Chapter 9
As the weeks went on, Rafferty slowly transitioned back into her residency. Now two months in and she was in heaven both personally and professionally. Rafferty had thought that trying to balance a relationship with Shay and the wacky hours she had to put in at the hospital was going to put a strain on things. It was actually the complete opposite. They made the time for each other. Yes they were both career driven, but they weren't going to let their careers interfere with the best relationship both of them have ever had.
Shay's birthday was only a few days away and Allison was stumped. She had no clue what to get her for her birthday. She was planning on dinner but she knew Shay wasn't the type to go to fancy expensive restaurants. Rafferty couldn't figure out if she wanted to do simple or creative and unique. She still didn't even know what to get her for a gift. Earrings? A necklace? A ring? That one question has been floating around in her head for a couple weeks now. She didn't know if it was too soon or not. They have been together for just over six months now. It's not like they've just started dating. She didn't even know if Shay was the type who wanted to get married, or at least wanted to marry her. Shay had pretty much said they were going to be together for the rest of their lives so wouldn't it make sense to get married? Would it even matter if they were married or not anyway? Allison knew she needed to talk to the one person who would know Shay a little bit better than her.
Rafferty: can u swing by the hospital sometime today? Need ur opinion on something.
Kelly: sure thing. Everything alright?
R: yeah. Everything perfect. Just wanna run something by u… can u not tell shay ur swinging by tho?
K: sure.
R: thanks. Let me know when u get here so I can meet u…
When she was sitting in the cafeteria eating her lunch, her phone started ringing and she instantly got a smile on her face when she saw who was calling. "Hey Grams. How are you?"
"Allison." It was her Grandpa who was calling her. There was panic in his voice.
"Grandpa? What's wrong?" Allison was panicking now.
"It's your grandma. Something's happened. I don't know what's wrong. I just found her lying on the floor in the kitchen. It's like she passed out or fell or something. I don't know!"
"Ok. Where are you? Are you here at Chicago Med?" Allison said as she was standing up from the table she was sitting at.
"Yes. I'm in the ER waiting area right now."
"Ok. Give me ten minutes to go find out what's going on. Ok?" Allison was nearly running down the hall heading for the stairs. The elevators weren't fast enough.
When she got to the ER, she found Kendra doing CPR on Lucia. Instantly Allison just stopped in her tracks. She was frozen. She couldn't go through this again. She couldn't lose another important person in her life. Especially not her Grams. When she finally came to her senses she went over to the bed.
"Kendra! That's my grandma. What's going on?" Allison asked pleadingly. Kendra didn't even say a word. She just grabbed the paddles so she could shock her. One shock. Nothing. Another round of CPR. Another shock. Nothing. Another round of CPR and cardiac drugs. Another shock. Finally. There was a heartbeat.
Finally Kendra acknowledged Rafferty. "She came in, in cardiac arrest." Kendra paused before saying the next part. "Did you know she's sick?"
"What? Sick? No!" Allison could feel her world crashing down around her.
"She's been getting treated up in Oncology. I only know that because of her records on file we pulled when she came in. her initial diagnosis was stage three ovarian cancer. From the looks of things, it's rapidly progressed." Allison couldn't listen anymore. She just took off running to the waiting room, stopping just outside the doors to text Shay.
Rafferty: I need you. Grams is in the ER.
mwahahhaha. cliff hanger. as always... send me your reviews!
