This story is based upon the characters from the TV show "Fairly Odd Parents." The Fairly Odd Parents show was created by Butch Hartman and shown on Nickelodeon. I do not own the TV series (yet).
This story has some mature themes due to violence and language and may include other ideas for the story that I am considering in the future. If you do not enjoy reading that kind of a story or if you are not old enough to read that kind of story then please stop reading it now.
Timmy the Brave chapter 4
Trixie's father returned back to chapel and noticed both Mrs. Turner and his daughter Trixie were embracing each other.
"I'm back. Here are the items that you wanted me to get from the coffee shop", he said as he held out the items to them.
Both Trixie and Mrs. Turner turned to see Trixie's father holding a tray with the bottled water and 2 cups of coffee that they had requested before.
"I am not sure how you take your coffee Mrs. Turner so I brought along some cream and sugar just in case."
"Thank you Mr. Tang. I really appreciate this. All this worrying about my son is emotionally draining and I need the coffee to keep me awake before I get too tired and collapse". Mrs. Turner picked up the coffee from the tray and started to mix in the cream and sugar. After she got the coffee to just how she liked it, she took a small sip of it to help her keep her energy level up.
"Mrs. Turner I just want to tell you that I am truly thankful for the way that your son protected my daughter from harm and I will personally cover the cost of any medical expenses for your son's care. I thought it was important to tell you this at this time since you have enough to worry about without having to worry about covering the cost of your son's medical expenses. It is the least that I can do at this time."
"Thank you Mr. Tang for your kindness. You are making a difficult time for our family a great deal better. While we have medical insurance, we were not sure about how much the cost of the medical expenses would be and my husband and I were discussing how we were going to be able to afford this if our insurance does not cover it as we drove to this hospital. Thank you again for your kind offer."
"Think nothing of it. It is the least I can do for my daughter's protector. Now let us focus on praying for your son's return to good health."
They all held hands and than walked towards the front of the church where some candles were placed and all three of them each lit one candle, saying a prayer that Timmy would recover quickly as they each lit a candle.
They all sat down together and prayed silently while holding hands while they waited for the doctor to return and advise them how Timmy was doing.
It was several hours later when Mr. Turner returned to them and mentioned that the doctor wanted to see both Mr. Turner and Mrs. Turner together.
"Mrs. Turner? I know that I am not family but can I please join you and Mr. Turner?" Trixie said as she looked sadly into Mrs. Turner's eyes. Mrs. Turner looked at her husband and Mr. Turner nodded agreement.
"Oh course Trixie. You can come. At this moment in time, we are all family". Mrs. Turner then took Trixie's hand as well as her husband's as they walked back into the small room where they had talked to Dr. Kirk before.
"Mr and Mrs. Turner? Who is this young lady that you have with you?", Dr. Kirk asked.
"Her name is Trixie Tang and she is a friend of Timmy. In fact, this is the girl that our son was protecting when he was attacked.", Mrs. Turner explained to Dr. Kirk.
"What I have to discuss with you is very serious Mrs. Turner. Does she have a parent near by that can give consent for her to hear what I am about to tell you?" Dr. Kirk asked with a look of concern on his face.
"Mr. Tang is in the chapel. You can ask him if he will allow Trixie to hear what you might have to say to us."
Dr. Kirk told the Turners to wait in this room and asked Trixie to take him back to the chapel where her father was to get consent first before he would release any information to her.
Mr. Tang said that he knows how much Trixie wants to know about Timmy's condition and he will be here for her if she needs someone to comfort her if there is any particularly bad news. With that statement, Dr. Kirk led Trixie back to the small room where the Turners were waiting.
"Ok. I got the consent of Trixie's father to disclose what I have to tell you. First off, your son has no internal bleeding. He has suffered some bruised ribs as well as some swelling to his eyes. He suffered a bloody nose but there was no real damage to his nose and he might have chipped a tooth or two but otherwise his physical injuries will just need time to recover." All three of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard from Dr. Kirk report that Timmy's physical injuries could be treated.
"Before you celebrate, there is a bit of bad news. We did some cat scans and we noticed some slight swelling of his brain. It is not enough right now to cause any brain damage but we have to monitor it closely to make sure that the swelling does not get any worst. The next 24 to 48 hours are going to be critical. We are giving him a series of drugs that should help with the swelling and hopefully the swelling will stop and he will return back to normal."
