It was a Sunday night, Jade had been a nightmare all weekend. She refused to eat anything and had barely gotten any sleep, she just kept having nightmares. Nadia had been off this weekend and it made Jade worse as no one spent any time with her. She had pulled her feed out 3 times and was now on nightly feeds to keep her weight up.
Jade had eventually gotten to sleep at nearly 10 o'clock. She knew that Nadia started at 10 and hoped the nurse would come and see her. Her peaceful sleep didn't last very long.
She couldn't wake up. She was in a dark room, her mum was outside the room. She couldn't get her. She was running away from her.
"No" Jade screamed as she tried to reach her mum. Nadia ran into the room. It had been a rather peaceful night.
"Hey, sweetie wake up" Nadia said shaking the girl.
"Mum" Jade screamed out.
"It's Nadia sweetie" Nadia said as she managed to wake the girl up. Nadia saw fear in the girl's face and then she started kicking off.
"No" Jade screamed before pulling the IV out of her arm. She screamed again as the blood squirted out of her arm. Nadia pushed the panic alarm.
"Jade, it's okay. Let me stop the bleeding" Nadia said calming and Jade shook her head.
"I want my mum" Jade cried.
"I know you do but let me fix this" Nadia said as she gently sat the girl into her lap.
"Good girl, will you let Hannah put this back in?" Nadia asked as another two nurses entered the room. Jade nodded. She was shattered, she didn't mean to have these outbursts or nightmares.
Hannah sorted out the girl's IV and Nadia stroked the girl's hair. Once Jade was more relaxed, Nadia went to place her down.
"No don't leave me" Jade said with worry in her voice.
"I have to go back to work, I'll stay with you until you fall asleep though" Nadia said and Jade nodded. She sat watching the woman before drifting off to sleep.
"You are really good with her" Hannah said to Nadia.
"She has been a nightmare all weekend and no one has been able to handle her. We have just kind of being leaving her to it" Hannah said.
"You see that's the problem. She is having nightmares about being alone, and then we are leaving her alone so she will just have more nightmares. All she wants is to be loved. She loves it when people spend time with her. Remember she has no one. Not one single person has been in to see her since Thursday" Nadia said and Hannah nodded.
"I didn't think of it like that" Hannah said.
"No one does" Nadia said. "I'm going to phone the social worker in the morning and work out what is going on. It's not fair to leave her like this. She needs her mum"
Hannah nodded. They got back to work but about 3 hours later, they were interrupted by Jade's screaming again.
"Oh sweetie" Nadia said as she tried to calm the girl down. She managed to pull the girl into her arms but felt her scrubs going wet.
"Let's get you cleaned up" Nadia said as she carried the girl to the bathroom. She sponge washed the girl before putting new pyjamas on her.
"Let's get you back to bed" Nadia said.
"I'm too hot" Jade moaned. Nadia put her hand on the girl's forehead. She was heating up.
"Let me get the doctor" Nadia said as she placed the girl back on the bed. She managed to find the on call doctor who checked Jade out. He said she had just been hyped up and give her some medicine to get her to sleep.
It didn't take long for the girl to drift off to sleep and that was her until the morning.
As soon as it was 9 o'clock, Nadia called Derek, the social worker.
"Hello" He said.
"Hello, I'm a nurse from Walford General, the Children's ward" Nadia said.
"How may I help you?" He asked.
"Well, I believe you are now Jade Green's social worker?" She said and he nodded.
"I am" He said.
"Well, we have been having real problems with her this weekend. She isn't eating, isn't sleeping properly and just isn't herself. It is a major concern of mine, and I feel that it is due to her mother not visiting like normal" Nadia explained.
"Well, I'm sorry I have been busy" He said.
"This 7 year old little girl has just spent the last 3 days completely by herself because no one visits her in hospital. She is bored out of her mind and all she wants is her mum" Nadia said and Derek sighed.
"Fine then, I'll call Shabnam and see if she can visit Jade with myself today" He said.
"Thank you" Nadia said before hanging up the phone.
She left Jade sleeping and the girl slept until about 10 o'clock which is what she really needed. Nadia walked in with food. She hoped the girl would eat but Jade just looked at the food and turned around.
"You need to eat sweetie" Nadia said.
"I don't feel well" Jade said and Nadia sighed before walking out the room leaving the food for the girl.
Jade lay still. She was really hungry but she didn't want to admit defeat. She was so stubborn.
Shabnam was sitting in her house when her phone rang. She picked it up as she saw it was Derek. She was so relieved when he told her she could see Jade today but she was really worried about how the girl would react.
She quickly got ready before heading to the hospital. Shabnam arrived and met Derek at the reception. Nadia then met them as well.
"So we have been having a lot of trouble with Jade since Friday. She isn't eating so has a feed in her arm. She also has been having nightmares which has let to bedwetting which is completely unusual for the girl. She also isn't sleeping much" Nadia explained and Shabnam nodded.
