Ye are the best! Thank ye all soo much for your kind reviews, it really makes my day just reading them! Okay, so we are back with Steve and his CAT scan, hopefully everything is going to be okay but i'm going to give ye a slight hint there is some hurt/comfort going on with Steve in this chapter, thought ye might like it just to top it all off... Enjoy! :)
Chapter 11
Danny and Chin waited patiently for the results from Steve's CT scan. Kono kindly decided to distract Grace successfully with some chocolate ice-cream, her favourite. Danny didn't really want Grace to stick around and see Steve getting his CT scan, not after everything she has already been through. Danny and Chin's concern grew when there was no sign of any doctor of Steve's and they had already been waiting 4 hours! What the hell was going on? Danny knew it wouldn't take 4 hours to complete a CAT scan. Danny paced the corridors nervously, his hand rubbing the back of his neck, Chin knew he was stressed out, the sooner the doctor told them any news the better. Chin was also nervous, after everything Steve has been through he hopped and prayed nothing was wrong, they don't need to be going backwards.
Danny and Chin were relieved to see Steve being rolled out on the gurney, he was asleep which slightly worried Danny but he was relieved to see him relatively unscathed after all this time waiting. The doctor followed as his team pushed Steve slowly back to the dreaded ICU, he looked at the two Five-0 detectives sympathetically.
"I am sincerely sorry, we had a little problem with the machine.." the doctor tried to explain himself but to be honest Danny honestly didn't really care, he cared 10 minutes ago when there was no sign of Steve, but now he only cared for the results of Steve's CT scan.
"Good news, although there is extensive bruising there is no far of any permanent brain damage, however there is an area of cloudiness in the cerebrum part of his brain in which we will have to do more tests on, but not today as Steve is tired and he needs to rest, we will probably leave it until tomorrow morning, we are confident that the cloudiness is nothing too worrying" the doctor said with a smile as Chin let out a breath of fresh air
"So he's okay?" Danny asked, he just had to be 100% sure
The doctor let out a small chuckle before continuing "He is going to be fine, we sedated him for the CT scan but he should be awake withing the next half an hour, although he will be weak and groggy from the experience" the doctor said. Danny and Chin both shook the man's hand in gratitude before turning around and going back, once again, to Steve's room.
Around an hour later Danny and Chin were still sitting next to Steve's bed, that is when Grace came rushing into the room Kono following shortly behind her. Grace had around half the ice-cream around her mouth, Danny couldn't help but laugh as he grabbed a tissue and wiped Grace's dirty face. Grace protested but eventually her face was clean and she was happy.
"Is Uncle Steve okay Danno?" she asked her hand reaching for Steve's
"He is doing fine Gracie, thanks to you!" Danny said kissing her forehead affectionately
Grace felt proud of herself, she felt like she played a vital role in Steve's recovery, which she did. Danny knew she was exhausted, Rachel and Stan would be back from L.A tomorrow and Danny dreaded it. He had to tell Rachel what happened before Grace does, she is not going to be happy. Danny was meaning to ring Rachel and Stan immediately after Grace got kidnapped, that would be the right thing to do, but he just simply lost track of time and then it all spiraled out of control, Danny simply didn't have time, he only really had time around now.
"Hey Danny, d'you want me to take Grace back to your place, she exhausted and i think she has had enough of hospitals for the rest of her life" Kono offered, hoping Grace wouldn't hear her. She was concentrating to much on Steve.
"Yeah Kono that would be great! Thank You so so much!" Danny said politely rubbing Kono's gently grabbed Grace by the shoulder and sat her down on his lap. "Hey babe listen, Kono is going to take you back to my place for a while okay, just so you can have a rest, maybe watch a DVD?" Danny said
"Are you coming too Danno?" Grace asked
"No, I'll be there later okay i just have to be here when Steve wakes up and then I'll be straight home" Danny said sadly
Grace hopped off Danny's lap and joined hands with Kono, but before she went she gave Steve a quick peck on the cheek for good luck. "I'll be back later i'll ring of there is any problem Thanks Kono!" Danny said
"No problem, C'mon Grace" Kono said, Danny gave Grace a tight hug and a kiss before she skipped out of the room. Chin and Danny both smiled at how cute she is. They both loved Grace deeply.
Danny and Chin stayed next to Steve all during the evening, weirdly Steve didn't even stir, the doctor said he should have been awake almost 3 hours ago. Danny just thought Steve must have been extra tired and was taking a well deserved long nap for himself.
Chin left the room dragging his feet to get some coffee for both men, might help energize them both, they needed it. Danny was alone with Steve, he got up and paced the room, Danny was beginning to get impatient with the sleeping SEAL, would he ever wake up?
