Hey y'all! I haven't abandoned this story, life has just been too crazy! I don't own these characters, so please don't sue. Hope you enjoy!
It had been 5 hours since Clay has been out of surgery. According to the surgeon everything went as planned. The drainage tube was in place and hopefully this would give Clay some relief. Clay was still unconscious, but that wasn't surprising with all he has gone trough in the last few hours, let alone days. Clay was propped on his side, so he wasn't laying on where the tube was inserted. They were worried about kidney failure still, even with the drain. It was just after 8:00 pm when Clay started to rouse, he started out by letting out a few soft moans and then tried to shift to lay on his back, even though he still hadn't opened his eyes. Trent and Jason were immediately at his side. Jason had sent the rest of the team home a few hours ago, they were all exhausted and he wasn't sure if Clay was even going to be conscious in the evening. The rest of the team had reluctantly agreed to leave as long as Trent promised to call with any update on Spenser's condition. As Trent pulled out his phone to send out a message in the group chat, Clay opened his eye's just a crack.
The first thing Clay Spenser registered when he woke up was pain and lots of it. He also felt hot, who controlled the A/C in this joint?
"Hey Clay, how ya feelin'?" Asked someone who sounded a lot like his boss. "Mh, hurts," "Okay, what hurts?"
Asked someone that sounded a lot like a stubborn medic he knew, but he was too out of it to place the name. "Hm, back."
"K, gonna go grab someone who can help ya feel better." Trent cast a glance at Jason to keep an eye on Clay while he was gone to get a nurse. Clay was a little more with it now, he was now clutching the sheets in his hand weakly, his eyes that were hardly open just a minute ago, are now tightly clinched in pain. Jason felt for the kid, he had to be miserable. The next thing Jason knew, Trent was back, a nurse followed closely behind him. She was a older lady, with dark, long hair and a kind face. She checked Clay's vitals and said he was running a slight fever, but that wasn't surprising considering he just had surgery. She injected some pain meds and told him to get some rest and to call her if he needed anything. After a few minutes, Trent had updated all the team and Clay had relaxed and apparently gone to sleep. Jason and Trent argued who was going to stay with Clay through the night. Jason felt as team leader he should be the one to take the hit on how little sleep whoever stayed with Clay was going to get. Around 9:30 Trent finally agreed to go get some good sleep, promising that he would stay the night with Clay tomorrow night. He told Jason to update him and he would be there asap if a crisis arose.
Jason tried to get some shut eye while Clay was still peacefully asleep, but every time he tried to close his eyes, he was awoken by a panic that something would happen while he was sleeping. He remembered having this same feeling when Emma or Mikey were sick when they were younger. He fondly remembered the days when they were young and needed him more. Now they were old and very independent, some of it was just their personalities and some of it was just their lifestyle. He never blamed them, he was the same way growing up and he was proud of who they have become.
Trying to pass the time usefully, Jason got on his phone to send some emails and check in with Emma and Mikey. After and hour or two, he decided he was going to find something to drink. As he wondered the halls, he came upon a coffee machine. After paying and getting a cup, he pushed the button for the liquid to pour into his cup. Even though what came out looked like toxic sludge, he didn't really mind. After spending a third of his life in the military, he'd probably drank worse. After his cup was filled he headed back to the room, thankfully finding Clay still peacefully sleeping. After he finished his cup of coffee and distracted himself with his phone some more, he somehow drifted asleep. He only ended up getting about 2 hours asleep, and good thing Jason did, because that ended up being the only sleep he got all night......