"Did you tell her that I wasn't allowed to see her?" Shabnam asked and Nadia nodded.
"I did but I'm not sure how much of it she understood" Nadia explained and Shabnam nodded.
They walked into Jade's room and the girl was facing away from them.
"Jade, you have some visitors" Nadia said.
"No" Jade said hiding under the duvet.
"I think you will really like to see who it is" Nadia said but Jade didn't say anything. Nadia looked at Shabnam.
"Hey sweetie, I'm so sorry I couldn't come on Friday. But I have met Derek now so hopefully I can see you more" Shabnam said but Jade didn't move.
"Hello Jade, my name is Derek and I'm your new social worker" Derek said.
"Come on baby, aren't you going to come out?" Shabnam asked. Jade shook her head under the covers.
"Okay, we'll just sit and wait until you are ready" Derek said. They sat back both of them on their phones. Jade was starting to get warm under the duvet.
"Why didn't you come?" She asked and Shabnam looked up from her phone.
"It wasn't my choice sweetie" Shabnam said.
"I'm sorry Jade but I made the decision, there was just too much going on" Derek said.
"Well, it wasn't very nice of you" Jade said and Derek nodded.
"I know and I'm sorry, it won't happen again" Derek said. "Now we have sorted that out will you eat something?"
Jade shook her head.
"You need to eat something" Derek said and Jade's temper rose. She was ready to have a breakdown.
"No" She screamed. She continued to scream and kick her legs and the duvet that was around her. Both Derek and Shabnam jumped up.
"Hey, calm down" Shabnam said as she held her daughter down. She quickly managed to get the girl in her arms. The nurses heard the screaming and had gone in.
"Come on, that's a good girl" Shabnam said as she held her daughter in her arms on the bed. She rocked the sobbing girl until her sobs had reduced to hiccups.
Jade clung onto her mum's top.
"That's it, are you okay now?" Shabnam asked and the girl nodded.
"Do you want a drink?" Shabnam asked and Jade nodded. Shabnam picked up the water bottle and held it to the girl's mouth. Jade took two large gulps of the drink before turning back towards her mum.
"Do you think you can have some toast?" Shabnam asked holding the half slice of bread. Jade nodded and took a bite.
"Good girl" Jade said.
"You aren't going to leave me again, are you?" Jade asked and Shabnam looked at Derek.
"No, Jade I'm very sorry for the delay but your mum can go back to seeing you 3 times a week" Derek said. He felt bad for leaving the pair apart for so long.
They spoke for a while before Jade drifted off to sleep.
"Derek, do you think it would be possible for Shabnam to stay the night, if she agrees?" The nurse asked and Derek was slightly unsure.
"Jade could really do with a good night sleep" Nadia explained and Derek nodded.
"If you'd would?" He said looking at Shabnam who nodded.
"I would" She said. They spoke for a bit longer and Shabnam was getting stiff. The girl wouldn't let go of Shabnam. Shabnam shifted to get the girl off her slightly and Jade woke up.
"Mum, don't go" Jade said.
"I'm not going anywhere, you are just getting a little heavy" Shabnam said.
"Sorry" The girl said moving.
"Are you going to have some lunch?" The nurse asked as she entered the room. Jade nodded her head.
"Good girl" Shabnam said kissing her on the head. Jade sat up and starting eating.
They spoke for a while before playing some games. By the time they had finished it was nearly 6 o'clock.
"I'm going to head off now Jade, but I will see you tomorrow" Derek said and Jade nodded. He wasn't so bad now.
"I'm going to nip home to get some pyjamas and clothes for tomorrow" Shabnam said
"Why do you need your pyjamas?" Jade asked. She had been asleep when they had decided that Shabnam could stay the night.
"Why do you think?" Shabnam asked.
"You are going to stay the night?" Jade asked astonished and Shabnam nodded. Jade was so excited, she started jumping up and down.
"I'm be gone an hours top" Shabnam said as she kissed the girl on the head before leaving.
Jade nodded. She waited on her mum to return. She ate her tea in silence and smiled when she saw her mum come back.
"See I told you I wouldn't be long" Shabnam said and Jade nodded.
"Can I have a cuddle now?" Jade asked and Shabnam nodded.
"Of course" She said pulling the girl into her arms.
"Now, I heard you haven't been getting any sleep and have been a bit scared, do you want to talk about it?" Shabnam asked and Jade shook her head.
"Are you sure? So we won't be having any accidents tonight?" Shabnam asked and Jade blushed but shook her head.
"Nope, I was just scared that you had left me" Jade admitted.
"Oh baby, I promise I will not leave you" Shabnam said. Jade nodded.
"I know that now. Can we not speak about what happened though because it is really embarrassing" Jade said and Shabnam nodded.
"Of course, let's just forget about it" Shabnam said and Jade smiled. She snuggled up with her mum and it didn't take her long to drift off to sleep. Once Jade was asleep, Shabnam went to the bed that the nurses had made up for her. She sat on her phone for a while before drifting off to sleep.
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