Danny did another 5 or 6 laps of the room before everything turned into yet another nightmare. Suddenly the machines around Steve started beeping loudly, Danny turned around quickly to see Steve shaking in his bed, he was having a seizure! His back was arched off the bed as his body vibrated and stiffened, it scared Danny. What scared Danny more then anything else though was that Steve's lips were beginning to turn a sickly blue/green colour and his face was now blending in with the whiteness of the hospital sheets.
"Steve?..STEVE! Don't do this c'mon please, i told you not to do this!" Danny screamed, he didn't even feel the arms around his biceps as the nurses tried to drag him out of the room.
"Please, help him! Don't die Steve, you've come soo faaarr!" Danny said desperately as the door to Steve's room slammed shut leaving Danny once again alone.
Chin was coming back down the corridors of the ICU and saw dozens of male and female doctors rushing towards Steve's room, his heart skipped a beat as he unconsciously chanted "Nonono.." he turned the corner to see a desperate Danny being forced out of the room. He threw the perfectly good coffees in the bin beside him and ran up to see what happened.
"Danny wh ...what happened?" Chin asked
"He.. he was fine one minute, the next he was having a full blown seizure! Chin he was having a seizure and i could only watch and do nothing!" Danny said as Chin embraced him in a comforting hug. Then just at that moment the doors flew open, and they all piled out rolling Steve back towards the CT scan, Danny noticed the two dreaded tubes trailing down steve's neck had returned. There was soo many machines beeping, it almost made Danny dizzy, Steve was unrecognisable, nearly worse then the last time. Danny wiped away the tears trailing down his face, Chin only covered his mouth with his hand in pure and utter shock. Things had gone downhill very fast. The doctor didn't even have time to address the two men as he ran behind the gurney carrying Steve, once again Danny and Chin were left helplessly waiting.
Danny and Chin waited in shock for another half an hour or so before they saw the doctor walking quickly towards them. They both stood up waiting for the good/bad news.
The doctor sighed deeply "Steve has a recurring bleed in the cerebrum part of his brain,the cerebrum is the largest part of the brain and controls thought memory and senses, the bleed is located in the left hemisphere of his cerebrum, the surgeons are working on him now, we rushed him straight up to theatre to stem the bleeding, once the bleeding has stopped then we will move him back to ICU where he will be observed intensely" the doctor explained
"Long term effects?" Danny asked fearful
"Well, Steve probably will have some memory loss and his senses may be affected, we won't know the extent of the damage until he wakes up fully, and also since the bleed was on the left side of his cerebrum it is most likely his right side will be affected, but again we won't have any definite answers until he wakes up" The doctor said
"Wait! Ye should have known! You..you said there was cloudiness around Steve's cerebrum earlier when he had the CT scan, ye could have prevented this!" Danny said angrily
"We were not certain it was a bleed, and many of the whole ICU consultants examined it and it did not appear to be anything too serious!" the doctor tried to defend himself but Danny was having none of it
"NOT GOOD ENOUGH! thanks to you Steve is fighting for his life in there...again!" Danny spat, the doctor didn't have a chance to respond as Danny turned around and stormed off, he didn't quite know where he was going he just knew he had to get away from there. Chin followed.
Danny sat on the famous wooden bench situated outside the main hospital doors, Chin was two seconds behind him and he automatically sat down next to Danny and put a hand on Danny's shoulder.
"I know it's hard brah, none of us want to go through this again, but Steve pulled through the last time i'm sure he will pull through this time!" Chin said
"It all seems like one big nightmare that i can't wake up from...what am i going to say to Grace? Oh god he better pull through!" Danny buried his face in his hands desperately
Chin continued to do what he did best; being calm and sophisticated and helping his friend through this difficult time even though it was difficult for him too, Chin liked to put other people first.
Danny ended up ringing Kono to tell her the unwelcome news. She answered on the third ring, giggles and cheer in the background, Grace was happy.
"Hey Danny everything's fine here, we'r having great fun!" Kono said
"Heey Kono, can you come back to the hospital please?" Kono noticed the shake in Danny's voice, it scared her
"Everything alright Danny?" she asked curious
"No, everything is gone wrong Kono, can you do me a favour?" Danny asked sadly
"Sure anything Danny?" Danny heard Kono say
"C...can you bring Grace, i normally would keep he away from situations like this, but Steve needs her more than anyone else right now, she helps him!" Danny said emotionally
"Sure Danny, I'll be right there" Kono said hanging up
Danny hung up looked at Chin who had an apologetic smile on his face, they both stood up and made their way back into the hospital.
well what d'ye think? I gave Steve a good whumping there i think, hopefully ye do too, don't worry i'm not going to keep Steve out cold as long as i did the last time either its really only this chapter and a bit of the next...The rest would have to deal with Steve's recovery...REVIEW again, i love them so so so so so so so so much :P Bye!