The next day Lena sleeps most of the day
Luke and Lorelai take turns coming home during the day to take care of Lena
Around dinner time Lena wakes up
''hey sweetie are ya hungry kido you haven't really had anything to eat today... how does your tummy feel?'' Lorelai asks her
''I'm not hungry mommy'' Lena says and lays on the couch
Lorelai pours Lena some juice
''here sweetie try some juice I don't want you to get dehydrated'' Lorelai tells her
Lena drinks the whole thing and lays back down on the couch
Later that night before bed Lorelai gives Lena some medicine so she can sleep
The next morning Lena comes out of her room
''hey sweetie how are you feeling?'' Lorelai asks Lena and notices how pale Lena is
Lena goes to the living room and flops down on the couch
Lorelai comes into the room and see's how sick Lena is she feel's her forehead
Lorelai goes to Lena's room to grab her comforter and pillow and comes back out into the living room and gently picks up Lena Lena puts her head on Lorelai's should like she used to do when she was little when she was tired
Lorelai lays Lena down and wraps up and call's Luke
Scene Cut Luke's the phone rings
''Luke's'' Luke says as he answer's the phone
''hey it's me I need you to come home Lena's extremely sick and I'm panicking I don't know what to do I think we should take her to the hospital'' Lorelai tells him
''ok ok stay calm I'll be there in a sec OK EVERYBODY OUT WE'RE CLOSED FOR AN EMERGENCY!'' Luke tells the entire diner
Luke grabs his keys locks up the diner and runs as fast as he can to Lorelai's and run's inside to see Lorelai standing at the couch looking down at Lena
''she looks really bad sweetie yea I think we should take her to the hospital let's go right now'' he says and pick's up Lena while Lorelai locks up the house and takes her to the jeep and lies her down in the backseat
They speed over to the hospital
They get to the hospital emergency room and Luke grabs Lena and runs inside through the doors with her the nurses and doctor's see how sick Lena is and end up taking her first and lie her on a bed and start trying to find a vein so they can get an IV into her to get some water into her to get her hydrated
Lena starts to wake up ''Mommy...'' she cries
''shh mommies right here baby'' she says and hold's Lena's hand
''daddy...'' Lena cries
''shh relax your going to be ok sweetie I'm not going anywhere'' Luke tells her
They finally find a vein and take a little blood and run it to the lab
The Doctor's start questioning Lorelai
Lorelai tells them that she has been sick but it got worse when Lena woke up so she panicked so that's when they brought her in An hour later the Doctor comes back with the results
''Mr. Danes, ?'' The Doctor question's them
''yes?'' they both say
''we have the results the reason why Lena has been so larthargic is that she has a bad case of the flu and a bacterial infection but we have put her on high doses of antibiotics and she should recover within the next 6 weeks make sure she gets tons of rest and fluids and does nothing to strenous even though I know it is summer vacation but she should be fine'' the doctor tells them
''so can she go home?'' Lorelai asks him
''yes I don't see any reason why we need to keep her here looks like she's going to get the care she needs since you care about her so much and it was good timing that you both got her in here when you did'' The doctor tells her
Luke and Lorelai smile at each other
''thank you doctor'' Lorelai says
''yes thank you doc'' Luke says
''ok well see you later'' the doctor says
''thank god she's going to be ok'' Lorelai says
''yea now what do you say we get her home and in bed doctor's orders'' Luke says
''yea.. right ok let's go'' Lorelai says
Luke gently picks up Lena and they leave the hospital
Lena wakes up halfway home
''mommy...''Lena says
''hey sweetie shh go back to sleep your going to be ok are your arms sore?'' Lorelai asks her
''no not really only a little'' Lena says
''ok'' Lorelai says and smiles
Lena- goes back to sleep
When they get home
Luke carries Lena in and puts her into her bed
''ok so I'll go pick up her medicine'' Luke says
''ok thanks hun'' she says and is making sure Lena is comfortable
''I'll be back'' Luke says
''ok'' Lorelai says
Luke leaves the house
The phone rings
Lorelai walks out of Lena's room and shuts the door and answers the phone
''hello...'' Lorelai says when she answer's the phone
''hey sweetie you didn't make it to work this morning is everything ok?'' Sookie asks her
''I won't be in today we just got home from the emergency room Lena is very sick with the flu and a bacterial infection the poor kid is very sleepy and larthergic and had to hook her to an IV to get some fluids into her to rehydrate her because she was extremely dehydrated and it made it sicker she just looks so scared and little and she's really pale and not eating much it's really scary'' Lorelai tells her
