was once again filled with a deafening silence. That is until Dr Scott entered an hour later, and this time her smile was more heartfelt.
"I have some good news and some bad news" she told them seriously, and when she saw that she had all of their attention she continued. "The good news is that the clot dissolved twenty minutes ago, so the neuroperfusion was successful" she told them.
"So what's the bad?" Steve asked impatient as ever.
"The bad news is that Jesse coded during the procedure, and it took nearly thirty minutes to get him stabilised. He is now on full life support, as we were forced to heavily sedate him"
"Was that really necessary?" Steve asked, desperate to see his friend awake and laughing with him.
"Steve, we have to give Jesse's body the chance to recover. A stroke causes a massive trauma, and we don't yet know how much he will be affected. The best way is to sedate him until he has gained enough strength to be able to cope with any side affects." Mark told him, knowing and understanding how his son felt, but the doctor in him instilled him with logical reasoning, his next question was aimed at Dr Scott. "Do you know which part of the brain was affected?" he asked her, almost dreading the answer.
"Yes, we believe it was the cerebellum" she replied, gauging Mark's reaction she continued. "This isn't necessarily a bad thing" she continued
"Dad, what does that mean?" Steve asked, his agitation again rising.
"It means that his reflexes and balance could be affected" Amanda told him "Which could affect his future as a doctor"
That's it for now, next chapter up soon!!