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Memories
"Can you feel this?" Dr. Ivashkov asked.
Rose shook her head.
"And this?"
Again she shook her head.
"Rose I want you to try and move your toes. Can you do that for me?" Dr. Ivashkov asked.
She nodded and looked down at her feet. She concentrated on wriggling her big toe but the more she tried the worst the pain in her head got.
"I-I can't," She cried.
"Ok, I think that's enough for now but I would like to do some more tests if you are feeling up to that Rose?"
"Yeah," She replied.
"Ok, I'm going to schedule a MRI for this afternoon."
Dr Ivashkov quickly flicked through Rose's file and wrote something at the bottom of the page before leaving both Rose and Dimitri alone once more.
The morning flew by and soon lunch was served. The lunch lady lifted the trays onto the table.
"Thank You." Dimitri said as he moved one of the trays closer to Rose before moving back to the chair with his own tray.
Rose sighed and pushed the tray away. She couldn't stomach looking at the congealed hospital food that they had served for lunch. In fact she hadn't felt all that hungry since she had woken up.
From the corner of her eye, she saw her husband pretending to read what looked like a western novel. They hadn't spoken since she had yelled at him a couple of hours ago. She knew that her words had hurt him; she had seen it in his eyes.
He looked up and caught her staring right at him. Rose quickly turned away from Dimitri. Those deep velvet eyes were full of emotion –pain, concern and something else but Rose couldn't tell what.
"You should eat something," he said in that deep Russian accent of his.
She refused to comply to her husband's wishes and after a few moments, she heard the sound of a page turning and knew that Dimitri had turned his attention back to his book.
Instead she focused on pulling out her IV drip.
"You shouldn't do that."
"дерьмо." Dimitri muttered.
With a sigh, he placed his book on the chair and quickly moved towards the bed. She ignored him and continued to yank the IV out of her arm.
"Roza, остановить вы собираетесь навредить себе."
"Leave me alone!" Rose cried.
She winced in pain as she finally removed the IV from her arm, which was now bleeding badly. Dimitri reached over and grabbed the panic button and pressed it firmly. She looked up at him as concern filled his eyes.
"Rose…I,"
Dr Ivashkov quickly pushed the door open with Nurse Rinaldi hot on his heels. He rushed towards them and saw the damage that Rose had caused herself. He didn't say anything but instead ordered for the nurse to start a new line for the IV.
The doctor pulled Dimitri out of the room while Nurse Rinaldi started to patch Rose up. She was glad that he wasn't there. She was getting fed up with him always watching her.
"Lets get this IV back in ok?"
"Uh?"
"The IV."
She nodded back at the nurse who prepped the area on her arm.
"This might sting a little…there we go. Back in. Now you don't go getting any more ideas about pulling it out again. You hear?"
"Yeah,"
She fell asleep shortly after that and woke up to see Dr. Ivashkov walking into the room.
"Its time for your MRI scan. Do you have any questions before we start?"
"Is it going to hurt?" Rose muttered.
"No, you won't feel any pain. But you will need to lie very still and breathe normally through the procedure. You will also hear loud clicking noises during the scan but there is nothing to worry about, it is totally normal."
Rose looked nervously up at Dr. Ivashkov who smiled kindly back. He had a way of making her feel less nervous. She hadn't realized how handsome he was and she looked away, feeling her skin beginning to tingle.
They lifted her onto a trolley and wheeled her down to the MRI unit. It was cold inside the scanner room, Rose though as she was wheeled towards a bed. They lifted her carefully onto the bed, which was then moved inside the MRI scanner.
Rose felt slightly claustrophobic as the bed that she was lying on moved further inside. The tunnel was small –slightly wider than shoulder width.
"Hey Rose, I'm Mason. If you need to contact me through out the scan just press the little button to you're right." A voice said, echoing through the tunnel.
"Are you ready to start?"
"Hmmm, yeah." Rose replied.
"Just try to concentrate on breathing and lying as still as possible ok?"
"Yeah."
Rose closed her eyes and tried to follow Mason's directions. She heard the sound of clicking. They had been right it was really loud. Thirty minutes suddenly seemed way too long.
"You still alright in there?" Mason asked.
"Yeah, it's just really loud."
"We're nearly done, so I'll have you out in a jiffy."
Rose continued to talk to Mason for the rest of the scan and found that the guy made her laugh. He was so sweet and funny. He even flirted with her with made her smile.
She felt slightly sad when it was finished because she had enjoyed talking to him so much.
She was wheeled back down the long corridors and back into her room where Dimitri stood looking out the window. He looked deep in though but as soon as they entered the room, he snapped back to reality.
"Ты в порядке" Dimitri asked.
Rose frowned wishing that he would stop doing that. She had no clue what he was saying and wondered if she had been able to speak Russian before the accident. She was just going to ask him what he had said when Dr. Ivashkov pushed open the door.
Rose bit her lower lip. She knew something was up when she spotted the brown envelope in his hand.
"Will you leave, please."Rose asked Dimitri.
Dimitri looked at her but this time his face was emotionless like he was wearing a mask to hide his true emotions.
"I think you're husband should hear this too Rose," Dr Ivashkov said.
"I have the MRI scan results and I'm afraid it's bad news. The results show inflammation and traumatic injury to the spinal cord tissue."
"What are you saying Doc?"
"You're paralyzed from the waist down. I'm sorry Rose, but I'm afraid you maybe dependent on a wheelchair for the rest of your life."
Rose tried to choke back the tears but it was no use they came anyway. A lump formed in the back of her throat and a sob escaped. She couldn't hold back any more.
A large hand enveloped her own. She looked down just as it squeezed hers tightly.
Ты в порядке = Are you ok
Дерьмо =Shit
Остановить вы собираетесь навредить себе = Stop, you're going to hurt yourself
So what do you guys think so far? How do you think Rose is going to handle being paralyzed etc… And next chapter will be a memory so you guys let me know what you would like to see from their past. And please don't forget to review as I really do look forward to hearing from all of you.