''I know sweetie just hang in there she'll be ok I'll let ya go call me if you need anything'' Sookie tells her
''ok I will thanks hun bye'' Lorelai says and hangs up
''mommy...mommy'' Lena calls
Lorelai bursts into Lena's room
''mommy'' Lena cries and she is trashing around
''shh mommies right here sweetie'' she says and tries to hold her still so Lena doesen't hurt herself
''wake up baby'' Lorelai says and gently shakes her awake
Lena finally opens her eyes
''hey how are you feeling?'' ''What's going on you need some juice?'' ''Daddy went to go get your medicine but should be back any second now'' Lorelai tells her
Lena see's her arms and how bruised they are and freaks out and bursts into tears
''shh hunnie mommies right here baby it's ok she says and hold's her and rocks her calm down ''shh it's ok your ok'' Lorelai tells her
Luke finally gets home and comes into Lena's room ''hey how she doing?'' he asks Lorelai
''oh thank '' Lorelai says and opens the bag and takes out the medicine
Luke gets a spoon in the kitchen and brings it back into Lena's room
Lorelai pours the medicine on it ''here hunnie take this'' Lorelai says
It calms Lena down and makes her sleepy
Lorelai makes sure she goes to sleep ok
They walk out of Lena's room and close the door
''I'm just so scared I just don't know what to do I can't do this I can't even comfort my own kid god I suck as a mom'' she cries
''no you don't shh'' he says and comforts her and rubs her back and lets her cry ''it's going to be ok'' he tells her
Lena sleeps for the next few hours because she's knocked out
Later that day
Lena comes out of her room and curls up in her comforter on the couch and watches a movie and falls back asleep
Lorelai comes into the room and watches Lena sleep
Luke comes home and see's Lorelai looking at Lena
''hey how she doing?'' he asks Lorelai and runs his hand down Lorelai's back
''she's just so sick she's never been this sick before it's just breaking my heart she's not eating, she's like puking every 5 seconds I feel so helpless I'm her mother I'm suppossed to take her pain away'' Lorelai says
''she's going to be ok the doctor even said so even though I hate to admit he said might be wrong what if its more than a bacterial infection and the flu I mean he looked really young and it didn't seem like he knew what he was talking about?'' he question's her
''you think?'' ''I was actucally thinking the same thing'' Lorelai tells him
''let's just keep our eye on her for the rest of today and tonight and if she gets worse we'll think about bringing her somewhere else'' he tells Lorelai
''ok'' Lorelai says
''I'm scared'' Lorelai tells him
''yea I am too but it's going to be ok'' he says and hold's Lorelai close... ''I just hope this sickness doesen't effect her later in life because some people's bodies get immune to the symptoms and it causes problems later in life'' Luke tells her
''I really hope this doesn't I don't want her to be sick for the rest of her life she's still so young hopefully it will go away and it won't have an effect on her so we don't have anything to worry about'' Lorelai says
They watch Lena sleep
''ok we should probably get her to bed'' Lorelai says
''yea but why move her she already looks comfortable so let her sleep the more rest she gets the faster she's going to feel better
''yea I guess your right'' Lorelai says
Luke puts his arm around Lorelai's shoulders
Lorelai turns off the light and they go upstairs to go to sleep
Lorelai get's up every 3 hours through-out the night to check on Lena whose asleep like a baby everytime
In the morning
Lorelai comes downstairs already showered and dressed and see's Lena is still asleep on the couch so she goes into the kitchen and pours herself some coffee since she can't watch tv since Lena is asleep in the living room and she's afraid the tv might wake her up
At about 9 Lorelai hears Lena rolling around trying to wake up so she makes her some cream-o-wheat for Lena real fast and brings it into the living room
''good morning angel how are you feeling today?'' ''Are You ready to try and eat yet?'' ''I know you must be hungry'' she says and tries to feed Lena some of the cream-o-wheat she made for her
Lena turns her head away
''come on sweetie you won't feel better if you don't eat to get you won't get your strenght back up... you want to feel better right?'' Lorelai asks Lena
Lena hides her head under her pillow
''ok maybe we can try later then'' Lorelai says
Lena snuggles with colonial clucker and her baby blanket and closes her eyes and goes back to sleep