Chapter 9
a month later Kurt was starting to feel better. He had regained most of his energy and had stopped throwing up. However, he was due back at the hospital the following day, so he knew his regained energy would be gone.

This time, however, he didn't need to stay in the hospital for as long. So he wouldn't miss his kids or Noah for as long as he had last time. The morning he was due back at the hospital he had breakfast with his family.

"Good morning Princess. Are you ready for today?" Noah asked as he walked in the kitchen.

"No." Kurt said truthfully as he accepted the kiss.

Soon the children had gone to school. Ever since Kurt and Noah had told the younger children they had been quiet, which was unusual for them. Noah had taken them to school the first day of Kurt's treatment before returning home to take Kurt to the hospital. And he told the teachers what was going on. So they could keep an eye on the children.

When Kurt and Noah got to the hospital they were taken to the treatment room. When he was attached to the machine and had been for a few minutes Dr. Masters came in.

"Good morning Kurt, Noah." she said sitting next to them. They had dropped the formalities when she had seen Kurt throw up for the 5th time of the day the last time he had been there.

"Morning Ellie." they replied. She needed to talk about bone marrow treatment which they needed to do soon.

They talked about the other treatments now that he had started his chemotherapy. After an hour on the machine, and the chemicals pumped through his system again, he was done. He had to stay for another hour before he could leave though.

When he was given the ok to leave, he got up slowly. He could feel his energy slipping away as he walked, and he could feel the nausea creeping up on him. In the car the radio was down low and he slept hoping to keep his stomach contents until he got home.

Again, Noah carried his Princess in to the house and gently laid him down on the sofa with a bucket next to it, in case Kurt lost the battle with his stomach. He then draped a blanket over his small frame.

Caleb, Mike, and Davey came around soon after they got home. They had tried to tell Davey that they couldn't visit, but the little boy had begged and pleaded. So the relented and told him they would go around for an hour, only an hour, as Nana would be too ill to play.

Caleb was due any day. When he had the baby he wouldn't be able to see his Mom until the baby was a bit older. So he was secretly pleased that Davey had begged and pleaded.

All through their visit Kurt slept, not waking up at all. When they left Davey kissed his Nana, but didn't make a fuss as they left. He may have only been 2 ½ but he could see that his Nana was ill. And he wanted his Nana better so they could bake and play again.

When the other kids came home Toby was crying and Theo was angry. Luckily Laura had a play date and wouldn't see her twin brothers like this. Elizabeth was trying to calm them both down as they walked through the door.

"Theo, Toby what's wrong?" Noah asked as he saw his twins coming in. One with tears and the other angry.

"Is Mommy going to d-die?" Toby asked sobbing. The school bullies had been picking on him at lunch; saying that his Mom was going to die and that he deserved to die because his Mom was a man and was married to a man. Theo had heard it and had got in to trouble for punching the bully.

"Toby, where did you hear that pumpkin?" Noah asked. They had tried to keep that possibility from the younger children.

"Tommy at school." Theo said. He had been angry when he had heard from their friends what the bully had said to the younger twin.

Kurt had heard what the rest of his family was saying in the kitchen. He slowly made his way in to the kitchen to talk to his youngest sons

"Theo, Toby come here." Kurt said as he walked slowly. Sitting down at the table he held his arms open. Theo and Toby went to him and carefully hugged their mother.

"Pumpkin's I will get through this and I will live. I have to just to see the wonderful things you are going to do with your lives. Don't listen to Tommy. He doesn't know what he is talking about. Theo, stop punching people. Toby, promise me you won't listen to Tommy anymore. I will get through this." Kurt said as Elizabeth and Noah made dinner.

They knew that Kurt wouldn't be eating with them. So as soon as Theo and Toby were ok he would either be going to bed or back to the sofa to rest.