While the news of Timmy's physical injuries was a relief, hearing the bit of news that Timmy might suffer some brain damage if not treated caused all three of them to raise their already heightened anxiety level. They all hugged each other as they tried to contain their emotions.
"I need to get back to my other patients soon but I will remain here now to answer any questions that you might have. I will keep you informed of any changes to his condition. Do you have any questions that you might want to ask me?"
Both the Turners and Trixie asked Dr. Kirk a series of questions that mostly dealt with various possible scenarios and what would need to be done in each case and what the risk might be to Timmy if these were in fact to become reality. After several minutes of asking him questions, they ran out of things to ask.
"Ok since you have no more questions I am going to return to my other patients. My prayers go out to you and your family at this difficult time. I will leave you now so that you can discuss this among yourselves but I am available if you have any further questions. Just ask the nurse to get my attention." With that, Dr. Kirk proceeded to leave the room to allow them to discuss in private what he had told them about Timmy's condition.
They talked among themselves for several minutes and then went back to the Chapel to talk to Mr. Tang. They told him what the doctor had told them and Mr. Tang realized that since they would need to see how the next 24 to 48 hours played out, they would wind up exhausted just from the emotional toil that this news was going to take on all of them. He got out his cell phone and using the intelligent agent on the cell phone to bring up a list of any nearby hotels. Once he found one of the 4 star hotels that was close, Mr. Tang made a reservation for both families to have rooms next to each other.
The Turners and the Tangs then went back to the nurse's station and provided to give the nurse their cell phone numbers so that they can be contacted if there was any further news. Mr. Turner said that he would stay here at the hospital and then had to plead with his wife who was showing the signs of exhaustion to please take up Mr. Tang's offer of some rest at the 4 star hotel.
"Honey, I know that you want to stay but you looked extremely tired and it is not going to do you any good to stay here and collapse. I will stay here and I will tell you if there are any further developments. Just please get some rest.", Mr. Turner stated to his wife.
Mrs. Turner thanked and hugged her husband as she and the Tangs went back to Mr. Tang's car. They quickly drove to the near by hotel, checked in, and then proceeded to ride the elevator till they reached the floor where their rooms were located. Mr. Tang had made sure to have the rooms closest to the elevator reserved and they all went to their separate rooms to get what rest they could. Mr. Tang told Mrs. Turner that if she felt that she needed anything to feel free to order room service and that Mr. Tang would cover the cost. After saying their goodbyes, they all went to their respective rooms.
After opening the door to her room, Mrs. Turner started to peel back the layers of bedding on the hotel mattress and proceeded to get into bed and covering herself with the layers that she had just peeled back. Mrs. Turner nearly went to sleep as soon as her head met the pillow. Such was the level of her exhaustion.
She was able to get about 5 hours of sleep before she woke up and noticed that it was dinnertime. Just before she ordered from room service, she contacted her husband on the cell phone and asked if there had been any news on their son's condition. Mr. Turner said that there had not been any further news and then he asked how she was doing. Mrs. Turner said that while she was still tired, the rest that she had gotten has helped her tremendously and she offered to switch places if he later needed to get some rest as well. Her husband thanked her for the offer but said that he was good at this time and then they each said that they loved each other before hanging up.
After hanging up, Mrs. Turner checked on the Tangs to see how they were doing and they all agreed to meet at the restaurant at the hotel lobby for dinner. They made an arrangement to meet within the hour, as they would all need to take a shower before proceeding down to the hotel lobby where the restaurant was located.
After everyone had showered, they all met by the elevator and proceeded to go down to the hotel lobby. Once they arrived at the lobby, they proceeded to the restaurant and asked for a table for three. They were escorted to one of the tables and given menus. While their level of anxiety was playing havoc with their systems, they did manage to order some food since they knew that they were going to need the food for energy to keep from getting too tired.
The next few days went like this except the Turners would take turns at the hospital while the other spouse would use the opportunity to get some rest.
Finally Dr. Kirk had some news to give them and wanted them all together to give them the news about Timmy's progress.
How is Timmy doing? Will Dr. Kirk be giving them bad news or good news?
Story to continue in Chapter 5