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Surgery
Julie's POV
"Are you ready to go yet?" Adam asked me for the fifth time that morning.
"No." I answered. "I think I changed my mind. Why don't we just adopt kids instead?"
"Are you scared?" Adam placed an arm around my shoulder and hugged me tightly.
"No, why would I be scared?" I asked.
"You look ready to go to me." Adam told me.
"Well I'm not."
"What do you still have to do before you are ready?" Adam asked me.
Shit. Now what the hell do I say? "I still have to um…um…"
"That's what I thought." He told me as he pulled me out the door.
I didn't say a word the entire way to the hospital. Adam, however, couldn't shut up. It's great that he is supporting me and all, but he's not the one going under the knife. And let me tell you, a knife is a lot worse then a needle.
"So you see there really isn't anything for you to worry about." Adam concluded as we pulled into the hospital parking lot.
"What did you say?" I asked.
"Weren't you listening to a word I said?" Adam asked me as we stepped out of the car.
"Not really." I answered honestly.
"What are you so afraid of?" Adam asked.
"The knife." I answered.
"Julie, you will be asleep the entire time."
"Supposedly."
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Okay, I was watching The Learning Channel the other night and there was this woman on there having her kidney removed."
"So?"
"So, she woke up before they started the surgery. Her body was completely paralysed and she couldn't move or speak. She was awake during the entire surgery and nearly died."
"Julie, the chances of that happening are slim." Adam told me as we walked inside. "I promise you, you are going to be just fine."
"I guess." I told him unconvinced.
An hour later I was dressed in a hospital gowm waiting to be taken back into surgery. "We will be taking you back soon, Hon."
"Great." I told the nurse, expecting her to go away, but she didn't. "Is there something else?"
"I need to get your I.V. started." The nurse told me. That's when I noticed the needle in her hand.
I punched Adam hard in the arm. "You liar. You said there wouldn't be anymore needles."
"Oh yeah, I forgot about the I.V." Adam smiled at me. I am going to kill you when we get home.
"You were just trying to shut me up, weren't you?" I accused.
"I guess I'm guilty." Adam admitted, still grinning.
I took a deep breath. "I guess we may as well go ahead and get this over with." I told the nurse and then looked over at Adam, squeezing his hand tight. "And if you even think about laughing Adam Banks I'll make sure you are just as infertile as I am now."
"There is no need." The nurse told me. "I am already finished.
I looked down at my hand to see the needle already in my right hand. "Oh."
"And you were bitching at me for nothing." Adam teased me.
"I was not bitching, I was simply…"
"Julie are you ready to go?" The nurse interupted me.
"I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be."
"I'll be in the waiting room." Adam told me andthen kissed my hand before they wheeled me back into the Operating Room.
Adam's POV
I walked into the waiting room and was soon joined by the Ducks. I had called them a week befor e and they had all promised they would be here. Julie had made me promise not to tell them why she was having surgery and I had managed to get everyone here without a lot of details. "So Banks, what's going on with Julie?" Charlie asked.
"They just took her back." I answered.
"No, I mean what's with the surgery?" Charlie restated the question. I had known what he meant, but I was desperately trying to avoid answering the question.
"It's not anything life threatening." I assured them.
"Then what is it?" Jesse asked.
"I promised Julie that I wouldn't say anything." I tried to explain. "She wanted to be the one to tell you guys."
"Just tell us Adam. We're all worried about her." Fulton told me.
"Yeah, we promise to act surprised when Julie decides she is ready." Guy told me.
I couldn't stand everyones eyes on me and I broke. "Julie has PCOS."
"What the hell is that?" Portman asked.
"Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome. It is a health problem that can affect a woman's menstrual cycle, fertility, hormones, insulin production, heart, blood vessels, and appearance. It basically means that Julie can't have kids." I recited.
"And this surgery will fix it?" Dwayne asked.
"The surgery is called Ovarian wedge resection. In the procedure, a portion of the ovary is removed and then sewn back together. This procedure is effective in decreasing LH and androen production, both of which is very important when considering fertility."
"So Julie will be able to have kids?" Russ asked.
"Julie will be put on fertility drugs…"
"Great, you two can have the next set of septuplets that the entire country goes crazy over." Averman started.
"Shut it, Averman." Jesse shouted.
"With the fertilty drugs, Julie will have a sixty percent chance of becoming pregnat." I told them.
"But?" Connie asked.
"There could be complications. The main thing we would have to worry about would be Julie developing pelvic adhesions. These occur in about thirty percent of patients. If they do occur, Julie's chances of ever becomibg pregnant drop to ten percent."
"oh my god." Connie announced.
"Dude, you sound like a doctor." Goldberg told me. "How can you remember all of that?"
"I memorized the pamphlet." I admitted.
We waited in silence for the next few hours until Dr. Smith finally came out. I walked up to her waiting for the news.
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