Chapter 6
A week before Kurt's first chemotherapy session he and Noah had decided that they needed to tell the family that Kurt was ill. Kurt didn't want to, but he knew they had too.
First they told Caleb and Mike. Caleb cried and held Kurt tight. Mike hugged his mother-in-law, tears in his eye but trying to stay strong for Caleb. They just now had to tell Davey.
"Davey..." Caleb said as they walked in the living room where the little boy was playing with his cars on the race car track mat that his Nana and Grandpa had given him.
"Yes mommy?" Davey asked seeing his Nana and Grandpa but something was different. So he went to his Daddy sitting on his Daddy's lap.
"Davey we need to tell you something." Caleb said to the little boy. How were they going to tell him that his Nana might die?
"Daddy…" Davey said looking at his Daddy. He could see tears in everyone's eyes and he didn't like that everyone was sad.
"You know Nana hasn't been very well lately? Well Nana is going to be ill for a little bit longer and you will have to be careful and quiet for a while. But nana will get better." Noah said, taking Kurt's hand.
Davey jumped off his Daddy's lap hugged his Nana then ran to his room. When he came back, he handed Kurt the teddy bear that he hugged when he went to bed. Teddy always helped him when he was ill.
"Teddy will help make you feel better." Davey said, hoping that it worked. He didn't want his Nana ill. For the rest of their visit Davey quietly sat on his Nana's lap.
When the left, Davey made sure he left his teddy bear with his Nana, making Kurt cry. When they got home Elizabeth was making dinner with Theo, Toby and Laura in the living room doing homework.
"Lizzy, can we talk to you?" Noah said, sitting down at the table. Kurt sat next to him. At first Elizabeth was worried that she had done something wrong, but she thought back and realised she hadn't.
"Sure." Elizabeth said, sitting opposite her parents.
"Lizzy, Mom is ill." Noah said, wishing he didn't have to tell his beautiful children the news that their Mom was ill. He also didn't want his beautiful wife to go through this.
"Mommy?" Elizabeth asked sadly. She hadn't called Kurt that for a few years but hearing he was ill scared her.
"I have Leukemia." Kurt said, breaking down in to tears. Elizabeth ran around the table and hugged her Mom tightly.
"You are going to get through this." Elizabeth whispered in Kurt's ear hugging him as she let a few tears of her own fall. While they were hugging Noah left to get Theo, Toby, and Laura.
Soon the three youngest were in the kitchen worried about what why their Mom and older sister were crying.
"Mommy what's wrong?" Toby asked, sitting down in his chair with Theo and Laura sitting in theirs.
"Mommy is ill." Noah said trying to keep the tears at bay. He hated this. They normally wouldn't have to tell their kids that Kurt was ill but this was serious enough to tell them.
"How ill?" Toby asked seeing Davey's bear in his Mom's arms. The same bear never left his nephews arms.
"Very ill. So we will need to help your mother whenever possible." Noah said.
"Why does he have Davey's teddy?" Laura asked.
"Davey gave him to me to help me get better. And it will help. I am going to get better." Kurt said as he opened his arms for all of his family as they hugged in the kitchen. Crying and comforting each other making Kurt realise he did need to fight this to watch his beautiful family grow, marry, and live.